Red Horse

1 hour ago, kscarbel2 said:

 

Still wish they had squared the upper corners of  the hood..give it a real A-car look.  And if they rounded it for  aerodynamics, we are talking about a vocational truck, not an interstate cruiser.

On 12/24/2023 at 7:37 PM, mowerman said:

I think they’re not a bad looking truck. They fit right in these days, but I think that’s mostly European. Let’s face it. Everything over here is turned. Ugly… That’s not a bad looking unit certainly is the lesser of most evil. a lot of us are stuck in nowadays ….Peterbilt and Mack’s  would be the only ones that  somewhat held on to half decent appearance .. bob

IMO add Western Star to that.

10 hours ago, HarryS said:

I've got a nice set with one little stone ding in one of the housings. I'm not sure what to do with them.

Rich and Harry...so do YOU guys have goldfish???😎

10 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

EJ

Per-Lux "fog" lights? I remember..after a while you could see the water accumulating in them!

On 12/19/2023 at 8:02 PM, 66dc75 said:

More Legos

Rich, I hear Boston Sand is shipping a batch plant To Gaza...business will be very good soon.😎

29 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

Bob, at the EPA's direction and with their funding, Navistar attempted to reach EPA2010 (virtually Euro 6) with MEGR (massive exhaust gas recirculation.....levels of 35% to 50%).

Today's engines still utilize a modest amount of EGR, but SCR to achieve emissions with Adblue.

thx for clarification..glad you are back !!

12 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

We spoke on this a while back, Bob.

KSC,  thx good reviewing that info..sho0w you how much my old brain retains🤔... RGR combined with SCR, isn't that what led to Navistar's disaster..trying to make that combo work

Again, it seems every thing these guys do says money is no object.  the F max has been out 2 or 3 years now?  do they have the sales numbers?

On 12/15/2023 at 4:20 PM, BOBWhite said:

Ford built and designed they say, although I've read that Italian Iveco might have had their hand in designing it.

I do believe you are correct..How about it KSC??

48 minutes ago, mechohaulic said:

now we don't know about that to which you speak. plane going to an in house party ;; not in the world of construction. 

no one knows how a Mack dealer in CT received the final bid from NHTR ( new haven truck rental ) for over 200 new Macks  in mid 70's (except this young  kid ) asked to keep an open bay at night before closing. still goes on today; except today it 's $$$$$$

I think "extra Female" had to do with I assume a corporate plane accident?  No clue-I was asking😎

2 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Well sold off Construction  still have the oil div. ......Butt who was that extra Female when the Plane crashed with lack of maintenance to the plane ..... 

Extra female??????

On 12/9/2023 at 9:35 AM, Red Horse said:

There are a few dump trucks in service in eastern Mass.  Been a very slow ramp up though.  The truck was introduced ??? two years ago?

Speaking of the devil!-A cars that is.  Ran into a friend this AM.  Retired but he drove for a Mass contractor, always a nice fleet of Macks.  Then he bought a new Paccar.  Just ordered a new A-car triaxle.

On 12/10/2023 at 3:54 AM, blackdog2 said:

285-hp Mack was gas powered Oshkosh 45-mph weighing in at 66-K

Well an impressive piece of "iron"...but think of what a new rotator can do...granted for a million bucks!?

On 12/10/2023 at 10:16 AM, mechohaulic said:

back in the good days when Mack roamed the land !! those dump body ribs were the "talk of the town" after being seen  motivating up/down the highway around here. guess that's why they made the Mack calendar and O&G didn't. not adding O&G to the calendar cost Mack plenty. soon O&G became "another brand "fleet.

Well O & G remains  in business bigger than ever.  D'Addario is gone right?

There are a few dump trucks in service in eastern Mass.  Been a very slow ramp up though.  The truck was introduced ??? two years ago?

6 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

 I wanted to ask also...  Just curious.  

Likewise...if it was a reference to KSC I just think he is a guy who has a lot of irons in the fire..unlike this old retired guy😎

Glad he dropped in again.

8 hours ago, Licensed to kill said:

Everything you said about the SBC is correct. They are referred to as belly button engines because everyone has one. The funny thing is, when it comes to pre-war cars, guys scoff at the SBC and beam with pride over their flathead ford power (rightfully so) either not realizing or not acknowledging that before 1955, the flathead Ford was the hotrod belly button motor for all the same reasons that SBC has been since. I suspect that prior to 1955 there was no shortage of guys yawning at every flathead they saw at car shows as they were in everything. BTW, my handle refers to my occupation as a licensed pesticide applicator so I am literally “Licensed to kill”

Hah..ok thought you  were referring to a "license to carry" as we have in States😎

2 hours ago, Licensed to kill said:

Reminds me of a time years ago when I took the wife's '28 Model A TUDOR to town. Parked on the street to go get something and a guy came up as I was getting out of the car and said "Nice car but why did you put a SBC in a Ford car?", I replied, "what kind of motor did you put in your Model A?", he said "I don't have a Model A", I said "exactly" and turned and went into the store. Main reason I RARELY put anything in car shows (I have but only to support those putting on the show), I don't own them to please others and don't really care what others think.

Note my smiley.  You are right ..You really set that dumb shit straight.  You felt good and he probably said to  himself, "sorry I asked".  The usual stock answer to that question most guys at shows give with a laugh, when asked that question..."because SBC's have always been the most cost effective mod..plenty around and mod parts are plentiful-but Fords are slowly catching up".  And the guy asking the question will have learned something.

And as for my comment on working the dock in Europe, the translation of that is ...All Euro trucks look the same.  Cab overs and no conventionals.

Your "handle" says  it all.

1 hour ago, fjh said:

It has a  uncanny resemblance to the cab over of the 80s ! We used to called them the Pac-man due to the 4 corner air bag system on the cab! they road like floating on a cloud! While beneath the chassis can be getting pounded to hell!  

Yes that was the "CL" that replaced the square W series.  If you met one coming at you on an interstate off ramp the cab tilted so much you would have thought it was going to roll over. 

7 hours ago, davehummell said:

Henry Ford was wrong on his thinking the Model A was an improvement. I have drove a model T and it is fun but I own a 31 Model A coupe and I will put over a hundred miles on a Sunday drive  I wouldn't do that with the T I drove. But for real fun I built a 32 ford pickup with a 302 ford v-8 that is zippy.

Well Dave thx..I get so tired of going to shows and there is a beautiful 32..With the distributor on the wrong end😎

On 12/5/2023 at 10:35 AM, Licensed to kill said:

Well, when Edsel was designing the Model A, Henry was NOT impressed as he thought the model T to be the perfect car and needed no changes so..............As far as that truck goes, I could only drive it in the dark as I would be embarrassed to be seen driving such an ugly POS.....but that is just me.

Well I guess if you were in Europe you would be working on the dock loading ALL of the ugly trucks😎

21 minutes ago, blackdog2 said:

They have to run special power for the unit from the street....

With the size of the dump "pan" vs the old one, and if the operator says it is slower, seems like they went backwards.

5 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

It's a form of California "Prop. 65" farm yard DEF ( Stationary Diestel Regenerative) "Dysfunctional Environmental Fowl"    .....Hippy 

Good guess Hippy but the turkey's ass is piped to it's beak.  You've heard of scavenging exhaust?

2 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Operator's said it is slower.........?

 

So it it electric..? looks like a big genset underneat it. Check out Sennebogen's website.  Family owned business.

There was a big one working at the golf course near me this  summer.  Wheeled unit like a 4 wheel rubber tired excavator  but I'll bet boom and dipper stick totaled 50 feet or more .  looked like it had a mulching head on it so  this sucker could reach up like 50+ feet and chew a tree top down.