other dog

I just wonder if she can work on Antenna's....I got one that has been bothering me fur a long time.

mike

if she can't maybe she can shingle the roof, that'd be good too.

Hey...Hey....NOW.....you all got off the subject again.....we were talkin bout PAINTING....now lets get back to the subject!!!!!......actuator valves.....dogon them younguns.

And by tha way.....Farrah Fawcett could have shown that gal how to body paint instead of doing it the hard way.

mike

right you are Mike! the truck's fixed (for another trip or two hopefully) but it's too late for me to leave now. Larry's probably already there with a pinstriping brush for her anyway, so maybe they'll take more pictures for us.

Hi there yourself. I'll give it a shot- i'm not there anymore, I just picked up a calendar and left.

...or perhaps he's talking about Tom somebody else, that knows something.

Maybe it's time to find a different Cat servicing dealer?

Can't make much money while unit is in the shop.

Rob

I don't get it, it's the same problem it stayed in the shop over a week for when I was on vacation in July, same problem as week before last- intake valve actuator fault. At least it's Friday.

Well we really got into a jamb and I needed help holding the ladder. Tom had said he was "on his way" and upon jumping into his Pete to come over; Well, we know the rest of the story......

Rob

Yeah, it's sitting at Carter Cat right now but this is the first time i've had problems with it for almost a week.

Set of "low riders" eh?

definately

New neighbor lady moved in next door and asked if I could hold the ladder while she paints all the ceilings.

I guess it's the neighborly thing to do.......

I'm on the way. You need somebody to be one the other side of the ladder to help hold it too- just to be really safe you know. She'll probably be wanting to change all the light bulbs too. And one coat of paint just ain't gonna do it...needs at least 4, maybe 5. If she needs more paint, let me know- i'll pick up about 50 gallons on the way. And I know a lot about painting, especially her ceiling- she should not use a brush wider than 2'', a 1'' would be all the better.

What dryer do you have? Bendix, Wabco, etc.

Rob

He said the old one was a Blagjaniwvich, or something like that. Not sure about the replacement.

Mine will keep doing it for several minutes sometimes. I just keep an eye on my air pressure when it does, but it doesn't lose any pressure and it eventually quits. so far anyway.

I've seen that happen with the governor bad on the compressor not allowing the discharge valve to close on the bottom of the dryer.

Rob

me too...mine does it periodically. it has ever since they put a new air dryer on it, but- but - I drive - I drive a ...

I drive a Peterbilt.

Down thataway,you never know what you will see.

They just ain't right in Homestead.

Next time, c'mon up 95. I'm just north of Palm Beach

I usually run 95, we deliver to N.B.Handy in Boca Raton right much. We took the turnpike to Homestead, figuring we'd miss the biggest part of the traffic, and came back the same way since we were bobtailing.

We even had a woman in an RV flashing us coming back on the turnpike. I had my camera ready when they came up beside me, but decided it wasn't worth a picture- her boobage looked to be well over 65, and you could have pressed her face in dough and made gorilla cookies.

As far as looking at the outside its hard to tell if it has a v8 or not

the early R600 models had an option for V8s then in the late 60s I think they only came in the R700 or RS/RL700 models. If the truck had a V8 fromthe factory it would have had a V8 emblem on the hood. on thing to look for is if it has a single stack. alot of the bigger V8s used a 5" exhaust where the Inline 6 had a 4".if it had twin stacks it will be harder to tell as you can run 5" from the turbo to the T pipe under the cab and 4" from the T-pipe to the mufflers. The Stock E9 V8 macks were pretty quiet even without mifflers. I have driven a 440 and 500. the ones I drove spun to 1900RPM and pulled pretty good. you could keep up with new trucks of the same HP all day. the company I drive for had a 2002 pete with a 550 cat and the 440 mack would walk on it up to about 60MPH.

I don't know anything about the E9's, but the ol' 325 and especially the 375s were a "hawse" in their day as they say.

Tom,.......that's just Crocadile Dundee in the above picture laying in the water. He's looking for something to eat.....wait......hold tha phone........ya know it might be Rob stalking for food in another one of his outfits. He just keeps me always guessing what he really looks like.

The other picture......your on your own with that one.

mike

It could be, I heard he's been missing for a while.

The story of the dinosaur-I was at the shop last week and said "i've been to this power plant before, you just go out past the Homestead Speedway and turn right at the dinosaur". Wildman and some more drivers were in there, and they'd all been there too but none of them had ever seen a dinosaur, as if to insinuate that i'd been hallucinating. I told them I did see a dinosaur, and i'd take a picture of it this time.

Here's the proof.

Come to think of it- that might have been Rob in disguise, and he might not have been there when they were there.

I saw a big lizard and a huge lizard. Also saw some small ones at a rest area, but I didn't take their pictures.

Don't really need a muffler as the noise is not objectionable out the stack. It is actually quite quiet.

Does sound really good under an overpass, going through a tunnel, or between buildings.

Rob

they definately have a sound all their own. I love to hear one running.

I can't tell you from first hand experience as I've never been a truck driver that has used one of the V8's produced by Mack.

I have been told by many they were real "powerhouses" in their heyday, but changing emmisions laws in this country was to their demise in production.

Parts are getting scarce and therfore expensive to acquire as of late.

Rob

Me either, but I always wanted to be.

And they are - I've had my doors blown off many times by V8 Macks.

There's nothing like a V8 Mack with a straight pipe.

Guys......I'm sorry.......you all are all wrong.......it was me laying down back their. I had an itch and had to scratch it.

mike

I didn't get it until I saw the viagra reference...what a man. lucky for you there's no power lines coming up in the immediate future!

Nice.....if only it was a tandem with room for a bunk!! I'm working on it!

That picture sure does do the old dawg A LOT of justice LOL!!

the rest of the story-

http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1790990

if you copy @ paste this link it should show the revolution it is very different from anything ive ever seen

Me too. Wow, nice looking trailer! I like the tie downs that you can move anywhere you want them. Mine just has the holes in the floor with a piece of chain attached and they're not always where you need them. They're for use with a side kit anyway, I usually hook my chains around the spools. I read that the stake pockets are the strongest attachment point on a steel trailer but the spools are on an aluminum trailer.

bad example of cut, copy, and paste- I could do better with more time, but the charcoal's about ready.

AAAAHHHHHHH MY EYES MY EYES

sorry about that...of course it's all Mike's fault.

That wasn't a high load, that guy was just a "super trucker" with a big ass CB antenna on his truck.

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oh. I just assumed it was a high load, and you should never assume anything.

Saw this oversize load in Colorado last week. It was the highest load i've ever seen- must have been well over a hundred feet high.

Mike,

If you do use a stripper - make sure you get a good looking one! Do not hire Other Dog - he might claim to be a stripper - but the mental image is unbearable.

Good luck,

Paul Van Scott

I'm sure Mike wouldn't consider me for that job- i'm not from Oklahoma!

you say you are pulling a fontain now, other dog, i would like to know what you like and dislike, i looked at a fontain revolution, lots of new technology, looks realy cool but dont know if it will work,i would rather see someone else brake one in half first. guess thats kind of selfish but i could not afford that right now.

I pull a 48' Fontaine Phantom spread axle. I've had a 48,000+lb. single coil in the middle of it and didn't break it in half. They order all the trailers with the coil package though. I like it fine, haven't had any problems with it.