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I seem to need to make some adjustments as my front tires don't seem to be wearing out like they used to..... Muncie Dragway this past weekend.

Dave, Are you aware Perkins sold out? Century Aggregates from Albany bought all the Perkins facilities. Century is Clemente. Clemente came to US from Italy in 1903 -his grandkids run it now. He also started Bonded ready mix in Albany . Check out their website. PS This is my Mack on the scales at Sterling a couple of years ago. this was my post in the ATHS 45th anniversary book. My caption was..."as I pull off the scales at the quarry I wonder if the gGranite in back of me will be on the road 60 years from now."

I don't think anybody has any problems at all with people coming here legally, obeying the law, being good citizens in general. But when all the illegals have been just walking across the border freely for the last several years that should be everybody's problem. I'm sure some are good people and I'm just as sure some are absolutely no good, the drug dealers, rapists, robbers, and murderers. And they are only here to take advantage of the system, be it by criminal activity, collecting welfare by false pretenses, or voting for democrats. And you mean that even though these thugs and criminals walked into this country illegally they can't be rounded up and shipped back to wherever they came from legally? Common sense should apply here, but it obviously does not. It's a good thing I'm not king for a day, when I hauled their asses back I wouldn't land the plane, I'd just open the door and say "get out", in my Arnold Schwarzenegger voice.🤣

US? Is this the same "us" as the "we" who were recently "doomed"? Again, I ask, who is us? Don't speak for me, I am neither owned nor doomed. My life is good and I am happy and content with the way things are going.

The City os Salisbury asked some of us to do some community work at a local school. We planted 30 shrubs and spread 3 tandem loads of mulch today. I had the pleasure of piloting the Mack that brought the loader. It was a nice day at work..

Looks like a major pain in the ass

I was saving this project for retirement but I’m getting a jump on it

Running unregistered vehicles on the street reminds me of the ATHS National Show in Colorado Springs CO...The host hotel, and meetings, was about 2 blocks from the Arena where the show was held and some of the restaurants were in a strip mall across the street from the hotel.. Golf Carts EVERYWHERE!!!!! I guess the the Police Dept decided it was not worth trying to corral 1000 retired truck drivers on rental golf carts!!!

No affiliation. Saw on FB Marketplace but thought it was a pretty interesting truck so I figured I would post it here and see what everyone thinks. Obviously its a ton of money. I'm not sure who the market would be for a truck like this. Collectors or Guys looking for a reliable old school workhorse. I would think a super heavy spec day cab that is 5-10 years old would be around the same money. Question I have is do you think there are guys that are willing to spend $75k on something like this and use it daily? 1984 RD686 Mack tractor with 25k org miles.300 6 sp 58,000 rears 11x22 tires wet system fenders 18 F - Commercial Vehicles - Boston, Massachusetts | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

That's cause you guys down under are typically engaged in extreme truck'n. Maybe it's not totally dust dust dust. But I but your trucks spend way more time at full power , which equates into way way more air moving through 🤔 everything

Any higher and you'll need to cut a hole in the floor to see where your going! lol .....Hippy

New addition at the shop looks great I think it’s ligit

I think if I ever got in trouble in Reno I'd just tell 'em I know Bob. "Oh, you know Bob? Well, that changes everything, you're free to go sir, sorry for any inconvenience".

2023 picture: she is still very attractive at 66 years young.

I count 4 air filled tires!

So after 5 years I'm going to get back at this (can't rush these things). Started to cut off the ugliness on the back. Not a lot of frame beyond the rear spring hanger and the pintle hitch is pretty awful. I've been thinking of getting an air ride cutoff and upgrading to hub pilot although then I'll have to do something with the front to match.. it would be nice to get the gearing to around 3.70 to get more highway friendly. Got a couple of toolboxes on the shelf that will fit behind the cab nice. Also time to ditch the air assist and put on the power steering that's been sitting in the toolbox since I bought it 7 years ago.

I liked the oil baths, cheaper to service, so they got serviced more. Not to mention I never opened one up and found flaking rust on the engine side of the element

In Australia and NewZealand we run a second aircleaner for the tip turbine air only Paul

Puts a whole different meaning to the term air ride. and that's pretty f@#k'n cool

I think you all are missing the big issue here, the motor is sucking unfiltered air back thru the intercooler There's nothing to stop air entering the intercooler outlet and through the intercooler backwards and straight through to the motor I'm thinking the air will take the path of the least resistance Maybe the turbine is so loud because when it is been driven it is driving against air that's already going the wrong way Paul

Reminds me of this a bit It's supposed to be in a garage like 10 miles from me

Maybe if you strapped some of these to the front bumper?..just a thought (VanScott builders, 1962).

I have found that "following our hearts" and later the "regrets "came when the sentence ended with I DO.

I do understand.. i bought a truck i wanted, and paid just a measly $2000.00 more then its worth.. Glad I bought it !!

Will have to see if I can find this to watch it While I'm dicking about looking for it, have a ganda at this Or maybe this Or some other brand of who ha Paul

That's how I look at it, we were watching some show on TV last night, Zina calls it "the jailbirds" but that's not the name of it. And it showed these 2 gay guys, one had just gotten out of jail, and his boyfriend was in the hot tub at the motel waiting for him to get there, and it showed them hugging and kissing. And what they do on their own time is their own business, that's between them and God, but I don't want to see that crap.

Yes yes.....after reading a different thread here I'd strongly recomend avoiding the free horse.

Yeah, well she will wear my ass out with mood swings.. so,,, it is not all Peaches and Cream.. remember,,,, you can't 'F' with a creature that can bleed for 5 days and not die... Just sayin'.

and don't forget :: being a little on the "trashy side "means they are content with a good burger and fries :::don't need a full four course meal with cloth napkins and fine china, so I've heard LOL

I called this one a hussy 2 days ago and she hasn't talked to me since It's kind of peaceful and quiet now

she could probably give beyonce"some pointers,,,,i dont bleach my skin,,,and i can sing,,,lol.bob

That post earlier ??? You may wanna consider a Clint Eastwood voice then instead of Arnold

Everything's always on topic here...I don't even remember what the topic was, I have to go back and look. Meanwhile, here's Susanna in the 80's.

my two number 4's arrived today. figured by now taking all 4 side by side it would be easy to say " I like this one better than that one "NOT HAPPENING . 1's as good as 2 -2 as good as 1/3/4 . excellent start of hope to be large collection. #5 ???? THANKS

I'm not talking about overturning the law. I'm talking about enforcing the law as it is law to be enforced. Not the law to be enforced because of political belief. There's been a lot of picking and choosing as of the past several years based on emotion and not what law reads. THAT is scarier than actually overturning the law. There's over ten million examples of broken laws in the country over the last four years. One or two questionable deportations is all of a sudden a reason to start redefining the writen law ? I have more belief in what I see in front of a Home Depot than in the thoughts of a ranking official who can't explain what a woman is.

Its sad for me Bob... I dont want to be this way, but these criminals are forcing me to hate them.. they brake the law to get here, then they want the law to protect them... NOPE !! Maybe the ones who support these criminals should open their homes and let them stay there during the legal process.. It should only take a year or more...

So work finally slowed down enough to do a little work on my R model. Previous owner had disconnected the heater core at some time and the windshield wipers were not working. I found an actual radiator shop (hard to find these days) that recored the heater core for me. I had bought a new wiper pivot assembly from Watts about a year and half ago so I put it in and found that the pins for the wiper transmission arms were spaced 1/4" further apart than the original ones so that wouldn't work. The original wasn't actually that worn, the wiper motor was a mess though. I called Rome truck parts and they had a rebuild kit for $22 so I figured I didn't have much to lose trying to rebuild it myself. The inside of the motor was well gunked up with rust oil and crap but cleaned up well. After putting the internal cam valve in wrong about 3-4 times I got it working. Put it back on truck and it works like newish. Going to do the heater box over and repaint the interior next. I looked everywhere for a rattle can that would come close to the green interior color, found a paint code on another thread that NAPA mixed up for me yesterday in a spray can ($24!) and it was pretty close. This morning a friend stopped by and said that the original color looked like Detroit Alpine Green. I had a can of can of engine paint in the cabinet and son of a bitch it's a perfect match. I learn something new every day which means I have to forget something else to make room in my limited brain.. Hoping to get a new paint job and new air seat in her by May. The bright green paint on the heater cover was a reject and had to remove it.

Steering arm but not Pitman arm, I would assume it would be one of these below: No87 is 5QH3281B, superseded to 25119672. No105 is 5QH3245B, superseded to 25115926. Both are available to order from Mack.

Tall filter, and short filter with a separator plate in between them. After the intake on top which they shared, two totally different filters and ducting. The hood scoop ones I think was only 1973 model year same time they went to plastic dash and the plus 3 cab. I know there was some kind of air cleaner under the scoop, but I can't remember what was in it. We only ever owned one, and not for long maybe a year. A guy from Runnemede NJ bought it and was using it to haul steel and somehow ended up flipping it. Shame because it was a really nice truck. After he recovered he put a new cab and hood on it and did away with the scoop

They do say we should follow our hearts If it was what I wanted, I probably would just buy it Life has enough regrets already without adding "I regret buying that almost new 1984 R model in 2025" Paul

Got my beautiful coin today.. Awesome!!

Yep, I just called to check the status of my order. William was a pro, and helped me, he even called me back to confirm shipping.. 👍💪