BKrois

check timing too..my friend had a truck off 6 or 8 degrees, from what i understand each degree is equivalent to 10hp

I know they've come up in the past. My question is I have seen newer Mack MR garbage trucks with LED headlights that are brite are look great. Want to try and get the part # to see if they'd go into my 86 R model or 82 U model. Want to do something different on my dumps

My dad bought this one new in 1982 from South Kentucky Mack. It was ordered by an oilfield company and they didn't take all of the trucks. It was mustard yellow with a black stripe from the factory, dad had it painted black with a silver stripe before he brought it home. He hauled coal with it for 7 years then painted it red and put a smaller dump bed on it and sold it. 300 with a 12 speed 58 rears 5.73 ratio.

I need to find the photo but i want to say the same truck is owned by a friend of mine in Newtown,CT

My old 96 F350 that went to RI got "winterized" and is now for sale

Bryan

Nice-what kind of box is that?? don't see too many short WB ten wheelers these days.

I think it was a Brandon? not sure, i'll find out. He mainly hauls wood chips and mulch with that truck so its short and tall

My neighbor hauled fill into my house today, sweet ride

B Krois: What is the name of your friends company and where do they operate. I haven't seen any grey and black granites in Ct

They say Sterling Services on them, they're based out of the Monroe,CT area. you won't see them on your end of the state much unless they're hauling for Gateway

I attended the auction, they're still in business. He owns half the town from what i understand and has a big oil business

The same guy owned this DM as well, it ended up in Norwalk,CT and is being used..the guy had a good size demolition company years ago and has been selling everything off

Is Copar done ??? I see Armetta the backer was forced to bankrupt by the state court had a big auction on Friday all crushers loaders and support equipment gone did any one go to Petrosky auction !!!! in Franklin ct .

Yeah they're done. my friend has about 8 of the Granite dump trucks, the tri-axle tractor was for sale at a dealer in Mass

Two photos i grabbed of them

Hes from Greenwich ct Its a 60s thing i guess

Newtown now actually

Toying around with fixing up a B61T I acquired for snowplowing work next season, was thinking of converting the air wipers to electric just due to being able to have more speeds. I went with a friend today to look at a truck in NY and the seller had a B model fire truck with top mounted wipers that used American Bosch individual electric wiper motors. Curious to get feedback from anyone whos used them or converted to electric?

I mostly plow with my F-350 pickups and F-550 dumps . We use Cat loaders , skid steers and backhoes for removal . We use our Macks for snow removal only , no plowing.

Nice. I figured with how mint your Macks are that they probably never even left the garage in the winter. After doing a lot of work and some painting on my 2000 F450 i don't even want to take it out of the barn in the winter

If this we don't get snow there sure will be a lot of equipment for sale in the spring ! I'm always in the hunt for barely used equipment , looking for a low hour mini excavator and skid steer .

Do you plow with any of your trucks/equipment?

Well actually we were down from prior year in terms of vehicles. And show years ago was not in middle of summer. We had a lot of guys (contractors) who were just too out straight and needed a "day off"- not to say that can't happen in October as well- and while a lot of people bitched about the heat- they might be bitching about the "cold" in October!

I always enjoy the variety at the show and look forward to it regardless of the date

ATCA New England Chapter is moving our show from August to Oct. 16th. We are gambling that risk of rain/cold beats oppressive heat! check the ATHS and ATCA calendars to avoid conflicts with your dates

Why the change? The summer show always drew a huge turnout

I'm going to be changing the gearing on my B61SX tri-axle when I change the transmission and am trying to figure out the best gear ratio.

The plan is to put in the 12 speed Direct transmission going to 24.5 tires. I know a lot of people run the 12 speed OD trans with 4.64 gears. With the direct i'm thinking 4.17s, not sure if 4.42s would really hurt my highway speed

Not sure where i could find the formula to figure it out or if anyone has some experience

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bkrois/5307846971/in/album-72157625585095231/

My friend plowed for the town and state with Old Macks for years, not sure if the link with show the photo but he had plenty of B models. As long as the heaters were working no real issues

That would be us, we got home here around 2:30pm. Thanks for the compliments.

Jack

Saw you guys too, seeing the guy driving the Lull down 84 West distracted me a little though

ATCA Baystate Chapter Show

14th Annual Show

Sunday July 26 8am-4pm

Worcester Sand & Gravel

182 Holden Street

Shrewsbury,MA

Nice show, little smaller than last year but diverse turnout