Terry T

A coworker was down there with a couple of his buddy's hot rods. He has video of the blown/turbo'd Mustang attempting a burn out but instead it was a blow out! Probably a head gasket nothing but steam & water & the smell & taste of coolant in the air.

Fantastic Idea Barry! I don't know that I'd be able to build it but I'd buy one for sure.

Thanks guys! I really lived it up today. I had a dentist appointment then I went to work... The last big one was my 50th. It fell on Saturday so it was a perfect way to have a party. My 61st will fall on a Saturday so maybe that will be a party!

My 1st bike was a 76 or 77 GS550. 2nd bike was a 79 GS750L. I considered buying a 80 GS750 a few years back but I like the "L" (L stood for Low or Lower) better, King/Queen seat instead of a flat seat...

My '05 Road King a.k.a. My Mistress. Over the winter I replaced the 88 with a High Comp 95. The "facelift was courtesy of a doe that ran out in front of me 4 years & 6 days ago. She began life Arctic White. I always ride "with my head on a swivel". Watching, watching, watching & anticipating.

CH & CL left door vents as well as bunk vents should be the same. I thought the R roof vents were in a rubber gasket but it's been MANY years since I was in one.

I'm not certain but I believe that Mack used the same vent for all of their models. Others on here are more knowledgeable about part #'s and should chime in soon.

The 3406 in my Ford was on an angle.

Geoff, I have never worked in a union barn but spent may years working very close with union carriers when we had our cartage agency. All my life I have referred to Unions as a necessary evil...

They still owned power units & leased a lot as well. Ryder might be correct but I was thinking it was Penske or perhaps a mix of leasing companies. The newest trailers were built on "the EXTREME cheap" and few other LTL's will be interested in them. TL carriers might jump on the 48's & 53's. I think a lot of the trailers will go into the storage market and many will just be scrapped.

My guess is that most of these will go south of the boarder.

I don't know how well this will turn out but I'll try it.

As of now it Yellow makes it until Monday the 31st I'd be really surprised. Apparently the Sr VP of sales told her staff that Friday would be their last day of employment & that Yellow is filing for Bankruptcy on Monday. Later the company back-peddled and said that is not true. The IBT & UPS appear to have reached an agreement and it is now up to the rank & file to vote on it so UPS looks to be in the clear.

The current word on the street is that they will probably walk on Monday 07/31/23.

UPS is all small package. It will help Fed Ex & the USPS but not much else. UPS sold UPS Freight to TFI (a Canadian mega logistics company) & it is now T-Force.

As someone who is career LTL I have been watching this very close. I've read every article that I can to get back up to speed and there is plenty of blame to pass around. Yellow had a plan but the IBT would not get on board with it. At this point it is out of the hands of Yellow as their creditors, including the US Govt, are pretty much in control. Yellow-Roadway, YRC, Yellow through the years has been on and off life support and now it is just a matter of time. My ex-wife works at yellow, her bro-in-law who is a neighbor and good friend of mine works for ABF, my across the road neighbor who I have weekend beers with every weekend works for T-Force & has been with the company back to the Overnight days and through the UPS freight time & I work at Old Dominion Freight Line. We are all watching this closely. My ex-wife for the most obvious reason but the rest of us because when Yellow goes out, we're all going to feel it directly and are actually already feeling it as companies have began moving away from Yellow to the other LTL carriers. My company is actively hiring for dock workers, pushing current employees through our in house truck driving school and planning to hire office & supervisory staff. We all need to hang on and plan for yet another supply chain slow down because there are not enough people & not enough equipment to move all of the freight that Yellow currently moves in our country. Some of the union carriers will hire Yellow employees but not all, The non-union carriers will stay away from them. The Yellow equipment is not up to the current LTL standard so that equipment is basically little more than scrap so most of their equipment will not be purchased by other LTL carriers. It's just going to be bad for a while.

Well Eddy, I just tried to login and was told that the page doesn't know my email address & I apparently don't know my password.

Jim, Good to know you are still with us! That all had to make for a lil excitement. Heal well and do what you're told.

I believe this pic of Tomer came from you, Larry

Jim Tomer a.k.a. Tundra is the Jim that popped in recently that Geoff is referring to. Jim Hancock is the Jim with the pictures.

To say I was stunned to see you on a MACK site is an understatement Jim! Glad to hear from you though! As mentioned in another comment there is a Other Makes page!

I click the link daily but still getting the same thing.

Thanks for the update Jeff. I'm really missing the WAI...

I bought some B Model parts off of Mike Harbinson way back when because I felt like the items that I had were too rough to use. He told me to bring them along when I picked up what I bought from him. He said I always do this because what might be too rough for you might just be perfect for the next guy. When it came to Mack's he would do EVERYTHING possible to not have to "knock 'em in the head." That was always his way of referring to sending them to scrap.

That stack looks to be in good shape (on the parts truck) Hang on to that. I know a few years back there were some guys looking for them.