Lmackattack

Does the stone flow pretty freely outbthe coal shute or does it jam up a lot?

It happens when you have a stuck load or you forgot to open the tailgate. You back up,stab the brakes and if you do it to fast it sits down on its end,and pulls the tractors rears off the ground. Hopefully it comes to rest upright. That's the easy part...trying to get it back down without rolling it I don't know...haven't done it yet.

I hope you are writing a book on mack because all these wealth of knowledge and pictures is very interesting. I also can tell you care for the brand and like me are sad to see what it has become under Volvo ownership.

On a side note...a frameless or 1/4 frame dump trailer has less chance of flipping the tractor over if it goes over. Frame trailers tend to pull the tractor over or damage the frame of the truck... The bad part of a frameless is that all the weight of the trailer goes to the rear axel when dumping. If the ground is soft you have to be real careful. 1/4 frames are much more stable on soft ground. Not sure if it's still true with todays new dumps...but a frameless could raise higher and thus the load would not get stuck in the nose as easy as a 1/4 frame or frame dump...if you ever watch a frameless raise up you will see that some of them will have the spread pan nearly touch the ground and the front axel will be over the tractors rear rear axle. Have seen a few guys set the back of the trailer flat on the ground...aka "rocket man! "

Makes you wonder .....what if he had jumped on d day? Would you be here today?

Yep married life is going as planned. And yes lack of home time or time off was becoming a big issue for me. I worked for Carl Haas auto imports, Carl was co owner of Newman/Haas racing. Both companies are in the same building in Lincolnshire IL. We raced and sold cart,champcar and indy cars depending on the year. I was hired to drive the Haas auto truck but over my 13 years there I found myself also pulling the race cars to the tracks all over north America. At our prime we had 5 semi trucks, 5 featherlight transport trailers, 1 straight truck,1 hot shot with a 40' 3 axel trailer. I drove them all, when I worked race events I would do the sign board on the front straight, rebuild dampers, sell parts... I did it all. Newman haas racing did not compete the last 2 years as newmans death and carls poor health kinda put a hurt on finding sponsorship for the race team. NHR layed off about 20 people last year and many left on their own after they saw the writing on the wall. Today there is 5 people left on the shop floor. There were 40 in their prime. Carl haas auto imports has been gaining work as we were always selling parts and looking for new business. We have 5 people plus some shared accounting staff. It was fun but the pay,home time and time invested were worlds apart. As I said...it's just an end of an era.

What happen to your ch?

My grandfather was to jump behind enemy lines near Normandy and cut of the Germans from reinforcing the beach. He cought the flu a week before d day. Unknown to him att he time that that may have been his true destiny. Instead he was sick in England and ended up helping out as a medic. I have all his old photos of gliders and other war birds that we're getting ready for the invasion. I have so much respect for his generation...

The truck does good for its size. Gets in and out of tight spots easy. Long hoods are cool until your in a tight spot. It is one of the best riding trucks I have been in wich is odd for a short wheelbase Mack.

Last Friday I ended my 13 year career in auto racing. It was a hard choice but lack of time home in the summer and poor wages vs time invested made it clear it was time to move on if an agreement could not be meet. After a few weeks back and fourth an no head way made I gave notice. Kinda sad how it all went down but it is what it is.. I am now working full time with the Tanzillo family. They do some excavating and lots of low boy work. My main job is driving truck #35. 400 with an 8LL on 44k air ride. She does pretty good for a small truck. Easy to get around town in and no big blind spots. Feel right at home in the old R model.

Only if it was not looked after properly...does the steel parts of the truck have bad rust? Is the frame pitted badly around any steel parts bolted to the frame?

Need to see pics, sounds like a western hood or Heavy duty R model hood...

Hold on....steel and your trying to polish it? That will be very hard to do..besides a machined finish I have never seen mirror finished steel or anyone try to polish steel......most shiny diamond plate is aluminum. You need a buffer and cutting wheels And it is a pita to get all the tarnish out of it...

Milwaukee has the Harley Davidson museum...thats a cool place if your into bikes. Few truck junk yards just north of the il border on the east side of 94 Other than that it's just farms and cheese....lol!

Shameless plug.. I had to relocate a buddy's storage trailer today...snapped a quick pic...

WHAT??? NO SHINY DISCO BALL??

He was saying he will be in Yakima for the ATHS show. he mentioned being in the ATHS shows in South bend and the show in CA last year...

Was parked next to this old girl that is still working. Found it last night at Joes Truck stop on I-5 in Cental CA. Woke up this morning and it was still there so I snapped a few pics. Lots of modern drivetrain added but still neat to see on the road. has a N14 cummins, air ride rears, new front axel all out of a 2007 IH. The owner was very nice and we chatted for about 15 min, said that the truck has had many upgrades thru the years. Sadly he was rear ended a week ago by some illeagal Mexachan truck driver and it damaged his rear fenders and bunk when it pushed his load forward and into the bunk. He attends alot of the ATHS shows and knows alot of people who attend them. Trent

I worked for UPS back in the late 90s the maintaince shop at the time did most of the truck repairs. I recall seeing crate engines and rear ends just waiting to be installed. even with their package cars they did most of the repair work. As the equipment got old they moved them to emergency or yard equipment. after that they would come in strip the stickers off the trucks red tag them and park em out side in a corner. about once a year they would round up the junk and send them off to the scrap yards. Only seen a few make their way back to the streets with miss matched parts to get them back on the road. they did the same with package cars.

I'm picturing this and have to agree with your brother....that it is funny!

666?

How about them apples....?

Looks like he dropped the deck on that to get under....

Ha ha... Love that feeling... I was running up Mounteagle coming back from Florida a few weeks back. Passed an empty parking lot and skate board. I'm grossing 74,000 held 55-58mph in direct. Those guys were dropping down to 45mph empty....lol

The Black RD has a E7400-8LL- and think 4.17 on air ride The Pete has a Cat550 with 18 speed not sure the rear ratio but it's on air ride as well.