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Lots of odd ball stuff the more i look at it. the engine bay looks crowded how it was layed out with the tip turbine filter and intake set up. way more troublesome to work around that engine. The passenger side air tanks and battery box are missing and the air tanks were moved to the other side. The passenger side fuel tank is much larger than the driver side and its moved forward. The driver side fuel tank is smaller and has some sort of filter between the batt box and fuel tank. Extra short rear frame the under cab exhaust routing and muffler mounting is not cab mounted but I read its for turbo bulk unloader and it has the all to common broken/welded rear cab mount. These RS/RL trucks with hard mount cabs were all bucking broncos. worse than East coast R's. almost every one I see with cab rubber mount had this cracking issue. Greco had 2 RS700Ls that both had their rear cab floor structure bent upwards because of the violent shake these trucks had. I put a superliner cab airide under my 700 and you would swear I had square tires on it before

that offset Grill looks horrible. like it was a mistake.

you said you dynoed some of the VmacII E7s and they would put down 20% more than advertised. was this with the mechanical pump and injectors? The full Mechanical E7 macks I have driven always outperformed the electronic versions. They pulled and you could feel it. the electronics were all very sleepy. I know the later E7 may have been better on fuel but they were guttless in the hills.

I think There was a option for a wider bench passenger seat in the R model. This may be it?

I can tell you that the newer trucks are nice and comfy, quiet and soft on the inside but they will take you to the bank every time the check engine light comes on and has to be dealership reset or has a emission related issue. Seams 80% of the problems with new macks (and every other truck mfg)are electrical or emissions related. I cant give you all the specific years to avoid or what years were prone to what failures but I hear the same basic issues repeated here. someone with detailed info should chime in shortly.

YES IT SHOULD. put a superliner air bag under it and you will thank yourself.

WELCOME TO THE ELECTRONIC E7.. they just lack power and are sleepy. you will need injector upgrades and possibly a ECM tune to get them to wake up and run like they should. I have only driven one E7 that performed well in stock form and I dont know why it was better than the other 10 I have driven

a 300L is a low RPM motor that has a max loaded rpm of 1750. you can pull the pump and have it re-calibrated to 2100 RPM. for a few $100 bills....it will then be a 70+mph truck. and it will drive better than that junk 1750 spec.. you will burn more fuel but it will drive like it should

ok great i will look for the housings that accept the rd style lights as that can be found in led as well.

I want to put some LED lights in the CH truck I drive at work. not looking for just a bulb upgrade. im trying to figure out if this SBA CH in the pic used a factory housing without the clear lens removed or if there were different versions of housings that may have offered a square halogen light that was recessed. Thanks for any help.

last 6 of vin 100573 it had a 36" bunk on it when new

this was my first time out for a drive in it in about 6 years. it was good to get out for a 30min cruise with another truck nut.

I was using gulfway but switched to Hagerty... Gulfway claimed I missed a payment and they would not be able to cover me even after I expressed I would pay for the hiccup...I was not aware of the issue. I had recently moved and think I forgot to change my billing address. I had not used the truck last year but was willing to make it right and pay for my mistake... they still did not want to work with me so went to Hagerty. too bad as they were good to me for many years.

The truck is very clean. Has a 3406 400 Cat. she turns heads for sure received_214592666501212.mp4

Have you guys ever seen the videos of these ships traveling in shallow narrow channels? as the ship nears its displacement is pushing water into all the local channels on the shore line even with the ship 1/4 mile off shore. then as the ship passes it pulls the water out. looks like it can really cause issues to nearby homes with their boat docks. youtube it .... its pretty cool to see

285-6spd,4.17 camelback 206"WB

Been a while since my old dog had a friend to run with 20200412_133138.mp4

Nice view....Wait!!! is that near where the Fits went under??? We had some high winds down here in Chicago yesterday and today. hear the storm was moving across NY tonight. Only ship I have ever been on was the Queen Mary out in Long Beach. It was impressive to see how so much steel can float. and thats not all that big of a ship these days. Down here we see a few boats near gary IN but not the kind of traffic that was present when all the mills were running

Around here in chicago they had both single axle and tandem. most all were on camelback but the last batch had air ride tandem. they did bounce up and down badly. I can only imagine having to drive one daily... Ever notice how most of them MR trash trucks are always going slow around town. I dont blame them

I think the postal service had lawsuits from its drivers that had sustained neck injuries from these trucks. I recall many were Tractors used to move Mail trailers from city to city. not a ideal truck for highway speeds

I have driven a Pete with 425 6nz cat with 8LL and currently Im driving a 350 mack CH with 8LL... the mack does 65 at 1900 rpm but it sucks the fuel down pretty good and the gear shift is pretty quick with its slower rears. but its just gutless with that electronic E7. The pete had faster rears wider shifts but did not suck the fuel down nearly as bad. the pete was a great truck to run and was one of the best speced dump trucks I have wheeled. I could do 65mph at around 1700 and it had the power to pull it. the mack takes a mile just to get up to top speed where the pete was doing it in 1/2 mile... comptetly diffrent from each other The 8LL is good for off road use but the rear end ratio and HP of the engine will make it either good truck or one you will hate to drive... I have to say the pete was set up right the mack is not.

Seen most of them sigle axles out west in CA pulling pup style trailers

There was one in Northen IL last fall. I think it was on facebook market place. not sure if it was sold or not

And I cant tell for sure bu they also look like the smaller Dia tanks offered for better ground clearance

anyone notice it does not have standard R model Tanks on it? love the paint job