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70mackMB

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  1. First truck was a '77 R600. 300+, 10spd RR, manual steering, 34,000lb camel backs, 36" crawl thru, (1) 4" straight pipe exhaust. Back when it was fun to turn NH to MD twice a week! haha .....Hippy
  2. The center of gravity must be a fine line with those heels! What a problem to having to walk around bent over like that all day. .....Hippy
  3. Must have been a special rig to have two bulldogs! .....Hippy
  4. The first couple pictures, how the hell do they even know where the road is!? .....Hippy
  5. Once upon a time l spent over an hour getting a tail light (1157?) to work. Turned out to be a bad ground. l check the ground first now! .....Hippy
  6. 70mackMB

    Work boots

    l'm on my second pair of Red Wings #1412. Wearing them seven days a week l got three years out of the first ones. Two and a half on this pair so far. With the wide (extended) heel l don't roll the boot over like l did with the logger style. My back and legs don't bother me like they did before. The RW salesman called the logger style the " Cowboy boot of the northeast". .....Hippy
  7. The day is not complete without some BMT! Thank you Barry and Happy Birthday! .....Hippy
  8. Anyone ever use or hear of anyone using a toilet paper oil filter? http://www.toiletpaperoilfilter.com/thetoiletpaperoilfiltercompany.html .....Hippy
  9. If thats the building on Gay St off Brown Av l worked out of it in '86-'87. It was a Georgia Pacific lumber distribution center and we ran R models. .....Hippy
  10. Or standing at the receiving office window yelling something other than ENGLISH into the phone! .....Hippy
  11. Whats with all the cars? My first legal ride was a '64 International 59 passenger school bus converted to a camper. The guy at the drive-in movie theater always thought l was trying to sneak in a load of friends! haha .....Hippy
  12. Find a local independent diesel repair shop, maybe the one your friend will deal with. See if someone from the shop will go with you to look it over before your friend talks money to the owner. This is what l did when l first started out before l bought my '77 R612 when it was five years old. Gee it's been that long ago?! lol .....Hippy
  13. I find the same thing with the Volvo. Trying to get out into traffic from a side street or a driveway. Stand on the pedal to go, the truck moves then, nope that's not the gear we (TCM-ECM) wanted to be in! We'll get back to you when we have selected the proper gear. I understand this all takes only a second or two but it seems like five minutes with a line of traffic coming! .....Hippy
  14. Ricky told me........It's a HSA or Hill Start Assist. It's only used on manual automated transmissions. The button/switch is to tell the transmission to tell the ABS not to hold the truck when the brake pedal is released on a grade. The percent of grade is programmable into the TCM up to three percent grade. The Volvo I sit in and aim has one with an IDrive 12 speed. .....Hippy
  15. As we say in garden tractor pulling, Looks like he needs a little more beak weight! .....Hippy
  16. LOL! That's what l deliver for the NH state liquor commission. Along with 2,000 +/- other items to our 80 plus conveniently located state owned stores. .....Hippy
  17. Good for you! And it's not a Volvo. .....Hippy
  18. How many yards does that barrel hold and what would the GVW be with 7 axles? .....Hippy
  19. 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
  20. Welcome fyrmedic1! Nice looking B. .....Hippy
  21. l know exactly where that is! l just went by it Friday cutting thru the woods. .....Hippy
  22. Congratulations to the two of you! Are we all invited to the big event? lol l don't think the 'ol MB will make it that far. .....Hippy
  23. Congratulations to the two of you! Are we all invited for the big event? lol l don't think the ol' MB will make it that far. .....Hippy
  24. 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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