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To me the whole balloon thing seems quite comical. The entire nation is hysterical about a friggin "spy balloon". What are we living in 1920? Clearly the CCP has an extremely advanced global satellite network capable of much more advanced surveillance than a balloon would be equipped for. So what really is it? A weather balloon? A decoy? A joke? Besides its not like this is something new. At least two CCP balloons traversed US airspace during the last presidential administration we were never made widely aware of until now. How is it the former president, who was widely labeled the toughest president ever with regards to China, never thought to tell us about two different balloons supposedly "spying on us"? I'm speculating the difference this time is it was clearly visible with the naked eye to ordinary citizens. Social media took it from there. They spy, we spy, everyone spies. Constantly. Nothing new there. My guess is if it truly is not just a weather balloon then it is a stimulus to see what, if any, the response to it would be. Probably with some super low grade video, photography, and/or listening hardware installed for good measure. If my guess is correct then they got the information they were looking for. If not then the CCP obtained some more pictures of the different architectural styles Billings, MT has to offer. 🙄

Couldn’t you just unload like 5 mowers if you’re still collecting them? Trade 5 mowers for one Mack? Haha. You could say you got rid of 4 things. Sounds real good

Where was Pittsburgh Mack back then? Same location it is now?

Well I tracked Dan down on the forum here and send him a PM to check it out. Hopefully the message finds him and he has the time to at least check this one out. I don’t know if he gets on anymore or not…..I know at the end of the day it’s just a Ford cab (I think) with a Mack badge on the front but this truck should be saved….

Isn't there a big Mack guy on the West coast.....Oregon I think. He was featured in Wheels of Time Magazine about a year or so ago. He has a pretty nice collection and does all the restoration. Maybe it would be up his alley? Not that Southern California is all that close to Oregon but worth a shot for a rare model maybe? I'll have to dig for that edition of WOT and see if I can find his name. Maybe someone on the forum knows him.

@mowerman You should slip over to LA and drive this baby home. Be like the good old days. It needs saved and you could be the guy to do it. LOL

Denny, Also let me know if you are interesting in the below lead. I visited this place in October and he had a bunch of stuff. It is out of your search radius though...

On a side note: how rare is a G-75? I don't have any knowledge of the model or production numbers. In fact I think this is the only one I have seen on the forum in my 3 years here.....at least that I recall.

It does have the B61, Thermodyne, and Diesel emblems on the hood. Are we suggesting it was repowered to gasoline or the hood from a diesel was installed on it sometime after it was new? Both seem far fetched considering it is owned by a municipality.......Its a diesel.

Dennis, Try these two outfits. One is in Pennsylvania and one in Illinois. There may be others as well. https://www.rushgears.com/ http://www.circlegear.com/index.html

I said this in the other post on this truck. It's probably a "non-runner" because nobody there knows it has an air start. The guy that drove it probably retired 15 years ago and has sat ever since. Now the new guys want to unload it. "Hey we put a new battery in it and turned the key....it wont start".......non runner

It might seem like a far fetched notion but couldn't you just remove and tear down your carrier and have new ring gears made? I know there is probably a little more to it since its double reduction but you have the pattern for the new gears from your existing 6.45 gear set. Its just a matter of reworking the tooth count on the new gears to whatever ratio you are going trying to achieve. This is very easily calculated based on your tire size, overdrive ratio, and what rpm you desire the engine to run at a given road speed. I know there are several companies that will "reverse engineer" helical cut gears (any gear really) for you to pretty exacting tolerances if you have something to start from. I doubt you would have to remortgage your farm to get this done. I'm sure it wouldn't be cheap but by the time you find an axle out of a junk truck (assuming you can find one in the ratio you want), haul it home, and go through it before you drop it into your axle your probably around the same money? Just throwing that idea in the ring as something to consider.

Did you Try Adelman's in Canton, OH?

Plus it says it adds 47 pounds of weight to the truck. 47 pounds here. 23 pounds over there. 34 pounds back there all adds up. If you were running bulk haul or paid by tonnage I could see where shaving all unnecessary weight off the truck could be very significant over the life of the truck.

A heater with defrost was a $185 option. 🤣 I guess if you operated only in Southern California or Florida you probably wouldn't need it but you would really be pinching pennies not to select that option.

Is that a repower or original engine? I'm guessing a repower since its a B81. A vendor engine would be number B8XX I think. What trans is in it?

There was a single cylinder Detroit too. A 1-53 and a 1-71. I think there were just used in generator sets for the military. Very few made and hardly any left. They might was well be made out of solid gold because if you find one that is how much the person will want for it.

Also in the old picture the truck garage was only 3 bays wide. At some point they added 2 more on the end. I’m sure you know about when….

What happened to H.H. Moore Jr. Trucking? Didn’t you retire from there recently?

Don't know if the additive is necessary if you aren't having any trouble now. If you put in a premium quality, full synthetic 75W-90 gear oil that meets the GO-J specification you won't have any trouble. A full drain and fill on the power divider and both upper and lower gear cases should be 34-36 pints for each axle so 72 pints total or 9 gallons.

Thats probably about as original as your are going to find a B model anymore. The municipality is probably the original owner. Has probably been kept in a heated garage its entire life. It looks very nice overall considering. Those spring brakes have to some very early style of piggyback chamber.....never upgraded over the years. It still has tube type wheels and tires on it. It is probably a "non runner" because the the guy that drove it probably retired 15 years ago and nobody there knows it has an air starter......You gotta do more than put a new battery in it and turn the key

The gauges starting on the left are: Fuel Level, Oil Pressure. Then below oil pressure is Water Temperature, Ammeter, Air Pressure Then of course the large 80mph speedometer. Tach is the large one in the top center of the cluster. Honestly from looking at it I think the speedo is original and the tach has recently been changed. Its only showing 64 hours elapsed time and its a 3200rpm tach. I wouldn't think an old thermodyne would have come with a 3200 rpm tachometer. Is a unishift the same concept as an Eaton Super 10?

Its on the passenger side outside surface of the frame rail behind the wheel/tire. A wire brush or wire wheel on a cordless drill really helps to make it legible one you locate it.

Go back to industry regulation? I mean isn't it universally understood that the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 (deregulation) was the beginning of the end for the trucking industry? 30+ years of cutthroat competition and a drag race to the bottom have pretty much created what we have now. There is literally zero barriers for entry. You can get operational authority in less than 2 hours, and anyone with a computer and internet connection can become a broker. Deregulation is what basically created "big box" stores too. From what I hear from every single person who was involved in trucking prior to deregulation was that it was better staffed, better managed, and you could make fistfuls of money as a driver and/or owner (relative to the times). On the other hand heavy government price and entry controls to an industry is pretty un-American. In the end The American consumer won and Truckers Lost.....big time.