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Your thinking about that wrong. With either way you will have electrically motivated corrosion of one component or another. In a positive ground system the sacrificial anode is the vehicle itself (chassis and bodywork). In a negatively grounded system the wires, connections, and electrical components become the sacrificial anode(s). So in theory a positively grounded vehicle would be more likely to be "rotted out". However, with that being said the amount of chassis/body metal lost due to electrical corrosion in a positive grounded system would be miniscule whereas the same amount (mass of metal lost) of corrosion in a negative grounded system could have much more effect on the vehicle due to corroded connections and components as well as dissolved wires. With modern insulation materials and much more robust connections the "problems" associated with negative ground have become a moot point. There is still is a better theoretical justification for positive ground. When you consider the electromotive series of metals negative ground is incorrect. Why negative ground is the normal convention is a topic for a different discussion.

I always wondered about calling a parts place in France. Presumably there would be a lot more of these trucks over there since they just rebadged Renaults and imported from France. Maybe they are not obsolete over there yet if you can determine the model number they were sold over there as. Just a thought if you can speak the language.

You are pretty much SOL. They have been obsolete for several years. Pretty much your only option it to source some used ones from a salvage yard or change the axle to something with normal wheel ends and brakes. This has been brought up many times on here. Below is a link to the most recent thread I could find on the matter.....

For a working truck the biggest advantage to duals is redundancy. If you get a flat you can still travel to the nearest tire shop. Super singles save about 700 pounds of weight over 11R22.5 dual tandem tires and wheels but if you get a flat on a single your are SOL on the side of the road. For a truck like this (I assume its just a hobby truck) I think the singles would be fine. Certainly has a different look to it.

I always wondered about calling a parts place in France. Presumably there would be a lot more of these trucks over there since they just rebadged Renaults and imported from France. Just a thought if you can speak the language.....Good luck

You are pretty much SOL. They have been obsolete for several years. Pretty much your only option it to source some used ones from a salvage yard or change the axle to something with normal wheel ends and brakes. This has been brought up many times on here. Below is a link to the most recent thread I could find on the matter.....

If your objective is to just replace the generator with an alternator its not necessary to convert the entire truck's electricals to over to negative ground. One of my trucks has an alternator charging one 12V battery on each side. But the whole truck is still positive ground. Originally it would have had positive ground 6V batteries on each side hooked up in series to make 12V and then the two sides connected in parallel to provide enough amps and 12V. The previous owner did the alternator conversion. So I guess my point is the truck can have an alternator conversion done without changing over to negative ground.

They are available through various retailers online. Options are kind of limited though. Probably your best bet then take them along with your wheels to a commercial tire shop and have them changed. Not a lot of shops around anymore that want to mess with tube type tires and lock rings...... https://simpletire.com/brands/deestone-tires/d108#v=1&tireSize=9.00-20&mpn=ds2080&pageSource=sizeCatalog&itemId=140274&curationSeq=1&curationPos=4&badge=Best deal&curationSource=top-pick-top-picks&pick=special-deals&delivery=Del3&rad=EE

Saw this at the Adleman's yard in Canton, Ohio. Certainly a very strangely set up truck but its in like new condition. Kind of pricey but If somebody wanted a nice Brockway with not a lot of effort this would be a nice one to get. You could take the crane off and get some of your money back. then cut off the last 2 feet of frame and you would be good to go...... https://www.adelmans.com/1976-brockway-776 01-1976-brockway-90571-7-22.jfif

Saw this on Craigslist. Not mine just posting here incase someone is interested. Seems high on price but I think these might be rare? https://altoona.craigslist.org/hvo/d/duncansville-1958-mack-b61-integral/7515413766.html

I studied the differences, statistics, and metrics around the US healthcare system vs the government funded/run systems of our democratic industrialized peers and the outcomes they each produce. I'm not saying one system will or won't work in their respective societies. Additionally, "work" can be defined in dozens of different ways. My original point several posts back was that your level and/or status of employment pretty much dictates your access to healthcare in the US, while in all other developed countries most similar to ours its a condition of citizenship. Also as part of my previous point was that its tough in the US as a low income earner (or even middle income earner for that matter) to pay for health insurance (healthcare) because its so expensive. And if you loose your job that provides it for you then you loose your coverage and end up having to pay for it out of pocket. I imagine the small business and self employment landscape would be drastically different if it were the other way is all I'm saying. As a reference point to this I can direct you to the US Armed Forces and Defense Budget. Very few have any quarrels or even bat an eye that the US spends over $790 billion every year on "defense" spending, which is more than the next 10 highest spending countries combined. 790 billion dollars of tax money. US defense spending has probably created more advancements in technology, transportation, and material science than anyone can imagine. Just a thought......

I feel like it’s next to impossible to beat a Case 580L or Super L. I think they are the pinnacle of bulletproof backhoe design before case construction became the Italian CNHi conglomerate. Prior to the L series Case had been building backhoes since probably the late 50s or early 1960s. 3.9 liter 4bt Cummins under the hood make them ultra reliable and by now they are fairly affordable. I think they will dig about 18’ deep with an extendahoe. Case has the best boom design IMO. It’s over center in the locked position so it’s much smoother going down the road and just traveling in general (probably not an issue for you if it’s just a farm machine). I worked for an outfit that had 4 of them doing water and sanitary sewer infrastructure work. A superC, SuperK 4x4, superL 4x4 and a superM 4x4. The L and K each had over 12,000 hours on them and were still strong tight machines. The M was fairly new when I worked there and the old superC was dead tired but still worked and mostly just ran a hoe ram. I don’t think CAT ever made a good backhoe in my opinion. To me their expertise always seemed to be excavators and crawler tractors. I know in the rest of the world JCB is insanely popular but I don’t know of any around me. I see 100 cases and probably 20 cats for every one JCB.

The US ranks 46th on average life expectancy. 46th. A quick glance at the list of 45 countries with a higher average life expectancy, and almost all of them have government managed healthcare systems universally available to its people as a condition of citizenship. While life expectancy alone cannot entirely predict the effectiveness of a country's healthcare system, I can't imagine the millions of people living longer and healthier lives in these 45 other countries are somehow lacking access to good doctors and hospitals. Do they pay more in taxes for it? Maybe or maybe not. Additionally, the US spends almost twice per capita on healthcare costs as the next highest country. The list of metrics where the US ranks poorly compared to its democratic, industrialized peers with regard to its healthcare arrangements is massive. I studied this pretty extensively several years back and arrived at the conclusion that we just don't have it as good as we are led to believe. If you end up coming down with a condition requiring high level physical medical treatment the outcome is generally more favorable elsewhere depending on what the actual condition is. I will agree Obamacare is a complete hacksaw piece of legislation jammed through during the last weeks of the 111th Congress while the sponsoring party controlled the House, Senate, and Presidency. Probably did more harm than good. A disingenuous rhetorical question but I would answer "yes". Back to my original point: I'm not sure why your status and/or level of employment pretty much dictates your access to healthcare here when every one of our closest peers figured out how do it the other way a long time ago as well as achieve the same or better outcomes along the way.

From my observation, studying of history, and knowledge of economics this is the problem with the American system and the status quo in this country. Employers refusal to pay a living wage and/or provide benefits except for semi skilled and above jobs and even then the benefits are most times very lacking. $14.80/hr on a 40 hour work week is a little less than $30,000 pre tax dollars. Literal poverty wages regardless of your location within the country. So your only option is to work 60+ hrs/week to make ends meet. I was in a barber shop recently and listening to an old timer say how he couldn't understand how McDonalds and such couldn't get enough workers even at the $15.00/hr they are now offering. He went on to say that he only made $2.75/hr washing dishes at a restaurant in 1970-71. I didn't join his conversation but quietly pulled out my phone and checked an inflation calculator. $2.75 in 1970 is equivalent to $21.00 today. Good luck finding that wage for an entry level job that requires zero skill in todays world. Benefits are the same story. Hollowed out an stolen over the years so more profits are funneled to the top. It's actually rather comical (and sad) to me your healthcare is somehow coupled to your level and/or status of employment in the US. The richest county on earth can't figure out how to provide healthcare as a condition of citizenship. Every other industrialized and developed country got it decades ago. I often wonder how different the small business landscape would look if healthcare here wasn't such a burden to obtain and/or pay for. Pretty tough to quit your job and start your own gig while always worrying you could get hurt and how you might pay for medical bills or an insane insurance premium. If you have a family it only gets worse. I checked what it would cost me out of pocket per year to buy the exact same health insurance my employer provides my family and I. I forget the exact amount but it was somewhere around $24,000....nuts. Good luck on your job search Joey. I hope you find something that pays you well enough while still giving you time to play with Mack trucks. ( and contributing on BMT).

I was just wondering since it was determined to be diesel fueling alone that caused the runaway can the engine overspeed on diesel fuel alone? Can the pump/injector lines supply enough fuel to kill the engine by themselves? Typically a runaway is from an unrestrained lube oil supply in addition to diesel fuel. Just wondering how much more the pump and injectors/lines can give beyond wide open throttle. I don't know just asking.....

Is Bristol Donald still in business? I see their beds a good bit on older Jersey and New England spec trucks (super heavy tandems) that come up for sale. Can't say that I have seen any newer trucks with one of their beds on it. The triple scope hoist is unmistakable.

Man where to start.....I guess it depends if you run local or over the road. If your mechanic opens up the pump and finds the problem in there just have the pump overhauled (this needs done regardless if you overhaul the engine or not) and then put it back on. Fire it up and see how it idles/responds on a few bobtail miles. If that checks out try a loaded run locally (if possible) and go from there. Its not a lot of work to pull the pump and reinstall it just to see. You might get lucky and get another 150,000 miles out of it. Plus if your local you can probably more easily absorb a breakdown / tow bill if it gives up on you. I'm sure there will be a bunch of others that come along and give some advice on some mechanical things to check for in order to determine if an overhaul is in the cards now. I'm just thinking in logistical and economics here.....

Translation to English: I hope you can help me. I have a MACK vision. It just lights up with ether, after that it still works normally. But if I turn it off and on immediately, it doesn't turn on. I checked computer fuse, flywheel resistance sensor, camshaft resistance sensors and all is ok. Does not activate any codes. Thanks for everything. God bless you.

A 2006 is an ASET engine. From my experience running stock AI versions (internally cooled egr) they have zero lugging ability and almost no "pulling ability" (torque) below say 1300 rpm. When loaded you almost have to wind them up to 2100 rpm so you can catch the next gear above 1300-1400. Otherwise your foot is trying to push through the floor of the cab and seemingly nothing is happening for a really long time. Any type of hilly or mountainous terrain obviously compounds the problem. IMO not really Mack's (Volvo by that point) finest hour and really an undesirable engine. Although the AI versions were pretty reliable for the time of early emissions regulations. Who knows what the "programmer" did to this one though. Always a crapshoot with that.......

I have to think the 4x4 is not original but I don't know. The budd hubs certainly don't look original and not sure if Mack offered all wheel drive then to the civilian market. I wonder what it was used for.....

Was just wondering in your quest for new tires if you put balance beads in the 4 new ones? Also, what's everyone's experience with these. I hear some guys swear by them and other say its a waste of money. Also, did you locate another 4 tires yet?

Man....a long hood road boss in that condition for $2500. Seems like a good bargain to me if you are into Whites. You just hardly ever see one with a long hood..... I paid a good bit more than that for mine with a short hood not too long ago although it has a title. I wonder what it has for power. If I didn't already have one I would be all over this one.

They are also listed on Ebay if you cant access the Facebook link.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/234628367726?hash=item36a0f0c56e:g:P7cAAOSwnsxi1PWR

I would really like to find a vintage/antique milk trailer pretty much identical to the first two @ff6cav posted. Would like to find one in decent shape enough to polish up and hitch to my 67 R model. Single or tandem axle. If anybody knows of any let me know.

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