doubleclutchinweasel

Yep. You should be good with exactly that. No need to split the gears unless heavily loaded, and even then it's questionable. We've talked about that several times on here before. Empty, you probably don't even need 1st gear. It's kinda fun to show off and hit them all once in a while, though! Still envious of that find! I LOVE those early R's. Grew up in them and the B's.

Beau-ti-ful ride!

Yip. That's the one. Me an' Earl was haulin' chickens On a flatbed out of Wiggins And we'd spent all night on the uphill side Of 37 miles of hell Called Wolf Creek Pass Which is up on the Great Divide We was settin' there suckin' toothpicks An' drinkin' Nehis and onion soup mix And I says, "Earl, let's mail a card to mother And then send them chickens on down to the other side Yeah, let's give 'em a ride" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl put down his bottle Mashed his foot down on the throttle And then a couple'a boobs With a thousand cubes In a 1948 Peterbilt screamed to life We woke up the chickens We roared up offa that shoulder Sprayin' pine cones, rocks, and boulders And put four hundred head Of them Rhode Island Reds And a couple a' burnt-out roosters on the line Look out below 'Cause here we go Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, we commenced a-truckin' And them hens commenced a-cluckin' And then Earl took out a match And scratched his pants And lit up the unused half of a dollar cigar and took a puff Says "My, ain't this pretty up here" I says, "Earl, this hill can spill us You better slow down or you gonna kill us Just make one mistake And it's the pearly gates For them 85 crates Of USDA-approved cluckers You wanna hit second?" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl grabbed on the shifter And he stabbed her into fifth gear And then the chromium plated Fully illuminated Genuine accessory shift knob Come right off in his hand I says, "You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?" He was tryin' to thread it on there When the fire fell off a' his cigar And dropped on down Sorta rolled around And then lit in the cuff of Earl's pants And burned a hole in his sock Yeah, sorta set him right on fire I looked on outta the window And I started countin' phone poles Goin' by at the rate of four to the seventh power Well I put two and two together And added 12 and carried five And come up with 22 thousand Telephone poles an hour I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide His lip was curled, and his leg was fried And his hand was froze to the wheel Like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard I says, Earl, "I'm not the type to complain But the time has come for me to explain That if you don't apply some brake real soon They're gonna have to pick us up With a stick and a spoon" Well, Earl reared back And cocked his leg Stepped down as hard as he could on the brake And the pedal went clear to the floor And stayed right there on the floor And he says it was sorta like steppin' on a plum Well, from there on down It just wasn't real pretty It was hairpin county And switchback city One of 'em looked like a can full'a worms Another one looked like malaria germs Right in the middle of the whole damn show Was a real nice tunnel Now wouldn't you know Sign says clearance to the 12-foot line But the chickens was stacked to 13-nine Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred-and-ten Like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen We took that top row of chickens off Slicker than scum off a Louisiana swamp Went down and around and around and down We run outta ground at the edge of town Bashed into the side of a feed store In downtown Pagosa Springs Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Davis / Fries

You are all over that, '67! And I believe his real name was pronounced like "Frees" instead of "Frys". Great write-up.

Yep. Brown-Lipe Gear Company. Had divisions that made differentials, steering gears, and who knows what else. One of a million totally useless pieces of trivia I've picked up and crammed into my head over the years. You don't want to live in there! It's scary!

My favorite was "Wolf Creek Pass". "...and that chromium-plated, fully-illuminated, genuine accessory shift knob came right off in his hand. I said, 'You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?'..."

10 speed direct. That's the "Duplex". You can split each gear for a total of 10 forward. 2 reverse. So, yes, a TRD-72 or -722. Probably -722. Could be the "L" or not. Depends on the case material. the 9 speed (-720 or 7220) was direct in 4th, overdrive 5th, so you typically skipped Lo-5th (duplicate of Hi-4th). Just went from Hi-4th to Hi-5th. Mack boxes are "married" boxes, with the compound bolted directly to the main. Not remote mounted like a typical "Brownie" (Named after the Brown-Lipe brand). I always loved the split-shifting instructions they gave (like on the bottom of snowdog's post). They show shifting the main box first in all cases. I never found that to be true. If down-shifting the main and upshifting the compound, I found it better to upshift the compound first, then double-clutch and downshift the main last. Reason is simple. If you have enough RPM available to downshift the main first, then why even bother splitting it! Just downshift the main and put your foot back in it. So, I always upshifted whichever box was going up first, then downshifted the other. Worked better. If you learn really well, you do them simultaneously. But, when you miss one, it's hilarious for everybody else to watch as you try to get them back in, stop, and start all over. Ask me how I know that! In reality, you don't need to split the gears most of the time. You can usually stay in Lo, use 1-5 in the main, then shift to Hi. Probably start off in 2nd even. Anyway, I love that truck. Steel dash. Green interior. 2 sticks (a Mack-must!), and a single axle. Just love it! Kinda jealous!😁

Well, Bob, I wouldn't want to sit on it. But, some might. I try not to judge!

Good old R611! Could be the ENDT-673C, 250 HP. One of the best Thermodynes, in my humble opinion. What tranny does it have? Great to see one with the interior still green, and not painted over same as the cab during a re-paint. And, that's the "early" green interior, before they went dark.

Used to be a guy named Bob Anders in Waynesville, NC, who had a show-winning LJ. I think he sold it. Not sure if Bob is still around or not. But, he had contacts.

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/country-trucker-titan-c-w-mccall-bill-fries-passes-away/ Ride easy, C.W.

I just realized how old this thread is! LMAO!!!

So, would that be "April Fool's" or "Christmas Present"? LOL! Just kidding!

Yeah, we never had those "throw-away" models. I heard about them from time to time, but never sat behind one. Doesn't sound like I missed anything!

Only Cats I remember in a truck were a 3406 and a 3408 that we had. They seemed to hold up okay. The 3408 pulled great, but the mileage was lousy. We always laughed that it seemed to use as much fuel empty as it did loaded. So, always keep it loaded! Rebuilds on them were ridiculous, though. Now the D342 in the D8 and the 3306 in the D6 and some D7s were pretty tough. But, that's a different forum...

That's what I was thinking. All the ones we had were behind diesels, and had the compound stick on the left.

Nice!

I think, once word gets around, you may have all the work you want. People will pay for convenience. And, like Bob was saying, this could save them time and money by doing it on-site. I'll be watching to see how it works out for you. Facebook will attract some folks. Local garages knowing about you will attract others. You might consider having someone set you up an actual website, with minimal content and the contact information. I search the internet first for anything I want. But, when I find a company whose ONLY website is their Facebook page, I tend to move on. But, that's just me.

The T-shirt guys even get in on this...

More Quad stuff, since somebody brought it up. Most of my experience was with the "720" series (overdrive 5th).

And an odd one...

Thus sayeth The Weasel...

I looked at a Valueliner one time that had the rear air-ride frame off a Ford grafter onto it. Looked like the Ford rails slid OVER the Mack rails. I seem to remember Mack using a narrower frame than some others. That one seemed to confirm that. They did a pretty good job on it. But, I passed on that truck because the roof had been replaced...and was...get this...pop-riveted onto the cab around the gutter. That didn't seem too healthy to me! Had a Cummins and an 18-speed RoadRanger. Heck of a Mutt!

Remember, they are ALL welded together somewhere! Sounds like you had a good, professional repair done. Having both bearings on the new stub should be better than the "split between the bearings" setup. The original patch...not so much!

I'm afraid to post the pics!