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Same thing the mixer truck does- i'm hoping tires solve the problem.

I noticed the date on the pictures is Jan. 2007 too. Let's see, that's...hold on...carry the one...over 5 years ago!

They're here- earlier than I expected. Saw this out the kitchen window this morning, so I ran out on the back porch and got a picture.

Each tag represents a trip to Carter Cat with a C-15 Acert twin turbo, for broken rockers and mostly the dreaded "intake valve actuator fault". I'm sure I accumulated a few more after I took this picture. But, the last year or so before Jeff traded the Pete was pretty much trouble free. It was a 550 with the heavy haul package, and it ran and pulled while derated with the engine light on about as good as the new paccar does all the time.

I don't know what MSW is, but this is one of my favorite "girl in car" pictures. This was taken while I was sitting in traffic on I-85 around Concord, N.C. a few years ago. The best one was taken with my film camera and it was on the wall at the shop for a long time.

Since the tank was just used for water, it probably has an open vent of some sort on it somewhere,eh? I was just thinking of a picture I saw of a new stainless steel tanker that the sides had collapsed on because the driver forgot to open the vent when he was unloading.

dammit! West Virginia, eh? That means they'll be here by tomorrow afternoon.

You're exactly right. I've often said that it takes much more skill to drive a 5 speed Mack than most Roadranger transmissions, you do need a good sense of timing to drive them. Once you get used to them you'll love it. I went from a Transtar International with a VT903 Cummins,13 speed, to an F-model 300 5 speed. The 903 would turn 2,600 rpms, you down shifted at around 1900-2000 rpms. About as far apart as you could get, from a 903 to a Maxidyne! Took a while to get used to the Mack, but once I did, I wouldn't have traded it for anything else we had at the time.

oh...I feel so stoopid!

I noticed that too. Wonderful, now these creatures that were once found only in Nevada have gained a foothold in central Illinois. In a year or 2 they'll be over here in Virginia. Great...

well...they were sorta-kinda in order until I went thru them this morning- I turned every other one backwards to make space, and they're all jumbled up now.p.s. - "If you find anymore let me know!" Yeah, like that's gonna happen! I'd like to find another one for myself!

OK, thanks. I didn't look too close at Double Clutch, just a quick look at the covers. i'm pretty sure i've still got it too then.That magazine rack came from a store in Appomattox. They were throwing it out- wish I had another one, this one's almost full to capacity.

That's odd- I went through all these antique truck magazines in the rack looking for the Euclid article, since I had nothing else to do. I've never thrown any of them away, but I couldn't find it. I thought it was in one called "Shifting Gears", one I only got 3 or 4 issues of before they stopped publishing it, I guess. I know the Euclid was somewhere around Clearfield, Pa. and i'm pretty sure I didn't dream it.

not enough though. she should have had her window down so there wouldn't be a reflection. makes a much better picture.

If you're driving a 5 speed Maxidyne don't even try to downshift it on a pull until the rpm's drop to about 11-1200 rpms. It's a waste of time. They're a pretty neat deal once you get used to them. With the high torque rise engine you can let off it going down the highway- loaded- until the rpm's drop to 11 or 12 hunnert, then just mash your gas and it'll pick right back up. I used to go through Buckingham Courthouse with a 50,000+ lb. load, slow down to 35mph. going through town, and never have to downshift. Just left it in the big hole, when I hit the 55 zone I just put the hammer down, blew out a huge cloud of smoke, and was off! That was in a 300 Mack that had the fuel turned up a little, and it would turn 2400 rpms. If it's an 8 spd, it's an 8 spd. The 8LL is a 10 spd. transmission.

Happy birthday!

I have an antique truck magazine here somewhere, I think it's one that's no longer published, that had an article about a Euclid in Pa. that had 2 6-71's in it. They were still using it on a job, and supposedly it was going to a museum as soon as the job was finished.

they make artificial water?..I never knew. I'm always learning stuff here.

I've never driven any newer Detroits, but I did read in Heavy Duty Trucking a year or so ago that the Detroit Diesel engine was rated higher in customer satisfaction than Cummins or Cat, with less breakdowns per so many miles, forgot what it was. The "big horse" in H.H.Moore's fleet for a long time was the brown K100 with a 440HP 8V-92 in it.I drove a 1977 F-model 300/5spd. for several years, trouble free except the turbo went out in Massachusets one time. I remember one time when it was in our shop for something, and I drove another F-model with a 237 to run a trip. Took a 50,155 lb.load of Kyanite to Washington, Pa. in it and reloaded coils in Butler, Pa. Before I left I got my radar detector out of my truck and was walking over towards the other truck with it in my hand and Jeff Moore said "don't worry- you won't be needing that!" He was about right- 2nd. gear on a lot of the hills that that 285hp. would pull in 3rd, but that ol' 237 got the job done.

I can't find a really good example, but this is a hand lettered unit, a 1984 K100. This fellow had all his paints laid out, always had a cigarette dangling out of his mouth, and used a baton like thing in his left hand to steady his writing hand with. Did some nice pinstriping too. Yes, that is me in the picture.

well...they've said it all, great story indeed Mark.

and now- the REST of the story...

I was going to tell about me calling headquarters this morning and asking about the status of the red truck. They said it should be ready this afternoon. So, I went over there around 3:30, figuring if the red truck wasn't ready, i'd just drive the yellow one again. Got my check first, and went to the bank. Came back and noticed that the yellow truck wasn't there. Low Rider was driving it, so his truck must have broken down too. I went in the office and asked what the deal was with the red truck- "Truck Enterprises said it should be done this evening sometime". I said "well, if it's gonna be 7 or 8 o'clock tonight, you might as well call Lowe's in Oakland and tell 'em i'll be there Monday- I leave earlier than this if i'm just going to Roanoke". So I called Truck Enterprises and asked them if they had any idea when it would be ready. They said it would be "late tonight, if then- they've got the whole dash out of it now, trying to get those bushings in". So I went back in the office and told Neal "might as well make that call, 'cuz I ain't waiting until late tonight to see if they get it finished, when it still might be tomorrow sometime- screw you guys-i'm going home!" (Eric Cartman) But i'm not gonna say anything, lest I get Rowdy Rebel started up.

Ed hired the taxi in Florida to take him to Connecticut to see his homeys. He apparently didn't realize he was being "taken for a ride".