joes mack

what a waste of time we had today went to get the truck which was suposed to be in fair shape the frame was broke behind cab the bed had holes cut out of the floor where they removed the drop ins the hood was missing the only thing left of the engine was the block crank and 5 rods/pistons my friend was pissed when we got to guys house and saw the truck i had to laugh at him for trusting the guys word and not going to check it out first this guy is known to do things like this but i didnt know this was where we were going or i would have told him about him and his good deals. joe

a friend of mine just bought a 1974/5 DM800 with a v8 (blown up) and wants me to help him put a 300 in it what will be involved with this engine swap? will front engine mount work with the 300 or will we have to find one for the 300/237? will rad be a problem? going to go pick it up this morning when the roads get plowed/salted stupid snow..joe

im getting redy to do a brake job on the old ugly dog and the shoes that are on my truck have the old 2 piece rollers on them i guess that is what you call them they have a axle with a roller on them and the axle is held to the shoe with a roll pin. but the local parts stores say that they are not avil any more. a guy in the store told me that the best option would be to convert it to a 44,ooolb quick change shoe.my rears are 55,000lb i know the only dif in the centers is the axle gears but what about the housings. will i have to change the brake spyders to fit the quick change shoes or will they fit the reg brake spyders??? joe

me and my cousin had a pete with a det 470/500 in it i dont know if the mack engine works the same way but when the det got in a hard pull is when it would go to 500 for a little extra power. but with gross weight under 80,000 (road truck) it didnt get in a hard pull verry often. i hope this helps a little...joe

just glad to know that you are allrite and not pushing a ford to the garage to stay warm .

ididnt know what happend i thought mabey you got into trucking school or something and didnt have time to pick i mean talk to every one any more. lol...joe

rob that almost sounds like some of the hunting trips that i have been on with my brother he snores so loud we have to camp about a mile and a half from where we hunt and the deer still wear ear plugs.joe

man that aint eaven right but verry funny i thought mabey he traded his chevy for a ford and him and rowdy were trying the hand warmers out on the tailgate pushing it from one garage to another.

how is that possible

what happend to double L havent seen him on here for a while? did he get to start trucking schoolor something?

biggin my friend has a 2010 (forgive me for this) pete and the exaust was mounted to the cab and his air ride wouldnt work eather and we took some 2x2 tubing and made some exaust mounts and tied it together like the mounts on a R series truck and it worked really good for him. air ride works now. he said it made all the diff in the world with the way it rides (rubber block susp verry rough ride) . joe

nice lookin fleet you have there really like the b my fav color too. joe

i know where a superliner is i think it is a 87 or 88 model with a 400 cummins with the piss cranked out of it 15 speed RR trans 52,000 hend walking beam rears (heavyspec) tractor coaltruck but the price is too high for me to givefor it and worn out trailer (40,000).joe

thanks i figured it out ckicked on everything fignaly hit the avatar and it got it.thanks agin joe

how do you post pics where your name is i cant figure it out. joe

its fairly heavy but i wish it was heavier it has 55,000lb rears and double frame. when i hauled with it full time it would usualy 40-45 tons a load without any problems but that is just too much weight for a double frame truck in my opinion but you have to do it or you cant make any money arround here. the bed is only 19feet long it was about 20inches taller but i cut the side boards off to cut down on the weight some but it didnt help a whole lot it still would haul 38-40 tons. im still in the process of getting another truck(hopefully) eather a dm800 or rd800 with tripple frame and 65,000lb rears and a bigger bed 21-22 foot/96-102inches high then i can haul the weight that i need with a little more peace of mind. joe

i think i figured this out (how to post pics) here are some pics of my old ugly truck 1969 DM611SX orig had 250 thermodyne 18speed quadbox but i have repowered it with 237 maxidyne still has the quadbox 7.49 55.000lb rears. if the snow ever quits im going to start rebuilding the bed and fix the cab and paint back to orig colors. dark blue with white stripe or silver stripe.

i went out and checked the bumpers yesterday and they are made out of 3/16 sheet metal and have rubber conveyor belt riveted to them they eaven have extra brackets and bolts with them i took pics but cant get them to post so i will try something else. joe

if you guys are still looking for one i have 2 curved bumpers 1 looks like it is made for a mack like gambis and 1 looks like it fits a IH they are heavy duty home made from 1/8 or 1/4inch steel not really sure (snowing too much to check them out close) i dont realy know what they fit got them with in a lot of misc parts someone gave to the vol fire dept im on. they look real good someone knew what they were doin when they built them if you get me some measure ments i will check them out will let them go cheap if they will work. they (wont fit anything we have). will try to get some pics if i can figure out how to do it (may have to get the wife or kids to post them)joe

i know what you mean about that we had a fire call one day and had to take all of the trucks (we have 5 but only 2 are diesels with the cats) and the neighbors son came down to the firescene and told us that the ststion was on fire he lives out of town and didnt know we had the two old cat motor trucks it was pretty funny when a couple of the guys went to check it out. joe

this might be a stupid question but what is the diff about the wedge brakes? i got a cut off for extra parts for my truck and the cams and shoes are difrent than the ones on my truck the cams on the cutoff look like Z's and the shoes have a flat spot on them instead of rollers. are these wedge brakes? joe

i like that rob.. i think its past time for that. if we dont get him out of there we wont need to wory about the engines in our trucks because we wont be able to drive them. (stupid tree huggers) or we will never see a fair electric bill any more because of (stupid tree huggers) trying to ban coal for energy use. which will put several hundred thousand people out of work in ky,va,wva,oh,pa,ind, and many other states...joe

well this must be my familys unlucky week my wifes aunt got in a wreck today with a tractor trailer coal truck she slid on ice hit the truck in the tandems now she is in icu at the horsepital. with luck like this im not taking my truck out tomorrow i might be next. lol mabey its just the women drivers in this part of ky. the trucking company didnt get any fines in this wreck it was her fault. mabey we do have one dot in ky with some sense after all.(to be determend at a later date we are suposed to get more snow this weekend)...joe

the gov in ky is so stupid the fire dept/rescue squad that im on got called to a wreck this morning car vs coal truck the car lost cont side swiped RD800 mack truck totaled car. broke drag link busted tire busted fuek tank on truck. after the wreck the dot fined trucking co for spilled fuel on highway. being across center line and so on. this really burns my butt because i own my own truck too. i mean come on the truck was just in a wreck its not like he could control the truck with a broken drag link (duh) th woman which is my aunt by the way is o.k. for what happend. broken leg/arm it could of been a lot worse. it just goes to show you that you have to have no common sense to be put in a a position of authority just a college grad. and that its allways the truckers fault we can never win. i hope its not this way every where for the truck drivers/owners sake.