autocardc Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Talk about a stout truck. https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/20855687/1970-mack-dm800 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 You have to sit down when you call for the price....its been for sale a long time .. 1 1 Quote Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Yup. Sit down and wear your seat belt too. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david wild Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Brian will cut you a good deal, good deal for him, not you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) He really is not a bad guy in my opinion. I purchased my drop deck from there and once here it was much worse than he thought. My photos proved it. He offered to reverse the transaction if I returned the trailer, or refunded enough from the purchase price to pay for the steel to replace the complete neck after I submitted an estimate. This is what I elected to do and the trailer has served me well. Again this is back when I knew how to do this kind of crap: These days I need somebody to show me how to tie my shoes..... Edited June 1, 2019 by Rob 1 Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 That truck should be a triple frame with that suspension.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurstscrambler Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I thought the same thing about the frame being triple, and the picture from the back makes it look like a double, but than the pic that includes some of the fifth wheel plate makes it look like a triple frame. Not sure, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 A company I work for let him sell a lot of trucks trailers & equipment and the out come did go well it left a bad taste Quote Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) I really don't know anything about Brian, nor the business. However he did me right through an unseen internet purchase, (I feel) and only relaying the same. I've heard horror stories myself, but in a world where most look to discredit and spread hate for whatever subject they can participate in, credit needs given where due and his business seems to be successful as it's been around a lot of years. He is not one of those vendors I would "blanket" disregard if there was something of interest to me. Just my thoughts; sorry if any disagree. Edited May 13, 2019 by Rob 2 Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekennedy21 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Brian is a good guy with a passion for the same thing that all of us have. He has put his money where his mouth is an what is shown on the internet is the tip of the iceberg as to what he has. He just last week bought a dm800 that is far cooler then the one listed for sale..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Well tell us more about the DM800 Brian just bought ,you can't leave us all hanging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekennedy21 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1971, 22k ft 80k rears, winch, 14.00r24 rubber. Awesome looking ramp up to the fifth wheel. Just an awesome truck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Anyone else stop scrolling and just stare when they saw the lug nuts? Or just me? Looks like hydraulic rear brakes. Does not look like a triple frame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, JoeH said: Anyone else stop scrolling and just stare when they saw the lug nuts? Or just me? Looks like hydraulic rear brakes. Does not look like a triple frame. I had up til a few years ago a 1969 DM811 pretty much the same unit only mine had hardbar not camelback. The frame was triple railed to just past the trunion and it had the Bendix hydraulic brake system on the rear also. Never knew the reason and could never get any answers way the system was set up like that. Edited May 14, 2019 by 41chevy Quote "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 The reason I always heard for juice brakes was there was no room for a conventional air brake chambers while using mega duty suspension and giving some room for everything to oscillate. Big axles, big drums, big springs or big walking beams take up a lot of space. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Dave Mauro's B-8(7?) also has the hydraulic set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 What is the asking price now? that truck was owned by latona trucking right up the road from my cousin's bus garage if I remember it was for sale for 8500. I remember seeing that truck for sale a long time.it has a pretty good paint job but paint don't make the truck. lue denaples has or had one close to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C609T Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 7:55 PM, ekennedy21 said: 1971, 22k ft 80k rears, winch, 14.00r24 rubber. Awesome looking ramp up to the fifth wheel. Just an awesome truck Do u have any pics of his recently aquired DM800 ? What color is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekennedy21 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 (edited) Edited May 16, 2019 by ekennedy21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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terry Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 What a beast!! terry👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted May 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2019 To counteract the offset cab... 2 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 They are a beast but the front axle needs to be about a foot further forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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