70mackMB

Good for you!  And it's not a Volvo.   .....Hippy 

OD, Next time that happens to you throw your load chains on the ground. Toss them under the tires laid out in a "S" pattern and ease up on them. Works somewhat like tire chains in a pinch.   .....Hippy 

Welcome fyrmedic1! Nice looking B.   .....Hippy

On 1/15/2018 at 12:06 PM, bulldogboy said:

A GMC 640 advertising a landscape business.

 bulldogboy

l know exactly where that is! l just went by it Friday cutting thru the woods.  .....Hippy 

On 12/31/2017 at 2:11 PM, Maxidyne said:

IIRC that's a 4000/4070 cab on the turbine truck.

3 hours ago, Hobert62 said:

I agree with maxidyne.   It's one of our "transtar" cabs.

lll go 3 for 3. The 4070 is what l learnt to drive trailer on in 1972. Had a shinny 290 with a 10 spd RR. We delivered paper potato bags from Pepperell Ma to Riverhead LI NY and surrounding towns. Thank you Eddie for your time and patience.   .....Hippy 

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Some of the comments are really something!  ............Hippy

Looks like a bit of a pull up thru that ledge cut. What is that strange looking thing to the right of the tree? Nice pictures Paul, don't stop posting them their great!  .......Hippy

48* below freezing (-16*) here this morning at 0700. That just makes it sound colder.  .........Hippy

Frame style dump trailers are not to difficult to repair if they have gone over gently. A twisted frame can be saved with two large front end loaders. Raise the tub and block it up at a 45' angle, remove the piston, 1st loader puts down pressure on the tub over the tailgate to hold the trailer in place. 2nd loader comes in from the side over the 5th wheel plate on the high side of the twist. Chain from the 5th wheel pin to the bucket, roll the bucket back beyond what looks as if the frame is straight. Release the tension and check the frame, you may have to shorten the chain and twist it again. lf it looks correct put the piston back in and run the tub up and down a few times to see how it dumps. We did this several times back in the early 70's when l worked at a trailer shop.  ............Hippy  

There are some great videos on YouTube of trains moving snow.  ..........Hippy

The trailer is a Lapeer. Designed by Sidney Winn of Lapeer Trailer Co. of Lapeer Mi. (info from Bill Semple in the New England Chapter ATCA "Hudson Horn").

There is a Youtube video of something similar - Scarab Mechanical Horse.  .............Hippy

4 hours ago, Rockwell said:

Enjoy the clean air, its on me! 

Thank you but could you preheat it first with the low temps lately. ...........Hippy

lf you can't get it to open. Click on the Snapchat link then look at the very lower left of your screen. Click on that one and the short video should play.  Anything beyond this non technical info from me that works is only $hit luck.  .........Hippy

Winging back the driveway after Mondays storm.  .............Hippy     Snapchat-765419811 (1).mp4

l always did my trucks every weekend. Jack the front end up and grease the pins, turn the wheel, grease and repeat. Two of the first trucks had manual steering so greasing them often made the day driving alot easier.  ...........Hippy 

That makes that a sleeper cab with the bench seat correct?  lol  Nice job.  .....Hippy

Oh hell, just run it and keep an eye on it!  lol  How many times has one of us heard that?.........Hippy

They sped that up from the one l saw. What a disgrace even for a steering wheel holder!  Watch the exhaust stack on the truck hooked to the left trailer when he hits that one! Must have a limited endorsement licence, FORWARD ONLY! .............Hippy 

7 hours ago, BillyT said:

My cousin used to haul coal in the late 70s when there were a few owner operators running B and R models with compounds and one of them told him that when the dad's were teaching their sons to split they sat in the passenger seat with their "tire thumper" and every time the kid started to use the clutch the old man would rap him on the knee! Quick way to learn!

HA!  When l was learning to drive without the clutch. The guy showing me would lean over the doghouse of the COE International. And punch me in the shoulder if he saw my left foot move for the clutch. Ah yes, remember him well. Eddie Armstrong if you see this......Thank you    ................Hippy

On 12/6/2017 at 9:05 PM, Draggin8 said:

Now the shaft is trapped! I can move it in or out about an inch - until I hit the end of the slot. I can rotate the shaft either direction - until the flat side of the slot runs up against the "ball" - or whatever it is.

How about this?  The ball is loose and floating around in the slot. It is the spring that is holding the shaft in place.

 Hard telling not knowing............Hippy

3 hours ago, Lmackattack said:

Unless im missing the something?

He's not caught in the detent. It is stuck in the cut out at the end of the shaft. The pix of the cover turned over it's the lower shaft. Look at the right end and it is centered about 1.5 inchs from the end.

Doug, Can you put a small bar in the linkage hole and maybe roll the shaft 180'? ............Hippy

Welcome to BMT!  Nice pin striping. No pictures of the Reo?  We all like pictures here..............Hippy

OMG he's going to cut it up?!!!!!  OH Lord have mercy!!  haha

JeffL, Where is this MB? We might be interested in some miscellaneous parts for ours. ..............Hippy