Freightrain

8v92..............(not 8v72) One of my favorite movies. Got it in VHS.

Got a friend that was deep into Hotwheels about 5-7 yrs ago. Nothing stupid like that, but would go to Wally world at 3am to be able to have first look at what was going on the shelfs. That way he could add to his collection. Now, he gives the stuff away in boxes as they are only worth the .50 he paid for them. He did keep some of the big box collector sets in hopes that maybe one day sometime in the next 40 yrs he might make his money back. I guess everyone has their hobby. At least I know from the getgo that my toys will never make me money LOL!!!

That sucks. Glad it only needs a hood. I can see it now, Mike calls in on the radio..........."I need a hood" Crew chief.."Ok, got one, we'll be ready in 30 minutes". Mike: Ok, I'm on my way in" 28 minutes later Mike rolls in the driveway and stops in front of the shop and 5 people come rushing out in uniforms with air tools in hand. Zip, zam, zoowy, zoop, the old hood is off, the new one on and headlights plugged in. The crew then flips the air lines out of the way as Mike jumps off the clutch and rolls out of the driveway again. Perfect pit stop. LOL!!!

I noticed that too. Wonder if someone replaced a frame rail?? Or did someone run outta paint??

Finally after TEN years, I got a 3% raise this past week. Whew....here I thought no one cared?? My last "raise" basically was the owner telling me that I can work for 35 hrs/wk and get paid for 40hr/wk. Ya, in their eyes, I got a raise(cost/hour). Me?? Well, didn't help a dam thing, but an extra 15 minutes of sleep in the morning. Ya, that helped pay the bills...... not . Not sure where I'm going to spend the extra $60(take home) each month???? Taxes(that doubled), fuel(that tripled), food(that doubled), utilites(that doubled).....................................

Pretty rough. Mine was bad enough, though maybe not quite as bad. I ended up cutting the whole floor out, except the frame work area for the center panel that unbolts. I then rebuilt everything, including the inner rocker panel with 16ga steel. Won't call it a perfect restoration, but solid as rock. My rear mount was junk, so I had to reinforce that area too. I had the angles and U channel bent at local sheetmetal place. He's done ALOT of work for me over the years. He rolled me new rear fenders, bent the alum. for my genset box, etc. If you note, I put a piece of 1" sq. tube across the middle where the front of seats bolts down. Gave it extra rigidity. This was back in 2002? After I cut everything out: Starting to put it back:

nuther ones http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item41652d5bc7 http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item3375d43fda http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MACK-DM-/200756094745?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item2ebdfee719

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1980-MACK-DUMP-TRUCK-TANDEM-AXLE-VERY-CLEAN-RUNS-AND-DRIVES-GREAT-NO-RESERVE-/200758564177?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item2ebe249551 Looks pretty clean. Priced right.

Lil rough around the edges, but seen much worse. Is one of the sticks missing? hole in top of tranny next to other stick? Looks to be turbo motor, which looks like it hasn't run in many years(stuck?). Frame looks pretty clean.

I hold doors for anyone that might be there too. Man or woman, young or old. I call it common courtesy. If a younger kid holds a door for me, I make sure to thank them loud and pround to make sure they feel the satisfaction of doing something good. Of course when I was raised, my mother would not walk through a door til I opened it for her. Kinda made it a hard habit to break even all these years later. It's funny now, even in her eighties she does the same thing. Only problem now is she forgets to stand to the side of the door. She'll stop right dead in front of the door waiting for me to open it. I have to grab here and move her aside to get to the door. I don't even look forward to getting old.

It's all "shock value" and what can be used to get a rise out of people. Attention whores, Drama queens.............and many other names. There again, this reminds of "History of the World", the comedy spoof movie from Mel Brooks. They have Moses standing on the mountain with 3 tablets stating "these 15.................oops, I mean 10 commandments (as he drops one of them). http://youtu.be/4TAtRCJIqnk "It's good to be the king" LOL!!!! http://youtu.be/KuMQjKiaDTg Classic stuff.

My .02 Since there is no room for any coolers, likely they detuned it back to a 250hp motor? Since it likely would just burn up trying to make any more. Should last forever like that. The Duplex will too. How about this: take for a drive and see if it lugs down to 1100? Not abusively, but see if it will try to pull itself back up. I'd bet a Thermodyne will just fall on it's face.

Mack in a Pete box?? WTH???

Looks like a keeper.

Had a friend ride along last Saturday going to the racetrack. Been maybe 5-6 yrs since he actually rode IN the truck. Usually following with his race car. Anyhooo, he commented that it did ride nicer with the air ride out back..........BUT........it's still loud as hell inside LOL!!!! We had all the windows open and she has a pretty good bark pulling along. Conversations aren't held until we can coast along downhill.

I used the biggest 1/4" drive rachet I could find.......LOL!!! Don't worry, it ain't very pretty anyway. It has over a dozen 5/8" grade 8 bolts holding it together on each side. I have no worries at all that it would ever come apart. Thanks for the comments.

Typical differential "fail".................(well maybe more like a lack of welding skills) Well, okay, maybe not a truck, but a good one none the less. I can remember way back when I was young, late in the winters evening, finding a big church parking lot and going at it with my ol pickup truck. I won't say I abused it, just had fun. There is a difference.

I kinda wondered what he asked for, then it struck me as I've poked around trying to find an old school light for my truck. I've got a nice 4bulb unit, but it's too new looking for me. I want a round top model. Unfortunately they get GOOD money for these old lights.

Here is a link: http://dcaptain.com/beaconraylights.html Neat stuff, kinda pricey. Love to find an old round top for my B model. Not that I need it, but would be period correct.

It just doesn't sound right because the driver forgot to smash his hand in the door first. He wasn't driving it mad enough. He was just babying it along. Got to take'r up to the govn'r and then shift it.

What a neat story. Never had anyone chase me down the highway??? Usually a Toot, wave and thumbs up??? Been to Greenville, Ohio numerous times as have a customer there.

Sorry to hear about your condition. Hope things get better for you. Positive attitude is a must!

Doodlebug on steroids?

Did that for 9 yrs, til I got mine regeared last year. Unfortunately I don't have enough HP to go any faster anyway?? WTH? Some day I'd like to make the trip to Macungie.

Looks good. Bet it's nice knowing that when you park the truck now, it will DEFINITELY be there when you come back. Unlike the old drum parking brakes/wood chock LOL!!