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They look worse in photos than in person. The '29 (the one with no sheetmetal) actually ran, that blue gas can was enough to move it to where we took the photo. Them and my "B' mixer were at Roanoke Cement in Riverhead L.I. The AC's were in a shed and were mainly intact until they were vandalized. The Mixer is a different story. Parked when the yard was closed in 1975 with 5 or 6 yards of concrete in the drum. I haven't figured what I'm going to do with that part.The mixer is an early Challenger unit from 1962 .......maybe give my grand son a lump hammer and a treasure map

These are my AC's The hoodless one is serial numbers to a 1929. The other is a 1935. One crane is unknow the second is a Quik-Way ex navy unit. So far I've done one engine out of two, one refurbished trans axle and one rebuildable spare. The pair of chassis' will give me one good one with a few brackets and parts left over. The suspenion and front axles are next in line followed by coming up with a modern radiator for the original housing. The sheet metal has to be a mix of what is there and what I find at ATHS and HERSEY meets. The cranes are for now far down the road, although I hope to end up with something from them.

Funny thing is, ams many that were build it seems most didn't survive WWII scrap drives or were just worked to death.. The carborator turned out to be the same as a 20's Buick /Oakland. The magneto parts fit Ace and Indian 4 cylionder motorcycles. A real learnig curve. When I some day get to my 'B' mixer I should have a cake walk.. .. Paul

AMEN!! I always thought that anyone who holds a Federal or State office should have at least 2 years of military service. I did mine ,and notice me and others who did have a different set of values. Not like the Haight Ashbery / Woodstock Crap we have now. Paul

Glad you found resolution.

Rob

Thank to the answer you gave.......never even remotly thought about the master link with pins. I thought that they were industrial for machine drives and such. This truck is a great teacher. The magneto when I cleaned it hit me like a stun gun, my hair finally lost the Buck wheat look. Got lucky with the transaxle, it was pumped full of greae and just cleaned it , checked the bearings and resealed it. Next project for the winter is disassemble the springs and clean and add Teflon pads between the leaves, King pins and create a set of radiators. Hope to have a running chassis by this time next year. Paul

Breadsley in Mineola Long Island has the in stock. (I should have got them when I got the chain) I'll pick them up Friday before the Hurrican hits. Paul

I agree with not using the slide lock when I thought about it. I'm now on a quest for the cotter pin type master link. So far I stated at Breadsley and Granger, next week I'll be near a Tractor Suppy store and try there also. Thanks Paul

I located new "Tru Roller" bulk chain for the drives of my AC, matched up the primary drive sprockets with new industrial ones from Beardsley Transmission (had to cut a Woodruf kay groove). Now the question. The Master Link clips... the open end goes away from the direction of drive , or towards it?? The chains were cut off when the truck was delivered to me so I had no reference on the chains. Thanks Paul

Got these today, 1 is for the new pledge , 1 is for our world image and 1 is from the kids..........

Glad to hear it. Paul

So true, I feel bad thinking my kids and grand son are never going to have life a well off as I did. Dump em all.

Hows your spidy bite healing up?? Paul

NYC still has quite a few and some of the USPS depots too. A better part of our local sanitation companies use (d) the MR / MF Macks. They are now mostly replacing them with Pete 320's. Still an interesting site for us modelers.

The large nut on my B (and most all steering wheels) holds the wheel to the shaft. The inside of the wheel and outside of trhe shaft are splined. Loosen the nut 5 or 6 full turns and pull the wheel. With the puller use the appropriate piece on the end so the steering shaft isn't damaged. I've also put pressure unbder the wheel with my knees and given the wheel a few good raps and sometimes it'll pop with out the puller. Than remove the nut all the way off and take off the wheel. The only thing I notice is your shaft has a much larger center hole bored in it then mine. Paul

One of our members had this in a post from a recent show, Never saw a B with this type of nose. Is it factory and anybody know what powers it? Or is it a set back axle? Also got th new drive chains for my AC today.......now just need 1 adjuster and 1 drive sprocket.

Damn near peed my pants...............Scary though it could be true..................

On 2/7/2007 at 2:33 AM, GearheadGrrrl said:

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that Volvo is making a fatal error if they turn Mack into a "badge engineered" Volvo.

When they sold of the car division, Volvo pretty much lost control of the Volvo brand. Granted, Volvo has a long and honorable history, attested to by those 2,000,000+ mile 1960s Volvo cars still running around. But when people think of Mack today they think of the boxy badge engineered Fords, VWs, and Mitsubushi that Ford is now pimping off. Given a chance, and pretty likely given their current financial state, Volvo cars will end up being another Mercury division. That's not the kind of brand you want on a premium truck.

Mack is a billion dollar brand. Literally, they could quit building trucks entirely and make billions just peddling Mack clothing, etc.. Heck, they could end of looking like a Harley dealership. The Mack brand has worldwide equity that the Volvo brand can't match, and Volvo controls the Mack brand. Thusly trying to build up the Volvo brand is a lost cause, and Volvo management should let Volvo trucks be cheap and cheerful mass produced integral sleepers and day cabs that do battle in the price wars with International, Sterling, and Freightliner. Heck, maybe they should even rename it White, the standard color of big fleets that buy on low bid and specify white paint so they only have to change the decals after their next Wall Street merger/acquistition/divestiture.

Mack should be a premium truck in every sense of the word, built to be the best and never built down to a price. Mack should have a full model line, including over the road trucks as well as conventionals and cabovers. In every measure, Mack should put Kenworthless, Peterbull, and Wasted Star to shame. Macks should be custom built to the customer's taste, not the fantasies of some Swedish engineers. And should push come to shove, the Volvo brand should disappear and Mack survive.

My partner and I have been rebuilding and upgrading our older Macks and purchasing purebreds rather than Volvo / Macks. Gabrielli Mack/Volvo/Peterbilt on Long Island rarely has any Volvos on its lot....that says a lot. As for the Volvo name......Ford recently sold Volvo cars to Geely which is a Chinese based corp.for $200 mil, The association with the Volvo auto and the Chinese (whether associated truck/ heavy equipment or not) can't help. Papa always said "It's a long way to Sweden if it's a part you'll be needin"

Firefighting capabilities were varied, most of these units had a nitrogen charge-powered 150 pound dry chemcial system which was either monoammonium phosphate (ABC powder) or Potassium Bicarbinate (Purple-K.) Some trucks had small water tanks (100 gallons) powered by compressed air from the on-board system. The dry chemical units were more effective though, as they could store a larger "punch" of agent on board the small vehicle rather than an equal amount of water which would have needed a bigger space.

A previous poster also mentioned having an on-board breathing system which is also true. Car/Truck fires in the tunnels got rather nasty, so the driver did have the option of donning a SCOTT mask, and hooking into the on-board system, and then hooking into a self-contained unit when he got off the truck (to hook up chains, etc.)

Here is a pic of one I took at the Holland Tunnel, I want to say 15 years ago or more.

Is that a winch cable set up on the front push bumper?

Leon...Glad you bought the B . Are you doing it as a tractor or a wrecker/

Glad to see it, I wonder where it went.?. Weldbilt gave me some info on the Tunnel wreckers, including the non hydralic / non fire fighting units. The NY/NJ units had a foam unit ,Scotpacs and external plug in for breathing air. Here is a photo from Weldbilt for they thought was a Chesapeake unit. Paul

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Glad you got it so fast. The neighbor got bit by one and lost about a 1/2 by 2 inch hunk on his arm. Their potent little guys.

Thanks for the info. Welbilt is about 25 miles from me. Sure like one for my business, theres a lot of places I can't get into with my DM unit. Paul

Geez! I can't figure out if it would be like falling into quick sand or oat meal........

This was in a parade in Staten Island. It is a N.Y / N.J Transite Authority Tunnel Wrecker. Couldn't get near enough to find any info on these other than it's a Century wrecker body and it's on a 96 or 98 inch wheel base. Anybody know about these? Paul

If Brillmans can't help, I would cross reference the Delco part number, you may find the distributor fits an auto engine. Hollander interchange is a good place to start.

Sorry about your outcome.

I gather the standards are set by the states? N.Y.S. specs are more liberal than N.J. The 2010 New Yorks standards for emissions failure go by model year. Failure of the opacity test for 1991 or Newer is greater than 40% , 1974-1990 greater than 55% and 1973 or Older greater than 70%

The NYS Police and the NYS Department of Transportation and various repair shops conduct heavy diesel inspections. If the vehicle fails the inspection by NYSPD or NYDOT, the driver can receive a summons and a fine of $700 for a first offense and $1300 for a second or subsequent offense. The driver can reduce the fine if the vehicle is repaired and passes a reinspection at a DMV-licensed facility within 30 days of the violation.

I recieved a emissions ticket at a NYDOT stop, had it retested at Gabrelli and the fine was waived.

According to the ships history, the treaty to end WWII was supposed to be signed on the new jersey,as it was the admiraltys flagship in the pacific at the time,it was changed to the missouri, because thats where harry s. truman was from. could be right on the guns displacement, my memorys not what it used to be!.....Mark

He's right, only the WW II Jap Yamato Class had 18'