Red Horse

Guys,

Courtesy of Jim Hancock-

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55986-were-there-different-versions-of-macks-plus-3-cabs/

KSC....Where are you??????😎

7 minutes ago, GA_Dave said:

EXCELLENT FOR SURE!!

4 hours ago, Hayseed said:

Naah, Our bee's aren't THAT Big...🪕

I WAS REFERRING TO HOW FAR OUT MINE WERE AFTER THE PROFESSIONAL DID IT😎

Thx guys for the comments.   Never heard the "no impact gun" rule as stated in Swishy's post. this guy was  using a 1" gun!  And I've always been of the belief when you tighten a "high" clamp you then spin as close as you can to the opposite clamp.  This guy would tighten a "high" clamp and then proceed to go around to the next spoke.  My fault-I'm saying "his job" and he is correcting his mistake not on my dime.  I should have jumped in and said..."what about  trying this".....

Hayseed...."couple of Bee's Dicks"??  More like .".Elephant Dick"🤣

19 minutes ago, mowerman said:

I suppose anything is possible ….. these days it’s hard enough to get kids to do anything,,,,,, never mind skilled labor And yes I consider anyone working with split rims and  spoke wheels  skilled …  like somebody said anyone with gray hair could probably do it ha ha… bob

10-4 Bob on the gray hair!

9 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Where did he graduate (top of his class) from New England Tractor Trailer School?

Bob had he ever seen a Dayton wheel before?    .....Hippy 

Yes Hippy I'm sure  he has.  This shop advertises .."light commercial" but everytime I'm in there (I've bought 12 tires from him in last two months) I always see a 24", 22.5 or a 24.5 leaning against the building and plenty of skid steer/ back hoe rubber.

7 minutes ago, blackdog2 said:

EX Town fair tire changer ?

 

Hah!  Claims he is a class A driver and this is a temp job but you might be right

I finally bit the bullet and bought 4 new 11:00R x 24 Sumitomo's for my B model.  On my way home I could see in my mirror the right side had a fare amount of "wobble" and my son who was following me confirmed.  Took it back to dealer and his HD truck guy spends a lot of time on it and it is not much better.  I jack it up and say it is at least 3/4" off.

Now tire guy says.."you know you have to put at least 100 miles on them before they "seat in".  Anyone have an opinion on this.  Mechanic also says I have wrong spacer on it but I say..had no problem with old caps??? Same spacer!  So  what's changed?

I was driving this afternoon and got to listen to Joe's half hour speech.  Ramping up Covid II!  Anything to avoid facing the music on the mess he has created in Afghanistan.  He also filled us in on all the good stuff HE has done since taking office.

We will probably start getting daily briefings on the latest Covid stats.   Anything to get the focus off the real disaster we are facing....that Trojan Horse C-130 (er two engines-C-27?)  Says it all-thx Hippy. 

No need now for them to infiltrate from the southern border.

Welcome Mr Buck!...keep us current on your progress. New Milford??  Nice -close to Matt Pfahls

On 9/5/2021 at 6:31 AM, blackdog2 said:

I have 14 old Mack's   from1956-2001 B R U DM-8 DM-6 Superliner   I'm from N. Branford ?

 

EJ...YES!!! you are from North Branford🤣

10 hours ago, Hayseed said:

The whole thing'd be overweight...

A bare D7G weighs 44,600lbs add the Scrub Canopy & Blade . You're at 50,000lbs (or more) They'd be Grossing at least 135,000lbs I would Think..

OH no argument. I was just looking at those tandems on that corn binder. No need for power steering though😃.  But I  look at the new low boy trailers that are currently listed for sale at dealers here in New England.  Tri axles the majority and seems most have provisions for jeeps, fourth axle etc etc.  Then a lot of tractors are triaxles. 

I look at "old days" photos......Single axle AC  pulling a tandem trailer with a huge Northwest sitting on deck😎.  But again the hauling equipment keeps pace with the equipment they are expected to haul.

I was remembering a Popular Science mag article when I was a kid on the newest big Cat- I think it was a D-8 ...225HP!

On 8/30/2021 at 2:34 AM, Hayseed said:

2 D7G's Melbourne to Brisbane, Bit over a 1,000 Miles.. The Blades are on the Floor between the Tracks..

 

 

Hmnn-think the drives might be a little overweight??😎

On 7/27/2021 at 4:35 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

This is what I would expect to happen, the only leak it wont show up is the pipe inside the tank that returns the the fuel to the bottom of the tank

 

Paul 

Brocky and Paul- I guess my problem was I did not pressurize tank and for sure once level in filter dropped below the "drop" in the nipple that is  on the bottom of the filter head,  it would quit running

On 7/21/2021 at 4:34 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

No matter were the leak is I think putting some pressure in the system is by far the quickest way to find a pesky leak 

 

Paul

Paul, 

Point of interest-in my case I was looking for leaks-nothing.  I pulled filter and level was below the pick  up.  so  I would refill filter, crank and it would  fire up and  run for a minute or two then quit.  I finally noticed bright brass threads on filter  head on what I  thought was the suction  line-tightened those  and end of problem.  So isn't the suction line a negative pressure and it will not show fluid???

Looks  great Matt.  And the guy you took it to made all the complete headliner? Old stuff good enough to serve as templates??

Excellent Vlad-keep the pix coming. Likewise on Brocky's comment on "countryside" pix-always enjoy the education😎

3 hours ago, NLC said:

I have a R 686 dump truck with a300 Mack engine. After sitting for a few days you have to spin it over for a while to get it to start. It’s like it loses its prime on the fuel. Is there a check valve in the line going back to the tank that I could take a look at? 

No clue i'm not a wrench😎 other than the simple things first.  Check all the fuel line fittings to make sure they all are tight. I had unbolted fuel filter bracket to get easier access to steering box and in the process of constantly moving it back and forth to keep it out of my way, I  must have loosened fittings.  I was looking for fuel leaks but it was a suction line that was getting air!

7 hours ago, 85snowdog said:

I agree, some faded paint is easy to buff out. I actually put the back tires on . It had tube type  that were cracked really bad. 

Its got some bent things underneath from off roading. even the speedo drive at back of trans was bent, somehow ?  Sure it was stuck bad. 

The frame is good though. Because it was a site truck most of its life, its never seen salt . 

That to  me says it all.  Usually my reaction to "site  truck"  is "hammered junk".  You raise a good point.  And as always, not everyone beats a truck because it has no road use.😎

Wow- looks pretty good to  me...good rubber, cab looks intact, same with dump

Faded paint is an easy fix😎  Good frame?

9 hours ago, ff6cav said:

There were a few, this thread has some info:

 

ah-thx

6 minutes ago, General Ike said:

That is what I'm saying.  This wouldn't be a Mack Fire Apparatus refurb.  Had to start as a commercial chassis and either when new or at some later point was configured by a third party into fire apparatus.

got it.

2 hours ago, General Ike said:

Wouldn't be a refurb.  B61 was a commercial chassis.  B75, B85, B95 and B125 were fire chassis.  If it started out life as a fire truck, it was first purchased as a chassis and sent to a third party fire apparatus manufacturer.

Yes-but don't those designations you cite specifically refer to a Mack produced fire truck?  Mack chassis and Mack produced fire equipment.

Nothing would stop a fire  department from specing a B-61 and shipping it to an apparatus co.  

Just thinking-I do  believe the C series Ford was the  most widely used commercial chassis for fire trucks during its long production run.  I  wonder if any N series Macks ended up in fire service?