Barry

Nice pics! Thanks for posting them...

Yes, the blue R-Model in the background is one of our wreckers. It has a Holmes 650 on it. Its no show piece, but I will get some photos soon...our other wrecker is a Superliner, but it in the body shop getting a new paint job! Pics of it soon, too.

We do get a lot of cool visitors! I keep posting pics for you as they stop in!

Wow...cool photos! Thanks for sharing them!

Yeah, we are about 15 miles east of Murraysville. Are you talking about Beckwith Machine?

Nice looking R you got there! Looks pretty clean!

One of my local customers stopped today to show off his baby! The owners name is Lou from Adam Eidemiller Inc.

Lost Balloonist

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.

I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip."

The woman below responded, "You must be in Management."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

Dale, the return spring is actually part of the latch mechanism inside the door. There is a clock spring inside there that keeps the handle in the right position. There have been a few guys here that tore the latch apart and replaced the spring...other option is to replace the whole latch, but all I have available right now is RH

Welcome to BMT! Glad to have you aboard!

Owner: Dave McIlrath

1972 RS773L

318 Detroit V8

Thats almost 3 extra gallons! I know they aren't counting the filter capacity in the manual, plus your probally holds more with the spin ons and the extra cooler will hold some...I'd say it sounds about right. Maybe some of the others here will chime in with there fill capacities...

Out of respect for for all the good members of this forum, I have banned Sarge's IP address. He was already registered here under 3 different names, but the IP ban wiped him out completely plus I banned all 3 of his user names. Not to say that he can't re-register from a different IP address, but it makes thing tougher for him to do so.

In our never ending quest to provide you with a great forum, we have added the personal photo feature! It can be found under your control panel, below profile settings. You can upload a photo of you or your truck or what ever you like and it will appear in your profile!

We also upped the posting limit to 5mb which will allow you tons of photo attachments in your posts! So have fun and post away! Any problems, let me know...

"View new topics" works great to! David, I think your browser settings are changed somehow, because the Assistant window should open on the top of the bigger window. Trent, I'll have to talk to you about images...there shouldn't be any limits on quanity or size??

Thanks for the great comments, everyone! This forum is for you guys, we try to give you what you want! It's been said lots of times that you can't make everyone happy, though!! LOL

Dale, there is an easy way to make sure you don't miss any topics...

At the top of every page is a link that says "My Assistant" Click it...

Then Click the link that pops up for New Posts. It will also show replies to any topics that you have started.

After clicking the link, a page with just the new replies will pop up...it doesn't matter what forum heading they were posted under...they will all be here for you to view.

Hope this helps...Most people are very happy with the new format and it promises to be a vital source for antique truck information in the near future...that is why we have it split up the way it is.

Welcome to the forums! You came to the right place to learn about old Macks! Lots of friendly folks and great information here! Enjoy...

Welcome to BMT! There are lots of great folks here and everybody loves trucks! Glad you joined...Feel free to jump in! Enjoy...

I can't upload them to your gallery, but what you can do is right click on each of your photos (biggest version) and save them to your computer. Then you can upload them to your gallery on this site. It shouldn't be to hard!

We'll Be there all day Saturday only.

We just filled our wreckers up at $2.73 p/g...they started changing the sign while we were pumping to $3.19 p/g

That was Citgo in New Alexandria, PA

Looks GREAT Matt! Awesome job!! You should build us a model of our Super-Liner Wrecker someday!! LOL

Sorry David, our shop has been very busy...they haven't had time to take it off. I will get on them to do it this weekend! I'll be in touch...

Worked for me at home, but not at work? I must have too much pc security at work! LOL

Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in Abilene, Texas awaiting their flights. One is an American Indian passing through from Oklahoma City. Another is a Cowboy on his way to Fort Worth for the livestock show, and the third passenger is a fundamentalist Arab student from the Middle East.

Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.

The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around, and the old windsock is flapping; but still no plane comes.

Finally, the American Indian clears his throat and softly he speaks, "At one time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."

The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"

The Texas cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a drawl, "That's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it's a-comin'."

Trent, the link isn't working for me...

Hey Freight, where were you drag racing your B-Mod that time...I remember seeing the pics on the old board! Maybe you can toss those up again if you still have them!