other dog

Not liking that either.

you're as picky as Rowdy...i'll be back.

Nah...I was in the truck when it was going up. Once it was up, that's when I got out to make sure it was all coming out. Hell, someone had to steer the truck to keep it from getting too close to the edge (which was crumbling away beneath my wheels). I've had trickier dumps...I love the challenge. Any idiot with half a brain can dump a load off a trailer onto a concrete pad.

It's all good, though. Company driver that dumped ahead of me pi$$ed the guys off at the jobsite...guess he was either too skeerd or not good enough to get his truck lined up and dumped into the pit...so he dumped about 3' in front of the pit onto the gravel road. Probably 6 or 8 tons that he hauled out was lost in the ditches and on the gravel road. Then the knucklehead pulls out without rolling his tarp back over the trailer and leaves a nice cloud of dust trailing behind him as he heads into town...

30 seconds earlier...

I was hoping you would leave those details out as we don't want to discourage any potential new flatbed drivers.

well, it's like everything else in that it has it's good and bad points.I'd rather do it than sit all day at a grocery warehouse waiting to unload all day where you have to do it yourself or pay a lumper. Sometimes you load and unload quickly, have no-tarp loads, and everything's lovely.

i'll see what I can find for ya.

couldn't find any chrome,but I found these nice green ones.

C'mon man have some class at least make the rim aluminum. I'm a chrome addict ya know.

i'll see what I can find for ya.

Oh I know a few like that. Just don't have the rack like you. GUN RACK

one of the best racks i've ever seen...

That's prolly more true than you'd want to believe.

Until you have to tarp, strap, and chain in the rain, snow, and ice then you'll be ready to pull something else.

don't forget sitting all day waiting to unload at some jobsite and then spending half the night waiting to load at some steel mill,then having to tarp outside when the wind's blowing 40 mph in the snow,sleet and rain, then be expected to deliver 500 miles away at 7 the next morning-then when you get there they put the load outside in the weather anyway.

Thank ya, I plan on keeping it the way it is,with just a few custom touches,like bigger tires and wheels,a bigger bumper,bigger stacks,and maybe a drop visor.Then i'll decorate the interior to my liking-I love fuzzy steering wheel covers, bigger radios,and 400 watt linears!

everybody just calm the f*** down!..that's better.

Mastering the Quadraplex (5 x 4) is a badge of pride not a lot of drivers can carry . Not for the lazy or faint of heart. But then neither is a real Mack . A real driver is the guy who can go down the road with 42 ton in a sand box shiftin a 4 by drinkin a cup of coffee smokin a cigarette and talkin to you while cussin the traffic and readin the address on the delivery ticket and still doesent grind a gear or miss a shift .

I'll agree with that. I always said it takes way more skill to drive a 5 speed Mack than any of the roadranger transmissions.

If you drive a quadruplex like a 5 speed you must have way more horsepowers than my B-model's got.

I've been hauling these big aluminum coils from the Port of Wilmington (N.C.) to Ball Metal Beverage in Bristol,Va. all week. They make the pop-tops for aluminum cans there. Almost 400 miles each way. We'd do a load every day,they unload until midnight.

I was pulling a Conestoga because I don't have a TWIC card and wild man would go in and load his load then come out and take my truck in and load it for me. They had to be tarped before you could leave,so the Conestoga made it easier.

Hello All

I am looking to buy a R model. Always have liked Macks but never had the money to buy one, but now I do. Can spend about 5k. In regard to the 5+4 transmission. Is it possible to shift the 5+4 as only a 5 speed. Are all the 5+4 made by Mack. I really want a truck that is ALL Mack. Thanks

not really-maybe if you were bobtailing all the time. a quadruplex isn't that hard to drive after you fool with it a while-under,direct,and over in the compound in each gear in the main until you get to 5th.gear,then you don't use the compound.The quad. is a Mack trans. but not all 5 and 4s are.

Looking back at the pic I see it now. I knew it would be a matter of time before you did a photoshop.

Nice looking truck though,and clean.Set back front axle.I like it.You'll probly get a new mattress anyway.

Rowdy bumped up the idle, put the body in gear, and BAILED.

Must have good insurance

Pic #7 "water stain" clearly visible

I understand price is a big issue for you, but, why an '87 or Fruitloop even. Get a

oh yeah,I see it.

i know you wont have any problems with the crusty trusty dodge, but if the trailer gives you any fits i am at westgate on 80-90 if your taking that way to lansing.

I took a picture of the Bulldog in front of headquarters in Greensboro, but it's hard to get a picture going west and it was always dark when I came back east. You can barely see it over the black SUV.

Would you take a slightly used PETERBUILT for it? It has had an oil leak recently but is now fixed ( I Think ) It is in Gladys, VA sitting around not being used enough. I think it would be a good trade. Email otherdog more info. Also will send a scarecrow from the garden to keep ya company on long trips.

mike

I left the Peterbilt at the south Lynchburg truckstop Saturday morning. If it's not there now at least I know what happened to it. As for the scarecrow, I had too many leaves in the garden to till them in so I decided to burn them off and burned the scarecrow up in the process. The owl was unhurt however.

Tom I like the bike with the camper on it the BEST....I might have seen it somewhere....kinda looks familar....I bet the camper is difficult to get into his basement.

Hey....not trying to break up a thread but, where is Bollweeval aka James? have not heard from him in a long time. May have to put out an APB on him.

mike

The camper was being pulled by a 3 wheel bike too, like the school bus.I got it off another site and did a slapped up cut-copy-paste on it...I forgot where I got the motorcycle picture I used from. It came from around here somewhere pretty close though.

I haven't heard from James for a while either.

I'm just killin' time, waiting for my next mission...

Freightrain at home early one morning gets a cup of coffee and looks out the window...

" oh my gosh! looks like there was a big suplosion over at Joe's junk yard and it blew a rusty,crusty,yet trusty looking Dodge pickup, a trailer with a 3 ton rolling gantry crane,a bulk quick lube dispensing outfit, a 6-71 Detroit engine, a bike,and an R-model or 2 on it right into our driveway- we better call 9-1-1. Wow,all that crap landed on the trailer almost like somebody put it there on purpose!"

Mr. Watt-

"Barry,if you see a rusty,crusty,yet trusty Dodge pickup pull in here pulling a trailer with a 3 ton rolling gantry crane,a bulk quick lube dispensing outfit, a 6-71 Detroit engine, a bike,and an R-model or 2 on the trailer,lock the doors and close the shades."

Barry-

"gotcha"

Maybe I'll give putting fuel in it a go; that sounds casual.

I'm leaving Peoria at 5:30am on Thursday to pick up the bike. I'll be traveling on I-74, and I-70 and stopping for a break at INDY. My next break will be someplace around Columbus, OH, then onto Canton, OH, and Akron to load in the evening. Hoping to overnight in Freightrains driveway, and head over to yak with Barry and Tracey at Watt's Mack on Friday morning. Departing there late Friday morning, I'm heading to NE Indiana to pick up a three ton rolling gantry for the shop, then up to Lansing, MI to pick up a bulk quick lube dispensing outfit I purchased. I will overnight at Lansing, or someplace close. If that is not enough, I'm then headed to B61 Fred's place to visit the new addition and pick up a 6-71 Detroit engine stashed there, (momma don't know bout this so don't tell on me). I'll overnight there Saturday, and drop the engine at my uncles place on Sunday morning in Effingham, IL. Then I'll head home and let momma kick the shit outta me for something I did, but don't know about yet.

If anybody is along the route speak up and we'll get together during the trip.

Rob

geez, where the hell is the bike, Nova Scotia?

I never know where i'm gonna be, but I have been known to travel the area mentioned-except Nova Scotia.

here's some pictures of the Macks and the book's cover.

Well after nearly 1/2 hour of trying to get the V8 truck to restart after filling the filters, and transferring the tank contents to the other side, I got pissed off cause wasn't getting anywhere quick. I took a tank cap off, drilled out one of the lead plugs in the top and tapped the hole for a 1/4" air fitting. I then threaded in an air fitting and put 80 pounds to the tank, (which does not leak). Upon jumping in the cab and twisting the key the engine roared to life in about fifteen seconds. This truck has consistently taken air pressure applied to the fuel tank to get it to start after being run out of fuel. Think I'm going to pull the pump and have it looked at/rebuilt. The engine runs very well when it has fuel.

Rob

You could just put a glad hand on the fuel cap so you can pressurize it easily...or you could even put fuel in it periodically, that might work too.

Saying she's hot is a bit of a stretch too...but definately broke up the monotiny of bearded Canadians, eh?

Anyway, I can't imagine the stones of those guys who did it back then. Nowadays we get bitchy if the a/c isn't working or the ultra-shift is malfunctioning.

yeah, they started in Alaska and went as far as due north of Michigan. They had a plane marking the general route by dropping colored stakes that were weighted on one end so they'd stick in the snow, guides on the ground marking the best route for the road, then cat dozers clearing a trail, more cat dozers widening the trail, then the snow train and trucks, at about 70 below zero. Like he said, sounds easy enough on paper, right?

What they were doing was installing an early warning radar system on the Arctic Ocean.