Mark T

That suspension has been around for a while . If I remember correctly it had the most articulation of anything at the time (now TufTrac is close) They were marketed as "The Gripper" or something like that. That was back when Volvos were really homely. M Ride with double reduction drive axles, pretty hard to beat in the back of something going through soggy uneven ground.

That looks like a place a guy could spend a couple hours looking at stuff and BS'n and FYI that one dog is displaying a little more than just (his) butt 😀

Gotta watch the holes in the spring like Onyx said. They can be way bigger than the dowel on the new pad if the spring is shot . The buckets too, if they're rotted enough on the inside and enough metal is missing they won't squish anything like it needs to be. Most of the better pads are colored or clear, and the top ones may be black . Tops don't get the pound'n like the bottom ones.

Sounds like someone "got it " in THE can

Anything that could cause that isn't good. Maybe you'll get lucky... hope it isn't too bad.

Just to be clear, I didn't mean to sound as if comparing which was worse ( they're both serious injuries ) Most of us on here have had some injury but those two were pretty bad. Thing with all of them is when it does happen, it's seconds. Everyone thinks when seeing pictures like those..... then a few weeks later we become complacent and back to old bad habits.

All those trucks in the pictures have the same cab. Might sound stupid, but cab shocks and the front cab mounts (which often are wiped out) mean a lot. If it gets bouncing a little then gets telegraphed through a guy's leg to the throttle pedal it just makes it all worse. There are gas shocks available for them and in my opinion are worth the effort of changing. And let's not even get into the drivers who like the most expensive air seat and then have to sit on the floor with no air in it. Believe it or not, after thinking about this I remembered the truck in my avatar used to be able to go under 8 MPH on the switch in the dash (like if it had the idle kicked up) the other ones wouldn't do it. But I remember it helped in situations like you're describing. (that truck had Hendrickson RTE)

Some of these newer things have so much off idle torque even feathering the throttle makes an impressive amount of torque.

Yikes. I don't know which picture was worse. That one or Joey's burn. Hope you recover as fast and best as possible .

Congratulations .

Don't be so tough on the guy, he was likely moving a load if I Phones or something like that so people can get more information faster about all these fantastic ideas.

Don't suppose it could be something like the type of tires you use ???? They look pretty nice, doubt there's anything neglected on the trucks (worn suspensions)

There's a red B near me . Reminds me of what those may have looked like. At one point, I had one of Morrissey's B models parked at my place. Never know where some of these trucks will show up

That B87 was quite the truck.

Didn't they all come with a spare rim and some form of tools for lug nuts back then ?

The three Bs, I'm assuming were only cab and chassis at that point ?

Ahhhh..... I see . You guys down there all had serious equipment.

I believe it. Was that a DePaul by any chance ?

In all the years that truck was in service, would you have ever thought Mack wouldn't make trucks like that some day.

You'd like any of them . It's only around fifty bucks to be an ATHS member and they send you Wheels of Time 6 times a year. You get the one from the national show each year too.

This is a little like The Price is Right.....but no Bob Barker

I could be wrong, but I thought Econodyne came along with 4 valve engines. Same theory, but after the 300+ So you could have got a 4 valve Maxidyne or Econodyne. Back then, HP seemed to do more for maintaining road speed than torque it seemed, so the 300 Plus or later Econodynes did better in road tractors or stuff that was on the hiway more. Again, I may be wrong .

$22,000.00

300 Plus was a 2 valve 315 HP engine . Wasn't Maxidyne, required multi speed transmissions (like a ten speed) as opposed to a 300 which was 285 HP and worked fantastic with some form of 5 speed. I have no idea why they called them what they did

They look like anything else inside. I ended up getting a look inside it already while doing an oil change ( lol ) I guess there is a reason for not draining the oil out of the plug on the oil pan.. there's one bolt on the pan, if you actually took everything apart to get the pan off....it'd bee several hours