Red Horse

My B has a 237 with a Duplex and 6.67 rear. I would like to change the rear ratio but good CRD-62's are like hen's teeth. So I'm thinking, easiest thing is to put an OD Triplex or Quad in it. Any opinions. A lot of experienced people tell me that the Duplex can't handle the torque of a Maxidyne and I do use the truck on occasion (35,000lbs and occasionally a bit more) Added benefit of the trans. vs. a gear set change is I don't minimize the off road capability of the truck. By the way, this truck was built as a B-60X, I believe original owner pulled the gas power train and put a 711/Duplex in it. then the guy I bought it from put a 237 Reman in it that had 10,000 miles on it. Hence "gas engine rear gears".

To quote from many years ago.."Big 10-4 on that"!! Beautiful truck-then again, I guess we would all be termed prejudiced! Can't wait for the ATHS Show issue. Only other National show I went to was Colorado Springs-one long nose St. Petermobile/Kwhopper after another! Springfield was a great variety.

Bigdog- ever see the Suzio B-81 single axle? Its a beauty -12:00R-24's!OK-Ct. Trivia- What was the name of the family that owned Adley??

Brocky-so what do you have for a motor in your 250. By the way-sorry I didn't get to meet you at the show. I stopped at the ATHS web booth on Sunday and they gave me a window sign with my "handle". They should have been passing those out at registration. I did get to meet Maddog-he was parked in the row in back of me.

For what its worth, my B61X (11:00R x 24, ENDT 675, Duplex, 29,000lb rear, 6/8 yard Galion 10' Dump (300U)) weighs in at 17,800 with about 40 gals. of fuel. I would guess the body and hoist is around 3000/4000?

So Paul- Before I put the headliner back in my B, what do you recommend as the best/cost effective sound deadener. I was thinking of just stuffing some pink fiberglass in it.

Hah! Who needs the ATHS library. Nice piece of history.By the way-where in Central MA?

So who has the "pile of almost new 11:00R-24's? Brand and how much?

Busy day and nice ending! Binder looks good. Buddy of mine bought a similar one-with cab-from FLA. Don't recall what he paid for it but its on its second season.

The light green interior is a Mack signature item-why would you EVER paint it anything but-again an opinion but my guess is most serious Mack people would feel that way. Kind of like taking the blue out of the "blue oval".

"Exceptionally clean"! Must be a new definition of the term

10-4 Jim, thx- I will check out Euclid/Meritor sites. I casn say it always went down the road well and clampsm have always been tight.Bob

Well I was having my rims (rear axle) painted today and we discover a crack in one of them. So the question then is how do you tell an 8.00 rim from a 8.50. The tires (tube type radials) are mounted. So I hooked a tape measure on the outside face of the wheel to the opposite side-split ring side and come up with the following dimensions: Two rims are 9-3/8ths, one is 9-7/8ths, and 0ne is 8-3/4ers. As for spacers, one is 4" and one is 3-5/8ths. I guess its possible over 56 years that this truck has long since lost its factory rims. anyone have any suggestion? I'm assuming they are 8.5's I believe the two at 9/3/8ths were matched up with the 3-5/8ths spacer and the other two were matched with the 4" spacer. That would have meant an even overall match. The fronts by the way look relatively new-when I bought the truck in 09, the front tires (11:00 x 24R Bridgestone 857's) still had blue paint markings in the tread pattern. My guess is the rims were replaced with the tires. Picture of cracked rim attached-again this is on the lock ring side of rim

I'll be there if the old girl makes the log drive from Worcester County at 50 mph!

Just to let those know who knew him, Erv Bickford passed away on Saturday at age 79 after a battle with cancer. To those of you who knew him, no explanation is needed as to what a great guy he was. To those who never met him, you are unfortunate. A very successful man who after career in mechanical engineering, bought his father's oil transport business in 79 and ran it until he sold out a few years ago. Always a kind word for people and a willingness to help others out or share a story or provide information. My favorite stories-his trips to deliver fuel to the weather station atop Mt Washington in one his Louisvilles. Rest in peace Erv. PS. attached is a picture of one of his Macks at Macungie last year as well as his KB at Brooklyn Ct. last year.

To each his own. My opinion?-this guy is a fraud-one minute he is in his Harvard speech mode, and the next, he is "jive talkin" to the bro's. What did he EVER do in his life? Why are there so many mysteries surrounding his past? Romney supposedly cut some kid's hair off and everyone pops out of the woodwork with the details. Obama? NO one remembers him from any point in his past? How can that be? This smooth talking dynamic personality and NO ONE REMEMBERS HIM? Now Gearhead, if you like Obama, and you like Hoffa, you must buy into the free lunch society. Well just look at what Europe is going through. Now the dumb French go and elect a socialist who they think will no longert hold their feet to the fire in terms of reforms but will continue the handouts. The Italians have a new leader (Monti) who is well respected in the world but he is having trouble getting them to face the facts. The Greeks? forget it-they do nothing as far as the world economy is concerned but non the less, they will drag the rest of Europe down. Oh well-lunch is over-back to the real world. Last point, if you appreciate our standard of living, and what we have in comparison to the rest of the world, think about what this socialist wants to do to business and the rights of individuals and who supports him-in my book radical liberals and big unions led by individuals who feed off the dues of members who often have no real say. Am I anti union? Absolutely not. I've dealt with them for 44 years. I just think there has to be a balance so that everyone has a choice. The NLRB was supposed to provide a balance to protect all workers rights-from abuses by employers as well as abuses by Unions. Guess what, your man has been attempting to stack the deck so it is a big union tool--Ah-keep those contributions coming. By the way, the Hollywood crowd raised 50 mil last night for their man. "Hollywood"-now there is a good bunch of people!

Well the Tech hotline at Valley had no clue. Steps I've taken: 1. Tested Trucklite lamp with appropriate hotwire. stop, tail,and turn signals worked. 2. Hooked up lamp to appropriate "trailer" side of Valley converter grounded direct to ground in battery box, then tested each light "hot wire" direct to battery positive. all three worked-agai9n this was going through the Valley "box". 3.go to rear of truck,-again " SOS" - turn signals and stop lamps won't work. Tailights do-so the ground has to be good. Any suggestions? point of info, this truck has a new Galion dump body-with turn signals mounted high up in corner posts-they work-get their feed off hot wires that go to rear crossmember. also has a trailer connection for an air brake equipped tag trailer. ?????????????

Well I spoke too soon and the frustration grows. Friday around 4:50 I threw my hands up in the air and went on line-found a number of the distributor and a gal refrred me to Valley Towing Products tech service 800 line.-of course It was 4:59 by then and I got the VM. so I sent them an e-mail. this morning one of my buddies asked about the trailer plug that the Mack has and a light bulb lit. As the attached picture shows, this device I'm wiring in is for a trailer plug and allows a 3 bulb vehicle (stop, tail, turn) to function with a 2 bulb (stop/turn, tail) trailer set up. The tag trailer plug IS set up for a 2 bulb system. so I'm thinking one weay or another I'm confusing the issue. Just for yuks, I tested the trailer socket with the "box" connected. The turn signals work and the stop lights work-tail lights do not.. On the triuck, the tailights work but the TS and SL's do not!-just the opposite. WE will see what the tech hotline says on Monday AM!

Well guys, the solution is a "trailer hook up kit". You cut the plug off the pigtail and that end gets connected to your new lights. I shouldn't be posting until its done and working so I'll get some pix tomorrow.

Thx Rob. I was on Trucklites website and did a search for "backfeed isolator" and didn't get anything. I'm headed over to the shop where I bought ll my trucklite stuff so we will see.

My 56 B (12V, Alternator) has two rear turn signals and two combination tail/stop lights. It also has a new Galion dump body with turn signals high up in the rear corners. I want to clean up the lighting by eliminating the 4 lights and replacing with two oblong combo stop/turn/tail lights. I bought new Trucklites (Model 60) that have a ground wire, a tail lamp wire and a stop wire. For starters, I cut the hot wire on one of the turn signals and did a test by attaching it to the "stop" wire then turning the turn signal on. It worked. Now my question is, the existing stop/tail lamps have two wires-I assume one is the stop and one the tail light. I have guys telling me that IF I hook the stop light wire to the new stop wire on the Trucklite together with the turn signal wire, when step on the brakes, the current will also flow back to the FRONT turn signal. I'm also told I can get a "box" that will allow me to make this connection without backfeeding to the front turn signals. Anyone have a clue what that "box" is called? For what its worth, the turn signal switch is a SignalStat 900. A appreciate any responses.

Now this is cool. You guys from New England might remember the boneyard that was in Concord NH right off of 93. I remember going up there to buy a drop deck trailer. Was it Cohen's?? In any case, they had a bunch of old Colonial iron there-including a Biederman! Now THAT was rare!

the auctioneers listing in fact SAYS its a B-30!

220, F'Train--Both of yours look good. I would say mine is the correct bonnet-no rot, its solid but this old dog was a dump truck since day one and my guess is the bonnet caught its share of trees off road as it has a few dents in it. The flare at the bottom is 4.5" and the stub in the air cleaner is about a 4.25+/- Not the easiest thing to matchup.

Good thought for the stack-I think the base is flared-I'll check out-In the back of my mind I think the tube is 4.5" I took the measurements a while back and e-mailed to a chrome shop in Syracuse-guy came back at...." $485 to start"!