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I'm only about 2 hrs from macungie about 40 miles north of Harrisburg.     It's at a private rail yard so it's possible it's coming or going by rail.       Also they are retrofitting a local coal fired power plant to gas.    There's a bunch of big cranes set up there and I heard there some large oversized loads coming by train for that project.    The truck has a crane and rigging company on the door.   

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Late 50's LRVSW probably ex Gerosa. Made from 1943-1964 , total production run of 1,275

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"OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK"  Thomas Edison

 “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’

P.T.CHESHIRE

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Most left the factory with a NVH1200 400 h.p. Cummins, a MACK constant mesh 4 speed with an 18"  Westinghouse Hydraulic Torque Converter or a Duplex 4 and 2 with air assist clutch. Sure over the past 50+ years it's been upgraded.

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"OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK"  Thomas Edison

 “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’

P.T.CHESHIRE

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In my poor interior picture what are the 2 trolley valves, and how does the transmission controller work?    It kinda reminds me of boat controls.       Barnhart crane & rigging is the name in the door now.  

 

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the one on the left is sometime for the steering axle brakes and the one on the left is for the trailer brakes. the controler to the right of the steering wheel is the trans shifter. it is the electric kind.one reverse, neutral,and 1 to 6 knotched positions. The B-W hand valve on the left also could be the retarder valve.

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After 3 delays the first of 30 some loads is underway.   My wife took the kids to go watch it get underway tonight.   I must have married a good one to go do that while I'm at work.     The load is "supposed" to be 16' wide, 18' tall, and 204' long.     The gross weight is "supposed" to be 700,000 pounds.                 image.jpg The mack was only used to get it out of the stone rail yard and into the road.   There was a westernstar hooked to each end  in route.      

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From time to time I hear reference on this site to the Marino Mack LRSW and their Autocar AP-19. Actually they had or have two of these LR beasts. They were both

painted red and black about fifteen-twenty years ago  in Portland Ct. I know Marino was bought out by Bernhard a few years ago. I am not sure if they still have the Macks or the Autocar.

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