HeavyGunner

A guy who ran bullracks with me had one in his KW and I remember when he wanted the HP turned up to 525 they told him the transmission wasnt rated for that much power. Dont know where it was set at before he had the hp turned up. Seemed like a pointless tranny to put in a truck with a high hp engine to me.

All right guys I got over to visit my folks and after hauling a couple loads of hay I had a chance to look at my Mack again. Since there were lots of questions that I could not answer about my Mack I got the Chassis # off of the passenger side door which read B753LS 1364. What can I learn from that #? Also is the frame # behind the rear shackle on the steer axle on the drivers side? Is the motor # on the accessory drive area stamped on the top? Started to run out of daylight to keep searching for other #'s but want to gather as much info on the truck as possible (and pics) while I am here so I can plan out my work on it. Thanks.

I was told that standard and synthetic oils dont mix well. I try to keep it one or the other....

Isnt "synthetic blend oil" just a mix of standard and synthetic oil? Not an oil expert by any means but that is what I it is.

Nice find, looks like a great platform to start with.

Look at the arm and back fat on that. Imagine what she'll look like in 25 years.

Be looking for the light switch screaming "Turn it off", please god, "Turn it off"!

Rob

I guess that's why you should enjoy the moment rather than worry about what's comin' down the road.

ya,,thats a crying shame,,all that equipment going to waste,,but if some of these lazy ass system sucking polititions would get off thier dead asses,and do something for the american people for a change,,we might have a country again,,signed.. concerned citizen

Amen

Cool pics, I would love to go treasure hunting up there and see what it could turn up. Same thing here in Montana, forest service used to have many timber sales on public lands that funded many state projects and kept our forests healthy, animal populations up and our economy booming. Since all the tree huggers have come here in the last 15 years every timber sale on public land gets tied up in court so long its not profitable to fight through court for a logging job. Now all our forests are turning red from all the beetle kill trees, some reason its deemed better to waste our renewable resourced then use them responsibly. Most our lumber is imported from Canada unfortunately. One more quick thought here, rather than give disaster stricken countries money which usually goes to corrupted government officials pockets. Why not put our boys to work making steel products like nails, fencing and put the timber industry back to work and give those countries lumber and supplies to rebuild? Seems like a win win to me but its hard to have all the answers to the world's problems

Some people just dont have the refined olfactories to recognize the sweetest smell in the world. Probably an aquired taste like wine I supposed. Keep on a vaccin'.

Nice. Found videos of them on youtube, pretty sweet runnin' outfits.

What is it used for? Cleaning sidewalks and parking lots maybe? Just curious, power tools are always cool.

I was leaving work today and this big crane pulled out of our parking lot, had 5 axles on "truck" and had a 4 axle "pup" holding the end of the boom. Dont know anymore about the rig but though it was cool.

Sounds like a bad starter to me. I had a similar experience with a pickup I had, put new starter in it and it started a couple of times but really struggled to turn the motor over. Long story short I had this experience 6 different times in about four months took putting a 7th starter in before I found one that actually worked even though I paid more money for the higher end Lifetime warranty. I dont do business there anymore because friends and family in a different town have same problem with same franchise. Its worth checking into.

Sad but very true.

Someone's insurance dropped them after that claim! For more fun go to Google earth, then to Conrad, Mt then go to street view on I-15 and look at the John Deere air drill stuck under an underpass.

She's a beaut! Have fun showing her off.

Love the pics.

I love the 50's and 60's B models, I really like that rounded, nostalgic look of that era.

Welcome, I think you will find that this is an awesome website with a lot of great people with great info and tips on all models of Macks.

Cool pics and stories. I would love to see all those vintage planes. Got to walk through a C5 Galaxy years ago when I was kid and thought that was the neatest thing ever walking through that plane. Might have to try and take a trip to see some of the big air shows and check out all the cool planes.

Are you anywhere up near sweetgrass? that is where i usually come out of Canada when i do my western run.......................Mark

Yeah I am not too far from Sweetgrass, 45min to 1 hour from there depending on the route taken.

HeavyGunner

Hello all. We have a problem in our part of south west Manitoba - mainly way too much moisture. We grain farm, raise cattle, truck and custom silage. Usually we're dry enough the trucks can run in the fields and when its too wet we park the semi's with end dumps and use the tandems. This year is so wet I don't think the tandems even stand a chance. We are debating buying a couple of big silage trailers and pulling them with 4 wheel drive farm tractors but the trailers are 40 to 60 thousand each. Now we were thinking of trying 710/40R22.5 floatation tires on my son's 1999 Ch Mack with a 20 ft silage box. Just wondering if anybody has any experiance with that big of tires on their Macks. Any opinons would be appreciated as the tires and rims are about 15000 and don't need to make that big of a mistake. Thanks for any replies and sorry for the long post. Dennis.

I dont know if flotation tires will help, here are some pics of equipment stuck around my trade area. I am in normally very arid country about a half hour from Canada.

Good Luck,

HeavyGunner

All good info for reviving an old truck,one thing i always like to add is that i've been around old cars/trucks all my life,and it NEVER hurts to have a fire extinguisher handy just in case! jumpers can spark,fuel spilled etc........better safe than sorry in my opinion!.....Mark

Definitely a great idea, probably something that is often overlooked. I hadnt thought of that and probably wouldnt have until there were flames.

Thank you for the tips, you guys covered some things I had not thought of which will be very helpful.

I am planning a trip over the Fourth of July weekend and plan on taking advantage of the long weekend to get a little work done on my Mack. The plan is to get everything running properly so I can drive it home (3 hrs away) and work on it there. A quick history is truck was purchased about 18 years ago and was drove home. It may have been started a few times to move it in and out of the shop or lean to, the last time I know for sure it was started was 2000 or 2001. Luckily it was either garaged or under lean to so mostly kept out of the elements. I plan on draining, flushing, changing all fluids before attempting to start it. Anything that I need to watch out for while doing this? Once engine is running I plan on going over the air system and light system etc. to make sure it is road worthy. I was told that the engine was a 205hp Thermodyne but again I cant confirm this until I go visit my Dad and get the VIN info off the truck, frame and engine like I should have thought of the last visit. Any ideas to make this process any smoother would be much appreciated.

Name: Mack B 753LS (1957)

Date Added: 03 June 2011 - 08:29 AM

Owner: HeavyGunner

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