jakebrake86

Well, what triggered the idea was a pair of '07 Granite gliders with spokes for sale in Florida a while back.

Mike is a member on here.

A friend of mine had his excavator sitting at his dirt pit over the weekend a few years ago. He had the key hidden but some trespassing kids found it and managed to get it cranked. Apparently the stuck the boom and stick as far out as it would go, and would swing it full speed into the face of the pit, until the boom broke completely in two. Then, one of the little jerks fell and twisted his ankle, and the parents sued my buddy! Talk about wanting to murder somebody...

I've been doing some thinking lately... Does Mack offer the Granite as a glider? If so, I was just thinking how cool it would be to have a new truck with a mechanical E7. I'd spec it out just like my RD. 15.5 Ox Body bed, 24.5 spokes, 4.64 rears, and an 8LL. Has anyone ever done such a thing? I've swore I'd never buy a new truck due to all the crazy emissions crap, but a reman 350 in a Granite would be the ticket. Would it be possible to get the cab wiring and instrument panel to work without an ECM?

I don't see a heater/AC box ?? nice looking truck

Correct. The Evans style factory a/c unit was pretty butchered up so I bought a NOS Kysor unit like they put in glider kits in the 80's. It's sitting in the sleeper. Haven't had time to install it yet. It goes with the truck.

I think you just need to junk that CH and buy an R model!

I think they've been around for at least a year or two. There's been a couple for sale at Tri State Mack in Memphis for a good while now. I'd like to give them a try. My triaxle has an Ox bed and I love the way it's put together. They're very reasonable on parts, as well.

I've decided to go a different route and sell my Valueliner. 4 valve 350, T2090 Mack 9 speed, 4.17 Mack rears on Neway air ride. Factory 36" Able Body sleeper. Lots of new parts. I did a lot of work on the interior. Currently has a wet kit. Asking $12,000 with the wet kit, $11,000 without. I'll post some recent pics as soon as I get home in the daylight in the next few days. Thanks for looking! 870 995 3498

That belongs to Rod Maddox, who owns Tri State Mack in Memphis. I tried to but that truck before they painted it up. I'm gonna say he's more than doubling his money if he gets what he's asking. If I remember right, that was a NOS grille, but it wasn't chromed so they painted it black.

$4500 as is. Price may go up if I keep working on it.

Not yet, I really need to move the green one first. It's still here.

Yeah, it's a whole other ball game when you go crossing state lines. I had a DOT number for about 2 months until I decided the headache and paperwork wasn't worth it. I stay in Arkansas now. I never made much money with a dump truck until I got hooked up with a place to get dirt, then started advertising and pushing fill dirt and topsoil around town.

Nice! I think that's an R series International, though.

I've got a deal worked out to buy a pretty sweet old slide bar D8. My question is, does anybody have a rough idea what one would weigh? It has the blade and winch on it. I'm guessing somewhere around 40,000 lbs. I'll get some pics soon.

I would expect a tri drive would be hard to turn. A 90 degree intersection is almost impossible in my triaxle unless I pick the pusher up first.

Nice Pics Randy . We used to do the same here in the back woods of Millington & T County . But if we were in Memphis tearing a house down it went stright to the dump because the Memphis /Shelby County Inspectors here would have a Ticket writing party .

Sounds like Here Jake The good ole boy system . Is that Helena/West Helena (Phillips County) Your talking about bud ?

That's a nice hole! Does the state give you much trouble about that? We've done that for years, but a couple of years ago the city owned landfill hired an illegal dump inspector to go around and make sure everybody in the city limits abides and brings debris to the landfill for $30/ton. If they catch us outside the city limits they call ADEQ (Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality) on us. It's a big racket, if you ask me. All they've accomplished is now there's a whole lot of burned out houses that the owners can't afford to demolish.

Looks really good to have sat that long!

Man, I feel your pain! I've got two dirt jobs started and can't seem to finish either one for the rain. I get to work 2 days then I get rained out for 5. I don't ever remember it staying this wet for this long.

That's a nice little setup. You can't beat a tag trailer for convenience. I've got a '74 Miller Tilt Top that I use everyday toting my 312, 943, and d3 around on.

Well, I would start with looking at the clutch cable. I've never had a pressure plate swarm but I've been around several broken clutch cables and blown up throw out bearings. As for the electrical problems, I'm not sure what to tell you.