greg

Das Mack Das de best. Volvo das wurst. Close enough. lol

greg

Thanks alot for the info. Sounds easy enough. Again thanks for the help.

greg

I have two dealers within an hour and a half of me and both are open on saturdays. I have had great luck with both of them . Even on saturday 1 min from closing , i can call in for a part and they will leave it outside somewhere for me to pickup on sunday.

I think mack will always be a part of the trucking industry as long as their customers remain loyal and make their voice heard to the volvo exec's. If enough people yell they will hear us.

I will buy a 20 year old mack before I will buy a 2 year old volvo, freightliner , kenworth , or any of the othe cookie cutter trucks.

greg

I was wondering how to adjust the clutch in my 6 speed. I have never done it before. I've always been the one in the truck pushing the pedal in and checking free play. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Gotta bind that load better! OUCH!!!

Here in vermont a tri axel is 60,000 but with overweight permit is 69,000. A tandem is 55,000 , with overweight permit its 60,000. That is on state highway only, on interstate they go by axel weight. So a tandem or a tri axel can only gross 46,000. But if you have a pup trailer and are 51 feet from center of steer axel to center of rear most axel you can register for 80,000 if you have 5 axels.

greg

Thanks , that doesn't sound too bad at all to do . Thanks for the info.

greg

Did you do the work yourself? if so how much of a job was it. What was the cost of the repair. Having same problem myself.

greg

chicken lights are all the lights you see on the modern over the road rigs.

greg

Our municipality that I work for in the winter months just tried out an international 4700 tri axel dump with the allison and a 430 cat . Seem to work pretty good except it liked the fuel alot more when you where pulling hills all day. The auto burned about 80 gals of fuel in an 8 hour day running about 275 miles. Our tandem with cummins and a 8LL, and with all the plow and sander gear weighs about 6000 more than the tri axel, would burn in the same day 55 gals of fuel. If you can afford them they are great, especially with a company that has many drivers.

greg

I have got a 6 speed airshift in my truck, took awhile getting used to it, but like it a lot now.

greg

Deffinately the way to go. I bought an 86 r model 2 years ago. It isn't the prettiest thing you ever saw , but my payment including insurance is less than 400 a month. When you don't have work it is nice knowing that you don't have a 2500 dollar a month payment coming. I have only put about 4000 in repairs in the last 2 years.

greg

almost sounds like he had a couple of superchargers under the hood. Looks like it too.

I can't remember the actual name for it but I call it the bobtail valve. Some trucks don't have it, some do. When your trailer is hooked up full pressure is applied to the brakes on the tractor, when trailer is unhooked your only given about 30 to 40 percent of full air until your brake application pressure reaches 100 psi or so and then your given full air all at once. Maybe this valve is gone .

I know alot of people that have turned a road tractor into a dump truck and forget to take this valve out. Real scary when loaded for the first time and you have to stop real quick!

Hope this helps you try to locate the problem.

greg

It sure is amazing at how many people think that 1 or 2 pumps with the grease gun once a month is plenty. GREASE IS CHEAPEST FORM OF MAINTAINENCE ,thats what I was always taught . I worked for a construction co. a couple of years ago and the guy was horible on p.m. I got on the job one day, started machine , and started greasing it. He pulled in and had a bird that the machine wasn't working, said it didn't need greasing, after that i never greased it again. I quit there not long after and started my own co.

Never used the blanket or wrap , but what made a difference in my oven I cut some side vents in the hood , made quite a bit of difference. Going to heat shield the floor and do some carpet to deaden the sound too.

Sounds to me like they aren't getting enough grease. If they are pulling logs they are most likely in the mud and dust alot. I could see if they were road tractors that 5k for greasing would be ok, but severe duty in my opinion requires more greasing. I grease every other day on my dump truck. are they putting enough grease in, I always grease until i see new coming out, unless it is a tie rod or something with a seal on it, then just enough to see the cup start to swell. Grease is the cheapest form of preventive maint. Just my 2 cents. greg

I think it is the casting number , not sure though.

Irish spring soap cut up into pieces and put around on the floor. Works great for our camper, haven't had any mice in four or five years. Either the soap works or i have just been lucky! lol!

I was recently told that you could take the back cover off a 6 speed airshift

trans. and add a couple of gears and make it a 12 speed. This seems like

it a rumor to me, anyone know of the truth?

thanks greg

Hi tony

I just replaced all springs and rubber blocks, turns out my bronze bushings were wore out on one side pushing the springs on the spindle to one side. I checked into getting the offset bushings but the spring man told me it was a waste of money, because they are considerably more money than the regular blocks and usually don't fix the problem.

My rears are still out of line but I recently found out that they did put new frame rails in about 12 years ago , and apparently the person they hired didn't square it up, they just lived with the problem like I have for the past year. Just measured and it out by 1/2 inch, gotta drill new holes and move rears forward on one side.

greg

I recently purchased a set of 44 camelback springs with all the hardware

from Stengel bros. in whitehall PA. They are great people to deal with. Ask for John.

Their # 1-888-433-3149

Don't seal up your vents. When pressure builds enough it will leak gear oil out your wheel seal or pinnion seal.

Sounds like you got way to much time on your hands! lol ! Pretty simple design , sounds like it would work. I'll stick with hydraulic steering, know someone that has air-omatic in their truck, has nothing but problems with it.

greg

Check back a month or so on here, someone I think had a jake for sale for a 237.