daveigou

Those have got to be some of the nicest LR's I've ever seen!!!

Get a quote on the big horse, then when you wake up and all your vital signs are back to normal, take a serious look at the Granite MP8

Seems like that was a hit last year when we tried to keep the RW's together, and we'll try to do that again this year. The show is billed "All Mack", anything Mack is welcomed. Each year there are always a few other brands, Gerhart has several Autocars around there too, but nobody is turned away.

Sorry Vinny, Gerhart usually will not sell Parts unless he is ready to cut something up.

I would think $1,000 with known history.

Rob, We like R700's too. We'd be honored. For you, we could even do valet parking!!

I think we had maybe 27 Superliners at Gerhart's last year, not all were in the row, and I know of at least four local ones that were not here, probably because the weather was uncertain. This year's show will be Friday & Saturday Oct 5th & 6th, and we want to try again to keep all of them together, and see how many we get. Gregg, we'll save a place for you.

That's what it's all about. Can't see scenery like this anywhere. Lookin good!

62,000#? In Pennsylvania you can go 58,400 on a tandem, and 73,280 on a tri axle. At only 62,000 gross you could do with something lighter. About the lighest steel bodies we see around here are the Bibeau Canadian built hi-tensile steel bodies, no crossmembers and smooth sides. To get a Granite or an RD doubled framed heavy spec'd truck down to 24,000# is probably not going to happen. In your case, the only way you're going to get down to that weight is consider a single frame truck with 40,000 Eaton or Meritor axles, and some kind of lighter weight suspension, Chalmers or Hendrickson HN. I think you need to take a look at what your competitors are running, and go from there. Dump trucks are definately regionally different, and what we spec in Pennsylvania probably isn't going to be right for you.

A doubt the lightweight is around 23,000 with a camelback suspension & Mack rears. With Eaton or Meritor (with aluminum carries) and air ride suspension it might get close. CX's had frame and rear axle options that would work for a straight truck, but they never offered a steer axle heavier than 14,600, and that's the part I think is un acceptable. You can usually tell if an inner frame liner is factory or not, because the factory version went up to and included the rear front spring hangers. If the inner frame reinfocement ended under or behind the cab, it was done later. As far as the transmission, a "C" ratio 10 speed is probably OK for anything but really severe off-road work. 2003 is still the E-Tech engine (pre-EGR) and that's another plus. Always beware of southern auction trucks. I've seen CX Macks, T600 KWs and FLD freightliners that were stetched freight tractors, and dump beds added for the sole purpose of dumping them at a southern auction as "real" dump trucks. Know where the truck came from and who put it together. That information should be on the door jamb, some call it a "second stage MSO" or some just call it a "ratings" sticker. Be very suspicious if it doesn't have one!

They probably went the way so many other things did. Round tanks are cheaper to build, and offer more flexability. I don't think Mack offers step tanks on anything since the demise of the RD.

Not sure. But they were marked "Made in USA"

Moosejockey was the engineer on this trip, I got on his a*s to clean the windshield, he got the paint nearly wore thru, but is a little lax on the glass. We had a hot load of post holes to pick up for shipping wars, drove all the way to Harrisburg before we discovered that we forgot the trailer. We'll prolly get some negative feedback for that.

Nice day to get the dog out, look at a little scenery and listen to some E9 music

Well scan it and post it!!!

Gregg, Speaking of the RW, any updates, more pictures? Dave

Did anybody hear if this sold, or what it brought?

Saw one on the back of a paving salesmans truck that read "God made blacktop so yuppies could four wheel"

Roger's is also a U747(ST), transmission is 9 or 10 speed RR, and rears are 34k, definately an NT Cummins, and you're right, #6 is under the heater motor.

One probably recorded MPH, & time, the other was likely RPM's, so the owner could see if he was over-revving the engine, so as to make sure he was throwing it in nuetral down those long hills instead of overspeeding the engine. (DO NOT try that at home!! I'm sure none of us here on BMT ever did such a thing)

If someone really wants it, they'll talk to you, but like my boss always says, if that one's too much, go buy the other one. But problem is........

Love the spoked wheels

It's a Cummins, I think either a 290 or 300, not sure, looks decent and roadworthy.

Another thing I just noticed when I look at my own gallery, the captions somehow got rearranged, and don't match the pictures

Does that have anything to do with some galleries can be set to allow friends only to view?