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blackdog2

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  1. Wee didnt need to see a Kawopper I hate to see the the lights go in that yard with all the macks . good luck im dollar short and to late again and not in my neighborhood .
  2. Palumbo trucking in N .Branford was a die hard Peterbuilt fan bought 2 Volvos traded them in for 2 new Macks pretty sharp and RED.
  3. They do sell install tool & removal used with a impact tool .
  4. When you are affiliated with large truck orders they listen when you buy one new one and spend 40 k in parts and they treat you like shit and don't listen about problems and over charge on parts and services
  5. Like Ron White (tater salad) said, you can't fix stupid.
  6. P G Adams in South Burlington Vermont 48 foot plus that's there only thing check out there web site.
  7. Yea Bob, but he's making pipe and a lot of other precast pieces and trying to get into parking garages. He owns places all over east coast. He was caught skimping on rebar by the state and had to pay a big fine well he discounted material to the state for TAX purpose . He hired a person after all that for a couple years, then laid him off due to lack of work and he tripled in business with the state along as you get on the Friday list lunch & drinks till 6-7 between 20-40 people every week hes on both sides of rt-68 .
  8. In 1978 I went to work full time for a c-store chain in ne while full time in hi school well they closed my phone rang rang I chose a rigging company I was the youngest mechanic and did well and moved on and still the phone rings now I own a bunch of old MACKS 10 + and still having fun after 40 s years but slept in LJ- b-models must be in the blood .or geens . @54MACK
  9. Nobody wants to pay !!! I had United Concrete in Wallingford ct call me looking for a experienced Mechanic on Macks and offer 13.00 an hour I told him to keep looking told I just turned down a job for 28.oo an hour plus a service truck think hes cheap and that why he is growing he use every angle from temp service to subs nobody works for the actual company .
  10. I was looking at a Mack at Tri-state Kenworth trade-in talking to the service mgr he had a costumer with 5 new KW all was there at the same time with major problems.
  11. slobber the the grease all over its like putting the crank handle on the passenger to get the driver on that side of the truck to visual inspect that side.
  12. go to Lowe's Home Depot state & local public works and see the majority wins FORD and my yard 4 letter win MACK-FORD
  13. They always catch on the brake lining rating not the tire butt they don't know everything the Keystone KOPS are useless .
  14. Old fruehauf you can buy after market legs cheaper!!!!
  15. They are constantly loosing them around here usually on I-95 southbound then there was two truckers that would put on 1 load leave for 2 hours and open the second part of trailer and put on another load then off to New Jersey they have Tri-axel trailers to haul the weight .
  16. Good Year started in CT he work for his farther in Naugatuck hardware store on Rubber Ave. owned a house in Guilford ct witch my friend bought in the 90s 18 room 4 fire places now a two family was built late 1800s.
  17. In New Haven Conn they have some 50.000 lbs coils in the last 4 months ive seen 3 trailers bent in the middle and one twisted were it laid over every accident state police found traveling to fast I moved them on a 35 ton low bed we off load ships several times a month one driver laid over 3 coils at once in the yard two trips later 1 coil over
  18. If he is doing working for state or municipal his DOT # must clean of all violation if not he will not be awarded the job unless he puts in a different DOT # like everybody in Conn does butt there is another truck s on crags list just punch in mack with a lot lesss work.
  19. Candy sugary drinks &bag of chips & locker room talk
  20. That is why mack use motor oil because pump seal separates the 2 fluids apart if use power steering fluid it will go into the engine.
  21. Unfortunate they have a few empty pages in the back of rule book were they can fill in as needed or make fit !!!!!!!!!
  22. Afcart 5 wheel locks into the trailer sow there is no roll on the trailer riggers special
  23. blackdog2

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    The foundation was saved that's all counts . no dummsters .
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