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CaptainCrutch

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  1. What all needs to be done to get her back on the road? I know I've been looking for one of these for a bit...
  2. RPM is about (might be a little higher) 2400 full-load, 2550 unloaded, and the rear end is a 6.86. I think the 80 mph truck had a 5.63, but for some reason some literature suggests it was changed back for the 6.86 before completion. I think the 5.63 was on the truck when the fire company owned it because it was said to do 80... this all with 10.00/20 size balloon tires according to other literature... This is the further info I have...
  3. Sorry Dwayne, but you can’t send me pics of this old girl and not expect me to share them! A classic B-75 with an L cab! One of my person favorite design of Macks!
  4. Do you mean a 52 L model? Regardless feel free to post pictures of that too!
  5. My favorite horns in all aspects have always been Grovers... got them on my CF...
  6. I was lucky enough to have finally gotten a good day to drive the thing home earlier. Very comfortable in that cab all around. It’s also running a lot smoother so now I don’t feel the thumping of the engine in my chest when I’m trying to fall asleep. Other than that I’ve been thinking about digging out my winter coat again...
  7. The only company I know of that really uses metal 3D printers is SpaceX. To give you an idea on cost of something like this and how they can afford it, each launch costs atleast $60 million and they’re one of the few companies that lands and reuses the rocket boosters... there’s actually a launch scheduled for tonight at 11:50PM EST for anyone interested, with a planned landing back at the space center: Most other aerospace companies use 3D metal printing for prototyping and making castings of components.
  8. This one was listed for sale on here a little over a year ago... worth a look maybe...
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    Just found these little nuggets for future posts... figured I'd test them out...
  10. Figured I'd mention it, I heard from a friend of a friend who works at the Hagerstown Mack plant that this corona thing is messing with production because some smaller components that are supposed to come in through the port of Baltimore are stuck out at sea in quarantine. Unfortunately it sounds like the infectivity of this strand is increasing rapidly, which I don't think anyone who actually knew what they were talking about expected.
  11. I think my brother would be interested if they ever made a new highway tractor. He keeps thinking about a Mack Anthem because he likes the look of them without the snail mirrors but won't because of the lack of configurability. Autocar tends to have a different tune with such things and I'm sure they'd win him over with their classic design cues...
  12. Figured I'd ask, the owner of it has a similar name (but I'm no good with names), then saw you had a B model...
  13. By any chance is yours this blue B getting brake work done at D&D?
  14. About 2500 rpm in 5th at 55 MPH. No clue on the gear ratio off the top of my head, I'll have to check the manuals on both mine and the sister on Saturday when we go to bring the truck back home... It's either been too cold this week or we've been too busy to drive the thing home from the shop we rebuilt the engine in...
  15. Luckily most of my limited experience driving the L on the highway is pretty positive, so far most people have seemed ok and in some cases even excited with the inconvenience of the slowed traffic once they realized the hold up was a real old looking firetruck... Still, whenever we get the money we plan on changing out the rear end to be like the one that was in the sister apparatus which made her top speed closer to 80...
  16. Wow, stick a set of mirrors on the fenders and an old flatbed trailer on the fifth wheel and that'd be the perfect rig to haul my firetrucks to shows with...
  17. It'll certainly go anywhere, including up a wall... just at a max of 55 mph... keeping somewhat local, like within 2 hours of normal travel time and sticking to back roads is preferable...
  18. Hopefully the 11th Annual Mt. Airy Memorabilia & Equipment Sale in Maryland on the 29th. We’ll see how it works out... Definitely trying to plan to have it at CAFAA’s muster in MD this year, Pump Primers in PA, and the Gerhart All Mack Show in PA. Might try to have them both at Macungie... and maybe a few others depending on what comes up...
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    The Antique Truck Club of America is having their 41st annual Macungie truck show on June 19th and 20th. All those coming must not set up before noon on the 18th and must be off the grounds by 7:00 AM on the 22nd. Expected to have over 600 antique trucks and trailers. Register using this form before June 1st to save some money and guarantee a spot: http://www.antiquetruckclub.org/forms/2020 macungie.pdf
  20. Is it normally at the Gerhart show? I’ve only ever gone on the Saturday once most people have left so I miss a lot of the trucks...
  21. Just stumbled upon this really nice pic of Dr. Bill’s old W-71. Supposedly this was taken just a few months ago at the Gerhart Show...
  22. It's definitely not a Mack ED. Looks like a Chevy to me but I don't know for sure...
  23. My guess is the last chain drive Macks were E models. But to be fair, I believe I've seen 50s Kenworths that are chain drive so clearly there was a demand for some reason...
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