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is that the one with the 2 dogs on the cowling?

Prices have gone up over there to. A 1987 Superliner day cab, 12 spd was sold for $AUS86,000 plus buying fee maybe 5% online auction last Friday. Average condition.

On 5/29/2023 at 9:46 PM, LeonardoFVR said:

Here in Melbourne daily I see many Scania truck and dog tipper (both quads and triple axles) units working on our major tunnels, mostly V8's, fully loaded they get up and go like cars. Some of these V8's have modified exhausts - they sound good. 

They seem very popular in the tipper work for civil works because of their tight steering circle set up.

19 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Paul, we have Crazy people here that want to outlaw cow farms because their 'Farts' are thought to be harmful to the environment...   I say use cow fart gas to power electricity plants so they can charge there battery powered cars...  Just a thought...  Sorry for the side track...   Jojo

Well what about our pets, they fart too and it's ....,(my lab has been ... tonight) so will pets be banned soon? 😂🤔

The Iranian F model looks similar to the late 60's F models we had in Australia. That F model and many other Macks were exported to Iran prior to 1982 when it was called Persia, a period that US had close ties. I wonder how and where they obtain parts for their Macks in Iran given the US sanctions.  

On 5/13/2023 at 4:26 AM, Vladislav said:

Tom, I tried my best a couple more times to film how steep and curvey East Turkish roads are. Telling my impression by words they're excellent. Yes, I saw many road signs marking incline frkm 6 to 8%. But that's in a mountain area all over which is much hilly than Appalaches. And 90% of highways between small towns (I don't mean willages) are of 4 lanes. Also I payed more attention and noted modern semi trucks go uphill 60-70km/h what seems way off any trouble. Worth to note though that many portions of the road marked with signs having (using?) chains. Pretty sure winter times are a lot of "fun" for local truckers since snow and hard wind are common thing in winter months. 

Interesting Vlad that you have mentioned the 4 lane highways. I have been listening to the BBC news tonight about the Turkish elections. Comment was that current President of 20 years has invested in building infrastructure. These roads seem to reflect that investment, they are major contributors to progress and commerce for the country for many years to come. And as you note trucks that can keep up good road speeds and safety as well.

During WW2 the US army had a major civil contractor, Dillingham, build air fields and associated buildings in northern Australia for the Pacific war against the Japanese. After the war, Dillingham saw what the then US President had the government invest in the highways. Dillingham continued to operate in Australia after the war and during the mid 1950's, following the USA government new highways build, it submitted a proposal to the then PM Menzies government in Australia to build a tollways linking Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Menzies rejected the offer. Well by 2009 we finally had a freeway between Melbourne and Sydney, nearly 60 years later. The freeway between Sydney and Brisbane is nearly completed, bar 3 major regional cities (one section has been delayed because of political dancing) and north of Sydney. And sections of the divided highway between Melbourne and Adelaide are completed, and long way to complete. Sadly, the Victorian sections of the highways are in very poor condition due to significant under investment in critical state government road funding. 

On reflection, it was a mistake by our government to reject the 1950's proposal by Dillingham to build the tollways. All the benefits, economic, road safety for the road users, tourism etc would have paid for the tollroads many years ago.

And certainly Australia could have allowed the introduction of the bigger US built trucks as those tollways were being commissioned, which would have also produced many multiple benefits for our country.     

HI C

Have you tried Tylden Heritage at Kyneton Victoria, they had stock of the V8 emblems, speak to Tim Turner.

On 5/11/2023 at 9:57 AM, Hans Remmers said:

Just thought I'd share this listing of a superliner with a stretched hood. I've never seen anything like it and don't know why it was done but here it is. None of the other pictures show a good under hood view.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listing/upcoming-auctions/223549007

Looks like a custom extension! And it spoils the Superliner hood.

19 hours ago, Vladislav said:

So the title turned out as quite common chain of events for a general American trucker. At the same time the things I got involved into we of almost different kind. Ok, more correctly at a different place. 

Feeling lust to travel I sat on my motorbike and rode direction Georgia. Which is not the state of the US but the country in Kaukazus mountain region. It's a former part of Soviet Union so plenty of connections with Russia and the most people speak Russian language. There's only road from my place to there and that's a long roamy mountain pass. I never drove there before and got surprized of how beautiful the scenaries were and how difficult was the way. I was really lucky riding (with no rain though) but found out plenty of trucks went that way either and at some places it seemed about impossible to do. But the main trouble for the trucks was crossing the border. Drivers I lalked with said they usually spend from 1 to 10 days in the waiting line. In the mountains, just on a side of the road! 

On my way I met at least 3 "parked conwoys" of nearly 2-3 kilometer long. Police car was placed at the beginning and they managed to allow a certain amount of trucks to go depending on what was happening at the customs. Definitely not a place you'd like to spend one or two weeks of your working time. One of the pics represents such the line of trucks. I stopped at the shoulder to make a pic but exactly at the time police flagged the trucks to go so the pic looks like the conwoy's going. But if you look further there's endless tail of stopped trucks. 

Amazing scenery, thank you for the pictures Vlad. And deep snow this time of the year, it has not melted.

Gee with some effort it could be converted into an interesting motor home, but many $'s 🤣

On 12/24/2022 at 2:59 PM, Sk1981 said:

Have 1981 super Liner with the neway air ride. If the axle are 8 hole they are 38000#. Bags look taller in picture then mine do. Never could figure out how heavy axles I have. Thanks 

We have the same Neway air ride, when I ordered new airbags  I was informed the airbags are 1 standard size for this Neway airbag suspension. 

Have a look at Wikipedia Detroit Diesel - a full timeline history is listed. Detroit Diesel engine and Allison transmissions were divisions of General Motors. In 1970 GM consolidated these 2 divisions, the new joined division was named the Detroit Diesel - Allison Division. In 1980 DD-AD produced it's first 4 cycle engine. Hence the name Detroit Allison motors.

Early 1980's the diesel engine production was split off as the Detroit Diesel Division and the turbine engine remained in the Allison Division.

23 hours ago, mattb73lt said:

I believe the mirror heads are still available in stainless along with the the brackets they mount to. The arms to the doors are the hard things to find. I was lucky enough to find a complete set in stainless of reproduction ones. They’re styled after the B model ones and I had to fill and redrill the holes in the doors as they were a different pattern. I still have the original steel ones if you need some? They could be chromed.

The mirrors on the international Emmeryvilles are the same as your steel mirror frames. They must have been a shared west coast mirror.

Please what motor is it your LTL?

Can you post pictures of the motor?

Our V8 Valueliner was built with the Neway's and is rated at 80 tons payload, worked to pull heavy low loader trailers. Our B 75 has same Neway - which came off a Canadian V8 Superliner that was a cattle truck, after all the cattle piss for many years the Neway steel was very good after we sand blasted all the frame.

engine must be sitting partly in the cabin? We have an E6 in our B75 and it is very close to fire wall, so by my thinking the engine maybe inside by up to 12 inches, assuming a bit of clearance at the back of the engine. But a good result to fit the E7.

The red cab over looks like the US Ford cabin. The local cabs do not do justice to the Mack brand!

I traveled around Spain and France in 1980 and 1985, saw lots of US B and R models, up in the northern part of Spain and particularly from 1 Spanish transport company, some B75's, the B models were mostly single drives and many of the R models were tandems. From memory most were Mack green.  

On 7/27/2022 at 6:36 AM, mattb73lt said:

No not offhand. I have a friend who details cars and aircraft for a living and he has some stuff for aluminum he swears by. He’s promised to get me some of what he uses, but I haven’t received anything yet.

Please let me know if you receive it.

US prices for the Superliners V8's are following our Aussie values upwards.

Hi Matt - I see the alloy top is like ours with those pin holes/pitting. I found that I have to gently polish the alloy otherwise the pin holes may get bigger. But no leaks. Maybe one day we might find a compound that we can apply to seal the pin holes. Do you know of any such products?

Thanks Joey, that seems to be the facts, USA has a trade deal to sell USA oil to China. I wonder when that Phase 1 trade deal was agreed and by whom?

Maybe that is part of the reason for high fuel prices in USA?

Mid 1990's our gas companies signed a deal to sell natural gas at Aus 2 cents a litre for something like 25 or more years, with little if no allowance for price increases or if there are they would be minimal. China is laughing all the way to ... I wonder if China has a cheap deal to buy USA oil? 

Look up Youtube V8 Scania's, some awsome motor music, strait exhaust pipes. 

And rears converted to Neway airbag suspension.

This a Mark 11 Superliner, originally had E9 and later converted to a Cat and from memory an 18 spd R/ranger box, possibly double overdrive. It has been over, rebuilt and a daily working dog.