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Mon Feb 22 2010 01:25 PM
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A very productive weekend indeed. Someone on here warned me that once I started this new habit.... I mean "hobby" these things would multiply!
North on Route 66,  East on Gas Alley.
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YOU HAULED THOSE PUMPS HOME IN THE BACK OF YOUR TRUCK LIKE THAT? WOW! HOPE IT WAS A SHORT HAUL WITH NO TURNS INVOLVED. LOL! THAT WOULDN'T BE ME!  NICE HAUL BTW!
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A very productive weekend indeed. Someone on here warned me that once I started this new habit.... I mean "hobby" these things would multiply! lovin the esso poster!
CHRIS
BUYING ANYTHING EARLY HUMBLE OIL CO.
BUY SELL TRADE ORIGINAL GAS PUMP PARTS
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Yes, just like that for 200 miles half of which was cow trails! i couldn't bear laying them down and chancing any damage. These both were still in use recently so everything is intact and in incredible shape! ( what you can't see in the pic. is the two come alongs anchoring the pumps down. They hardly wiggled on the way home. ) 
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Not a bad days work
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I learned my lesson on hauling pumps that way,yes I had them strapped down.I geuss not well enough.Glad your made it,you won't hurt them laying down.Nice score they look real clean!!
Joe
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I notice that both are Tokheim 39s. Please don't buy anymore short 39s and put them together in a shed out back. In less than six months there will 4 of them, and guaranteed within a year there will be 8 of them, they just seem to multify by themselves.
Great find, but I never damaged a pump laying it down.
Jack Sim
Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
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I like 39's and I LOVE Chevron. Nice pumps.
Mike
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Funny I've heard that somewhere else before, Maybe I'll mix breeds ( say a Bennett & Tokheim ) and see if I come out with some kind of rare crossbreed. As for hauling them upright I also did so because one still had gas in it and the other full of Diesel. I guess what I should have said was I couldn't bear to dirty the bed of my truck.  My bad! I notice that both are Tokheim 39s. Please don't buy anymore short 39s and put them together in a shed out back. In less than six months there will 4 of them, and guaranteed within a year there will be 8 of them, they just seem to multify by themselves.
Great find, but I never damaged a pump laying it down.
Jack Sim
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Lay them pumps down..........LOL If one starts to tip, you won't be able to stop it. You not only could damage the pump, but if it flips out on the highway you are creating a real hazard.
Alex
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one way to to lay them down is to put a 2x12 underneath.i put it behind the pump and tip the pump over with the board.then slide the whole shebang in the van.pull out the board,pump comes with it and tilt over. havent had a problem yet!!
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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My buddy and I was coming home one day with a 96C strapped just like in the PIC. The pump "ate" thru the strap during the trip, went around a tight turn and BAM! over the side of the truck it went. Lucky it didn't hit the bed, and no one behind us. Brady
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Lay the pumps down on old, discarded tires...preferable softer ones and strap it down that way...should preserve the glass and get it home fine...
There's no stopping the Cretins from hopping
You've got to keep it beating for the hopping Cretins
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OK, OK already! Next time I'll lay them down....Gee sh!
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once i bought 6 pumps at an auction about 2hrs away from home, had to haul all 6 of them standing up plus 3 lubsters. that was a long and exciting ride home my truck squating all the way. i had them straped, tied, wired, but they were like a bed full of leaning tower of pisas. those pumps were rockin all over the place, but i made it with no damage that time. chris
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