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I love how this stuff can be used for 50 years or more  ,and still do the job it was intended for. 

Definitely built for longevity , and not be replaced every 5 years . 

2 hours ago, GreenGiant2 said:

That's the rare bird. Based on a td-9 chassis. Who's machine.

Thats amazing ,that its based on a TD-9. Sure doesn't resemble one . 

Its James Dick's. Its the machine that's in the very first post. He's a very nice man  that likes to see history preserved . He has saved a lot of old iron from being turned into pop cans and razor blades. 

With what's going on these days. I've had some extra time for looking at things on the inter web .  I've been chatting with others about old tractors and construction equipment. 

I thought It was interesting that one of my searches led me here. Back to the BMT website. 

I know this loader. I haven't run it, or even heard it running. I was just fortunate to get a bit of a personal tour form one of the owners employees. 

Thanks 41 chevy ,for the great run down on it . Its very interesting. 

Thats me on it, fall of 2013.  

That makes so much sense. I can't believe I didn't see it. The marks in it really had me stumped. I never thought of vise grip mount.

Thanks so much everyone for your replies. I really appreciate it. 

I have been helping a friend out. One of our jobs was changing doors on a Granite dumptruck.

My question.

The doors we got ,came from the states off  an ABF truck. On top of the door ,above the window is a metal bracket with a big round pin. 

Curiosity has got the best of me. I can't figure what the bracket is. I'm thinking its for a safety harness or something. But don't really know. 

If anyone could shine a light on it ,I would appreciate it. 

I've enclosed pics of the bracket .

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. 

Your south is very very north for me .lol. 

33 minutes ago, Bullheaded said:

Back in the late 90's and 2000's I hauled wood chips.

Sorry to sideline this a little.........

Did you haul wood chips to Domtar in Huntsville. I used to haul sawdust there in the middle, late 90's from manufacturing plants just north of Toronto. I used to take it Brantford for paper too . I seem to remember that alot of the chips came from northern Ontario. I could be wrong though. 

On 3/31/2020 at 4:27 PM, Vladislav said:

The idea was to keep SGT general appearance but put some improvements

It looks amazing Vlad. I really like how you kept some of the SGT appearance . Just for the simple fact I remember seeing those trucks on the road. They always stood out. We actually called them Slime Green Trucks. So I really like how you changed the color slightly and added metallic . 

These old trucks all have a story to tell. And by you keeping some of the SGT general appearance , you help keep that part of the story alive. Then with your changes, you just add to the story.  

You're doing a great job Vlad !  look forward to seeing more progress.

There  would't  be a world tour with it by any chance.       

32 minutes ago, alex g said:

Keith was that old Ford one of your Dad's?

Yes it was Alex.  After living in sanders for 3 winters ,I was able to get a contract for a plow ,and put my own plow on. A 1979 International S series with a DT 466 and a 13 speed. 

20 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

I used to like that sanding job. It was nice and simple back then. You didn't have to deal with all those liquid de-icing agents and crap. And you could put out how ever much material you wanted to.

 

O the good old days. When you had a simple hydraulic controller to set spinner and conveyor . And your supervisor trusted you to put down the amount of product you thought was appropriate for the conditions.   

16 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

Beggars can't be choosers snowdog....can't find any Mack's around here in salt country that aren't completely rotten. My volunteer fire dept had an old R Model but it is already long gone. 

I didn't mean anything negative about the Fords. Worn out Fords and International were all we could afford. They all ran well ,and never really let us down.

This one had a gas engine. I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours in it. It just kept going. 

It's kind of interesting that around me , even though I live a little over an hour from the Oakville Plant. There wasn't many Macks. Municipalities and fire departments all had Ford or International.With some Dodges in there to.  

I didn't get my first Mack till 1998.  My RD685s.  A 13 year old truck cost me almost $30,000. At the same time I could have got a Ford or International for a lot less.

Hind sight , It was a good decision to get a Mack. It worked In every Snowstorm for the next 21 years, and never let me down once. 

looks amazing !   Great job.

Really nice looking unit.  

I remember being amazed at the huge cab with a big windshield after being so used to Loadstars .  That was before I discovered Mack was the best . LOL 

Your  looks so good, it deserve to be upright

Truck looks really good. I think the fenders suit it. I'm not a fan of plastic fenders. 

Thanks for sharing Vlad. Its looking good.

I really like how you did the sleeper opening. When your done its going to be better than new. 

On 1/14/2020 at 2:14 AM, Vladislav said:

Those panels on Eastern and Western R's are completely different. Eastern ones are MUCH longer and I"m afraid (not sure) are less of the higth (narrower). Also Western parts were made of alu and had surface stamped by leaned lines which cross each other.

Eastern panels were different as I said but what's important (to Eastern R owners) they were at least 3 (known to me) styles. Early ones were alu with four (some with six) holes for screws in the corners. The surface was of horizontal stamped lines combining polished and ground (sand-scratched) areas. Those were installed (as I could figure) on early hoods on non-CMAC trucks. The trucks with aircooler (longer hoods) purchased newer panels which were made of stainless steel. The same general design but as I was told by some owners of early R's those newer panels were less in size and didn't fit early hood opening really good. But that's not the end of the list. Later panels were of two different styles too. If you look at pics of Eastern R's you can notice some trucks had framings over the headlight openings in the hood and some didn't. I can't state those parts were installed from/to a sertain production year, more seem to me as an alternative factory option. Nevermind. The panels were different. Those which were used with no framings had four screw holes in the corners. And those which were supposed to be combined with frames had a sticking end at one side (toward the grill) to be slicked in below the framing and two screws in the corners at the outer side. And that is the style (and probably the only one) which you can currently purchase new. They're made by PAI and could be found on ebay etc. Part ## are FPA-5774 for the LH (with a square hole for pre-heater socket) and FPA-5773 for the RH (looking from driving direction) with no hole and you can use on the both sides if no heater to be installed. There's an issue if you're going to use those panels on a hood with no framings (as I did). First you need to cut off that sticking area. Than you find the two holes in the corners at the outer side don't correspond with ones in the hood. Seems like new holes were designed the screws to get into the framing not straight to the hood. And if you try to just put screws they get into the headlight opening not the fiberglass. So some kind of offset plates are needed to be made. And you sure need two more holes to drill at the grill side too.

 

 

This subject has puzzled me for a long time. I asked about it in a thread back in 2014. 

This was the thread.  https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/36092-r-model-hood/?tab=comments#comment-250453

I don't want to confuse things. I just though I would add some more information I discovered since then .  

It reinforces what Vlad said about different appearance options in the different headlight trim surround's .  

It appears to me that the eastern hoods are similar . The difference is the extra plastic headlight trim piece . 

My 1988 doesn't have the extra plastic but my 1985 does.  When I took the plastic piece off the hood is the same underneath . The 4 holes under the plastic piece are the same as the holes in the stainless piece on the 1988. 

Some pics to help show my findings 

Even though it didn't start.......... still sounded very cool

Good luck with it.

Thanks very much for sharing your pics Vlad. 

I find all the differences interesting. Especially ,the steel dash. Its also interesting to see necessities in the cab. Like the water and a heater of some type.

Congrats on the new truck.

It looks like you could take it to truck shows 👍 Very nice 

Thankfully he's ok.  

I think we all probably take silly risk. Afterward ,you think "that was stupid"  

I was getting tired of holding computer sideways. Hopefully this helps .