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I've always had trouble-with my old pc,my new pc,going from dial-up to broadband,it's always very,very slow on their site for some reason.

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I guess I must live in the right area, I hear these things pretty often. A chainsaw is probably the sound I hear least. 903 Cummins are popular in Terra-Gator fertilizer spreaders, there are quite a few Detroits around, 8V-71's, 92's and 6-71's have remained in service as farm trucks.

There are quite a few V-8 Macks around, a local feed company runs 2 Superliner V-8's, a man about 10 likes from here was using his to haul with but since the last rebuild it appears as if he is only going to be pulling a sled with it from time to time. I get mine out pretty often and play, Tuesday and Wednesday my friend and I picked up another V-8 Superliner with my Superliner and trailer.

The sounds I miss are the clanging and banging of a strip mine. Growing up in the soft coal fields of PA I went to sleep many nights to the clanging chains of a dragline bucket, the rumble of the rocks when the drag or the end-dumps dumped the overburden where they wanted it. Many of these sounds are nearly extinct, every once in a while when I get back home I get to hear some of these sounds.

Yeah,don't worry Mackonfire-you've come to the right place! I could almost guarantee somebody here can help you-you've come across some of the finest people i've ever known.

Iam Bobby, and I live in Lexington Ky.Iam a driver for UPs here and have driven my share of Macks. My Dad had a B-61 when I was very small and was unfortunatly killed in an accident . He was leased to Direct Transport of Ky and hauled gasoline. The truck was fixed after the wreck and sold to my uncle who ran it a couple of years. It was then sold to hillcrest trucking in Frankfort Ky. (no longer in business) After that I dont know where to look. The serial no was B61t18131. If any of you guys out there that know of any B models that are parts trucks or junk check that serial no for me PLEASE .I last saw it when I was 4 in my uncles garage. Would love to have it or a piece of it. I have driven MH CH and CX Macks. I have a good collection of photos that I have taken over the years, books and literature. I also have a good sized collection of diecast trucks

Buster Brown stopped by here this week,and left A package with all this stuff in it...

See what I mean?

Also you can check out Hank's truck pictures-go all the way to the bottom and you can type in whatever you're looking for,he's probably got pictures of it somewhere on the site.

They make 2 differnt size chambers 24 and 30, the 24 is smaller than the 30, as for wedge brakes i would stay away those or switch over to S cam, wedge brakes are junk, when they are working they are all right but the S cam is alot better.

My B-68X was built with TRQ 720 quadbox and 9.05 rears. At some point, someone put a 673 and a duplex in it. I have not driven it on the road but I tracked it down to the last guy who had it registered and he said it did about 35!

I have the opportunity to get a quad box out of a B-42X but I'm assuming the quadbox in a gas job had a much lower torque rating and is a different animal. I will get the vin out of the B-42 but just curious if anyone had any ideas??

I have to believe that getting a quad will be a lot easier then finding a gear set for a RAD 111 rear.

Bob

It's almost time for the antique truck show in Winchester,Va.-September 20-22.I've been to the last two,and it's A good one! Saw this funny looking Mack there last year...

Hello Fabian,I don't know how to put the little squiggly thing over the "a", but it is nice to see the old trucks still working.Last week I was stopped at A red light on rt. 14 in Ravenna,Oh. when A nice looking B-model tandem dump truck came up behind me and turned right when the light changed,so I couldn't get A picture.It was dark green with black fenders,nice looking truck,but still on the job-BMT member maybe?.Might have been Freighttrain,that's his neck of the woods.

Nothing beats the sound of an old screamin jimmy. A buddy of mine has 2 track loaders with detroits in em and everytime i run em theres a big smile on my face until my ears start poundin from the noise. The only thing better then listening to a 2 stroker is watchin all the smoke.

I guess I must live in the right area, I hear these things pretty often. A chainsaw is probably the sound I hear least. 903 Cummins are popular in Terra-Gator fertilizer spreaders, there are quite a few Detroits around, 8V-71's, 92's and 6-71's have remained in service as farm trucks.

There are quite a few V-8 Macks around, a local feed company runs 2 Superliner V-8's, a man about 10 likes from here was using his to haul with but since the last rebuild it appears as if he is only going to be pulling a sled with it from time to time. I get mine out pretty often and play, Tuesday and Wednesday my friend and I picked up another V-8 Superliner with my Superliner and trailer.

The sounds I miss are the clanging and banging of a strip mine. Growing up in the soft coal fields of PA I went to sleep many nights to the clanging chains of a dragline bucket, the rumble of the rocks when the drag or the end-dumps dumped the overburden where they wanted it. Many of these sounds are nearly extinct, every once in a while when I get back home I get to hear some of these sounds.

LOL on that last point OD!

I miss the sound of an air start. Used to drive trucks with that system and my Mack had that set up as well.

Re your comment about GM 2-strokes. Not many heard on the road here in West Oz but went over to a show in Melbourne in November last year and they were everywhere in older working trucks and restored ones! There was even a F100 with one shoe horned in! It was heaven!

Yeah,the truck was OK-the flat top looks way better,and I thought it was A good job overall,but the trainset-I just don't get that.I'd rather have my bed,but maybe it's retired to just shows and parades,and ain't nothing wrong with that.

I knew I'd think of something else-the sound of the mailman leaving A check in the mailbox instead of another bill.

thermodyne your quite welcome

other dog : thats a cool story i too think of a few tractors & trucks too that my dad, great uncle & granddad had & I LOVED TO DRIVE OR OPERATE & They either traded or sold

my favorite tractors were a 1066 BLACKSTRIPE I.H. A 2590 Case & a 1256 I.H. All had duals ,& canopys & pulled dirt pans, disks , sheepfoot rollers but when we got a 2590w/ cab & air i put 5% limo tint on the glass i thought i was in hog heaven but the i.h tractors sounded better strightpiped than the case did to me

we had a 806 diesel that lil tractor was a hoss fer its size i liked putting a small landlevel behind it to fish grade tops of levvees & haul roads w/ i miss it wish i still had it but granddad sold it when i was bout 25 more like traded it for a 350 honda 4 wheeler

We had a 175C I.H Crawler loader it was alright but compared to the TD25C dozer W/I.H V-8 Diesel we used to clear land w/ the 175 was a baby .

I LIKE THE I.H. Equipment but the trucks always wouldnt go where a or a autocar would go & also stayedd in shop more just wouldnt hold up like a or Acar would

later yall

that got me to thinking...things you just don't hear much anymore.When I was A kid about anytime I went outdoors I'd hear A chainsaw running somewhere.Nowadays they use feller bunchers or A saw head machine,you don't hear chainsaws much except maybe someone cutting firewood. A 903 Cummins engine-used to drive one,but it's been years since I've heard that distinct sound. V-8 Macks-very rare to hear one now. And the old 2 cycle Detroits-I remember when Roadway had R-models with 318s in them and when they talked on the radio you could barely make out what they were saying but you could hear that 318 jimmy screaming in the background. I guess they were used to it.

Hey everybody,I just talked to Bill and the truck show page is complete. Check it out at www.thedieselgypsy.com .Just look for "Tom Blackwell visits truck show,Troutman,N.C. USA"

There's some good truck drag racing videos at www.thedieselgypsy.com-trucks pulling equal loads of lumber up a hill side by side,only there's no sound.I saw at least one Superliner on there.Just go to item 14,where it says "complete trip now ready...",the videos are on page 9.

Yeah, Brockway made some neat looking trucks. I like the short hood , tall looking conventional,don't know what model it is.I still see A few around occasionally.Montague-Betts, A structural steel fabricator in Lynchburg,had a couple of Brockway cabovers with the F-model cabs.They went out of business years ago,then Hirschfield Steel moved into their old plant,then they left,now it's occupied by Banker Steel.

Did somebody say they'll probably put 2 ten inch stacks on it? I agree,it looked pretty good to start with,but I think the flat top sleeper looks way better on this truck than that aero-dynamical ( ?...huh? ) one did.

Thats a good story man i couldnt imagine loading logs by hand thank the Lord for trackhoes & loaders & of course we drug our logs out w/ a 1566 blackstripe & 1256 I.H & A D3B & D4E Cat w/ hyster winches for years

never had a skidder but if we needed 1 Pop's called a buddy of his who had a TimberJack w/ a 371 Detroit in man talk bout a Screamer in the woods

later

Greetings Gus-we love pictures! (that means I don't know much,but I do like to look at the pictures)