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

I worked at a place that for about 20 years everyone outside of the office's ran either the forklifts or skid steer's we got bought out and all of the sudden I went to forklift school to be an instructor for giving out tests, so everyone had a license in case Osa showed up at the school I never was asked to actually drive and operate a forklift I just sat and watched video's and tested on stuff I read I got a license to instruct for gas, diesel, liquid, propane, natural gas, electric, lift trucks about anything that lifted stuff the yard guy at our yard was running a forklift from the time he got out of school all totaled probably 40 years he and I laughed when I gave him a test so he could be able to drive the forklifts. Fifty years ago, I had to have a forklift license and one for the yard crane but nothing to get in a 992 or run a d-9 around the yard

Many years ago I rigged up a rail car coupler on the loader arms of a wheel loader a new Cat for a wood mill in Tunkhannock they used it to spot cars in their yard I used to see the loader all the time. I used to spot the rail cars down in our yard in Northampton but the loco I drove scaled out at 250 tons

I have been over to Coolsprings engine show anyone interested in mechanical things should get to see the stuff on display. Kinser's Ruff and Tumble is a very good show old trucks and heavy equipment running around quite a few steam traction engines running around an ungodly number of tractors and lawn tractors, a working machine shop making parts, old cars on display. Canandaigua's pageant of steam is amazing with the amount of steam powered stuff running. At Penns Caves is a very good engine and tractor, car and truck show.

Cleveland brothers had two motor generators welders that I used one in the dirt shop and one in the welding bay they were very good welders I bet when they moved up to the new building they got rid of them. I have an old Lincoln 400 amp power source for the mig and the aluminum stinger gun great old welder I got a great deal on a 300 amp Airco tig and stick it must be 30 years by now. I just had to fire up the torch with the brazing tip to braze the handle back on a cast iron griddle I just bought I guess brazing and torch welding with coat hangers is a lost art.

Boy does that name bring back memories we did work on Racho's stuff I get the names mixed up anymore and where all the coal stripping's I worked at on Cat equipment I just can't remember anymore. I was in that garage one time and they were rebuilding a shovel bucket Cicione was around there across the street I helped to replace his waterpump on his Mack years ago.

Joseph I just went past your garage on Wednesday was shopping down to Hometown and had lunch at the Beacon diner first time I ate there was about 1973 we were heading in the stripping's to repair a Cat. I have been in that garage more than once if memory serves it was Yamula's back in the dark ages. Didn't I see an old R model on the lower side and another old truck?

I had this happen to me many many years ago I came up to a red light and I can't remember what lead up to the event but I let out the clutch and it moved backwards when I had the trans in first forward the truck was a Freightliner with a 3406 engine, I think it had something to do with the jake brake I remember I shut the ignition switch off and hit the switch firing up the engine and the truck pulled away like nothing happened.

Larry it looks like you spent some time designing the mounting to hold the trans time well spent. I got delegated to help my cousin change the clutch on his Ford jubilee farm tractor you split the tractor so I made up a bracket and I used the jack and wheel assembly from a trailer tung. that time spent making the setup really made the job go easy we had it done in under 4 hours.

Larry when I upgraded the engine in my B I splurged and bought the dry type air cleaner from Watt's it fit were the oil bath filter fit and it looks just like the oil bath one.

Larry too bad your triplex wasn't a double over 13 speed you would have the road speed without changing your rearend and it looks like it doesn't have a jake if you can get one it would be a nice extra for pulling your trailer, I run a complete muffler system on my truck and if the passenger window is up I can't hear it working of course I have 70 year old ears.