Mark T

Biggest wrecker I've ever seen in my life I believe is in Connecticut.  Big 6 axle Peterbilt. Looked to have 3 steering axles and 3 drives ?  It's huge. Wanna say it was a hundred ton rotator (not sure) Just happened to see it passing through the area here, and I'm think'n it was going to a company in Connecticut.  Never see any of those giant wreckers made out of Macks anymore.  🙁

15 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Seem's to me,, I should know better..  I'm surprised I got this one wrong..  I guess the 'rust' is getting thicker......  i dont recall re-building anything other than 92/92  and 200 series carriers..  JoeH ??  what rear end book are you using? I have a large set, and want to see what yours looks like..   Jojo

Joey...... you feel surprised ???  You should pull one out expecting to be replacing your basic garden variety rear rear ( @ $1800.00 )  then discover it's one of those and just like that  POOF    $4500.00.   This was back in 1998 mind you 🤣.   

8 hours ago, JoeH said:

I've seen 112/113, 150/151, 200's mentioned, what are the differences? The 92/93 book mentions the 112/113's.  Are they weight ratings? Generations? Housing differences to accommodate taller ratios?

Simply put, the higher the number the heavier the carrier was. Like a basic tractor would pretty much have 92/93s  a bigger spec truck with say.. 58s would have 112/113s  (bigger and accommodated bigger axles)  the 200s were sorta in between and if I remember at the time anything with over a 400 (?)  dictated getting 200s

I bought a cutoff out of Canada once. It had 200 series carriers in 461s   that had the differential lockers.  I have no idea what they were in other than as best I could guess they came out off an RW or CL.   Between the different series' the ratios were usually off from one another by a few hundreths of a turn or so. 

Never saw a 92/93 with the set up, but 200s they had ones like you described. Instead of spider and side gears, they had a cam and wedges quite similar to the interaxle power divider.  There was no lockout on them like on newer Mack or Meritor/ Spicer lockers .  They cost a small fortune to repair.

1 hour ago, Mackpro said:

MP7 or MP8? And are you sure it’s a GU and not a CTP? 

I wondered that too. 2007 is likely an MP7 with injector cup issues.

Think that was a Williams set up. That fella takes that truck to several of the shows around here. I think he used to bring a Parker dump trailer with it.  Paul's just enamored of the color choice (lol)    If you watch the video, at the end there's a link to another one with a guy with a White 4000 in Australia.  I thought it was interesting.

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1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

is it coming on hard or is it just coming in slow and then going out slow??  

Weren't they those Behhr or whatever the name was that you were supposed to hotwire them after installing one and run it at a certain RPM until it disengaged then it was ready plug back in and drive off into the sunset ?

Another fantastic job. Thanks.

OD   thank you so much for the picture of the Chevrolet car.  That thing in the blue..... wow.  I never realized. My auto darkening welding helmet came with one of those like the guy has on hi back. didn't know that's what it was for.  I'll study that picture a little longer .

One thing no one seems to give any mention to here, even if the amount of grade is half (still too much for a loaded truck that isn't application specific) When this thing ends up going backwards, there's not going to be any stopping it.   No foundation brakes are ever gonna hold this thing still going backwards .  (lol)  buy a pump and some pipes .

New Remack MP7 engine. Complete long block assembly on shipping skid.  $16,000.00 . No core required . Stored in heated shop and rotated periodically. 

I never would have guessed  Brocky is 78.  Holy cow.   

1 hour ago, other dog said:

awwww...... that's beautiful 🤮

Back drop was a Cummins thing.  I can't think of any other manufacturer that did much with exhaust manifolds other than where the outlet was in relationship to the application.  I don't know if the back drop was a performance thing , maybe it was like the grandfather to the pulse manifold (lol)   One thing for sure, on a healthy engine, they make a distinct note , and they sound great in my opinion.

I'd love to hear that truck in real life.