Shawn Barrett
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Thats a tough lookin rig BigDog. Love it
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Damn thats a lot of $$$. Do you think just a regular vehicle shop in town would be able to do it?
Take it to the professionals...either a good welding shop or truck shop. If you find a "regular shop" as in an auto-body shop or little garage that doesn't do it everyday, {that doesn't look at you like you are nuts when you ask}, you'll probably find some shmuck that doesn't know what the hell they are doing and just looking to make a buck on you. {I know I used to work in those shops}
These other fellas on here are real handy and real confident....but with Zero previous experience and a lack of proper space to do the job "concrete, not grass or soft blacktop", heavy jackstands, lift, forklift, torch, capable welder, someone with the proper experience to "hold your hand" through it AND most importantly KNOWLEDGE......I'd hate to see you hurt yourself.
Nothing is cheap these days.....but quality workmanship is worth it in this case....Its the chassis and foundation of the truck.
Dont hurt yourself. Good luck Tommy
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I agree that anyone is free to build whatever their time, money and tastes desire. As I said, I've seen a few very nicely done "little big trucks". I just am choosing to go a different direction and build a full class 7/8 truck.
I also agree that "coming down the road", it is impossible to mistake a "B" for anything but a Mack, but at a closer look, those 16" wheels look kind of lonely in those big wheel wells. That's me, seeing it differently doesn't make you a bad person.
A couple of pics of the project to date. It doesn't look like much, but everything there is clean and either new or rebuilt.
Drive friendly.
That looks interesting.......better to remount on another frame and get it out there than let it rot in the boneyard. Any details about chassis, running gear, bed, tow truck, tractor, future plan for finished prouct? Keep us up to date on progress!
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The amped up production is a damn fine thing to see over here at Macungie. A few years ago things looked pretty bleak If you ask me. But thankfully Volvo hasn't "F.U.B.A.R."ed the whole company....yet. I was thrilled when I heard they were hiring a couple hundred employees and bringing back Mack production 100% to Macungie {Where it belongs!}
I was hauling stone for a pad for one of the new industrial warehouses across the street this past summer.....And they had so damn many trucks stockpiled on their property....And other properties it was amazing. As a matter of fact there was an opportunity for a picture. And I regret not taking it..... It had rained for a few days and the grounds were wet. They had so many trucks produced and waiting to ship they started storing them on the grassy areas of the complex. Well it was a muddy mess and it looked like these guys were having an off-road competition with these brand new trucks. Mud slung everywhere as they were literally stuck in the mud in the grassy edges of the fenced in complex.
Compared to the general outlook of Mack not long ago....to seeing that just last summer was a proud proud moment for me. Not to mention I was cruising by in my own Granite tri-axle....10 feet tall and bulletproof.
Now all we need is for this country to get its collective shit together and stop selling out all of OUR companies that made this country great to overseas entities in pursuit of the almighty dollar all the while screwing their fellow Americans out of future employment and greatness that this country has known.
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WOW ITS.....A monster!...ITS ALIVE!!! You weren't lying that IS THE FRANKENSTEIN MACK! Thanks for the pics! Okay here ya go....custom paint job....stitches holdin everything together. With 2 big bolt heads coming out of the top of the cab behind the doors........
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Boy needs lessons in proper English
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Good job. Nice to see another one adopted into a good home.
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I dont suppose anybody knows where these trucks are today.......???
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Here is a Mack CH that was out front at HQ when I was there for school in 1989. This was the first CH I saw up close and thought it was a little strange compared to what had been rolling down the road.
Wow nice picture.
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That's a great picture, and she likes trucks too awesome!
Thanks Tim! Yes she certainly does...real keeper.
Vinny I apologize. I've hijacked your post....I'll stop picking on Olive since he doesn't wanna play with us.
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Just so we keep this all clear and above board - you are looking for a woman ............right?
Nope gotta a beauty just cant afford the ring....
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It is like waiting before you get married - makes it all the better - worth the wait!
Well fortunately my comment about "the Wife" was too help the older guys relate, im not married....Im waiting and........Im waiting......still waiting....
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I thought the moon was in the seventh house, and jupiter aligns with Mars?!?
Lever dammit dont make this more complicated than it already is I wanna see them pics! Now we gotta wait on Mars too......
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No one gets to see it yet - I don't think you could stand the shock
One fine day I will post pics - How does that go? When jupiter is in the seventh house....................
OOhhhh how dare you wave this B model talk around and then withhold pictures. This is like dealing with the wife! HAHAHAHA
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I don't really get the blue ball thing. Do your ball turn blue for some reason I don't want to say? Maybe that's why he crashed....
Vinny when your poor grandmother finds out you've been hangin around with a bunch of old truckers she may just have a heart condition....In the famous words of Forest Gump..."Thats all I have to say about that"
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HOLY CRAP BATMAN! Time to change your underwear if you were in there when a MACK TRUCK CAME CRASHING THROUGH THE WALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe this is what inspired that Garth Brooks song....
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5370808186475024409
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Vinny - First you make fun of the Frankenstein B model I bought, now you are making fun of my little Jay-Pan truck. I am going to go sit in a corner and cry.
Just kidding - all the other kids making fun of me is what made me strong
Strong smelling that is.
B model! what B model? Where are the pics? what have I missed? Who? what? when? where?.....nobody tells me nuthin!
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Well, that sleeper is mine. To my knowledge there is only one size sleeper ( small ). The only difference I have seen is some integrals have a small back window in the sleeper area. Mine does not. This of course only pertains to Mack Bs.
Well there ya have it straight from the source. In this link you will find pics of what appears to be an early example of the integrated sleeper.
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i like that green b-61T.lol
Haha. I think you should keep it my friend. I think at your age....in the future you will kick yourself if you sell it.
By the way I appreciate the colors...were you going for the colors in the flag of Ireland or did it just work out that way by chance?
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Big and Bad.....In the words of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor.....ARrr ARrr ARrr
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Yep you both have a good point. Household appliances, just like everything else were built to last back then. When I was younger my parents had appliances in the house that were literally 30 years old give or take. When they finally gave up and were replaced, their replacements collectively only seem too last 4-5 years a piece. From refrigerators to washers/dryers and microwaves.
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Walk in to a 7- 11 or Big Apple or up Here Irving, look around the 2000 square feet and point out one thing healthy, ok not counting the black and brown bananas by the door. It's amazing how much junk is offered to us daily. I don't think they had all those choices.
Thats for damn sure
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Superliners are nice but a short hood recovery unit is much more practical and feasible. A Superliner is just too hard to see out of when "jockeying" into position a lot of times in recovery work. I've been there a "few" times with busted up front ends thanks to trees, small cars, elderly old ladies walking their dogs, etc.......
Rob
Valid point... sounds like you need one of these!
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Nice looking truck. Hey I have a request! Lets see some pictures of your Mack!