Brocky
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With this ethanol in the gas anything can happen!!!! When it sits it separates and draws condensation...
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Mech, that center one might be an air start???? Also in the 70's - 80's oil shortage and big price jumps a lot of carriers carried more fuel so the could turn a further distance on home terminal fuel..
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For the amount you will drive it, you can run off one side only..
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I know it is more expensive, BUT use ONLY non-ethanol gas!!!!!!!!! It will save you a lot of problems down the line... Just ask my Diamond T how I know!!!!!!!!!!
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No Offence!!! But that is still NOT enough to shake any sense into most Joiseyites!!!!
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On Big Moose lake in the Adirondack mountains of NYS, they used to place a weighted 55 gal drum out on the ice and the 2 bars that had picture windows facing the lake always had a lottery / pool as to when the drum went down!! Even to the hour!!!
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Oil filter(s) ID
Brocky replied to skydawg's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
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B-73 Restoration
Brocky replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
They are an extra headlight light which hangs below the bumper.. The common brand was Perlux and in the old days you could get aircraft landing light bulbs for them.. With yellow lenses they helped in fog and snow as the yellow reduced the reflection back at you.. Similar in use to the big ole lights you folks added to your Bull Bars!! -
Personally I believe that this "Climate change" of getting warmer is all a natural occurrence.. If you look at history in the US, The winters have been getting progressively milder.. Washington had Ice in the Delaware River when he crossed it in the Revolutionary war.. I am not saying the modern industrial era has NOT helped it!!! Is the planet still coming out of the ICE AGE????? Remember that much of it was Tropical when the Dinosaurs roamed the land!!! How else do we have OIL in Alaska???
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In the past 2-3 years we have had several 2-4 rated quakes within a 50 mile radius of Columbia SC.
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I have driven all three types of 2 speed shift.. The air was on some old Brockways and worked excellent.. The only vacuum shift was on an old GMC, with the flipper valve under the dash, it seemed you had to let completely off the gas to create vacuum enough for it to sorta force the shift.. Never had any problems with the electric ones??
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That much weight on a tag-along trailer behind a 3/4 ton pick up????"? Better him than me!!!!!!!!
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OK!! What was it????????????
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Do some checking.. I have heard that in 5th AND you run the 2 speed rear on the low side it tears things up????? 4th over to 5th over and back..
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Are you bringing it to York and Macungie??? I plan on both..
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KS, I believe you are probably correct.. Your answers mesh with the questions I asked in my earlier post..
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I know nothing about large ships, BUT are the rudder and propulsion equipment computer controlled??? So that the loss of power creates loss of control?? If so, what about all the computer control of airplanes and trucks??? Accidents waiting to happen???
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Congratulations!!!!!!!! Welcome to the "Tired Iron World" !!!!!!! Going to be a snug fit for Zina and 3 dogs in it on the way to shows??
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Gary Mahan has a BIG checkbook, so I presume he got the trailer also?? And will display them together at his home collection, But probably only take the tractor to shows?????
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Matt, He might bring it to Macungie when he gets it ready??? He has brought some large stuff before like the big War time Mack water wagon from the INCO nickle mine in Ontario..
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Swishy, Thank You!!! That looks a lot like whatever road our bus was on coming southwest out of Cairns up into the tableland. With some very pretty waterfalls, the fig tree with a boardwalk around it, and good dairy farming country.
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Paul, Our bus trip from Cairns to Townsville, vie Lake Tineroo, sure did go up over and back down some crooked hilly roads!!!
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And then to driver training!!!!!! Started first driving was at 8-10 0n farm tractors, and farm trucks in the field. In 1962 2nd half of my senior year in high school took Drivers ED in a 1962 Dodge Dart, 318, 3 speed Torque Flight, then took my road test on my mothers 1952 Dodge with Fluid Drive.. Took my NYS Class 1 Chauffeurs test in 1967 on a 1953 Brockway 154, Flathead Continental gas job, 5th direct trans, and air 2 speed.
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Connecticut Construction Trucks
Brocky replied to BKrois's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
This all started in the mid 1960's when the child psychologists said the parents should "talk to the kids" not Whup their Butts!!! The part they left out was you had to get their attention first, which usually involved some butt whupping!! NOW 50 years later no one has any respect for authority or them selves.. -
Converting to Hub Pilot rims will be VERY expensive as you would have to change the spoke hubs to Bud style hubs. Check out the local trucking companies as they may have a pile of 22.5 rims in the back corner as they replaced equipment with disc style wheels. If you have a friendly local tire store check with them on finding you some reasonable radial "take offs" with decent tread especially if you are only going to use it as a hobby truck with NO water load... The radials will give you better ride and handling.. Take your time and ask around locally before you jump into all new.
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