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I own a business in CT and one day took all my trucks to Whethersfield to have them inspected. The inspector told me they would do it this time but in the future take it to a commercial truck place for the inspection. So I paid a guy last year $320.00 to inspect one of our F550's. He used the form from JJ Keller and we now do our own Federal Inpections.

Best to get advice from the guys on this site. When we wwent through our FMCSA audit the inspector did not bat an eye at the yearly safety records. On your doors install not for hire.

When I went to DMV to register in Norwalk I brought the truck with me. They didn't inspect anything. I handed them the paperwork te requested handed me a set of plates. I was a bit baffled....

It amazes me the amount of money they are spending on their campaigns. I will be honest and say I am not sure who I am going to vote for just yet. I own my own business and pay a yearly salary in taxes a year. It's one of the definites in our lives besides death. Romney on the other and worries me. I feel he is a shady individual. I pay my taxes to support my country. I don't hide money (not that I have any) in foreign banks or off shore accounts. I leave it in local banks. It is with the taxes I pay that brings this great nation back to where we once were. Money to get the trucks and construction crews back to wrk on our roads and bridges. The message should be simple...Buy American!!! Stay out of Wal-Mart. As consumers we should demand goods made here in the USA. If anyone should get a break it's the large corporations that bring their business back home and hires the many people out of work.

I am sure there will be a lot of controversy over this. Bottom line, I want our country back!

http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/3140722310.html This trucks cool even though its not a mack

Boy if that ain't the truth. Just look at me, I'm over 50 and everybody thinks I'm an idiot!

Rob

Nice trucks. B30 with the budd wheels is nice. According to the build sheets I have they were options.

Thank you guys. It was a great day. Big 36! It's flying by.....

Thank you guys!!!!

Thank you. The only thing I want to change is the wood. Currently pressure treated. At some point I will change it to White Oak.

Thanks again.

New seat belt....I have one ordered for each vehicle!!!!

Thought I would post some pics of the old girl

Pete I have a extra set of map lights you can call me at 812 305 5132 also let me know what else you need maybe I can help you out Brian

I will call you tomorrow. What is a good time?

Ask Rob. He will know where to get it.

Have you tried EBay?

Try restoration specialists. They have a shit pile of rubber parts. I found with my B model a lot of those parts are interchangeable with dodge and ford.

Looks awesome. At some point I will need to do a complete tear down. Enjoy!!!

Ohhhh the stories I could tell......I grew up "on the wrong side of the tracks" in a town where the parking lot at the high school was filled with beemers, mercedes, and other top-line cars that the kids drove to school every day, courtesy of their Doctor, Lawyer or other high-paying professional parents. I was growing up in the right-hand seat of two F-model macks on weekends and summers (at least until I was about 12.) I hung out with my Dad at the local gas station where I pushed the broom, pumped gas, broke down and mounted tires, changed oil, etc etc. I was overweight, always the last kid to be picked in gym, never got invited to parties, and was ridiculed for being a volunteer firefighter and wanting to be a career firefighter. I know what it's like to be persecuted, and I also know what it's like to be "tested" or have your "balls broke."

Looking back, i think about some of the stuff I went through. Call me a primma donna, but I'm sitting here thinking that maybe 12 years old is a bit young to go through this kind of stuff. I dunno, could be me. I wouldnt change anything about my childhood or teenage years- but I have to wonder if I would be any different now. And now that I am a father of three of my own- wow doesnt THAT make you think hard!!!!

I think cutting Vinny a break may be warranted here. At the same time Vinny needs to learn to take what we all say with a grain of salt....But thats just it.....LEARN......And at the same time, maybe we shouldnt push his buttons so hard.......

All of us got our balls broken at one time or another. I drove a 1952 Dodge M37 to school and I hated it then. I would give my left nut to have that truck back. I still live in the same town I grew up in. Mst of the "cool" high school kids are either dead or so burnt out its sad. If I had children I feel I would prefer them to read some of the posts on here rather than somewhere else.

Kids need to understand that high school sucks. The one who look like tey ave their shit together don't. My greatest accomplishment was getting into college. There I was able to be myself surrounded by guys and gals with the same interests. In my sophomore year I became an RA and made it my number one policy to help the guys on my floor realize their full potential. Door was always open for them.

Bottom line to you guys as parents, uncles, sons, and grandparents. Turn off the television and spend sometime with your kids. Understand wat s going on in their lives. My Dad had the best advise. If you start a fight, your on your own. If you are getting bullied ad you need to take care it I will support you 100 percent. After that chat I felt the old man ad my back. I was comforted in the fact that he knew I would stick up for myself rather than be pushed around.

Peter

well i got contacted by the seller and i guess the buyer has failed to contact him. we made a deal for the truck and all the parts that go with it. spent more than i wanted to for a truck i probably dont need but i figured its kinda rare and needs some love. now im lookin for someone during august-september that is willin to haul it to upstate Ny for me. i think its around a 7 1/2 hour trip. Matt

I have had great success with uship.com

I own my own business. It was my sweat, tears and sleepless nights that built it.

Unbelievable!!!

Gents,

Looking for some interior parts for my B. Map lights, headliner, and other misc items.

Any help is always appreciated.

Pete

I have one, but its a orange tandem dump truck.

Well hello Vinnster!

Hey guys, thanks for seeing my side of things. I'm not trying to shelter Ben, I just wanted to remind folks that he and Vinny are still kids.

I am very fortunate to have a great relationship with my son. I am also very fortunate that he absolutely loves Mack trucks and Detroits rather than ricers and designer drugs. This site is a huge influence on him and a very positive one at that. The humor, sometimes off color, is excellent! The humor about lawn boys and kickstands is awesome, the kind of ribbing that makes us all forget the days woes.

Ben is away at Boy Scout camp for a week so he will probably be offline.

Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing everyone at Watts show in August!

Tim

Hey Tim, man to man- you must be pretty proud of your boy for bringing girls around that look like that. I was not fortunate to have children but if I did have a son I would be damn proud of him. I will see if I can make it to Watts show.

Best,

Pete

I've spent most of today working by myself fabricating a dolly to use on my forklift to remove 58k hubs and drums. So I've had a lot of time to think about this in light of events on another thread. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for someone who may be struggling with their sexual orientation. I've learned a lot from my wife who has worked with middle school children for the past twenty five years. The world these kids live in is much different than we remember from a much simpler time. I personally have come to believe that sexual orientation is not a choice and for those who think it is, please man up to keyboard and share with us the day you woke up and decided you were going to be straight. I don't mean to offend anyone. Just some food for thought and a realization of how much of what we say affects these kids.

My two cents;

Rob has supported Vinny and took him under his wing. I am not sure what prompted the Dr. Phil photo but I am sure it was supposed to be taken lightly. I could care less if you are straight, gay or have a life's ambition to chop your Weiner off. My obsession with woman was secured the second I got my hands on a nice pair of titties 20 something years ago.

I am not sure how much more we can support Vinny other than taking out our wallets. I see nothing wrong with a good ball busting here and there. As I wrote o Vinny. This is a rite of passage to becoming a man. One day he will be in a position to do the same. I worked construction around his age, nothing major-swept floors, but I got screamed at, laughed at, picked on, etc. I learned to deal with it. Ben handled properly.

Can we get back to talking about trucks.

Peter

you can sleep on my couch.....if you shave your legs first because thats where I'll be too snuggling up against you......lol

That was awesome!!!

Hey I don't mean to crash the party here, but I will say that we should try to keep it cool. I personally didn't see whatever was posted in the VIP Lounge (my dad instructed me to avoid that area and I did) but he said it wasn't cool. I love all the joking, messing around and sarcasm here, it's my favorite part of the site, but I'd like to try to keep it clean so that nobody gets in trouble. Especially me. My dad is pretty strict about what's appropriate and what's not (as he should be) and I don't want to give him something to worry about. What happened here was partially my fault because I posted the picture in the first place, so I'm not blaming you guys at all, and from now on, you probably won't see me post any pictures of my friends on here.

What I'm saying is: the joking around is fun, but from what my dad said and from what I observed here, it got a little out of hand, so in the future, we should try to act as though we're civilized human beings.

I hope there is no hard feelings between anybody and we can all continue to have a good time here on my favorite websiite.

Ben

Ben,

I apologize. Your dad is 100 percent correct and I commend the both of you for it. Nice to see there are Dads out there looking out for their children.

I was your age once and missed a few opportunities... Hate for you to look back and feel the same.

Hope to meet you one day. My wife grew up in Lehigh Valley, PA. Is that near you at all.

Pete

I apologize its a TR73. Just checked out the wiki information on this site.

Taking her to a show in Fishkill, NY tomorrow. If any of you are around stop on down.

I usually tell the girl to stop tickling me or else I'll take off her shirt. If she tickles me again, she basically gave consent and her shirt comes off. If she wants to continue with the tickling, I remove more of her clothes.

I don't mind being tickled by a nekkid girl.

That my friend is some good advice!!! I hope he reads it. I might tell my wife...anymore bullshit about the mack or anything else- your shirt comes off. Brilliant!!!!

Something tells me she wants her shirt off- Bad!