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hotdog,

You fellas over there get the best engine, the Mack MP10 - the best engine!! We get Cummins engines only in our Titan!

Joe

Thread's kinda dead, but I would love a Titan with a Cummins, especially if I could get an orange one. It would match my LT quite nicely.

In 30+ years of professional driving this retired Teamster never busted an axle or drive shaft or laid one over. Had a couple broken springs and a freak failure of a Roadranger range section due to air problems in -80 wind chills. I considered it a matter of pride to bring the truck home every day in at least as good a condition as I received it. For my troubles I was often berated by supervisors who told me I didn't push the truck hard enough...

My grandpa was a teamster in the Chicago area driving 10-wheeler dumps. He took pride in his ride too...started out driving the older, beat up trucks that nobody else wanted because he hadn't "done his time" to get any seniority....but then he'd take the time to make those old trucks shine and they'd usually end up looking better than some of the other guy's "new" trucks. Not everyone cares about the equipment they drive if they aren't the ones footing the bill. The drivers who DO seem to be few and far between.

As much as I principally oppose unions, I can't let them take the rap this time; these drivers were not union members. The company I worked for was 100% at will and non union. I've gotta give credit where it is due and not where it isn't. The ones that consistently broke equipment and damaged the project, did get fired once the office got word of it.

Sorry to disappoint.

Welcome aboard frenchy mack. Your english is very good..better than my french. Hope you enjoy the site.

Agreed, +1

Mopar don't go far.

They're owned by the Italian Government now.

Ford is the only american automaker left- stock is rising too.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your job search.

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Thanks. I will be there and hopefully so will my old Mack.

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but has anyone heard anything about the new location/will there be a NH show this year?

My LT was built in Allentown PA. Delivered to Denver CO

Specs from the original are as follows:

6 wheel - changed to 10 wheel in Plainfield NJ Mack Plant. Changes made by San Francisco Branch. July 30, 1952

Weight, total: 18,325

Engine: Cummins NHB

Aux. Trans: B&L 8Q31G

Tires: Firestone AT

Chassis sold to: K&S Equipment Co. 1880 Oro Vista, Oroville, CA

Most of the build sheet contains option and serial no's for each part down to the gaskets, I don't know what the option codes mean; and don't want to

spend hours typing the 9 pages of numbers

I hope you find this helpful and/or interesting.

Anyone interested in starting an L Model Registry, or rather is a registry beneficial/ pro's con's of such a thing? Privacy issues maybe?

That is one nice truck. If only I had the funds available....

Good luck with the sale.

My basic understanding of metallurgy tells me that the hot then cold method could crack or possibly shatter the rim. I would try the pb blaster and heat method first. If you do end up doing the heat and nitrogen method, be very careful, and definitely scrap both rims involved afterwards. The structural integrity of the steel is compromised after such an extreme heat/cool cycle. Also, they probably won't be true afterward either.

Keep in mind, I've never seen this done, this is coming from my Materials and Manufacturing course when I was in college.

Great story and a great idea to save them. Have fun.

I don't want to offend everyone, as there are some great operators out there; but I've been laboring for a construction company for a couple of years and I've observed that many construction dump drivers are crazy sob's behind the wheel. They do serve as dramatic foil for the good operators though. I've seen some old timers put a truck in and get out of seemingly impossible places.

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Yet another reason I personally hate Massachusetts (I've gone to school there for 3 years so far). Good luck to you.

On the politics note, check out Article 10 of the NH State Constitution- some of you might like it.

I've got one. A 1952 LTL. I've also had trouble finding information about them so I'll be paying attention to this thread.

I know that mine came with a Cummins Diesel engine in it, and was built on the east coast then delivered to the west coast.

I can post more specific details when I get back home from college in May. I'm in Boston right now and the build sheet is in NH.

We can start to compile what options were available from build sheet data.

I posted a picture in the Garage Section. It's not a very good one, the LT is in the background of a motor swap photo on a different project.

I don't have many pictures of the LT in my computer. It's an older restoration and needs some TLC and time on the road; hopefully I'll be able

to accomplish that this summer.

Mine's a 1952 LTL with a Cummins 290 Big Cam and a double stick transmission.

"The face has very little chrome that will shine. It is a travesty that an american company would be so greedy to install garbage like that from the factory. These were installed onto a 2007 Pete by the selling dealer, that was purchased new last year new."

If I remember correctly, Peterbilt is a Canadian company.

It has an alternator. The I.D. Plate on that says 14 volts, 105 Amps

I am new to the old truck hobby and have a 1952 Mack LTLSW with a Cummins Engine. It has not been run in 6 years. I would like to know if it is positive or negative ground so I can connect the batteries (two 12 volts with 900 CCA's each) properly. So far, if I hook them up either way (positive then negative and vice versa) there is significant sparking between the connections as they try to arc-weld themselves together.

Thank you,

Ken