Dirtymilkman

I like the gold "Mack " script 

Was that Nuss's Titan? 

23 hours ago, mowerman said:

They don’t charge that much to change them out you’re better off to just pay


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$45 to swap tires here. That's just crazy. Plus they charge shop supplies and also valve stems are not included. My buddy just had a flat repair done and it cost $79. 

Not sure how the anthem can is mounted but if it's like my Titan you'll love it. Not sure if my Titan is mounted the same as the Aussie ones but its different from my CL's. Great ride. 

I have Dura Brights 😆

I use one. The original is called the Golden Tire Tool or something like that. They work awesome. Once you get the hang of the way it works I can dismount a tire in less than a minute easy. Their mounting tool works awesome too. Easily worth the money considering how much it costs now to get rubber changed and how slow they are. 

4 hours ago, Swishy said:

RE: extended everything on mine for 5 years

FFS

Fancy pay n 4 warranty

aint they got any faith in there product

 

None. 

6 hours ago, 41chevy said:

I'm thinking if I have to jump through hoops just to try and get what I want than what will be the act to get warranty and general support? Brand loyalty be damned I'll be talking to Autocar tomorrow.

Warranty is excellent. I put the extended everything on mine for 5 years. You pretty much have to buy a separate warranty for everything. There's after treatment, harness and sensor, engine, transmission and so on. Cost me an extra $9,000 but that paid for itself  many times over. 

Do the Aussie MP's have cup/injector issues? 

I see tons of anthems in MN. Even a lot of day daycab ones. I remember when they rolled out the vision you couldn't get a daycab for a couple years. 

9 hours ago, 41chevy said:

It has thicker rails and the cross members are a small bit heavier with a  wider flange area for fasteners. I started with a 204 something inch wheel base cab and chassis, set the bed on where I wanted it 3 inches off the cab back and slid the rear suspension up as an assembly. I also re installed the cross members from the cut off section  so mine is stiffer than factory

That's how it should be done. I see in Australia they will build things the people want. Here it's all about the profit margins and appeasing the shareholders. 

11 hours ago, 41chevy said:

I looked at GMC's  I ended up purchasing a 2016 Ram 5500 chassis Cummins and 8 speed manual, shortened the wheel base and put on a older Ram 8 foot bed. Replaced the duals with super singles, welded up a aluminum baffled 145 gallon auxiliary fuel tank to fit the full bed floor and use that for job sites and towing both my racecars.

 

 

Does the 5500 Ram have a heavier frame than the 3500? The 3500 has a lot of flex. 

On 6/6/2019 at 10:47 PM, 41chevy said:

 same group that runs to buy the GM pick up with the 9 function tailgate just because of the hype. 

I thought that tailgate was the biggest gimmick around. Then I bought a new GMC with one on it. I love that thing. 

Always check your u-joints and bearings on your steering shaft. I've replaced many where you couldn't even turn the steering wheel and it was just a $6 bearing. 

10 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

Dirtymilkman....I don't have any interior pics of the CL's I drove. Does yours have that kind of console on the roof with the stereo speakers and lights in it? can you post a pic of that some time?

I loved that red Elite interior. Especially the nice touches like the bulldogs embroidered in the seats.

They both have the overhead consoles and they also have the factory center consoles too. The '89 center console is quite a bit different than the '01 console. 

2 hours ago, Freightrain said:

 

HEAT/VIBRATOR?   Is that for the drivers seat or the dump bed??  

Nope.........Passenger seat. 

That's pretty awesome

That Rep looks hungover as F........

If my math is correct, 400,000 trucks divided by 10 years is 40,000 trucks per year. That's putting out 109 trucks a day, 24/7. That doesn't sound right to me. 

7 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Great photos of the other side of the world in a very different time 

 

Thanks for sharing 

 

I believe YOU are on the other side of the world. 😁

I never knew they built them like that into the '40's

1 hour ago, Mackpro said:

The max HP rating for a export MP8 with no EGR is 440. I’ve seen 3 major engine failures on low mileage deleted MP8s . One I know was a 505 , the other 2 I’m unsure on HP. I would feel better if the EGR was not deleted but the DPF/SCR was 

Why would no egr affect the motor? Wouldn't it be better for the engine to be deleted?

They sure know how to build a truck there. 

53 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

Well first of all, truth be told, Dirtymilkman (Mark) who spends all his time jet setting around the world has never set foot in his MP10 Titan. Heir to the Marriott fortune, he has never worked a day in his life.

As for MPG, if you had a driver and his exact clone operating two identical trucks under the same operating conditions under 80,000lb, the X12 would prove more economical than the X15.

Actually our fortune came from inventing the ballpoint pen. 

My mileage is exceptional, except in the winter. My clone needs to work on his winter skills.