Shawn Barrett

This is interesting to see how this plays out with these trucks. A few years ago I remember when the government started making emissions mandates for all heavy truck manufacturers to abide by, by certain future dates. Caterpillar said in response basically "piss on your rules, we're taking our ball and going home" we've got enough market share in the world dealing with heavy off road equipment we don't need to worry about on-road diesel engines anymore and supposedly were going to be pulling the plug on future on-road diesel engines. Effectively ending how may years of successful on-road service thats been praised by so many?-Never added up. Then out of the blue I see they are planning on "teaming up" with Navistar/International to produce the "ultimate" on-road diesel engines and trucks right around 2008- the info is readily available online... Then I hear they have officially formed a new entity with people chosen by both companies to spearhead this plan. 2010 Now the latest news is that This whole venture has officially become a "subsidiary of Navistar". All the concepts that I have seen are simply Cat badged Internationals. This is my impression. The companies collectively fired a shot over the bow of the trucking world with this announcement and the world yielded, people were curious....At least I was. People were cranked up to hear that Cat was building a truck....Then they found out actually Cat isn't the engine builder, Navistar is....That turned stomachs. Now what I've seen so far is nothing more than rebadged Internationals. Seems like it was a unique opportunity for both companies to make a statement and do something impressive but as of right now looks like a classic badge engineering job and an attempt at fooling people into thinking they have something new and different and innovative....when really its just an old hat. However I am still curious to see if this ever takes off at any rate, or if both companies call it a day and walk away.

http://www.cat.com/truck

http://www.drivecat.com/unleashed

http://allentown.cra...2866420728.html

They're alittle "optimistic" with that price too.

Thats impressive. Id like to see that operation in full swing.

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Welcome aboard Ben and Tim. Glad to hear you are keeping em chuggin. Post some pictures of that old Bulldog if ya can. We love pictures around here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1964-MACK-B-61-TANDEM-AXLE-TRACTOR-/150773788508?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item231ad16f5c#ht_500wt_1182

Got my proof of insurance from gulfway, snapped my pics, took it to the notary and paid my registration and license fees, now its off to Harrisburg. Cross your fingers with me folks!

Thats a serious canon for sure

Spotted this B67 wrecker in Bethel Pa for sale not far from me. Went for a ride a few weeks ago on a Sunday and saw it from the other side of the fence. Neat rig....I imagine the front wheels would spend more time in the air than on the ground with a heavy load. http://www.commercia...B67%7C764867099

For you fire wackers... http://capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Special/Macks01.htm

Video I stumbled upon. Notice the ear protection haha. Video shot in Harrisburg. Anybody know this guy? http://firetruckblog.com/2012/02/12/antique-of-the-week-1957-b-model-mack-tiller/

http://www.usedmacktrucksforsale.com/new_truck.php

http://www.truckpape...exact&bcatid=27

wow...

Thats a sweet wrecker

Happy Birthday!!

Nice pictures fella. If its a Mack we want to know about it....Whether its in Britain or not. Keep em coming

Ahh that right tool for the job stuff is overrated. This redneck stuff is more fun to watch. But I'd buy another Mack sure....

Check out this link on youtube. Ive done more of this crap than I care to remember.This is a very simple video I stumbled upon about fiberglass repair and it illustrates the general processes involved. First off, its going to get worse before it gets better. Rob is asking about the surrounding area because as you can see in the video you will have to reach out to the surrounding areas to get support for the repair area. Obviously the bigger the bad spot...the bigger the repair area will be overall around it. You will be working from the inside out. Once you gat a solid layer of fiberglass cloth and resin to make a base on the inside, you will be able to use a common body filler for the exterior if you so choose. The good thing here is...you can fudge it. There is no measure twice and cut once or you are screwed. If ya dont like the way it looks grind it out and start over. The stuff makes me itchy just looking at it, but its a project you can do yourself at home without blowing alot of money. Remember to grind out and make a trough out of cracks in order to get the resin in and make a good repair. And the drilling out of the ends is simply a matter of finding the end of the crack, marking it and drilling it out so it cannot continue to grow in length. Just like rust repair, remove the cancer and start with fresh metal, same idea. Remove compromised material and replace with new. Dont be afraid to tear into the material, like 36 grit on the backside, the key is to rough up the material so the new stuff has something to bite into. The fact that this is right on the edge is another curve ball. What I would do here is use masking tape on the outside to create a backstop and pile on the fiberglass sheets from the inside, get it good and thick out over the edge and then grind flush with the hood.

Thats gotta be worth at least that much if not more. Ive seen prices not far from that for old rusty hulks that just so happen to run....This baby has all the hard work done already.

Good old fashioned American ingenuity Now tack up the roofing all the way across, turn the truck parallel to the barn, have your wife put it in lo and get the nail gun......bang bang bang bang right down the line. Reverse bang bang bang bang. Forward bang bang bang.....you get the idea.

HAHAHAHA Yea only thing better than smashing into the tree woulda been, had it been big and rotted and fallen on her damned head.