3rdWrightBrother

Has anybody seen slack adjusters that were turned to the left to tighten the brakes? My 78 Mack does. When I got the truck the prior owner stated he had just adjusted the brakes up and when I drove it, no brakes!! Turning the adjusters to the left brought them right up against the drums. All my others turn to the right to tighten.

These have the hex head and one uses the box of the end wrench to depress the lock before turning the hex.

Rob

Drove an LTL9000 Ford that had them-was interesting to say the least the first time I drove it after I thought I had adjusted the brakes

Russ

Open season on lawyers and politicians, no limits- 99% of the world's problems disappear

Might Stop Wunning ?

Russ

Being a gasoline, (petrol) powered unit this would be correct. Positive ground, (earth) was very common in the timeframe before alternators became the normal application for battery charging.

Rob

My 65 B75 was positive ground also.

Russ

shi im down from dickinson texas.im only 14 but iv restored with my dads help a old ferguson tractor and now im moving up and trying to restore my families old 66 b53 twin screw,673,and all that.its rusty as hell cuz its lived by the coast all its life.[for all you that dont know dickinson is about 30 miles north of galveston].im gonna ask alot of dumb questions so bear with me.but anyways iv alwayes loved old macks and diesel engines.just thot id say hi

Welcome aboard! It's good to see someone your age with an interest in old ,you'll find lots of people here eager to help you . Good luck and keep us posted, pictures are always welcome!

Movie poster. If I'm remembering correctly it starred James Cagney , don't remember the year it came out, I'll have to do some more checking. I've had it in my queue for blockbuster online but it says there is an extremely long wait- I think I've been waiting 6 months or longer for it to ship.

Russ

Just checked, the original movie starred George Raft, Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan, came out in 1940. So I guess the poster isn't for the original movie- a remake or a play possibly ? Anyone

Russ

yepper, no doubt about it. What is it? A movie poster?..concert?..play? I've heard of Nick Lowe-"Cruel to be Kind". Pretty good song.

Movie poster. If I'm remembering correctly it starred James Cagney , don't remember the year it came out, I'll have to do some more checking. I've had it in my queue for blockbuster online but it says there is an extremely long wait- I think I've been waiting 6 months or longer for it to ship.

Russ

I like it. I can see it now, pulling a road train. Ducky on one side and me on the other, with our own separate steering wheels. Of course we would have to agree before hand which side of the road to drive on. Hah.

How about split the difference and drive down the middle of the road ?

Russ

Here's another school bus for everyone, not quite as low but about the same length!

Hey

every things the same, indicator on the left, changing gears, is exactly the same, just insted of changing up going away from you, you change up coming to wards you

-Monty

Thanks for the info Monty. Hopefully I can make it down under someday and talk one of you into letting me try it your way !

Russ

After 47 years living in the US, And runing my own dump trucks in New Jersey for the last 13 years.I made the big move to live in Australia. Things are going pretty good so far. They made me take my driving test to get my HR licence (class What a trip, it was a mitsubishi with 13 speed road ranger. Now i been around trucks for a while,But this is gone a little getting used to driving on the other side of the road and shifting with your left hand, kinda like starting all over again, A whole new life in a whole new world.

Welcome Aboard!

I've got a nephew living there now- went to school there and liked it so much he stayed. Was admiring some of the photos posted from the members there and got to wondering, if the steering wheel is on the right are the turn signal levers still on the left side of the column and the spike on the right ? Is the shift pattern the same on the tranny, or is it reversed and what about something with two sticks (Okay, I cut my teeth on a B Model !) If anyone from down under could post so interior shots of your rigs I'd love to see them.

Russ

After 47 years living in the US, And runing my own dump trucks in New Jersey for the last 13 years.I made the big move to live in Australia. Things are going pretty good so far. They made me take my driving test to get my HR licence (class What a trip, it was a mitsubishi with 13 speed road ranger. Now i been around trucks for a while,But this is gone a little getting used to driving on the other side of the road and shifting with your left hand, kinda like starting all over again, A whole new life in a whole new world.

Welcome Aboard!

I've got a nephew living there now- went to school there and liked it so much he stayed. Was admiring some of the photos posted from the members there and got to wondering, if the steering wheel is on the right are the turn signal levers still on the left side of the column and the spike on the right ? Is the shift pattern the same on the tranny, or is it reversed and what about something with two sticks (Okay, I cut my teeth on a B Model !) If anyone from down under could post so interior shots of your rigs I'd love to see them.

Russ

Here are some pics of a couple of grandads macks and mine.

Hope you guy enjoy some of these I'll will work on getting some more.

Welcome aboard

Little Joe is awesome

Russ

Welcome, how about some pics of those B's !

Nice truck-any more pics

Makes me miss the 65 B75 I had

Russ

Just joined, allow me to introduce myself.

Iwas born and raised on a farm in Saskatchewan. Canada but find myself living in Nevada now. My first truck was a 1965

B75, of the three trucks I have owned it is the one I most wish I still owned. Besides owning my own trucks (My B Model

and two Peterbilts) I have driven for others and operated heavy equipment. I have hauled hay, grain, fertilizer, machinery, heavy equipment, and produce. Looking forward to to seeing photos of everyone's old Macks

Russ