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  1. Have a 1958 B-81 that I'm wanting to update to 12 volts instead of the 24volt system. Deleted the series parallel switch and updated to starter to a MT39. Now I would like to get rig of the generator and instal a alternator.  Looking to change it to a negative ground instead of a positive ground.  So any suggestions on what alternator to use would be a lot of help.  

           Thanks 

  2. In 2016 we bought our first Titan and absolutely love it.  Had plans to buy another one and then we got the news early January.  Trust me I understand that Volvo is in control but I have never been so disappointed in Mack.  We are also looking to buy a light weight stone truck.  We wanted to buy a CHU with an MP7 8LL trans and around 188" wheelbase.  First off we were told we couldn't get the MP7 in the CHU, only in the CXU or Granite.  Ok  then we will go with the MP8  I forgot what the hp number was but they said the Eaton Fuller 8LL couldn't hold the horsepower.  What ever happened to Mack trucks building the truck their costumes want.  Volvo is destroying the Mack name and I'm sure I'm not the only one who is really upset by this.

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  3. About two weeks ago I came across this container flipped over in a parking lot. I know how it happened to. The guys are

    pulling 20ft cans that are loaded with corn or beans for export and usually have 46,000+ in the box. He must have decided

    to dolly the trailer down for some reason. I bet he wasn't more than a foot away from it before it flopped on its side.

    Hmmm rout47?
  4. Just thought I'd add these to the Sid Kamp discussion. The Superliner is Sid Kamp Specialized which is separate from

    the excavating. Specialized does heavy haul. The yellow trucks are theirs also and are a former Chicago company called

    Helders. They went out of business a couple years ago. I think their newest trucks were a mid 80's W900 and a late 80's

    379 Pete. They did heavy haul and I don't know where their other trucks ended up.

    The superliner and the vision are booth specialized. The superliner is owned by specializes main driver Ryan. Everything else including the two former Helders trucks are owned by Sid Kamp Trucking.

  5. Yes,mackman the B-815 used the END864 255hp naturally asperated MACK V-8.I think there were only like 220 units produced,so its a rare breed.I have never seen one with anything but a quadbox,as they were a "Heavy Hauler". That paticular B-815 of Kamp's,was repowered with a 237 (if I'm not mistaken) by an earlier owner,though.

    It's true, the truck doesn't really have a v8. Trust me, we wish it did but it was pulled out long before we bought the truck.

    Just thought I'd add these to the Sid Kamp discussion. The Superliner is Sid Kamp Specialized which is separate from

    the excavating. Specialized does heavy haul. The yellow trucks are theirs also and are a former Chicago company called

    Helders. They went out of business a couple years ago. I think their newest trucks were a mid 80's W900 and a late 80's

    379 Pete. They did heavy haul and I don't know where their other trucks ended up.

  6. Yes,mackman the B-815 used the END864 255hp naturally asperated MACK V-8.I think there were only like 220 units produced,so its a rare breed.I have never seen one with anything but a quadbox,as they were a "Heavy Hauler". That paticular B-815 of Kamp's,was repowered with a 237 (if I'm not mistaken) by an earlier owner,though.

    It's true, the truck doesn't really have a v8. Trust me, we wish it did but it was pulled out long before we bought the truck.

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