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This is the thread that I mentioned above. Now over 190 pages long. http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=30474.0

Welcome to BMT Dave! All: Dave is a daily contributor over at Hanks. I made a comment or post a few years ago on a long running thread that Dave contributes to each day just so I can follow his pictures. All of the fire buffs on here will enjoy his pictures & knowledge of same.

Sliding tandem trailers are really nice but they have to be spec'd with a big enough winch. In this case we had to improvise with my 20 ton winch to load...

It doesn't have to be a large tire to kill or seriously injure. Long story but some needed background to under stand. Several years ago we were rushing against the weather to get practice in for a nice paying Late Model race at Anderson, IN. One of the teams had a failry new tire guy in the tire impound struggling to get a tire to bead up. Our Hoosier Bias ply tires are recommended to be inflated to only 40 psi. Our teams tire guy walked by this individual as he was bouncing the tire/rim on the ground, most of his body on top of the tire/rim, trying to get the bead to "pop". Stan said "still struggling I see" and the reply was "I have 80 pounds in this and it still won't pop". Stan told him he needs to empty the tire & start over again and continued to walk away. I was at our hauler working on our car about 200 feet from the tire impound area when the explosion happened. I seen the rim going straight into the air about 80' to 90' & the dust cloud was huge. Then silence everywhere, then people began yelling for help. The individual had been standing over the tire when it exploded. The rim blew out of the tire striking him nearly severing his left arm, cutting & crushing his left knee and several other injuries, the rim continued on and struck a tire cart ( a cart that is long & narrow and can hold 4 mounted tires below & 4 more above) destroying that then it contiuned straight up (which is when I seen it). The man was flown from Anderson to Methodist Hospital (where those injured at Indianapolis Motor Speedway are typically taken) in Indy where his arm was re-attached & a prosthetic knee cap was inserted. He recovered but not fully. This is the type of wheel/tire combo that we use, sorry but the best pic I have.

Nothing from 30 years ago but this was 37 years ago... I was doing a project for a middle school math class.

I agree, doesn't look like an Able.

During the early '90's both Ford (LT,LTLA, Aeromax) & Mack (CH6XX) used Able sleepers. From your description it soulds like an Able 42". I think the basic design was the same for both but the roof cap was different & probably the interior but I thought Ford used the "keyhole" style opening like Mack did on the CH which of course is different than the Superliner.

Mack R Model with a Holmes 750 & a IHC with a 20 ton Century winching an excavator out of a pond.

Tim Whitcomb owns(owned) this. He owns Bud Evers Body Shop and Don Pruden Garage which are adjacent to each other on the east side of Ft Wayne. That is Tim & Diane's home that it sat at along old 24 and it was typically hooked to a 3 car gooseneck trailer.

Would look very nice on your Freedom....

Those 40' Fruehauf's bring back memories. I remember being a kid & riding with dad to Ft. Madison, IA to pick up new trailers & bring them home in our single axle R Models. Units 204 & 210 were the two trucks we used. Gary Parrish crashed unit 202 (also an R) coming home with a new trailer during one fo the trips. Trailer was towed back to factory & repaired then came home on another trip.

Mike, you don't have to drag it all the way home right now. I know a place in N.E. Indiana that you can let stuff set until Wendy drops her guard.....

I knew Supermutt before she was a star! I should have gotten her autograph when she stayed the night in my driveway a few years ago!

The flip side of this is that there are a lot of very good, low mileage parts available for many peoples projects. As Larry said, with the CARB restrictions those trucks are pretty much worthless as trucks but they are a gold mine as parts.

Too bad I didn't have a place to store all those 42" bunks I watched go to scrap in the early 2000's.

I kinda like being single...

I don't really have a good pic of it yet but after a nearly 30 year break from owning a bike I bought this 1995 Sporty. The 3rd pic is my entire current fleet.

http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=63446.0 From 2012 & 2013. In there somewhere it's mentioned that at that point UPS had purchased 112.

Sold as the Mack Freedom in the U.S.

Can't have a Pete pulling a dog outta the ditch....

I snagged the below from a thread on ATHS addressing this issue. At the ATHS.ORG HOME page, Hit the ATHS Online tab. you will see a list, at the bottom of the list is the ATHS forums button.

I had that morning a few years ago except that I learned it while I was 90 miles from home working a race. Got up Sunday a.m. logged into FB to send her a "good morning" message & found that the spot reserved for "married to or in a relationship with" was blank. Came home that night to an empty house. You are going into a very rough period but in the end it will work out for the best.

This is the unit I drove when I was still with the race team before coming to "the dark side". Always parked inside excpet when at the race track and the one time I brought it home which is where the profile pic was taken. Drove like a dream, topped out at 87 mph, and depending on how heavy my foot was the MPG was between 9 & 14 loaded with all our gear, 1 or 2 racecars, food & drink for a 2 day show.

Nope, not at South Bend. I would have remembered that...

Unless you lock your power divider in it probably won't move without the inter-axle drive shaft.