BOBWhite

On 3/15/2024 at 12:20 PM, mechohaulic said:

in the day, we use to take 100 lb bales =1 in each hand then run across the hay field. today the grandson pays big money  going  to a gym. DM611 T first quad I ever drove. think the rest of mechs were standing outside the shop laughing  as I attempted to shift going down road.

The first field job dad had us do was steer the pickup in 4-LO while the crew picked up bales. We were some of the last to do small square bales as my grandpa preferred them over round bales. Dad got out of hay before I got old enough so I never partook in bale bucking. 

Looks like a sharp truck! What are your plans with it? If it's only going to be used in parades and slow speed stuff I would just keep the original rims and tires, when kept out of the sun these old tires can last a long time. If you're planning on working it then new tires and rims are probably a good idea, just be ready for the bill. 

Do you know what town/district this truck originally served in? 

1 hour ago, 67RModel said:

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. 

I believe it was either the 351 or the 401 but it very well could have been the giant 478. We didn't use it for many years and I don't remember why we parked it. 

They had a diesel version of them too, my uncle told me that they built the gas motor around the design of the diesel instead of the other way around like the 5.7 Olds. 

8 hours ago, 67RModel said:

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.

Boy your right about the frame channels! I went and took a pic of another twin screw parked by my house for a size reference and they look about 1/2 the size.

8 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Bob,  It's just more of Biden selling us out,,  that's all..  

I completely agree I don't think any foreign country has any business buying U.S. Farmland. Although China produces almost all of the pesticides and fertilizers so they practically do own the land. 

Anhydrous is so expensive now you can easily blow 20k on a field. I heard its even worse in Australia 

On 3/10/2024 at 4:35 PM, Joey Mack said:

TJC,  are you sure?? the Chinese own 30% + of our farm land.. why wouldnt they kill us..  

Maybe metaphorically with Smithfield and other grain giants but China really owns less than 1% of our total farmland. Interestingly Canada is the largest foreign owner of American land with most of that being forest land. 

A quick google search answered my transmission question: https://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/downloads/1965AllisonMTBrochure.pdf

Great truck with a great engine, All forged internals! Any idea was the PTO knob on this truck runs/ran? 

We have a GMC grain truck with a V6 (non running) and an Allison with that 3rd retarder type petal. Not sure mechanically how it works, does it reverse the pump or lock up the converter for engine braking? Could it even work like the early Cats brake saver? 

I'm guessing something to do with the oilfield the the extended bumper like that, however many of the old trucks around here with automatics worked as mixer trucks in feed-yards or silage cutter operations. 

I wonder If it would be more like a Hi-Lo range than an auto shifting transmission. I've seen some older motorcycles with automatic transmissions like this, Honda might have had something like it on their early cars too. 

Wow I never even knew Spicer made an automatic, can't even find anything on google about them. Must of been a real junk transmission if everyone forgot about them. 

Probably the late 1960s or 70s. Macks large haul trucks had Allison autos as an option. As the the R model specifically I have no Idea. Some old timers optioned out their last truck with an automatic before they retired, kind of as a luxury I suppose.

Welcome To BMT!

Have you operated a mechanical E6 or E7 before? They may not have the numbers the modern engines do but at least their numbers are more than just a value in a computer. My dad, who hasn't had much exposure to electronic engine, was very impressed with the little E6. He said it felt like the whole truck was going to flip over if it had much more torque! Pulling out a muddy field with an old Mack is a sight to behold!

If you're interested in swaps and conversions I'd look into getting one of those Edison electric kits when they come out. Sure you'd have to wire in the engine and hybrid system but then you'd be getting a truck that'll get 10+ mpg and a ton of power and torque. 

I know some purists would kill me but I'd really be interested in seeing an Mh with the Edison system. Coolest looking thing on the road and getting the best MPG would be a dream!!

Programing electronics will be a nightmare! Those computer modules cost a fortune and then you need to figure out or find someone to tune them. MH's are known for having some wiring gremlins as are most fiberglass construction vehicles, but it's ok when they have the mechanical engines. Just to have an engine harness made that could reach all the way into the cabin of a cabover (unless maybe you can find a euro cabover harness) would be at least 5-10k.

I'll go slow and take the old E6 engine any day! 

I love that song! I used to play that in my Corvette before too much stuff broke on the thing. There at the end I had to start it with a screwdriver. Definitely the farmers sports car!

Welcome aboard! What on earth do you haul that weighs that much?

Looks pretty flimsy but knowing me I'd try to do something dumb with it.

Be cool to mount on the back of a pickup and have your own cheep crane. 

Sorry this fell through the cracks! Did you ever figure anything out? 

People who live in the real world figured out that eliminating gas/Diesel engines isn't really possible. Modern diesels are so clean that this hybrid setup would be cleaner than running a full EV that's coal powered. 

I'd like to see this system put on an old mack with an E6 or E7. Keeping those engines at the same RPM and load all day would probably double or triple the life of the engine while getting 15+ mpg! 

2 hours ago, terry said:

So that story of Jamaican bulldog don’t make sense, it uses a diesel engine,right? Terry

Jamaican Bulldog? I'm out of the loop!