Maddog13407

St Johsnbury and Roadway both had weird configurations on their trucks. StJ had B65's with the shorter hood and weird ass fuel tanks that were really long and sat low to the ground. the square style, still could have been made by Snyder but they werent the standard B model tank. they either has this one or the round 75 gallon ones. i think they also had air starters. makes u wonder where all the Roadway and St Johnsbury Macks went. you dont see any around. was a Roadway R model on ebay a few years back in fla wiht a dumpbox installed. other than that you never see one.

i put 30 maxi cans on the rear of mine and used an anti compound quick release valve. i teed into the air supply for the service brakes and ran to a port on the anti compound part. then ran the two lines to the cans and the other to the dash valve. you leave the front axle alone, no need to change those maybe just put new diaphragms in them.

i remember seeing those pictures before. also seen pcture of Roadway with two fifth wheels on a truck and you could hook the trailer dolly to the frame and slide the one fifth wheel all the way forward. Roadway had some weird ideas. they also had the air conditioning controls on the back panel of the cab and no passenger seat. i dunno where but have sene pictures. anyone remember seein the dollys that hooked to the ass end of the frame? think they had angle iron and a fifth wheel track that ran the whole length of the frame.

that blue 4000 series use to be at Macungie alot i think. guy had a twin to it that was light green colored

for all driving purposes, you would want a B61 or other diesel B model. the gas jobs are under powered unless they are an overhead valve version and those burn too much gas. diesels are more easier to adapt new engines into and a B61 in basic 50 year old attire will still get you down the road at a respectable speed to not piss off the other motorists.

should not have any problems with the case. the aluminum bell housing on the transmissions were junk tho. never seen one that was not cracked. must have been all the torque of the 673's haha

it will work as well as a duplex as long as u dont pound it. Doug Fetterly has ran a Monoshift behind his 237 for years.

we dont have u pull it yards here in upstate ny. we have ''we scrap everything and F U yards.''....

yup, just spotted that myself. anyways use to have a lowboy with it

wasnt that just listed somewhere else with someone elses name on the door????? was on ebay a few times a few years ago with a lowboy trailer

yea that transmission will work and might get you 65mph as long as u baby it. if you hot rod it they will spin a single disk clutch and if you lug it too much in high gear you could break 5th gear and crack the case. seen a guy blow the whole back half of a triplex apart before behind a 237

yea, quit mentioning the r model rear with offset backin plates for NEW style chambers. yea that was a def re cab, had the ash tray down low with the throttle and engine stop up high and the radio delete plate in the dash. was a 53-55 cab. makes u wonder how a 55 cab ends up on a 65 truck, should be the other way around

12 R 22.5 would be a 20'' wheel or hub.. 24'' is 24''

yup, and you could steer it with your pinky finger.

some of them ran 1200 24's and others ran 24.5's which are 22''. and slow as hell would probably be around 48-54 mph, if that

think youd be better off findin a newer set of 58 rears out of an Rd or Dm. that way youll have newer style everything and easier tire options. im not sure if you can get gears for the olders rears, the R is ratio 8.24, slow as hell, even with a double over quad box

the early B models had the wiper motor under the dash on the linkage pretty much. a bitch to work on and leaked oil all over the damn place. Mike is right around late 58 they moved them to outside on the firewall. some b model firetrucks that were open cab even had wipers on the inside and the outside of the glass

most i have bought off ebay with the Mack logo have a helicoil kinda insert bushing. lets you put it on either size shaft...

2?? why stop there. some of us have 5 or 6 or 150... Mike haha

yup, has the water filer and thermostat housin of a 237 and spin on filters. could be an end673c. i think id just cut a hole in the bottom of the dump box for that air cleaner to clear haha. looks like the cab might be a retrofit off a B20 or B30 or B42 without the outside air cleaner? althought 220 cummins is right, someone could hve patched over it. sticks looks weird to, aweful far back in the cab... maybe its just me and also does not have the underslung radiator crossmember and horsecollar to clear the pto shaft that mixers and plow trucks had. must be pretty tough hearing old Waylon jennings on the cd player while listening to that air cleaner hose whistling all the air thru the cab.

omg, a Bobcat with foot controls is the worst!! especially after getting spoiled by cat controls.

i dunno my B613T with a triplex and 4.00 U model rear hogs head makes it interesting at 75-80 mph haha. plus its a lot funner to drive that a duplex.

i think id get my hands on the box if not the whole frame. never seen that style steering shaft used in anything but a B75 series truck. i assume it might have been a B61 built with the kentucky radiator( B73 or B75) as we call them up north. maybe thats the reason for the steering?

4 levers and foot swing? not a problem, being precise, big problem, we are all spoiled with two stick backhoes and joystick controls.... hell i can barely drive a doxer unless the ac and radio is turned on.....

i looked at the album on the 4 door R model that was sititn on the truck at the Washington county truck show. truck was originally a fire truck, regular cab, was really nice and they scrapped the pumper body and chopped the cab and another one and spliced them together. actually did a nice job. just not my style. plenty of R models around to choose from rather than cuttin up a firetruck but to each their own.