tjc transport

i know not mack related, but parts related. my ford dealer had two old timers in the parts department that ran the "off the street" counter. the dealership got complaints about them being slow, why dont you put younger guys on the counter. but you could go in there and get anything you wanted for any year vehicle if it was available. one day Ed was out sick and one of the kids was at his station. i needed a suspension part for my 7 litre. the kid was useless ." 7 litre? ford never made one" because it was not listed in the computer menue. chuck overheard the conversation and told the kid to get lost, walked over the the "broken TV they won't get rid of" opened the drawer under it, put a slide under it, turned the "TV" on, and within 1 minute had the part number for the bushing i needed. 30 seconds later he had the revised part number and ordered it. i was informed when i went to pick up the part two days later that a message came from dealer owner that all parts men required to know how to use the microfiche machine. and it was still in use at the front counter until two years ago. unfortunately both Ed and Chuck retired end of last year. Ed is 81, and Chuck is 78 the microfiche machine and files now lives in the parts managers office.

yup. that is an ED. the JR was earlier build by REO to mack specifications. in 38 mack started making them in house.

i would take one of those trailer sleepers over one of the over the engine or a "bridge slammer" over the driver any day of the week!!! over engine "coffin sleeper": "over the cab "bridge slammer" on a peterbilt:

yes there was the "mack jr" 1/2 ton pickup. but it was made by reo for 3 years. 36 to 38

my spring blooming flowers are already popping.

agreed. i dont know about the bacon on cheesecake though. so eat the bacon first, than the cheesecake.

same here, did not know what it is. is the M drive like the eaton fuller ultrashift where it is a automatic clutch controlled by the computer? my friend had two trucks with the 10 speed ultrashift. after replacing the clutches twice in each truck he traded them in on trucks with allisons. problem with the ultrashift is brake applied clutch is disengaged. when you step on throttle the computer engages the clutch. if you are doing trailer work and do brake and throttle at the same time, the computer gets confused and tears the clutch out of the truck.

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if you got two inches there, half the cars and trucks in the state would end up in junk yards because people dont know how to drive anymore.

yup. sweatbox with armstrong steering and a solid non movable seat...... and 20 speed trans with 190 to 250 hp engines.

nothing beats the old mack 4-52 air conditioning.... except for real AC

and another 3000 from the ford site!! for about 20 years there was a 3000 box truck sitting in a loading dock used for storage in a box plant in bergen county nj. i always wanted to stop and ask about it, but at the time did not have the funds to undertake that project. 5 years ago i was finally in a place where i had spare cash to take on restorations on a truck and drove up there. the company went out of business, sold everything and the truck was sold to a scrap yard three weeks before. i went to the yard and they cut it up as soon as it came in the yard.

the trailer may have some value to it, but the truck is a MS series. combination of renault parts with a mack name. parts are hard to come by, and they troublesome. you may be able to find someone who wants it for parts.

just saw this pic posted on the ford forum in thread vintage pics of days gone by. a White 3000 in the lower left corner:

we used to take the hoods of the old DM's until cops started giving us a hard time. so the mechanic made top covers without sides. didn't really help though, they were still ovens inside the cab.

the new trucks get great fuel mileage. my new Kenworth with 600cummins and allison auto trans will see 10 mpg on long interstate highway runs. even loaded in city it sees 6-7 mpg. far better than the 5 on the road and 3 in city of the 99 mack with 400 and 8ll trans. so i have no doubt that in a properly designed diesel/electric unit they could not see 15+ mpg like BobWhite says

i aint quite that old!!! but i do remember 6 volt positive ground... and 25 mph speed limit when loaded.

it is.

i remember plowing in the B-815, and DM-800's. if you were not wearing arctic deep freeze suits, you froze in those trucks. best air conditioning i ever had in a truck..... and the heaters were just as good in the summer. get in weighing 225 lbs and get out after running asphalt for 10 hours weighing 215 lbs.

my friend had a White 9000 tandem tractor he pulled his lowboy with for 25 years until he passed away in 2017. 290 cummins and 10 speed trans. guy out of Connecticut bought it and was tickled pink to be able to get it. said he was going to put it back to work for his paving company.

tell her to stop looking at it then... problem solved!

for black history month, we should recognize the worlds richest african american:

are you talking about Back In Black Pulling Larry? he runs a slightly tweaked black V8 superliner.

listing is pulled, so it must have sold already

i would say new trans, i would imagine a diesel will have way too much torque for the gas trans in the truck and will tear it up in no time.