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JoeH
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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!
http://www.machinerytrader.com/ListingsDetail/Detail.aspx?lp=MAT&OHID=184472551
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How does the cat950h treat you?
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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.
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Those are nice trucks.
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All depends on gear ratios, and how it was spec'd at the factory, a d then how it was maintained.
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He never even said it's a Mack.
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Iron and aluminum don't get along....
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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?
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Find a new employer.
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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?
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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?
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Looks like it's got an endt676
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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?
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A 20k rebuild is a lot cheaper than a 180k truck. And at 2.1 million miles, he's doing something right on maintenance. The headache of a lemon after a truck that reliable isn't fun. If snowman is still making good money on his '99 and his stress levels are low and pride is high in an "older" truck (we just bought an '88 to add to our fleet) then let him be.
Per 100k miles, going from a 6.5mpg truck to a 7.5 mpg truck will save you 2,000 gallons of fuel. (15,380g to 13,330g per 100k miles)
Savings are what? $6-7k per 100k miles? Certainly worth considering, that'd be $60-70k per million miles. If you bought the truck new, you're running about 100k miles per year.
If you spend your "fuel savings" on a new truck you won't be saving money, you'll just be giving the savings to the bank. And a new truck is gonna cost more than $7k per year. And by the time you get it paid off, Maxidyne will be yelling at you that your truck is old, and you need a new one that gets even better fuel mileage!!
The reality is, a well maintained/cared for paid off truck makes the most sense. Metal does fatigue, the truck won't last forever, but forever hasn't come calling yet on this truck.
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I fail to see where in this thread he needed a smackdown.
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Associated Truck in gilbertsville, PA has relined strange brakes for us in the past, I'd expect them to be able to do it. They do brakes, driveshafts, clutches, etc.
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So replace the protection valve in the dash. It shouldn't be leaking.
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There's some obvious animosity here that I didn't pick up on, cool it and get back to OP. No need for union/non union bickering, it only makes you appear like a teenager.
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Mack LHSW
in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
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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.