1958 F.W.D.

Someone had a beautiful ex- Trash Can U-Model pulling a set of Trash Can pups at Macungie. They were pulling out late on Saturday and I didn't have my camera.

New model coming out soon, stay tuned.

One of the finest works of art at the show this year.

Quote by JT: "The worlds largest police line-up"

The Man, the Myth, the LEGEND..... None other than the one and only OTHERDOG surprised the hell out of all of us and showed up to MACUNGIE 2017!!!!! He brought is lovely ladyfriend Jo with him (or maybe she brought him, I don't know....she was enjoying the show as much as he was.........) Tommy "checked in" at Macungie Park on Friday and we thought he was pulling our legs....Nope!!! I asked him if he did it as a surprise and he said "yup!" I have a feeling that the next installment of "Pictures of the Week" will be very interesting!!!! Here is me, OD and "Small" who was kind of cranky because he was hungry and wanted to go eat....But I made him pose for the pic.....He has no sense of humor like that.

Ummmmmm...........uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......Oh never mind.

The major issue with the mechanical pump on my Waukesha was that ethanol-formulated gasoline (combined with time) wore away the rubber diaphragm and eventually blew a hole through it. Parts no longer available for it, had to replace with an electric pump. One more strike against corn squeezings.

On side note.......I ran out of ethanol free gas last week (all I will run in my mower/trimmer/blower.) I meant to get over to the Ethanol-free gas having place again but it's 10 miles away and I forgot about it. But HAD to do the grass tonight as the wife is having a pica-nick tomorrow. So I had no choice- ran corn squeezings in the mower and it RAN LIKE SH*T!!!!! I finished the grass and then ran down to the local hardware store and bought a quart of the pre-mix synthetic stuff for the trimmer and blower.

Carl if you come to the Nunnery you'll have to sit down with Medium and tell him about your backyard!!!

1. For those of you who are not aware, due to ongoing renovations, the Mack Plant WILL NOT be open for tours this year. 2. We will be having the usual Thursday Night "Inspection of the Nuns" at 7pm. Please respond here with a head count no later than Weds AM if you plan on drooling gawking I mean attending. 3. Don't forget (like I always do) to go to the Watts Mack tent at 12:00pm noon on Saturday for the annual BMT Group Photo. If any newbies have any questions now is the time...............

Sounds like I just found a new book to look for

CONFIRMING THAT THE PLANT WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR TOURS THIS YEAR (Due to renovations/construction.)

I am close friends with a couple of Aussie Firefighters, and I think their Mum's boyfriend was on the HMAS Melbourne......Posted this to her bookface and asked.

This rig is strictly used for fleet maintenance purposes, although it can be brought to an emergency by Fleet Maintenance if requested. Check out Los Angeles City, Metro-Dade County Florida and Washington DC Fire Dept's units which are actual response rigs that are run as Heavy Rescue Companies, manned in a firehouse 24/7.

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She gonna have to change her name to eastcoastdieselcop

Who? Oh! Her!

Given how far away you are and the cost, I concur. I do run corn gas through the Waukesha in the summer when I am attending shows regularly, but I do add StarTron or StaBil.

I cannot believe that was designed like that.......My vote is someone goofed and ran with it and added the teflon....

bullhusk, my thoughts are with you and your family. -Yardo

It is absolutely CRITICAL to run non-ethanol gasoline in your antique **ESPECIALLY if it sits for long periods of time** Corn gas ate a hole in the diaphragm of the mechanical pump on my Waukesha. Cannot find parts anymore. Had to install an electric pump. I am fortunate in that I have a non-ethanol/special fuels station 10 miles from me and I can get 87 Octane non-eth straight out of a pump, right now it is about $2.89 a gallon. I also add StarTron or StaBil to it for extra insurance. In the summer, when I go to a lot of shows, I will add corn gas in small quantities if I cannot get over to the non eth place. Some people run AvGas or racing fuels, I will not, I am convinced this runs too hot and will burn valves in older stuff. Here is a good website to find non-eth fuels: www.pure-gas.org On a side note: I switched all of my small engines to non-eth 2 years ago. The difference in performance is DAY AND NIGHT. The smaller the engine, the better it runs on non-eth....My string trimmer and hand held blower became BEASTS when I switched.

Crap had I known about that I would have taken a look. I work in Chalfont.

Carl, I wish I had a dime for every time I heard that Pierce, E-One or Seagrave was "in financial trouble." Right now the grapevine has Seagrave as terminal, on life support with a DNR order. This is the 5th or 6th time in the last 15 years this rumor has been generated. Yet Seagrave is delivering truck after truck.......... And if you are not aware, E-One was purchased a little less than a year ago by the REV Group, who also owns KME and just recently (within the last 3 weeks) the purchased Ferrara. And yes, as General Ike says, E-One has plenty of work and isn't going anywhere.

Wow. If at all possible you guys need to bring this to the ATCA Annual Father's Day Truck Show (the largest annual truck show) in Macungie Pa. and if not to Macungie then to the Mack Trucks Historical Museum "TRUCKTOBERFEST!" on October 21.

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