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Thanks Steve.. all a work in progress. The set up was not real hard to fab up but welding the new bracket under the cab was a PITA. I did not have room for frame mount muffler brace as the fuel tanks sit to close to the rail and the strap is right where I would need to mount it on the rail.

I dont have good close up shots but this is what it looks like the under cab brace is welded to the floor and it has provisions to accept a 4" saddle clamp. the cabs OEM bottom and middle muffler brackets were removed but I left both inner brackets in the cab. I only used the bottom OEM holes to support my home made brace. I made a bracket that uses all 4 holes to both support and hold the Stack/clamp to the cab. The middle OEM muffler clamp just has bolts in the cab to hide the holes. the Rain channel bracket is OEM and I just made a extension to grab the top of the stack. The middle and under cab bracket are the 2 clamps that do most of the support as they are holding both ends of the 90 deg Elbo Firm. the rain channel bracket mainly holds the stack straight and keeps it Steady. Hope this helps Trent

I bought some from Mack for my RS700L about 4 years ago. Not sure if they still have stock on them? I could not get the upper mount that hold the top of the stack where it clamps to the stack. I had to copy the stock one out of aluminum. Just my .02 but the stock brackets are junk. they never seamed to hold the stack correctly. I added driver side stack to my RS700 and the one I drilled and installed was better than the Factory RH side. Still the stack was always a little crooked so I ended up fabing my own mounts using the exsisting holes. Trent

I was pissed at this when I first read it. but then thought a little more about it. Just like the Speedlimiters. who is to say you cant find a way to cheat it. Its sad that this is what it has become but when that day comes it will just be time to hire a Hack to reprogramm the unit. It may be a blessing in disguise? Think about it. you have a E-Log that always says you drove X miles from X location. just hit the reset button everyday before you start and it recalculates when you started and does all the math for you!. Less writing and trying to remember where you ran out of hours. PRICELESS!! No more tearing out paper and buying louse leaf paper!. I have said it many times. I dont drive with the HOS in mind. I drive safe and at my own pace that suites me. not the goverments. END OF STORY!

Sweet...looks like im in town that weeked! may be able to make it.Went in 05 and had a good time. I have a good friend that lives 40 mins away. could make both days and have a place to sleep!

5,600 draw bar HP @25mph each, x 3 = 16,800HP... A diesel may have less maintance but will never look as good as a hard working steam engine.

Color vid of a N&W coal drag. Can even see a B model drive by at the end...

was the truck loaded box in the air when this happend? LOL Broken axel, double frame bent ripped hinge. Must have been moving pretty good when it cought that overpass!

is it my eyes or is that rear axel have a U bend in it? that had to hurt.is the windshield still intact?

is it my eyes or is that rear axel have a U bend in it? that had to hurt.is the windshield still intact?

Do you have truck parking?

Wonder if American Trucks will be allowed into mexico? not that anyone would want to go there. THis really sticks me bad. With all the job issues we have here and that Idoit in office thinks this is a good idea. Not to mention the killings,drugs,Illegals that we already deal with now this. Some times I just want to pack up and head to Western Central Canada and just get on with things.

and the can of worms were opend regarding Big brother and computer log books .

Have only seen 3 one out near salt lake UT, one in Upstate NY and another in Canada. all were lowboy trucks. very rare still.

Never pulled a side dump but all the end dumps I have pulled just needed a standard PTO set up. If you have 2 hoses it sounds like it is a "2 line" wet kit. you have a feed and a return. this means that the trailer has some sort of bypass valve that lets fluid flow in and back to the tank untill you move a lever and the fluid flows to that ram. this is the same style wet kit that many Lowboy trucks will use. things you need to know before you start looking 1) what trans in your truck. (need to know the gear ratios and mesh) 2) 6 or 8 bolt PTO or both? (some transmissions have 2-3 options for a pto mount) 3)how long will the PTO be in operation (long duty cycles = hi fluid temps) 4) how much fluid does the system need? (how big of a tank will you need) 5) remote mount pump or married unit. (the married units are nice but $$$ and very heavy to have hang off the side of the trans) once you know this you can call a shop and tell them what you have and what you are doing. if they are well know shop they will have the set up options for you. If its a standard set up they will tell you what pto and pump to find then all you have to do is plumb it into the tank and run lines to the deck plate. the contols will likely be air operated off a simple dash vavle. one tip is to put shut off valves on the tank, you will thank yourself the first time you have to replace a hose! I installed my own wet kit. The shop near me is RG smith and equipment in Desplanes IL.they finish alot of dump trucks,garbage trucks etc.... I showed them the pump/PTO had and they told me what fittings and controls I needed. Not a hard thing to set up but it is a little pricy if you buy new. I bought used and it was 1/4 the cost of new!

can be a few things but most common was the govenor needs some adjustments, new weights, springs etc... check the fuel for air also

never had that shaft out of a R cab but I know you can access the back of them thru the glove box or speedo/tach panel. I would be suprised if it was press fit I would think that it has a sleve that the shaft rotates in and the shaft uses the splined nuts back side to keep the shaft from moving in and out of the sleve. ???

Southbound. thats what I like to call a "Rocketman" saw a guy at the dump about 5 years ago with his trailer talgate sitting flat on the ground trailer nose pointed to the sky. tractors tandems up in the air, what a site to see!

I thought the dog is to face inward?

I have made the treck to and from Mexico City - Chiago about 6 times, In a Semi truck. seen alot of the Dina models and Kenmex even a few Remirez. not to many macks tho. did see 2 superliners tho. you would laugh at some of the old Iron they drive. you can see that the truck Mfg like to use diffrent mfg cabs such as IH, auto car, pete, kw, etc... Its changing tho. most of the trucks seen on my last 2 trips (4 years ago) were pretty much new units. Lots of local junk left but the OTR stuff was mostly 10 years or newer.

great news Ernie. If you need a free storage place in the north Chicago berbs or if they guy needs some help while passing thri just let me know. And make sure to get us pics of this bad boy when you get it home!!!!

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TESTING OUT A MACK TO SEE THE PRO AND CONS OF THE TRUCK?

Did you buy it Ernie? thats cool that he has 2 of the 3 made. Looks like a newer cab on the V8 truck? .. very intresting!

that 72 looks like a newer cab and wondering if it was also a v12 truck at one time as it has cowl extensions also. From what I recall the v8s fit under the RS700 hoods just fine.