DM897SX

I have never seen another DM800 with dual stacks. Know any of the details on this truck?

Great pictures. Thanks. Do they still have the DM800?

I'd love to meet the genius that came up with the idea of the permits. All it has accomplished is increasing the amount of trucks on the road. More fuel, more traffic, more cowboys ... and don't let anyone kid you, the roads are not safer or lasting longer.

I agree. What a shame.

Can you get a Granite glider? And, better still one set up for an older mechanical engine?

Thanks Paul. Any idea why someone would go with that setup? I could understand if the truck had smaller rubber and you wanted to put aluminum buds on the front but I am wondering what the purpose is when the truck is on 24".

Nice. Was the front axle changed? I have never seen a B81 with buds on the front and spokes on the rear.

That RD is spotless. Almost hard to believe it is a working truck.

Love the big RD800s. Any idea what they have for drivetrains? Saw one like this a few years back and it only had a 300 with a automatic trans.

I remember seeing that truck at the shows. He used to fire up a "hit and miss" engine on the back.

One final note on this matter. In reviewing Hank's recently I noticed that at least several members there have taken photos, postcards, etc. that they did not produce and placed "XXX collection" on it. I am no expert, but I don't think taking something someone else produced and placing "XXX collection" on it makes it XXX's. As others have noted, they have a peculiar way of looking at things and, in the case of taking someone's product and then objecting to anyone else using it, a very hypocritical one.

Just curious, have you ever downloaded a picture from this website? If so, did you ask permission beforehand? People seem to have conflated what is legal with what is okay. Is it legal to take a picture of someone or something without getting permission? Probably. Is it okay to do so? If I understand their position, it is that they have the right to take pictures regardless of whether they have permission to do so and they have the right to do whatever they want with them, including putting them on the internet and/or selling them, but others do not have the right to share them within the hobby even with attribution. This petty bs and what has been going on at the ATHS is going to drive people away from the hobby. Grow up already.

Pretty sure. Any pictures of it?

Joke or not, it certainly was gratuitous. No need for it and Vinny seemed to take it hard. He even quit the site for a while over it, which is why I raised the point initially.

Yeah, that's the one. I would say telling a 12 year old he needs fu*king help constitutes gratutious cursing, wouldn't you?

Guess you missed the thread Rob started titled "Vin (the 12 year old) ... you need fu*king help."

Hard to say. While seeing multiple threads dedicated to U models and "was there any U models?" in nearly every other thread does get old, I think just as many people were tired of some of the attacks and the gratuitous cursing as in Rob's "Guess I F***ed up" thread. To each his own, but I come here for the trucks, not the jokes and other odds and ends. And, having visited the other sites, I can honestly say that BMT has the best threads on construction trucks and technical assistance. We also seem to have set a record for online members recently. Maybe a little less of the BS and a little more of the good stuff will bring some of the old members back.

Looks like Rob is on the new site.

Who wound up with Tom Zacny's RD and all the antique stuff?

Love these old fleet shots. Looks like it includes a military/L model.

Will an E9 400 turbo work?

Nice looking truck. Hell of a gap between the top of the tire and bottom of the fender. Must have blocks on the front axle.

Was expecting an Other Dog T and A shot. Fail.

Have any pictures of the heavier stuff? There were many former NY, NJ and KY DM800s, RD800s and RD600SXs in PR at one time.

Love the overspray on the rad and the half black, half red hoses.