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I would have to ask Ray what he gets bob tailing or dragging his empty flat bed. I do know a 300 mack with a mack 9 speed overdrive got me in the high 6's with a empty van trailer from Long island to Chicago. never did get good MPG with a 300 and direct 6 speed best I think was 5.8

in the end violence is a society issue. you can take every gun from every person in the world and you know what...... 4 or 5 crazy people each year will still find a way to try a mass killing. This tragedy is very rare It mirrors a slaughter like ambush that we only hear of from old war stories. While this guy was a complete piece of shit the fact remains that there still will be more people just like him out there. A old friend of mine from Ireland said to me the other day that when he was growing up he had fear of walking the streets as the IRA could have planted a bomb anywhere. He came to America and that fear was gone. Sadly with all these crazies doing this crap he again has some of that fear again...

yes if the air bag has a large leak such as yours the truck air pressure might fall below the level that holds the parking brake springs in. When that happens the brakes will slowly start to apply. most times you will notice it but some times not. when this happens the shoes heat up and breaking power is limited due to overheated shoes. you will also notice that the the engine is at idle that it will not hold up air pressue with the leak but when driving down the road the compressor may be able to keep up? It all depends on how the bags were plumbed and the size air lines to the bags and such

The RB was the last of the R series to be produced. A very under rated tractor in my opinion. I saw many of them used Here in Chicago as tractors and straight trucks. lots of roofing company's and bulk haulers used them. As far as I know it had all the major options as a standard RD had. not sure why they chose the RB to end production.

Barry sent it to me on Facebook

time For Mack (volvo) to step in with a Anthem replacement truck. What great timing it would be if they stepped up to promote the new truck

the owner of this company must be from across the pond. He has a conventional Scania as well. looks like this one I saw last week had some sleeper damage on it

I exchanged a few messages with him recently.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. All this hype for months and then the drive out the same old truck with a "cool" new hood on it. This Anthem thing is not a new truck its a new hood with a new cab interior . I hope it sells better and its just old bitter me that does not like change but Sadly I think anyone with eyes in their head sees this mutt truck as what it is "UGLY". I really do feel its Just another foolish push by Volvo to mistakenly move Mack further away from their dwindling loyal customer base. Its odd too because Volvo seams to invest heavily into Mack production plants yet they drop the ball in the styling dept.

looks like you either have very bad hood mounts or that hood was off a older R600. the older R600 hoods were about 2" shorter than the newer ones. I think Mack changed the hood length when they went to Front mount intercooling

I was almost embarrassed for the people on stage speaking right after they drove the trucks out. Dead silence and then the guy is trying to hype up the crowd. Problem was the camera had panned back and half the seats were starting to become vacant. To me that speaks volumes. Volvo is pushing Mack further and Further away from their heritage.

If mack offered you a new Anthem or Vision free of charge with any option package What color superliner would you buy?

I prefer mid roofs myself.. you still have plenty of head room when in the bunk. I know some like the condo and teams would want a condo but I think its useless space above the bunk

WTF ?

Nice work on that set up. I have never seen one done like that before!

Did the turbo blades come apart on the old turbo when it failed? If it did you should have inspected the intake system near the air filter for metal. I have seen twice now a turbo that self destructed and the mechanic did not check to see if metal made it into the air filter housing. They slap a new turbo on and it slowly sucks in metal from the old turbo that failed and wrecks the new turbo.

my Daughter had to stay a extra night and a full day after birth. Her bilirubin levels were also high and they put her under the light to get then down...when levels went down we went home and did 2 more check ups a few days apart. It was more stress on us than the baby.

That cab would be fairly small (height wise) for all the crap they jam into these newer firetrucks. All the new Firetrucks I see are a Brick with doors up front and huge windows all the way around the front..

Whats that saying... Get in where you fit in....

Too Soon?

on of my biggest fears when pulling with the old R600 was a flywheel or something coming thru the floor. I have seen what a runaway engine can do to a bell housing when a clutch/flywheel lets go. a cab over would be even worse. If it had big power a scatter shield of some sort would be a must.

compression test is a good start

This whole volvo thing with not offering a Mack (or for that matter their own self) with a standard Big HP north American engine to be used in a Heavy Duty on/off road Truck is pure ignorance. Name one other truck MFG that builds more extreme service duty chassis and then chokes it with poor engine power options. Even if the big HP was offered as a out side vendor engine it would still make more sense to offer it up as a option to those who demand it rather than send that customer away looking at a different truck MFG. It is pretty obvious to me that a truck with more options becomes more appealing to a buyer.