JoeH

Certainly saves a lot of money if your retired trucks can be parted out to keep your other trucks rolling.

I need pictures of that truck hogging through mud. I've seen pictures of DMM's sitting, but I want to see action shots and videos.

Works on an R model at least. Not sure about other brands/models.

That is a nice oil truck! The HD bumper looks nice on there. Seeing the crane in the background I suspect that Mack runs off-road fuel, not heating oil.

1 hour ago, J Mack said:

I admittedly know nothing about semi-trucks nor am I setup to work on them

Looks like you're set up pretty well! They're not much different from cars, just bigger components and bigger wrenches. Hood pops forward and most everything enginewise is easy to access.

Not mine but looks fun to drive! If you have a big property with lots of mud I could see this being a fun toy!

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How does the cat950h treat you?

On 11/29/2019 at 9:53 PM, h67st said:

So is that a 3 speed with a hi/low stick? Do you shift it like a 10 speed duplex?

6 speeds forward, lo sets all the number gears down one gear, and 5 speeds reverse.  One stick is 1-5, other stick is low, direct, reverse.  Got some mud behind you? No problem! 3rd gear reverse and floor it! Good momentum, good torque, auto power divider, you're across it before the soft ground realizes what hit it. Just don't stop to second guess your truck or you're stuck.

We still run a 79 with a 2 stick, but it's mixer body is on its last legs. Planning on retiring it in a year.

Those are nice trucks.

6 hours ago, tjc transport said:

i think this perfectly  explains what is going to happen Bob:

This picture is amazing. Thanks!

All depends on gear ratios, and how it was spec'd at the factory, a d then how it was maintained.

He never even said it's a Mack.

Iron and aluminum don't get along....

The green is because brass has copper in it.  Iron oxidizes red, (rust), aluminum typically forms a hard protective layer when it oxidizes, though if there's something else going on, i.e. chemically or electrically induced oxidation, it will make that white powder. It's the aluminum oxidizing.  Copper oxidizes green. That's what you're seeing on the brass.

Does the tank have a plug on the bottom? How much water is in the bottom of the tank?

Salt?

Find a new employer.

Freightliner with a CAT I drive for winter work revs up after a minute to around 1k for a minute during the warm up cycle. Only does it when started cold, maybe your truck thinks it's cold started every time you park it?

Now that you mention it, that filter housing is a bit different than the ones on an endt676.

License plate i.plies it's an EN 672?

Looks like it's got an endt676

Oil delivery truck I've driven in the past the synchros didn't work for ****.  They started parking it in the garage, 70 degrees synchros work great!.. 

Check the oil chart for your trans to see what oil to run given your ambient air temps.

It's nice to leave as much working height as possible, never know when you'll have a dump truck in there and need to put the body up to access the chassis. If you have diagonal braces there that could impede your ability to do so.

Needs a diagonal brace so it can't sway. If it sways while a door is up, it will drop the door on your head. If that 2x6 were run past the collar tie and attached also to the ridge beam that would suffice without cutting into ceiling work height.

Mid to late '80s judging by the filter housing ductwork. And I suspect it's an air ride cab seeing as the exhaust isn't rubber-strapped to the back of the cab...

To pay off a new truck just on 1mpg fuel savings, he would have to log almost 3 million miles. (Assuming $7k savings per 100k miles, and 200k truck purchase price, which I picked roughly guessing price + interest) (and assuming fuel prices stay constant over the 3million mile period)

To my thinking, he's in the right truck, especially factoring in how many rebuilds during the 3 million miles to pay off the truck?