Red Horse

3 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

No guessing. It "is" the new Volvo highway model.

"Can't beat'em, join'em I guess".....what does that mean?

Mexico is a cesspool of corruption, crime and killing. One can not build a quality car or truck there. Note the Freightliners and Ford Mavericks produced there, examples of horrendous quality. Scania will not produce in Mexico......in Brazil they can produce a quality product, alike national jewel Embraer.

Kevin

I thought the Ford plant at Hermosillio (sp?) had a rep for very good build quality??   But in any case I've always wondered about the wisdom of investing huge sums in Mexico given instability in parts of the country..what keeps it from spreading?  Think the cartels are going to concentrate on the poor areas-or go where the money is???

3 hours ago, 67RModel said:

If Stellantis / Fiat/ Dodge / Ram or whatever they are called these days had any sense they would just replace their mediocre Hemi with one of these as the gas engine option in their 2500s and up. They already have the exclusive agreement with Cummins for light duty diesels. From looking at the performance specs my guess is this thing would run circles around the 6.4 Hemi for towing and heavy duty pickup work and would probably be more efficient while doing it. The two major drawbacks I see for this as a base gas engine would be weight and cost. This thing is probably a few hundred pounds heavier than a Hemi v8  

Isn't "Mopar"-you forgot that handle😎 - about offer a turbo inline 6?  No clue on size-by the way-Ford should bring back their 300 six with a turbo.

On 3/29/2024 at 9:36 AM, kscarbel2 said:

The German Liebherr 995 crane and the company behind it.

https://www.donjon.com/ches1000.htm

But major crane operator McLean (Maryland-based) is in this too.

 

KSC,  I have to laugh-this Liebherr has been stationed close to the wreck so all the jackass reporters keep referring to this a s the "largest crane".. Meantime the "largest crane"- Chesapeake 1000 is anchored across the channel waiting.

15 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Another great video from "Whats going on with shipping" just posted four hours ago. Plenty of info and links.    .....Hippy

 

This guy, Sal Cogliano is the best...don't waste your time listening to the typical news "reporters"

Well the bullshit is flying for sure..all the "bad news that means higher prices"....

They talk about "Months" for the port being shut down.  I saw an interview with a guy from the port authority.  He said a 500 ton-yes 500- heavy lift crane will be on site Saturday.  The wreckage is localized.  The immediate need is to open the channel and they don't have to even remove everything-I would think just get it pulled aside into the shallows along side the bridge.  Smit Salvage is a huge company based in Holland also with equipment in Houston.  would not surprise me if they were underway yesterday.  It would not surprise me if the channel was opened in `10 days.

Then anyone see the genius from one of the "elite" schools?  Guy had a heavy euro accent but he said words to effect.."not a problem, we have other east coast ports and also big ports on west coast".  Guess what...any thing going through an east coast port is sourced through that port because that is what the distance  from the source for outbound or the distance for the destination of inbound goods makes Baltimore the most economical port.

Bottom line the biggest disruption will be the loss of the bridge to vehicular traffic..but the Port will be operating very soon..again my uneducated guess.

So Sleepy Joe, you can stop blaming bad economic news on this tragedy.

And KSC, you might be right on a an electronic hack but I would bet lousy fuel or bad fuel system maintenance will be the cause..can't imagine the filter system on a huge marine diesel is as simple as a Ph-8 Fram😎

FWD

Thx for the radio info.  Explains it all.  I saw another clip that said they declared a Mayday with just 90 seconds before impact so quick action on PD in stopping traffic when they did was huge-no cars went in water just the poor souls working. Had this been a DOT crew they probably would have had radio contact but contractor crew-doubtful.

Nice! V-8 right?  I'm confused though-you said 401.  the big Binder V-8 was a 549, then there was a 478?  then smallest one??  401? ALSO ONE OF THE BIG SIXES WAS A 401???

28 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

i saw a 4 minute video showing the ship loose power around two minutes before hit. 

than lights came back on and heavy smoke out of stack. about 30 seconds later power went out again. 30 seconds later came back on, about 30 seconds before it hit the bridge 

Correct on power loss before impact.  What I don't understand is, they managed to shut bridge down before impact but did not notify the crew that was on bridge patching potholes??  You can see their flashing yellow hazard lights as drifting ship was approaching.  3:55 just now Maryland gov is praising effort to shut down bridge access before impact.  Confirms what I'm saying .... what about repair crew????

24 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Just curious.... Aren't large ships escorted by tug boats to help keep the boat on course?  

Two tugs got it away from berth.  Looks like once ship was in channel it was on its own.

On 3/17/2024 at 11:49 AM, Joey Mack said:

Its sad..  here in Charlotte, the crimes of car theft and vandalism and shootings, really all crimes,, is starting at the age of 12, and many are between 14 and 17 years old..  This is what happens when a man makes a baby but doesnt be a Dad to that baby.

No 1 cause of all the violence and disrespect for law.   But that fact gets ignored by too many "experts"

3 hours ago, Red Horse said:

For sure Mack was using Allisons in DM's in late 60's.  In New York city gasoline could only be hauled in a steel tank with max capacity of 3000 gallons.  Can you imagine the number of trucks needed to satisfy the five boroughs with gas at 3000 gals a load?  I drove some that I  think were DM-400's with Allisons, Scania power-"Mack" 475-don't remember what HP was but newer trucks were DM-600's with Allisons and V-185 Cummins V-8's.  Always thought those motors should have been installed with velcro fasteners to make swapping out easier.😎

I think today the city has graduated to 7200 gal aluminum tandem trailers with single axle tractors.  Everything regulated by NYC fire dept.

Correction I did some checking and in 93, they went to five axles and a 7,500 gal tank.

For sure Mack was using Allisons in DM's in late 60's.  In New York city gasoline could only be hauled in a steel tank with max capacity of 3000 gallons.  Can you imagine the number of trucks needed to satisfy the five boroughs with gas at 3000 gals a load?  I drove some that I  think were DM-400's with Allisons, Scania power-"Mack" 475-don't remember what HP was but newer trucks were DM-600's with Allisons and V-185 Cummins V-8's.  Always thought those motors should have been installed with velcro fasteners to make swapping out easier.😎

I think today the city has graduated to 7200 gal aluminum tandem trailers with single axle tractors.  Everything regulated by NYC fire dept.

14 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Hah..that says it all..like cutting the concertina wire!

6 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

26th of January is Australia day

It's the day we became Australian citizens and no longer British subjects

So from the greatest country on earth to any other Aussies on here, have a great one and keep on living the dream and tell the Looney Left to bugger off

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 

 

Paul 

And what year was that Paul ?  In any case enjoy the day..thankful we have such a good ally in that part of the world😎

3 hours ago, JoeH said:

Don't you mean 4th term? Someone's gotta be pulling the strings while Biden eats ice cream...

Hah..what came over me..good catch😎

22 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Nothing funny about this...Barack's 3rd term.

On 1/12/2024 at 8:24 PM, 70mackMB said:

Uh Hippy, too late, already done!

4 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Snow Dog's

Keep the spokes on the DM!

On 12/29/2023 at 8:59 PM, Derrico said:

Hi BOBWhite, for now I'm going to keep those Dayton type. They will get sand blasted and painted white with chrome stemco seals.

 

Spokes forever! 😎  Old guy here.....Long frame rails..did you relocate the axle?  What was it in its other life?  Looking good in any case!

On 1/8/2024 at 5:48 PM, blackdog2 said:

Went to U-Conn not to see any Husky's........Deliver salt ?

Brown salt-where does that come from?  I think most of the stuff coming into boston is "dirty white"

2 hours ago, terry said:

Was it loaded with a excavator or end loader, big difference on box damage.    terry  And also how well it was broken up before loading

As well as an operator regardless of machine😎

For you ATHS members check out the article in the new edition of Wheels of Time.  Article is a bit confusing as the author IMO mixes up his story and confuses the blue KW with the new truck.  He talks about adding a 4 x 4 then runs the article into the new truck..obviously the new truck has no such thing.  What amazes me is the electric motors look very complicated in that the motors are mounted to what appears to be a conventional differential so unlike  a diesel electric locomotive, there h to be some sort of gear set up that converts motor shafts from "east/west to north/south".  That set up had to cost a fortune to assemble..unless someone is making them as a production item???

Any of you Cat guys familiar with the D7E?  I assume those motors are direct to the drive sprockets??  And if you go back 70 years or  more the LeTourneu scrapers, articulated rear dumps were that way. His drive system was called an electric wheel hub motor.