BOBWhite

Yeah that was recommended to me too:

Why'd they have the make the B model driver the bonehead?

You might have to get yourself one of these:

Ok I think I know where you're talking about. At the end of the road there was a big gate so past that musta been where it was. 

On 7/9/2023 at 12:43 PM, Geoff Weeks said:

 The yard was closed in the early 60's and just sat until Pratt made them clear it, sadly I suspect most went into rail cars, and scrap.

I think you're correct. I went looking for it today and found a scrap yard around where I think it would have been. Found a cabover Freightliner in sad shape but that's it.

Hardly any boost and it won't make much noise. Depending on the model you should be able to manually move the actuator to see if it's stuck. 

The man who sold more orange Mack hats than anyone Johnny Hardwick passed away. He played Dale Gribble in my all time favorite cartoon King of the hill. I don't know if King of the Hill is popular in other parts of the world like Australia, but it really shows average American life better than any other animated or live action show I've even seen. 

We really lost a legend. 

Well I had no idea that tilted engines were as common as they were. They seem to have fallen out of favor in most applications except in busses. 

I don't envy the folks who have to work on these but I do envy those like Paul who got the Hemi inline 6 down in Australia...

I saw this today on marketplace and I've never seen an engine tilted this way in a semi. I knew that some of the 1990s and 2000s sterling trucks tilted there engines a bit for hood clearance but nothing like this. I'm guessing they could put bigger engines in this way. 

I knew Dodge liked to slant there engines but I had no idea they did it to other makes as well. 

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On 8/5/2023 at 7:19 AM, other dog said:

I know the feeling.

Hey nice truck! Even better if it has the 300 6

You'd probably only get about $500 for it anyway so what's the point of selling it. I got mine for $800 am I'm getting every penny I can out of it. 

lol that's video is awesome! The "tough guys" around here still do everything the "old fashion way" and wind up getting mangled. But the fat chicks love it!

You guys down there in Australia have had it figured out, we just like wasting everyone's time playing cowboy. One LandCruiser should do the work of about 10 guys on horses. 

At least some of the 12,000 trucks are going to come up for sale flooding the market with cheep equipment. Wonder how long we're going to keep seeing these old yellow trucks on the road. Kinda sad 

Lol I'd prefer the Galaxy too. Although the Bronco is one of the last new cars that you can still get a manual transmission on, hardly anybody ever does though. 

I think the new Nissan pickups look great! Heck of a lot better than the previous body style that they kept forever. Not much of a new pickup fan but looks like a good deal. 

Hey Paul can you still get a new Toyota pickup with a V8 diesel and 5 speed manual down in Australia? I don't remember what they call them down there, but I would buy one if they ever came to the states! Hard to get any sort of farm pickup here now. 

Looks like the mega carriers luck finally ran out, Yellow and UPS both look like they're on a chopping block. Wonder if some business will fall to the little guys during the chaos of it all. 

3 hours ago, mowerman said:

Yeah man you get too overheated just walk into the house for a couple of minutes but when your freezing to death  takes forever to warm up if at all .. too bad about the auger, that looks really expensive to replace…/ bob

Most of the time its cheeper to just find another cheap used header. We swapped augers one time in the field and that was tough. 

You have to do all of the mechanicing when you're a small farm in years like this or you won't make it. We buy junk headers and combines just for parts since John Deere's pretty useless for parts anymore. Dad and I have estimated we've put $20,000 in worth of our labor into this machine last couple of years. Who could afford to bring anything into the dealers anymore? 

I've been through Cimarron a hundred times but never thought to stop in and look around the place much. Certainly will be on my list now! 

In my downtime I run a red machine for a guy, 1688 Case and it's not doing so good through this stuff either. Not a good year for wheat anyway you look at it but milo should be better.

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

Yes, the same thing here I don’t complain. I hate cold air and I hate snow…. Bob 

Can't agree with you more on that! I can take the heat but not the cold

Also there's not much you can do to fix a tear in the auger like that. Hard to get something that's 30ft wide to run straight again, especially with a only a stick welder and some blocks of wood. John Deere cheeped out on them 

Clear plastic lines on the inlet and return fuel lines is the best way to check for air intrusion. When you crack a line it could be sucking some air in with the loose fitting making it look like bubbles since diesel kind of acts like bubble soap. Best of luck!

Been a rough weekend for me so far. Header auger I welded up broke completely through making the whole header useless. Have to switch to the draper header now which doesn't do very good in this short wheat. This years got to be the harvest that never ends plus now I'm sick so nothing got done today. 

Hope everyone else has a great weekend 

Not really about tuning up but it helped me understand the timing process. Tuning these Macks is kind of a tricky deal, throwing more fuel at it won't do you much good. Mack spent a lot more timing tuning these engines to be used in trucks than anyone else, so anything you modify will likely just throw everything else off balance. Best of luck! 

Could also be your throw out bearing. Sometimes they get damaged when you reinstall the transmission and can cause the clutch to not disengage. Might try just greasing it and seeing if that helps.

I would put the transmission in gear with the engine off then with the clutch pushed in start the engine to see if your clutch is working at all. It won't work if its in a shop but I've freed up some stuck clutches that way before. 

Does the shifter feel different than before? And what happens when you try to put it in gear does it grind or does it do nothing at all? Could be that the forks internal to the transmission are broken or misaligned if the transmission is a different one or has been rebuilt. Had that happen once on a pickup. Best of luck

Northern New Mexico or Southern? There's a lot of treasures up there in those mountains. I know of some sweet International Transtars up there. 

I didn't know that about them making stuff for the aviation business. I've seen pictures of the old uranium and nuke haulers during the Cold War and some of them were Marmons.