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Interesting to see a hub mounted backup bell still installed on something.....

4.73 Ratio 😲

9 hours ago, yarnall said:

There is a carnival company in Northeast PA that runs Mack’s in this livery.

The Facebook listing says it belonged to an amusement park company so its probably from the same outfit. 

Saw the following listing on Marketplace and thought I would pass it along. No affiliation. Very nice truck IMO. Price seems very good IMO considering how little most likely needs done to it. If I liked cabovers I would be getting this one.

1984 Mack Mh600 - Commercial Vehicles - Garrettsville, Ohio | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

On 4/12/2024 at 9:53 PM, kscarbel2 said:

The union, in a letter published on Thursday, said it is looking into the contractual obligations for truck build rates at the Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) plant and the potential legal ramifications from Volvo's Mexico decision.

What a ridiculous statement. Does the Union honestly think Volvo didn't check into this before deciding to invest hundreds of millions into increased capacity in Mexico manufacturing? In the same announcement Volvo announced an $80 million investment into Lehigh Valley Assembly. They didn't announce any layoffs at Lehigh Valley. What does the UAW want? You could hand a union man a free $100 bill and he would bitch because you folded it wrong.

On 4/12/2024 at 10:44 PM, BOBWhite said:

Just goes to show they never cared about the workers here in America, or anywhere else for that matter. 

I don't think it has anything to do with caring about workers more so than trying to operate as profitably as possible under the current laws, economics, and circumstances. Why wouldn't a company like Volvo increase manufacturing in Mexico? NAFTA basically incentivizes companies to use cheap, Mexican labor tariff free. I love watching videos of the 1992 Presidential debates. Every single thing Ross Perot said came true. The man was a literal genius. My guess is better than 80% of UAW membership voted for Bill Clinton. Reap what you sow. 

Are Mexican assembled vehicles of lower quality than USA/Sweden assembled? Maybe, maybe not? Doesn't matter. The industry and society as a whole have accepted lower quality products a long time ago. Everyone complains about cheaply designed and assembled products made from junk materials but the vast majority of people will buy the cheap junk many times over. No manufacturer is making anything as quality and reliable as a 1973 R model. In this day and age it would be wise for a manufacturer to build something as cheaply and easily as possible with just enough durability to get it through any warranty period. 

Its been a while since I drove an ASET AMI but as I recall they were very gutless in low rpms. Pretty respectable reliability for an early EGR engine but completely contrary to what Mack vocational engines had been since the 237 Maxidyne was made in 1965. The AMIs had zero lugging ability and seemed like they were derated below 1300 -1350 RPMs. The old mechanical E6 & E7 Maxidynes would keep pulling like a freight train down to 1100. These things were nothing like that. My guess is your current ratio is specd to keep the Revs where they are for a reason. I would not want an AMI 370 to cruise below 1300 or 1400 RPM. 

18 hours ago, tjc transport said:

not true. the captain is Indian. and the ship was under the control of TWO port of Baltimore harbor pilots, not the captain.

You sure about that? BalticShipping.com, which is somewhat equivalent to flightaware.com for commercial freighter ships lists the ships master (captain) as Ukranian with a US Visa expiring on 11-14-2025. The engineman/oiler is listed as Indian. I know what nationality legacy media is saying the captain is. All I'm saying is there is a credible source saying something else. 

18 hours ago, tjc transport said:

and the ship was under the control of TWO port of Baltimore harbor pilots, not the captain.

I don't think the captain was in sole control of the ship when it collided with the bridge and my previous post does not imply that he was. Don't read any further into my previous post than what the words explicitly say. I'm not in the least implying this is some conspiracy. All I'm saying is a credible source has the captain listed as Ukranian and this boat has crashed into other infrastructure before....in Belgium.

The boat was built in 2015 so I would consider it fairly new. 

Two interesting things that have been reported on and verified are the captain driving this boat when it collided with the bridge is Ukranian. Also there is footage of the Dali colliding with docks at the port in Antwerp Belgium in 2016. Not sure if it was the same crew or not. I'm guessing not.

If Stellantis / Fiat/ Dodge / Ram or whatever they are called these days had any sense they would just replace their mediocre Hemi with one of these as the gas engine option in their 2500s and up. They already have the exclusive agreement with Cummins for light duty diesels. From looking at the performance specs my guess is this thing would run circles around the 6.4 Hemi for towing and heavy duty pickup work and would probably be more efficient while doing it. The two major drawbacks I see for this as a base gas engine would be weight and cost. This thing is probably a few hundred pounds heavier than a Hemi v8  

Is that the exhaust coming out behind the rear fender like a pickup?

Sounds like you would be good to go then. Like I said if its already converted to 22" hubs to run 24.5" tubeless rims then I don't see a problem. There should be a hub pilot hub that crosses to that spoke hub's dimensions I would think. Maybe you would run into weight rating issues. Maybe hub pilot isn't rated for that much weight? Just looking at the two styles its easy to see how spoke hubs can safely bear a lot more weight than hubs supported by wheel studs. I dunno. I would just call the experts and ask the question. Also what is the truck used for? Depending on the application, spokes provide a lot of benefits in my opinion. And being that they are already converted to 24.5" tubeless hubs/wheels I'd say you probably in the best position already.....

I don't know if I've ever seen 58k rears with tubeless rims/tires. Only 11.00-24 and 12.00-24 tube type tires. Its an interesting question if the wheel ends can be converted to 22" hubs to run 24.5 tubeless tires. Someone on here will probably know if its possible to do, however, I would call Barry at Watts Mack and ask the question. If it is possible he will be able to give you all the correct part numbers for the hubs, bearings (if necessary), seals, etc. My buddy did a conversion of 38k Mack spoke hubs to hub pilot and Barry told him everything that was needed and gave him all the part numbers in only a few minutes. Being the truck is a 1998 I don't think finding the information will be much of an issue. 

Here is some more pics.

If you look closely at the emblems they do say F700. Plus it has a vendor engine (Detroit 8V71) which is typically in 700 series chassis.

Saw this on Marketplace. 1965 F700 with V8 Detroit. Pretty unique truck. Looks very complete and very nice shape for the age and almost a steal price wise. No affiliation. Thought some here might be interested.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781622967179524/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

19 minutes ago, Brocky said:

Do some checking.. I have heard that in 5th AND you run the 2 speed rear on the low side it tears things up?????  4th over to 5th over and back..

Most times they say don’t run 5th with the axle in low is because it’s not a progressive shift from 4th over. With 5th being overdrive and depending on the two ratios in the rear it actually makes 5th under slightly lower than 4th over. At least that’s the way it was on ford and Chevy medium duty trucks with Eaton two speed rears. If 5th was direct then 5th under was a progressive shift from 4th over. 

I'm sure @Joey Mack will be along shortly. Could you look up the part numbers through PAI and see if they are the same part? I guess even if they were the same part they might have different numbers since they were different engine families....good luck

CNN not the greatest source IMO but this article isn't really political and is pretty insightful as to how maritime insurance works. Pretty interesting.

Who ends up holding the bag for the Baltimore bridge collapse? | CNN Business

14 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

And the mainstream media hasn't seen the need to mention America's drinking water is under threat?

As far as I'm concerned the public water supply anywhere is always under threat. I can't believe it has never really happened (that I know of), or happen frequently enough to hear about, but poisoning a public water supply is incredibly easy if you possess a 6th grade knowledge of plumbing. Any home connected could be made into a contamination point. Shut off service valve where water service line enters home. Remove backflow preventer if one exists. Install a hose bib. Connect a chemical feed pump with enough head pressure to overcome the static pressure at the street. Start pumping some toxic chemical into the system. Once the chemical gets into the main lines it would be game over. Depending on the system particulars and time of day an attacker could probably pump 1000s of gallons of toxin into the system before anyone realized there was a problem. Depending on the system It would be incredibly hard to if not impossible to determine the location where the contaminants were introduced. If it happened on a large enough scale in enough locations society would instantly turn on public water supply. It would be mass chaos. I worked in the industry for many years and can't believe how fundamentally easy it is to poison public water and also how cavalier system operators are about how easy the systems are to breech.

12 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

Well exactly, that is why shipping companies purchase insurance from Lloyd's of London.

JB saying the US taxpayer will pay for reconstruction is silly.

My guess is the US taxpayer will foot the bill and then the US government will try to get reimbursed from insurance / bonding companies. Again guessing here...the demo and reconstruction will start almost immediately like when the interstate bridge collapsed in Philly from that tanker fire and they rebuilt it in like 2 weeks or something. The insurance company will want to drag its feet and investigate and litigate and procrastinate to try and pass blame or hold some other entity responsible. Leaders here will find that unacceptable and at least get started with our own money. 

My guess is a 3408 is about 1,000 pounds heavier than an E6. 

Long gone. The blue one got sold for parts and its major components may have lived on. The DM800 got scrapped and probably sent to China to be turned into some worthless trinkets that serve no real purpose. Its sad I couldn't find any takers at scrap price. The cost of shipping a 19,000 pound back then was very expensive. That was in the 2020-2022 timeframe when the Covid supply chain BS had everything screwed up and the cost of shipping anything was crazy. I saved the ignition switch out of it that had a matching Mack bulldog key. That is all that's left of it....

On 3/12/2024 at 1:12 AM, BOBWhite said:

We have a GMC grain truck with a V6 (non running) and an Allison

Do you know what cubic inch V6 it has? That engine family is crazy interesting and has a lot of other unique engines based off of it. 

Those frame channels look way bigger than any I have ever seen on a regular loadstar. I always thought they were some of the best styled trucks of the time. That cab and front clip design is timeless.