JoeH

That's a nice truck. Neat history. My first bike was a 1976 Honda cb750. Still have it, don't ride anymore though. That whole new daddy thing, too many crazies texting on the roads.

If he won't drive a real truck maybe offer him one o these...

Found out on a business trip in Iowa they use salt brine on their gravel roads about twice during the summer. Salt attracts moisture, which keeps the dust down. 

I'd guess western Carolinas, Tennessee, Arkansas?

On 6/15/2019 at 9:01 PM, kscarbel2 said:

But while pro-union advocates claim the region's conservative politicians are buying into corporate donations and squashing blue-collar worker rights,

Squashing worker rights? You have the right to work for someone. Don't need a union to negotiate that. Figure out what you need to make to live, divide it into 40 hours/week over 52 weeks, throw a little extra on top and tell em that's what you need to make during your hiring interview. Not that hard, just gotta be ready to justify why you're worth that much.

That I would replace. Hard to keep cracks from spreading. Some of the metal used in there is 1/2 inch thick. Your welds will need to be at least as thick to bridge the two pieces being joined back together. But the crack is in there and it's just a matter of time til it spreads.

On my 8lolo Eaton trans you can't use the Lolo switch in high range. I would not use them in high range, use it with the intended shift pattern. Typically lo lo ranges are not designed for the amount of torque applied under full acceleration on the road.

If you hear a whistle as you're driving under acceleration you're A-okay!

Pretty sure it's Barry that "works" at Watts. Pretty sure he owns it?

That's great history there! I'm surprised they aren't all identical, the military is normally really anal about every part on every piece of equipment being identical. That way parts swaps in the field will match.  What engine and transmission?

Each ball implies 25% charge, so 5 balls would be overcharged.

Freightliner I drive in the winter does the high idle (not 2k rpm though) sometimes if it's not plugged in. Part of the cycle to warm up the engine. 

Could be voltage fluctuations. Have you tested every cell of every battery? Could have a couple bad cells, dirty voltage can do crazy stuff to computers.... ECUs rely on varying voltages from sensors to determine what's going on. Bad batteries can give off irregular voltages yielding one confused ECU.

Caps can be popped off every battery, including "maintenance free" ones. Each cell needs to be nearly full of DISTILLED water, and with a simple float tester from an autoparts store you should have 4 of the 5 balls floating in a sample drawn from each cell. If you have a cell that's low on water or gives a low float ball test then chuck it and replace the battery.

I had a motorcycle that would randomly shut off... wound up being a wire going bad on the ignition switch. Possibilities are endless, but maybe one of the techy gurus will be able to make sense of it.

And that's a 10 wheeler. 😉

Pretty sure it denotes Camelback rating. 38k is ST, 44k is S, 55k+ is SX... 

I don't think Mack knows if it's getting a 5th wheel or a stake body when they put a model number on it.

Just put the big 6 from the Mack museum in there and that engine compartment would look about right.

Wish someone with some dough could get their hands on the moulds for that big 6....

Nice looking truck, good to see one rust free and with a good cab and hood! 

ST in the model implies it's 38k rears, not 44. What's the front axle rating? Could make a nice light duty tandem dump truck for someone if the front axle has any beef to it.

Being in shape isn't an issue, I'm used to throwing concrete around and mechanicking. 

To be honest I don't even know what my local truck tire shop charges, it's not much if anything. Mostly it's just the down time waiting an hour for them to get a few done while I could be on to other things if I wasn't 20 minutes from our shop. The old spoons we have work fine, but this kid I saw stuck his golden rod or whatever in the tire and just walked across the tire and it pretty much just popped off.

Sorry for your losses!

Good to hear so much positive feedback about these, and of course tire lube is a must!

saw a kid use something like this once.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200707991_200707991?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Automotive > Tire Equipment&utm_campaign=ESCO&utm_content=66420&&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi43oBRDBARIsAExSRQFQe_Ans-y00s3dADGXse-agneZOoZ6Eno3i1yxzk-U_QH4qI5SrHoaAvx9EALw_wcB

He weighed maybe 90 lbs wet, and was may be 5`6". Popped tires off and on 11r22.5 rims like they were nothing. Anyone use something like this for their tires? We have the spoons and all, but I wouldn't mind something quicker and with less effort.

Is that a police escort for oversize load?

My trucks never see road salt, but it's hard to imagine the truck frame outlasting those towers due to rust.

The trunnion bar on our 1980 dm686sx broke years ago, got it off the ground and dropped old one out, new one in and we were good to go! You must have really stressed the truck if you broke the trunnion tower or cross member...

On 6/10/2019 at 11:37 AM, Moparmike said:

I hope I spelled it correctly 

Anyone have a idea of the cost to replace the unit..my springs are in great shape rubber pads look great but guessing the rest needs to be replaced..any help would be appreciated 

You're guessing the rest needs to be replaced? Why? What's broken? Trunnion bar? Trunnion cross member between the frames? Trunnion tower?

Not enough info! Sounds like we might be telling you to do more than you replay need to!

Engine codes. Make sure the lightning bolt comes on with the key and goes out promptly.  There's a write up on here to turn that motor into a really good engine, it's currently set up with exhaust restriction to force it to return some of its exhaust.  

Watch for double frame rust jacking, cracks in the frame, etc. Replacing frame rails is 25-30k. Unless you can do it yourself, then you'll be looking closer to 15k for the rails.

Usually radios have a "pairing mode" you have to put it in while you hunt for the radio in your phone bluetootg list. After that they should Auto connect