Jeff M

6 hours ago, Brocky said:

 An we had that blinker switch up on top of the left end of the dash. I remember it blinked high beams but cannot remember about the trailer lights???

Push it forward and it flashed the lights on high beam.  Pull it back and it flashed the trailer lights if you were running with them on, or cut them off if you were running with them on.  They had that switch since at least the 60's and I always thought it was a great idea.  

I've never seen an R400 with the plus 3 cab, nor did I know they ever built a Scania with a straight 5 speed.   Does anyone know the last year for the Scania R400?

If I hired someone sight unseen to do some work and they showed up with that, I'd probably go right off the deep end.  Well done!!

You're talking a significant project here, which will take either excellent mechanical/fab skills on your part or a ton of money---and a lot of patience.

9 hours ago, navypoppop said:

 You had to learn to drive them like a COE by hugging the left center line in the highway or risk being on the shoulder or worse. 

Correct.  I used to bounce back and forth between a DM and an R and there was always a short adjustment period.  All things being equal, I preferred the R but the offset cab had a look all its own...a good look.  

And of course gave much more room for the driver than if the cab had been centered.  Now the passenger, not so much.  

Now that's my idea of a hobby truck.  🙂

I agree with the chain drive for the tarp.  Can't wait to see the finished product!

I recall the first time I saw a Mack with an offset cab--it was on a DM-400 concrete block delivery truck (you know, that gutless Scandinavian engine).  I thought it looked so modern and cool.  My opinion hasn't changed.  This one's a beauty.  

3 hours ago, JoeH said:

Wouldnt mind seeing that green R model sitting there!

I believe that's a '67ish single axle dump out of Maine with a 711 and a quad.  I've been passed by that truck at least three times.  

The Fuller auxiliary is a 2-speed?  There are trucks, and then there are TRUCKS.  That one easily makes it into the second category.  Thanks for posting.  🙂

Nothing sounds better than a straight pipe Maxidyne.

Hah!!  My first diesel dump truck was a White 2300 with the triple nickel Cummins with a 5 and 3.  Talk about a lot of noise and nothing to show for it. The next one was a brandy new Maxidyne--what a difference!!!

I worked in a union shop for about eight years and there seem to be two problems.  (1) The union and management routinely lie to each other so when the chips are down and the company says they're folding (which they've undoubtedly said before) the union doesn't believe them until it's too late.  (2) Union reps are like politicians in that once they get their jobs, they like them and want to hold onto them.  The best way to do that is to tell the membership what they want to hear, not necessarily what they need to hear which the membership usually is quick to buy into.  The union line of "We first at any cost" has ultimately cost them the farm.  BTW, that's a VERY nice U model.  I wasn't aware that the U's had the option of the flatback or +3 cab.  

That IS a beast.  So what would something like that have for power?  The intake hose from the breather looks positively tiny.  

Asphalt is also the stuff we mix with sand a gravel to pave the road too just to confuse you.  I enjoy your posts, Vlad, and think it's pretty neat we have someone on the forum from Russia.  Your English is very good!  

13 hours ago, Yoos Brothers Construction said:

I had my 1980 Hayward Superliner there.

I saw your R but didn't see the Superliner.  R looks great, BTW.

Can it be?  I've run through all the pics posted from Macungie and didn't see a single Hayward Mack.  There must have been at least one there....

Looks to me to be a 73 that may have an older hood and breather.  I believe the 6-speed wasn't available until '73 (I could be wrong) and of course it has the plus 3 cab, also not available until 73.  The Bostrom Levelair II was quite the seat in its day.  It rode like a marshmallow until you bottomed out and then the shock would kick in.  You pressed the little pedal on the front of it to kick the shock back out.  That truck looks pretty rough to me, but it's clear that you like it, so why not?

Any Mack of the vintage I ever used came from the factory with them pointing down.  However, I'd say you can have them any old way you want.  🙂

On 3/18/2019 at 4:43 AM, Hobert62 said:

Ok, young pup here.     What is a cable pull dump trailer?

I'm an old geyser who's been in trucking all my life and I'd never heard of a cable pull dump.  Very interesting.  

That's still one of my favorite interiors ever.  Great design, love the big wheel, just looks so right.  

As soon as I saw the title of the post I knew what truck it would be.  Saw it just last week.  One of my favorites.  Unfortunately, he has a B model wrecker that's been sitting outside for years, rotting.  He won't part with it.