Underdog

Think of it as a recreational vehicle. All those retired folk going up & down the road with giant bus campers or 40' 5th wheel trailers. No CDL required.

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Happy birthday!...am I late?

That was #276 Gregg.
What was it doing there, was it for sale?

Ron

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Wish Victoria a belated Happy Birthday for me !

Ron

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Haha..... Buffet announced himself he sold the stock?! So all the "sheep" sell off too. He can watch the stock for a week and buy it back for 1/3 the price. 

9 hours ago, Jamaican Bulldog said:

It seems like the R and DM models cabs came out with curved or contoured back in the 73 or 74, however I still see U models from the late 70s with the 'flat back cabs'. Any reason why the U models kept the flat back cabs longer?

The u model retained the flat-back cab throughout its run. The original purpose of the u model was as short a BBC as possible. I would assume this is why Mack kept it short.

Happy birthday, Ron. It seems you share a birthday with my wife.


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1 hour ago, 39 Baby Mack said:

Gregg,
That sounds like some BS I might have started!
In all seriousness I did convert one of our MHs over to an electric wiper motor.
I said electric motor because I only did the LH (driver's side). As far as I'm concerned that's the only one you need anyway unless you have a RooBar on your truck.
I used, as you said, a wiper motor off an MR. I couldn't begin to tell you in detail how I did it but it worked quite well. The one I did is in a truck not to far from me. Maybe if the need ever arrises I could ask the owner if Icould remove it and take some pictures of it for you guys?
It was quite involved and I actually only made two of them. One for a spare, and then as time permitted was going to make electric motors for all of them. Never got around to installing but the one of them.
I like a challenge and was quite pleased with how it turned out. I even thought hey why not make one for the RH side!
Well with the duct work for the heater/air conditioner I gave up on that idea real fast!
With the motor set up I made for the driver's there was probably only about a 1/4" cleareance between the electric motor and the cross shaft off the clutch pedal!

Ron

At least I know who to call when my wipers quit working! Thanks for the insight, Ron. I would enjoy the challenge as well.

I've heard talk that an MR electric wiper can be made to work on an MH, but I haven't tried it. Mine are still working.

WOW... Sorry I missed it. AGAIN.

The more people that tell me it can't be done only reinforces the validity of my decision. America is a great country and I am demonstrating the freedom that made this country great.

Not if you're getting 8 MPG in a newer truck vs. 6 MPG in an old truck.

Most of what I read on this very forum, owners struggle to achieve 6mpg in new trucks. Plus the cost of DEF. Plus the cost of downtime. At least my downtime is mitigated by the lack of monthly payment. I fell for it once in my career, not gonna be persuaded to buy new again. I traded a E9 MH in 2000 on a brand new CX. Took a long time for me to accept the fact that I did end up with a good truck, but the cost benefits I was promised never materialized. I got a steady 5 mpg with 2 different V8s I owned, and my CX never got over 6 mpg. I don't work for UPS, I don't haul cardboard boxes and foam peanuts. Put 25 ton on the back of any truck new or old and you'll be right around 6mpg.

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Not if you're getting 8 MPG in a newer truck vs. 6 MPG in an old truck.

You're probably right about the delay, but trying to make a living with a 1985 truck, even one of the best like a Mack MH, is a tougher job than any ELD mandate.

13 hours ago, hicrop10 said:

I thought the good dog mentioned that the truck was all mack.Engine,trans,rears.

Methinks they are talking about the entire truck painted gold...

The problem is one of incompatibility- UPS has an ELD system that fulfilled the legal logbook requirements and worked fine for decades. Instead of using UPS system as a model, DOT cranked out their own requirements.

Happy belated Birthday Gregg,
I hope you had a great day!

Ron

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I hear you about the use of bigger rigs, but I wonder if the real world market would support it. I do a fair amount of traveling on interstates and it always strikes me about how few doubles I see compared to 40 foot singles. I would think that if the economics of larger loads supported the use of more doubles they would be out there. 

Our driver pool needs to greatly increase their skill level before we increase size/weights.

Thank you guys! I got a nice birthday present to myself...5" dual straight pipes I ordered for the MH came in today. And I'm going down to the shop to mount new to me 5th wheel

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We don't ever under any circumstances allow any FWD photos on this forum. Nice interesting Mack, though.

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