It might not happen. The eastern gassers event I was running in May at New England Dragway is already cancelled. 

10 hours ago, General Ike said:

Any idea on what it has for power and remaining drivetrain?  I like it just the way it is, but... If I did it myself, I would lower it slightly and put slightly smaller wheels and tires on it (still oversized nonetheless, just a little smaller).

All based on Military  drive train with multi fuel Cummins. Built by the group in Texas called  Extreme 4x4 I was told.

40 deaths and 20 were all in the same nursing home.  The elderly are most at risk.

Well you can panic and fight over TP and frozen egg rolls and whine how we're all screwed or put on you big boy pants follow the routine  of hand washing, using sanitizer, crowd avoidance and most of all common sense about where and what you do. All the news  and internet / facebook and twitter panic hype is a major issue.  Use common sense, reliable information that's not from a key board warrior and go on with you life. 

2 minutes ago, Rob said:

Looks like the swedes have successfully influenced american truck dealers with their Special High Intensity Training, (S.H.I.T.) to market such a product after successfully castrating the "Leader of the Pack".

Castrated? They put the carcass in the window like Norms mother at the Bates Model.

Getting prepped to take m last two containers up to Maine. Pulled in to the local fuel stop because of good diesel prices. There is a line of at least 25 cars all waiting to fuel up plus 6 at the pumps . WTF?  The attendant opens a hole to get my two trucks to the diesel pumps. He tells me they have almost sold out of ALL the gasoline in one day. Says the people think there will be a fuel shortage because of the "virus"  My snowflake son and princess daughter in law sent me an e mail with a photo to tell me they "scored" 31 rolls of toilet paper.

I was sorely tempted when I went to the booth to get my ticket with all the snowflake panic people lined up in front of me to let go a big AHCHOO and a cough so the line would disperse. But there is nothing more dangerous and scary that a stamped of morons.

Australians scrap over toilet rolls amid coronavirus panic buying

Hong Kong and Singapore have also seen shelves cleared

Melbourne, Australia – With 74 confirmed cases and three deaths, Australia is far from making the top of the countries worst-affected by the new coronavirus. But thousands of shoppers seem to think otherwise, and it appears their worst fear is finding themselves stuck in the toilet without a square to spare. 

Panic-buying increased across Australia this week amid fears that the outbreak will accelerate, leaving families trapped inside their homes with limited supplies.

On Saturday, inside a Melbourne Woolworths supermarket, canned goods and other food items remained in stock while toilet paper shelves were completely bare, despite the store rationing the number each shopper could buy.

"People are so ridiculous!! It's no worse than flu season yet they're acting like it's the zombie apocalypse," said shopper Karen Ficheroux.

In Sydney's northern suburbs, where cases have been confirmed at a school, a hospital, a care home and a child care centre within a four-kilometre radius, 117 people have been placed in isolation while hundreds of others have been advised to stay at home, avoiding all contact with the outside world.

The new restrictions have fuelled a rush on "essential" supplies.

Back in the Woolworths store, as two employees emerged with a full pallet of toilet rolls, shoppers rushed to grab their pack.

A shop assistant guarding the new stock said, "We've had to limit one pack per family. It's crazy."

Walking proudly with a multi-pack under her arm, one shopper could be overheard on the phone bragging excitedly, "I managed to get toilet paper!"

Other products, such as sugar, rice, nappies and cat litter, while not sold out, were running low.

"We're talking about a virus which is a biological contagion, but what's happening [as a result] is social contagion where you sort of catch what other people are doing," said Jill Klein, Professor of Marketing at Melbourne Business School.

The bulky size of toilet roll packs compared with smaller items like canned goods - coupled with the sensitive nature of being caught without - has fuelled the rush on toilet paper above other more essential items.

"When you're in the grocery store, and you see people with carts full of toilet paper, you think 'I better get some toilet paper'," Klein said.

"And when the shelves are empty, people think 'Oh my gosh, there's no more toilet paper in Australia'."

Social media is now packed with images of empty shelves, shoppers squabbling over packets and memes of Australians wrapped up in toilet paper like mummies or barricading themselves behind a wall of toilet rolls.

The hashtags #toiletpapergate and #toiletpapercrisis have been trending since Wednesday, while regional newspaper NT News even printed Thursday's edition with toilet paper sheets as a pull-out centre spread.

Offices and public facilities have complained of toilet paper theft, and online marketplace Gumtree saw dealers asking for as much as 2,000 Australian dollars ($1,329) for a pack.

"Treat yourself with Rare collectable item, sealed (and never used of course) … NO TIME WASTERS PLEASE," wrote one user asking 50 Australian dollars for a nine-pack.

"It's the same psychology as bank runs during a recession ... Sometimes these things are fads, but I would think that the more scared people get, the more this is going to happen," Klein said.

"On the other hand, at some point everyone will have stocked up on all the toilet paper they think they'd need. If you're a toilet paper company, you better expect a future slump in sales," she added with a laugh.

On its Facebook page, Kleenex Australia assured customers it was "working around the clock" to keep supermarkets stocked.

Next to an image of a warehouse full of supplies they posted: "As you can see we won't be running out any time soon."

But Australia is not the only country that has been hit by panic buying.

Three knife-welding men in Hong Kong held up a delivery truck and made off with 600 toilet rolls last month.

"Hong Kong got pretty crazy and there was panic buying for a period and there was even some theft, but nothing like what seems to be happening in Australia," said Robert Burton-Bradley, an Australian journalist working in Hong Kong.

"People were stripping shelves of staples like toilet paper and rice for a few weeks, but when the sky didn't fall in, it all went back to normal pretty quickly."

Mass buying of toilet paper and other items has also been reported in the US and Canada.

But David Savage, behavioural economist at the University of Newcastle said what is happening is not really panic buying.

"It's actually fairly rational in a sense," he said, adding that while many people were clearly buying more than they need and causing a shortage, "the motivations behind it are actually pretty clear."

"We have seen around the world that there are places where they're running out of stuff," Mr Savage said adding that the images of others buying up here in Australia get people thinking that if they don't do the same they will miss out.

"So it's a really instinctual, fairly rational behaviour."

But Savage said the real problem was not the run on toilet paper.

"People are also buying things that they shouldn't be, like masks, medications, gloves, which are actually causing major problems," he said.

Wheel should be the same but also a lot of MB owners would jump at a nice wheel. What engine and trans does it have?

2 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

Volvo has created the smartest VHD ever so as to meet your toughest demands, and yet nobody here seems to appreciate it. 

I would blame the multi brand dealers who push any unit except Mack and Volvo for the lack of interest. The reason they do it? Commission on the sales of PAACAR's , Volvo and Macks lack if the big H.P diesel they all imagine they need or is it  just indifference to anything that isn't Pete or KW that the "in crowd" has?

A B61 I was looking over at the Rambler Ranch had the Page and Page with one powered axle. Seems that gives you the best of both worlds for OTR. The B also had a belt set up to power the dead axle wheels. Different unit but they wanted 3 times what it was worth.  The owner is a heavy car collector (6 or 700 Ramblers in his collection)  but no knowledge of vintage trucks.

20 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

Wow! New headlights!! LOL

TS7......I'm loving my new DD13 505/1850. Pulls good, awesome fuel mileage and no regen issues so far.

Was looking close at the new Shaws Frieghtliner 108SD units. Nice build quality.  They are running mostly DD11 for the local delivery units and DD13 in their pit/quarry units. Drivers seem pleased with the trucks. Sadly the shop foreman said "well they ain't no Macks but than Mack ain't no Mack anymore either"  Sad how far the brand I've been loyal to has fell.    Paul

I remember quite a few mom and pop grocery stores, hardware stores and business used them. The early one did serve a good purpose and inexpensively too. The VW lost the charm when the Ford, GM and Dodge vans appeared.

How many of the Mediterranean, Asian some of the European and African nations come even close to the health care we have here, (even on the worst day) once you leave their cities and hit the rural areas?

Or more if the seals gone awol... don't ask how I know.

Could you shoot in some rust converter too seal it?   Paul

Shaws in Maine is replacing their Macks and Volvos with KW T880's and Freightliner 108SD's because of Volvo's indifference to warranty issues.  Shaws has over 300 trucks and it was an even split of Macks and Volvos.  As good as the new units are, if corporate battles over ever warranty issue they will lose customers.  

Looks like a good solid project. What are the specs?    Paul

19 hours ago, CaptainCrutch said:

Sorry Dwayne, but you can’t send me pics of this old girl and not expect me to share them! A classic B-75 with an L cab! One of my person favorite design of Macks!

Man! That is what Vladd wants!

Good for him doing on his own! Think it is born in to them. My two when the were his age one showed no fear and gave me  grey hair and laugh lines the other would cower at a bird flying over. Fearless married  a normal girl and the chicken married a liberal snowflake.

50 minutes ago, Mack Technician said:

Corona is being falsely accused of dropping crude demand?

That and Warrens pulling out of the Presidential Race, Bidens senility and AOC's case of ratchet jaw.

15 hours ago, Mack Technician said:

These go-rounds with moderate threat viruses may be a blessing and a curse. “Globe Killers” of the modern world are war and virus and we may be getting a practice run to see how our hyper-transportation planet does with containment.

Glad Trumps at the wheel right now. He’s practiced at technique for keeping people out. Travel bans, wall, ICE, etc.

Here is the Demo view on it.  That follows Schummer asking if Trump supporters are ready to give their lives for Trump to be re elected. NUTS!!

https://trumptrainnews.com/articles/democrat-suggests-spreading-coronavirus-at-trump-rallies

On 2/8/2020 at 12:11 AM, Mack Technician said:

Well.......Time to make a plan then. When I retire I’m going to live Dec-April on a remote lake in my ice shack. Feed on fish, ramen noodles, fiber supplements, Centrum Silver and Moxie (if it ever becomes available here). Re-emerge into society when the ice gets thin and see how many of my friends made it. 

Moxie, Centrum combined with Raman noodles will  cause massive flatulence and melt the ice and blow off the shack door. You need to counteract that effect with Moon Pies and Maine Blueberry Chocolates.

Read the reason in Hanks own words. Much seems to be more interest in the dollar by the companies the host the forum. Seems like being too popular is costly. Click and read the link.   Paul

https://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=81019.0

Never saw any after market ones. New from Watts Mack (this sites sponsor)  Not cheap though.

http://www.wattstruckcenter.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=234