other dog

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.

707 but referred to as 711. I don't know why unless it was because 707 was already taken by some airplane and they didn't want any confusion.

Rob

that's right.

I think it was called a 711 because after the chief engineers had perfected this particular engine they said "hey,let's all go down to the 7-eleven and get a slurpee to celebrate!". While they were standing in the 7-eleven store parking lot enjoying their slurpees one of them said "what are we gonna call this new engine?". They all looked up at the 7-eleven sign...the rest, as they say, is history.

That's just my theory.

I couldn't resist either-when i'm lost flyin' I get the old Rand McNalley out of the floor between the seats and take a look. Hasn't steered me wrong yet.

Oh no- reminds me of a joke I once heard. Two best friends decided to join the air force. When they went to enlist the recruiter asked the first guy "what do you do?". He said "I'm a pulpwood cutter". The recruiter said "sorry,but we just can't use you right now".

Then he asked the second guy "and what do you do?". He said "i'm a pilot". The recruiter said "great! I know we have a place for you-what can you fly?". The man said "fly? I cain't fly nuthin'". "But I thought you were a pilot" said the recruiter. "I'm is" said the man. "He cuts the wood, then I pile it".

I just passed thru Dumas last Friday on rt. two eighty seven. hmmm...nothing works on the top row of the keyboard. Looks like a trip to Wal-Mart tomorrow. 56-= well,5,6,-,and = work. That's all I need.

do you guy's think there is that much difference between a raven and an east?

couldn't say,i've never pulled an East,but I see a lot of them in Ohio and Pa. East,Mac,and Reitenour-?-seem to be most popular in that area.

easier-

another one turned up...