davehummell

I can't remember how many times I got the measles along with chicken pox and the mumps from others in school not to forget the bad colds I can still remember the threat of a spoon full of caster oil if I didn't get better we didn't go to the dr unless we were at deaths door

I have about 24 birds for egg laying I haven't bought store bought eggs in about 20 years. When I was little my Gram and I would walk up to a relative's house and buy a chicken for Sunday dinner used to get eggs from him too.

I had a Massey Ferguson 35 that had the English standard diesel four-cylinder engine it wasn't a good starter when the engine was cold I changed to a Ford 2'000 gas and I think I had a better tractor

Mine is a triplex 13 speed

All the Cat engine overhauls in the truck I used a wooden block and a bottom plate and a bottle jack with a long pump handle, so I didn't get an antifreeze shower when I popped up the liners. Wore out threaded rods doing Mack liners I can't remember how bad the sleaves came out of the old 318 DD engines did them too

Back in the day there was a company I think called Lake city Diesel that advertised about getting 850 hp out of 3406 engines for trucks. The marine engines always seemed to get more power, but you could get rid of the heat out of the engine in a boat easier than a truck

I haven't done timing on a mack in a long time but if I remember I set the engine on the timing mark and used air pressure and an adjustable pressure valve and you counted the drops on the clock if I remember correctly I did a lot more stuff on the 1693's for more power back in the day.

I remember the day we got a phone installed it was a party line so you had to wait to get to use it and I can just remember getting a black and white tv with the rabbit ears for years until the satellite tv came through we got two channels and some days not even them. I was raised by my grandmother and my one aunt there wasn't much money for extras it was really something to celebrate if I got given a Hersey's bar. I took a bath in the kitchen in a big tub we had cold water from the one sink a wringer washer and no indoor bathroom it was out back. I really like indoor plumbing we heated the water on the coal cooking stove.

Many years ago I worked at a trucking company that ran the 285's with the 5 speed in several cabovers to the coast and they sent a R model with a 237 with 5 speed on a weekly run to Canada. I knew a guy that I used to do work for that had a R model running to Texas and back

Larry I have a freightliner air ride axle with a 373 ratio and I put in a 13 double over triplex I bought it not knowing it was a double over the junkyard guy just said it was a triplex it will go faster than I really want to drive anymore

I used to have to work on 675's with the dynatard but I haven't touched one in almost 40 years so my memory of setting them up is a blank. That 300 will make the B into a hot rod compared to your 673 when I installed the 260 hp it was a noticeable improvement. I am very glad I spent the money for the jake that is on my present engine.

My backyard is so soft, and I have to cross it with the loader to haul in a new round bale this coming week I think I will get a couple of square bales and cut the strings and throw them in the bale ring. I have lived in this house for about 50 years, and I can't remember the area being this wet so late in the spring I'm worried my friend will get in enough round bales for me for over the winter and they are calling for wet weather for most of next week. I haven't even uncovered my fishing boat yet. I haven't even taken my 31 model A coupe out for a ride yet.

I drove my B model down to Macungie a few years ago had a great time but there is too much area for me to walk around anymore to see everything. I took my B down to the last show before covid at the Mack Museum that one was really nice got a mug and Mack hat.

Back in the 70's I worked on quite a few 3208 I guess they were ok but it seemed like they were installed in trucks that needed more engine. when they brought out the d-3 and the 931loaders it was half of a 3208. I remember working on 1160's they were before the 3208's those old 1160's would clear the shop when they started up cold.

The first time me and tom got sent out to the stripping's to work on a cat we pulled onto the stripping road and a sign said keep left we looked at each other and was at a loss what that was about and about that time a really big haul truck came around the bend in our lane we moved over just in time no one at the shop told us to pay attention to the road signs. I was camping up in Maine in the paper company's land and when you signed in they told us their logging trucks have the right of way, and they won't stop for you and we watched them go by hell bent for leather down the golden road