Ezrider

i don't think your crazy one day id like to get a duce and a half convert it to a single rear axle and build a custom pickup box on the back this is similar to what id like to do some day.

the bumper on my cx looks identical to the one posted in my link and it fits my 2000 with the trans cooler behind my front bumper in the center, i can take a peek tomorrow and see if there is still a part number sticker or anything on it

http://www.raneystruckparts.com/mack-vision-cx613-chrome-bumper-for-2001-2004/

i see potential for a bad ass hot rod out of that one

i once towed a guy about 10 miles with a chain. he was a guy i knew out in the middle of no where. had him stick it in 1 gear lower than i pulled him in to help keep some tension on the tow line and keep his air pressure built up. had him stick it in 3rd i pulled him in 4th. it took a while to get him into the truck shop no cops around. iv been lucky enough to never be on a hook, there is probably a few times i should have been but i always managed to mcgiver things together to get where i needed to be to get parts/repairs.

yeah long-x gets hit a few times a year and its like a 16'10" bridge with a overhigth detection system with flashing lights, i think there is already plans to replace it as part of the 4 lane expatiation on hwy 85 as far as insurance im sure there insurance is not happy at all with them, i believe there still working on the bridge. I haven't been out that way in a while but last i heard is they had the bridge opened back up 1 lane with flagers and they were still working on it, i know they ripped a cross beam out of the bridge.

if it was the break switch jake should still work but not the cruse id be looking at the clutch pedal switch first try lifting up on the pedal with the top of you're foot if then check the switch adjustment and if all that fails check the switch itself with a multimeater.

i don't see why you coulden't t- into the existing lines, iv thought of doing the same, my mack and my other truck both only have maxi's on one drive axle and sometimes on a steep hill it wont hold it. in the occasional times a year i have to park on a steep incline i normally just end up popping the trailer breaks as well.

nice work. a heavier steer axle wont hurt anything

edit to add picture discriptions day cab mack cx with side dump hauling clay dirt they were dropping off the slope got over too far before he started dumping took the truck and trailer over with the load. they used the excavator and a dozer to upright it. long x bridge hwy 85 in nd, truck struck the bridge with the excavator knocking it off the trailer, caused structural damage to the bridge and shut the bridge down for several weeks. doing a demolition of a runway super thick concrete loaded by excavator. (getting loaded with ho's all night long)

did a bunch of busting tires today. I had 8 11r24.5's on steel rims that i wanted to run on this truck but this truck has alum inner and outer rims so i didn't want to put the steel rims on it. so i broke down 16 tires and re-mounted 8. after i did that i went and cat scaled the tractor. after adding the pusher and tall rubber, with me and all my junk inside and 1/2 tanks of fuel. the tractor came in at 19,300. so i added just shy of 2000 lbs to the truck about 1,800lbs +/- some difference in fuel weight. don't remember how much fuel i had on when i last scaled this truck bobtail. all in all i don't think 20k for a tri axle truck with a wet kit is too bad.

i rent this shop. it was the only one that i could find that would work for me had plenty of outdoor parking water floor drains heat insulation 110-220 power that only cost a arm rather than a arm and a leg. they were still building it back when i agreed to rent it. i had the opportunity to have them set it up how i wanted the biggest problem is i told them i wanted a bathroom. well i didn't know they were going to biuld a massive bathroom bigger than the master bath in my house on the same side of the shop as a roll up door. all i wanted was a bathroom the size of a closet with a toilet and a sink. so now is a serious pain in the butt to get a trailer inside in a way that i can unhook the truck and then be able to close the door.

yes small and warm is much better than outside and cold...lol i would even take inside and cold over outside and cold. i did the no shop thing for several years doing all my repairs outside in the elements. rain snow sleet ect. some day i plan to build a nice shop with pull threw bays large enough to park a few trucks and trailers inside at the same time probably a small area the size of a 4 car garage for project cars. it wont be any time soon but a guy can dream right.

yes quite cold out sub 0 F most the day today. my shop might be small 25x50 with a 12tall by 14 wide door but its insulated and heated don't miss working outside one bit.

ask and you shal receive

yesterday i got the last of the hardware is installed, got my control valve and started plumbing everything control valve is real nice built in regulator set up to auto lift for reverse. came with some quick release valves ect. still have to Finnish installing the valve i told myself to take the day off today but i didn't listen finished plumbing the air bags and installing the control box under the bunk and did a little painting, getting close to being done, have to run the break lines rims tires and wire the switch into the dash and Finnish welding in the bracket for the cross brace for the exhaust where i ran out of wire and it will be done. I picked up some welding wire today to Finnish welding that up but i guess i thought i was running .35 wire where i was running .30 and didn't have any .35 contact tips so ill have to pickup some .30 wire or some .35 contact tips tomorrow.

the 11r 24 was just to check fit not the tires im going to be running on it.

got some progress made its going a lot slower than i expected. i knew exhaust fitmit was going to be a issue and that took up a big part of today, i thought i had it worked out by moving the mount back 4 inches to be able to bolt it up, once i got it back on i realized i had even more fitmit issues the tire was going to hit the exhaust. i had to make a new exhaust stand to move the stack inboard so everything would clear.

yup im going to install it on 4' center its actually sitting a bit forward of that in the picture. the 1/4 fenders make it look like its sitting back further. at 4' spacing ill get 42 on the group 3 axels 8'-c from rear drive axle to the pusher. same spacing as on my trailer, but my outer bridge will be 92k

part of my reason for getting a new truck was wanting a tri-axle the truck that i bought did not already have one but has plenty of room. I have a little time at the moment and i was checking pricing at a few places on pusher axle's when i stopped at one place that they say we got a used one sitting out back $1000 its all yours. so i go look it over. seems pretty decent, its a heavier style than i was really looking for but i figured at saving nearly 4k over a new one for one that was two years old pulled off a wreck and everything seems good and tight on it with good breaks complete drum to drum, steerable air up down. so i bought it. not sure if i will have any questions or not so far all i have done is got the pusher to the shop got it unloaded and slid it under the truck. so far the biggest issue i see is going to be re-mounting the exhaust after installing the pusher. the stack bracket is going to be in kinda a bad place ill have to figure that out. tomorrow I'm going to try to get everything off the truck that's going to be in the way get the pusher up on the frame and go from there.

i just figured i would update this. i found it took a creeper and a work light to find it bolted to the inside of the frame rail about a foot forward of the air compressor.

i have always been a pete fan. i have drove a lot of them and like them in my company driver days, iv drove a good handful of w'9's as well did not like them as much as the petes. I have never bought either though. I am a used pre-emmisions truck guy and just cant justify the inflated purchase price on a large car. this is my first mack seems better suited for my application (i pull mostly belly and side dump) and i like the mack so far. i would say if no near by pete dealer i would not consider purchasing a pete. where im based from i have dealer support for all brands. so that leaves me alot of options but theirs always them pieces that you need that have to come from a dealership and if buying a new truck you will have to have some warranty repairs done. not if but when, unfortunately with all the junk bolted onto the newer trucks there will be some issues regardless of brand.

i would be interested in a pair 30 inch black or white rubber if these come available

2000 mack vision e-7 where the heak is the air governor, i don't see it on the compressor or anywhere.