bullhusk

hold your horses fullfuel, bullhusk has me in his will for the r700 12v

If it wasn't for your quick action I wouldn't have that truck! So everyone else is first behind you! sorry guys!

BULLHUSK

GOD HELP US!!!!! Another new motor by Caterpussy when they still havn't fixed the Accert motor an now they are tryin to flood the truck market with more junk!! They should stick with bulldozers. Why would anyone buy a truck put together with spare parts from International an Maxforce!!

BULLHUSK

Part of macks decline I think was on the dealers too. One in particular (gabrielli) scared all the Mack buyers to Kenworth because the dealer gives a lot better service then they do. You bring a truck there to fix and they do the same thing over and over till its out of warranty and all of a sudden they find the problem and "fix" it but its still broke. then they send you a bill and expect you to pay it. They over priced everybody to where it cost them too much for parts at mack so now KW gets all the construction trucks. Only the diehard Mack towns are still buying them. The rest have petes, KWs, freightshakers and internationals now. The internationals are junk and so are the freightliners theyre buying. They spend more time at the dealer then working or plowing. Our town got one freightliner the state got them a good deal on but it cant push snow with a load on so now theyre buying used R models to replace it. One town said we were at said they would buy Macks but the dealer wont give them a break on the trucks at all. everyone else will drop but not our "wonderful" (cough cough) mack dealer here in CT. KW mechanic told us don't buy these new trucks, they're all junk. Well that's my rant for now.

I talked to a UPS driver yesterday an he told me the new Macks aren't doin to good an he would rather have his International back! Are things that bad that you would want a International over a Mack!!

I maybe could use another R-700??? OK OK OK!!!! I just got voted down by the CEO (that would be the wife) she said I have to finish the 3 Brockways ,the RL-700 and the Superliner first! DAM she rattles those trucks off better then me!

BULLHUSK

What has become of the Mack Hayward CA plant??

BULLHUSK

Bullhusk

Thanks for the kind words about Horwith. In 1978 I drove the first Freightliner father Frank sold, to Lamar Haas, in Dec 1977 after Brockway and DR went out. Always had a good relationship with their shop.

Brocky

I have never delt with such nice people, Frank Horwith would give you a truck, send you over to Allentown Brake an Wheel for a PTO to be put on and tell you to take the truck if you don't like it before your first payment then give it back! If you doubt that story just ask Billy Hiller from Jersey. The two girls run the place now Shelia and her sister two great ladies I deal with Shelia she is just like her father a good business person !! I would not be afraid to send anyone there cause I know they would be treated right

BULLHUSK

START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it 'Barack Obama'.

3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.

4. Empty the Recycle Bin.

5.. Your PC will ask you: 'Do you really want to get rid of Barack Obama?'

6. Firmly Click 'YES'

7. Feel better?

GOOD - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi.

Can ya send this over to the GOP an maybe someone over there will wake up soon.... Very soon before its to late!!

I just love the older an higher H's!!

Bullhusk

I'm starting to think Its a Cummins problem. Even my 2012 Dodge with an ISB 6.7 gums up the oil pretty quick.

I've tried a couple different oils in her and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Lots of soot seems to collect in the bottom end of my ISB 6.7 The ISB 5.9L didn't have the same soot issues.

I'm changing oil at 8000kms (5000miles) because I can feel the grit on my fingers at the dipstick around there. I've had the truck since new for 13 months and its at 60,000k (37000miles)

Mine is doing the same thing my 04 did not do this! I'm told its the EGR problem I also think there is some way to by pass the EGR if anyone knows of this let us know

Thanks BULLHUSK

I know what you mean Mark...My uncle told me a few stories about him running a R model with a 36inch bunk to california and back. Pulled a reefer,truck had no a/c, camelback rears. Said he would sleep on the trailer floor when he was empty with the reefer running...lol...turned the truck over in Dallas,Tx. Because the leaf springs broke on one side of the trailer. You gotta give drivers like this alota credit,because they put up with stuff alot of the new drivers won't.

I could remember my dad an uncles telling stories about trucks waitin at the bottom of a hill with a chain hangin on there bumper for someone to pull em up the hill cause they did not have the power to get over! I can remember this one garage my dad did work for the guys ran mostly Chicago an mostly all single axles I guess it was around 1963 cause the owner of the place had a new Pontiac red Bonny with a black conv. Top. Most of the tractors were H models he had 1 G model tandem some B67's an a real cool lookin LJ single axle that was a owner operator name Stanly his brother also had his own rig a H Mack with a 205 hp turbo Mack motor! It was a great time for me as a young truck lovin kid!! But the thing I remember even more then the trucks was the way some of the owner drivers dressed, with the cow boy boots hat an the chain hooked on there belt (let's not forget the buckle ) to this big wallet that came up about 3 inches outa there back pocket they all smoked Camels, most guys sat at the desk waiting for there trip leas an advance and would carve up these big round pills 4 ways like a pie ( I found out years later what West Coast turn arounds were) LOL

BULLHUSK

Thought this was pretty neat!..........................................Mark

Great picture Mark! Ya think Volvo has any pic's a there trucks from way back!

BULLHUSK

Thanks for the invite. I'm sure sleepwalker feels the same

sorry! but l'll be back in a couple a weeks an i'll call u guys

BULLHUSK

I most likely am wrong but I believe I was told this truck was running a powertrain from a modern Volvo. Image from huskidrive.com

I think it's got a series 60 12.7 from a Wester Star also a W S frame?? So I've been told oh God I sure hope its not a Volvo in a Huskie!!!!

BULLHUSK

There were so many MB 400 an 600 Mack's in Jersey back in the 70's all the garbage guys an APA an hell everyone who had a truck seemed to own one!! But now a days ya can't find one??

BULLHUSK

Sounds like logtruckerman should become a Mack salesman and hire KS to spec out the trucks and then

sell them to Bullhusk. Just a thought. LOL

Now dats funny! I'm just wounderin when Fix It Again Tony an Mopars are gonna team up an bring there class 8 Iaveco' over here with big power an call it a Ram ??

Not mine,taken from the interweb,but I thought this was a good picture..................................Mark

I sure do remember this Brock. It was based outa Elizabeth NJ. On I think it was Dowd Ave Or Division St.

BULLHUSK

also what are you running for a fleet ? i think you have western stars and freightliners with detroit series 60 14 liters ?those are electronic right ? your not running a whole fleet of brockways with with 12 v 71 are you ?

Just show me where to find 35 360U's an I'll trade em all in tomorrow no more DEF and get rid a 2 mechanics! But I will say this My w-s an Freightshakers run real good so thats why I buy them on the other hand the Macks an Petes did not work well for me, it seems like the Macks are working real well for you guys and thats good! Ya know I always bought Mopars and most a my friends bought Chevys, cause you could buy parts for them in a druge store! an cheaper then the Dodges! Well in 1978 I gave in and bourgt a new Malibu classic wagon with a CB radio an all the works! I could not go on a long trip with the thing without breakin down!! my friend had this Chrysler New Yorker that he couldn't keep runnin so I traded him heads up....Well that freekin Chevy never let him down!! an the Chrysler 1977 is still runnin today with 300,000 plus mi on her! I do have 2 Macks that I love, one I bought new in 1988 that runs every day and a Superliner E9 500 that I'm settin up for flat bed work! Good Luck with your Macks

BULLHUSK

i dont know weve had one of our new mack /volvo engine trucks for almost 2 years and havent been towed yet . havent changed a sensor yet . so i think i could haul in nyc for a month without an issue. i haul off road in 90 degree heat and sub zero cold so far its all good.

Well like I always say to anyone who's throwing the dice 'if your winning don't change the dice' so in your case ya gotta stick with makes you happy an what gives ya a good return for your money! But I'm still sticking to my story put em out there an run em like they did back in the day with the weight an road conditions and I'd say the Bull Dog on the new Mack with the Volvo Motor will be laying down on the hood

BULLHUSK

ill sign up for the new school . ill take a one of our titans with an mp 10 555 ill load it to 150k lbs and ill bet id haul more loads in month than the old school guys. id even take a new volvo vnl day cab with a 550 d16 and do the same. then ill take an chu with an mp 8 505 and do the same .. and ill have a nice heater air conditioner and satellite radio and air ride suspension

And how long before you have a computer problem?? Or a censor goes bad an you gotta get towed off the cross Bronx and the Brock an Superliner go by an yell out the rolled down window with the wing vents open 'there's always hope when you can fix it with wire an rope!!' See ya!! Of course you will not hear the guy yellin from the 360U LOL There was a write up a few years ago in I think it was Overdrive about company drivers leaving there Volvo's on the side of the road an walkin off the job cause they broke down so much they couldn't make any money! Any remember the art.?

BULLHUSK

GGII put a V6-92 350hp silver they are cheap to buy an there are still a lot of them out there reman or new! Adlemans in Ohio alway has a shit load of US surplus stuff

BULLHUSK

I think the big thing here with Volvo is that it seems like they look down on the US trucks and that they are here to teach us how to build a real truck. Now this is just the way I see it so don't think I hate Volvo but what they did to White Motors an Autocar an now with Mack just look at the way they handle themselves, they took the greatest name in trucks Mack 'Built like A Mack Truck' and are tryin to make it into a Volvo and the proof is in the pudding all ya have to do is taste it! Now did anyone ever hear this...'Built like a Volvo Truck' NO!! And you never will!! Volvo builds trucks all over the world but they have never built trucks for the US market and that my friends is the proving grounds for heavy trucks, just put a new Volvo and an older Mack Superliner or a Brockway 360U with a V-12 loaded on 6 axels gross em with 120,000 like the old days and run em from Brooklyn to East Hampton LI every day or up an down the NYS thru. for one month and then lets see who wins?? And at the end of that month have all the Volvo guys on one side and all the old timers (the ones that are left) from Mack and Brockway on the other side, and then let's see who starts takin notes??? Any body want to guess??

BULLHUSK

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE TRUCKS THAT BUILT AMERICA AND THE BULL DOGS THAT HELPED WIN WW-1

John Kerry's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos Sweden, he promises 1 trillion dollars in aid each to China and India to help them cut power plant emissions. The reason according to Kerry is ''our insatiable need for their products''

To much cow shit between J.K.s shoulders

BULLHUSK

But you guys are missing the big picture here! The newer emissions engines are more environmentally friendly, they burn that ultra low sulfur fuel even. Of course they burn more of it since it has less btu's and they are using egr which raises cylinder temps and kills combustion using more fuel. I don't see the problem I mean come on you have to think about the environment, look at all he noxious fumes and smoke coming from the exhaust on trucks these days, granted they are mostly newer trucks in a regen. But its all about the environment, if you drop the fuel mileage of the trucks by about 20% then add another consumable to the mix (def) and start a fire in the dpf to burn hot enough to burn out trapped soot particles its gotta be better right?

In the mean time China continues to F-Up the whole world an we keep buyin there shit! Including myself!! I am forced to buy there truck tires that ware like iron an are 90 bucks cheaper!!

Bullhusk

The second pic looks like one of the Bolder Dam Mack's with all the open air style hood an grill 120 would be nothin on a summer day!!

BULLHUSK