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  1. TeamsterGrrrl
    And being of mostly Dutch ancestry, I suppose I should favor DAF. But we Dutch learned to get along with and trade with everyone, so I got no problem with Volvo being headquarted in Sweden. But I do have a problem with Volvo slowly killing off what was the world's best truck, Mack!
  2. TeamsterGrrrl
    Actually, there's a lot of Brit DNA in the current Paccar products- the engine is based on a Leyland design, and the smaller cabovers are produced in a former Leyland plant.
  3. TeamsterGrrrl
    Wonder if Dutch truckers are fretting over the fact that DAF is now owned by Paccar, and the small DAFs are built in Great Britian?
  4. TeamsterGrrrl
    Neil, it's nice to see Volvo show some respect for the great trucks that Mack used to be allowed to build. But it says something when a manufacturer is pushing their history instead of their current products. You folks got any current products to show off... Like maybe an unrebuilt M-Drive that's gone a million miles? Or a 4 axle Titan with a sleeper that can show it's tailights to the Petes and KWs while hauling a 170,000 pound South Dakota doubles "train"?
  5. TeamsterGrrrl
    Was getting 7.5 MPG 25 years ago with an L10 Cummins, but it laid down and died at the mere sight of a hill. As for Mack pride, the folks at the factory are doing a great job, too bad Volvo top management keeps letting them down.
  6. TeamsterGrrrl
    Sorry, all the wide ratio Maxitorques are NLA. "Top loaders" and camelback are still available, if you can find a salesperson that will let you instead of Volvo spec the truck.
  7. TeamsterGrrrl
    Big business and their party (the republicans) like regulation because it makes building trucks or whatever for their small business competitors or competition of any size more difficult. For example, the 2010 EPA regs drove Cat from the marketplace, and Renault (Mack), Marmon, and Western Star likely sold out because of impending emmissions regulations. Also explains why vertical integrated truck makers Daimler and Volvo have no qualms with the proposed fuel economy standards, with the exception of allowing engine only certification. Why?. Because if engine only certification isn't allowed, they can drive Cummins from the market.
  8. TeamsterGrrrl
    Just reflecting on how times have changed... If I was shopping for a new truck 20 years ago, I would have looked at the competition but bought a Mack. Natural choice would have been an RB or RD with a Maxidyne engine, 6 speed Maxitorque with the low hole, and of course Mack axles all around. What's changed- Today Mack don't even make that combination. You'll have to fight just to get any kind of manual transmission, and while the Volvo engines are cleaner than Mack's, they're a lot more complicated and thus unreliable. Glad I retired from driving truck, and all I do is write 'bout 'em now.
  9. TeamsterGrrrl
    Ain't all the democrats that's to blame- I've got a winter hidaway in Collier County, Florida and the regulations there are tighter than anything I've seen in democratic leaning Minnesota. Collier County is totally controlled by republicans...
  10. TeamsterGrrrl
    Great PR work, but I seriously question if the current devolved Mack product can keep up with the company's proud history. While the video featured past Mack greats like the Superliner and Cruiseliner, Mack builds nothing like them today. Heck, even the wide ratio Maxidyne/Maxitorque combo that made Mack the first choice for construction trucks for decades is NLA!
  11. TeamsterGrrrl
    Looked at the title, you do indeed have an 754CR, here's a spec sheet: http://www.wanderlodgegurus.com/attachment.php?aid=74. Good fpr 950 lbs/ft NET torque.
  12. TeamsterGrrrl
    On the other hand, if your truck has a 750 or the newer electronic Allison, ignore all of the above...
  13. TeamsterGrrrl
    Forgot to mention, the 654 is an older mechanical trans and doesn't have the locked out 6th gear like the electronic big Allisons/
  14. TeamsterGrrrl
    Leave it stock... The CR654 is really a medium duty trans that Allison beefed up to be a low price option for big bore diesels. It was only rated for something like 950 or 1000 lbs/ft of torque, so Mack tuned a special derated engine for it... retune it for more power and you'll blow it. As for top speed, 65 is plenty and most of the fleet trucks are governed for about that speed, so you'll have plenty of company in the slow lane. Changing the differential ratio might help MPG, but you probably won't put on enough miles to pay back the costs.
  15. TeamsterGrrrl
    Looks like the FLC112 with the Mercedes cab that was sold in the U.S. from 1986 through the 1990s. I drove an early one with air ride on a 12" deep rail frame and coil spring/shock cab mount, was the best riding truck I've ever driven.
  16. TeamsterGrrrl
    NAV is in a similar situation to VW, the difference is VW has positive cash flow and huge assets to overcome the current crisis. And being that VW will need those assets, VW won't be the "white night" that rescues NAV.
  17. TeamsterGrrrl
    Old timers at the Postal Service told me some of the early MB tractors had only a 90" wheelbase. By the time I started there the MC and later MR single axles had 110" wheelbase and the tandems 135".
  18. TeamsterGrrrl
    You might want to "test stand" in a mid roof sleeper- they're not that bad, much more height than the old cab high sleepers. As far as fuel economy, air resistance uses up about half the fuel needed to get a big truck down the road, and the foot or two of extra height in a tall double bunk sleeper probably cuts MPG by 5 to 10%. If you're running at the legal weight limit, a smaller and thus lighter sleeper can mean more weight hauled and revenue earned too.
  19. TeamsterGrrrl
    2010 and later are better bets than the real lemons, the 2007 thru 2009 trucks that thanks to a bandaid approach to emmissions control get lousy mileage and are unreliable to boot. As far as going back to a 2000 or earlier, those trucks are 16 years old now and good luck finding one that doesn't need a complete end to end rebuild. Good luck finding parts 10 years from now too when those trucks are a quarter century old. For flatbedding, unless you're hauling high loads, might want to go with a low rise sleeper and get better MPG- No point in pushing a bunch of wind around for an upper bunk you'll never use.
  20. TeamsterGrrrl
    Especially when you're gettin' paid by the mile to sit in traffic jams, then have to sit a night in a dump of a truckstop when you run out of hours or are stuck waiting for a laod.
  21. TeamsterGrrrl
    Provide decent pay and people want to work... The trucking industry's real problem is that they're taking drivers hostage to the freight, they get maybe a day's work running 500 miles then get stuck somewhere eating fast food and paying for a motel for two days before they get another load and a days work.
  22. TeamsterGrrrl
    I blogged about this back in august: http://gearheadgrrrl.com/2015/08/01/the-rail-empires-strikes-back/
  23. TeamsterGrrrl
    Was wondering when the changeover occurred. Most of my stuff is metric, so an Ultraliner or Superliner II would suit me well!
  24. TeamsterGrrrl
    Now that the EPA is going after VW, I suspect all the dealers are getting very nervous about doing non-standard reflashes.
  25. TeamsterGrrrl
    The added width may be hard on the wheel bearings, and if you're going on trhe road make sure it's under 102" width and put on fender extensions as wide as the tires.

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