Lmackattack

Times like these when a camelback ant so bad....

I have dual 5" straight stacks and it's not loud in the cab. A single 5" will be slightly louder but if the exit is above the cab you will be fine....I would not go bigger than 5-6" anything larger looks like a cartoon in my opinion. Not to mention the drone and vibration it may have... Also I like a truck that can "throw" the smoke ....the big pipes just look lazy with smoke trickling out...

Before clicking on you tube video make sure you have the rest of the day free and don't mind wearing a big dumb looking smile on your face for the rest of the day! Vinny strap your self in.

I read your last post...unfortunately I haven't been out by my truck in a few weeks... Next time I'm up there I will take some photos of my rs700 mounts for you if no one here does first.

I have some green ones that were a little louse on the toggle...I used some gasket maker to secure them...

Mack diffs normaly have the auto power divider....the advantage to them is that when your driving thru a soft spot in the mud it kicks in on the fly as soon as it detects to much slip....way before you know you need it. It also releases automaticly when it sees normal traction. The down side of this is if it's worn out it may not lock in as quick as needed. For example if your stopped and know you are in the wet grass or mud you may have a little trouble getting started or getting the power divider to kick in. If this is the case this is what you do.. Release the clutch,if the wheels are spinning but truck is not moving, lightly stab the brake pedal and the divider should lock in and transfer power to the wheels with traction. The automatic power divider with camelback springs is one of the best set ups for the off road.

Wow very cool.....always liked those valuliners...I built a model of one as a kid, I thought it looked like a cool r model. I really like the dash layout. Much better than the us models. I like how the gauges are on one panel and switches on the other.....

I saw this one on the south side of Chicago last week

Last week they were filming in the north side of Chicago and down town...

Cab exterior is pretty much the same from 73-04. Diffrences would be cowl depending if it's a r model or later rd. Overall construction is pretty much the same thru years. A cab from 81, should bolt to a 94'. Electrical and air will differ slightly. Galvanized cabs started in 85'? Interior options had some changes thru the years mainly in dash construction and layout. Headliner was changed and overhead consol was added in mid 80's Door catch and latch changed in the mid 80's

Thankfully I was not on that job when it happend...heard about it and sounds like it was ugly....did not know the guy as he runs a smaller grinder that they move with their own rig...we just lowboy their larger grinder for them. I was in the south loop all day with them today and back out to the south side tomorrow...

Running with a road resurfacing crew the past few weeks.. one of the only Chicagoland crews that grind and pave all in the same day.. fast pace work often doing 2 or 3 locations per day. .

Another place to measure that may help figure this out is to measure what a r600 is from center of front wheel to front of cowl...then measure what a r700 and rs700 is....if I was up around my truck ...rs700l....I would measure for you..

ABC supply had a bunch a while back...never drove one but thought they would be a great end dump puller as long as they could turn good...still see a few red bulk haulers running around town...

I don't have exact measurements but a rs700 hood should be about the same length as a r700 hood.The difference will be taller hood hight on later model rs700 A rs700/r700 hood is about 10-12" longer than that of a r600 hood. As far as how far off the frame the cab sits....my rs700 was about an inch lower than the 2 superliners that I measured. I was able to use a superliner air ride cab set up on my rs700. If I recall the cab is about 5" higher than a standard r model.

Looks good....but I Ike the black r model t shirt better......ha ha!

I was at a acme scrap yard the other day and wanted to get a pic of this old r model but forgot too...it had camelback spoke rims but had thin sidewall solid rubber tires. Just a yard dog... It Looked wierd but it was trucking over scrap like it was not even there...

http://insanityjournals.blog.com/2013/09/15/a-real-sleeping-giant-is-awake/ Interesting read on the bikers

I took a side road that ran along side the Santa fa railroad in tehchapi California. This was the famous tehcapi loop that most railroad buffs know about....well map view looked like I would be fine plenty of room. Some tight turns. No restrictions etc... I had that race car trailer inches from stone rock cliffs and rock walls trying to get around turns,oncoming lane. But I made it and got to see some cool views....but next time I will take the. Car or bike instead!. Guy did the right thing and stopped.

What was the better pump..... the inline pump or the "V" ?

Gold=Maxidyne?

If I recall the last batch of trucks Greco bought was in the mid 80's about 7 years ago I stopped in to check out the 2 rs700l they had for sale...at the time they had 1 or 2 very low milage R models just sitting up on jack stands not being used. Think they just had them for spare trucks? They seam to have been doing a lot of trucking lately, not sure if they have been busy with road work or other projects....?

Anyone who supports a Muslim president after all we have been thry with them.....is a traitor....regardless of what party the president belongs to.... To bad Americans have to deal with the overwhelming amount of sheep that keep breeding.... Regardless the 1 million bikers really put it to the cock sucking libs today. And they proved a point that you don't need permission of the government to show support of the fallen or to remove the Muslim protest scheduled for today... If half the libs could do what the bikers did today I might have a different tone...but they are what they are...Useless......period. Trent Blasco

I went into queens last year with a 53' freight trailer...it sucks......seams every one from NYC thinks its normal to drive a big truck into streets made for horse and wagons?.....after my adventure i would bet that 90% of NYC would make a 30' trailer a pita to get around.... Good luck that area looks just as tight as the place I went into.....oh man.....this will not be a good day for you....

Really nice r model.....how is the interior? I never liked the wide spread look either but I bet they rode nice on air...our spread axel trailers rode so smooth.