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Think n back in history me thinx the early hi torque maxidynes were fitted with a 5 or 6 speed mack cog box the idea when driving @ full reves 2100 RPM pull gear lever into neutral wait for revs drop 1100rpm (or roll a cigarette) while U B waitin for the revs to drop so U can grab the next gear mack had a clutch brake and the idea to kill the revs between gears by hitting the clutch brake in neutral made for a faster gear change by slowing the cogs advance on a few years with a Maxidyne 5 or 6 speed cog box you could kill the revs by using the dynatard where you could pull the gear straight thru to the next cog this idea was great U did half the gearchanges compared to a green screemer & RR gear box twas the next best this to driving an Auto When the clutch brake aint working properly... thro the clutch to start off to pik up a gear is to drag the gear lever into the biggest badest cog 1st gear then select the gear U lookn for or engage the PTO then shift to neutral cya

But they still have Camelback suspension available

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They where done when Volvo bought them and discontinued the RD in 04

They spent far less money Bob. Now it actually has a Volvo cab......atop the all Volvo chassis. Only the hood is unique. With the 11L engine (D11) discontinued (in the US market), and no big bore 15-16 litre engine (E9 or D16), the Mack brand's days appear numbered.

No they won’t eat it I keep real good care of it and know people from 2000s and there floor looks new

IDK if the choice was communist or something more like Western influence. We might not have had as much influence in the decision as one might think. Factor in the dawn of the nuclear era..... very easy for things to go less than ideal. Wouldn't surprise me a bit at this point China's in bed with Iran either. All been festering a long time.

Communism. The only viable excuse to keep the military industrial complex ever expanding after the real conflict was settled. Both sides knew it. Stalin was dead by 1953. Nikita Khrushchev was much more relaxed and open to diplomacy. IMO it shouldn’t have been United States’ say in what government a country should have. The terrible aftermath of that decision has been on display for the last 45 years in Iran and other places. Vietnam. lol. What a joke. Communist. Now the US’s 7th largest trading partner. US is joined at the hip with China in every way conceivable. Communist.

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What ya think about the 8 bag air ride?

Seriously though....I hate the looks of the Volvo cab. Flat sided panels and square. Absolutely no styling to it at all. And what is with these manufacturers like Mack and KW W990 most noticeably, if I had a designer come to me with those hood air intake designs I would fire them! Absolutely ugly! The new Granite looks just l said it would....a Volvo VHD except the hood and those air intakes look like they stole it off a Freightliner 112SD. And just like my pickup, I HATE all the buttons all over the steering wheel, digital dash and all the other electronic garbage. I took my sons new Bronco out the other day and almost had a head on because I was trying to figure out the ten millions buttons all over just to turn the wipers on. What do I like about the new Mack's? The seats and the grill looks okay. I think the engines are just as good as anyone else today. But I also don't care for the M-Drive. I got to run one for a while in a new Granite dump truck in a gold mine this winter on hills up to 15% and I hated it. Maybe nice on highway or city streets but they don't work good on big icy hills with big weight.

I watched it last night. The gender reveal for the new trans Mack. It was born a Volvo but now identifies as a Mack. I liked the seats. They would be awesome in a 1988 R model.

I knew exactly what you meant when you posted.. Thats a funny scene...

I come up with 67 MPH @ 2100 rpm with 11R22.5 rubber. If your tires are different, then the top speed will be also.

True that, and the US was probably the only country qualified and capable to back up what they say. In my opinion President Trump has probably heard "death to America" and "death to Israel" enough. He wasn't going to send them billions of dollars in cash money by the pallet trying to appease them . It says in the Bible that God stands by those who stand with Israel, and curses those that curse Israel. I don't know if anybody else believes this, but I certainly do.

Cleaned the interior up. Zina was really proud of having her name on the door.

around 70 @2000 RPMs give or take depending on the rubber and where it's governed at

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I remember the picture of the truck when you turned it in at retirement. 😎

Well, yeah, there's that 😂. I always treated every truck I drove like it was my own.

Or ???? ya could take a bottoming tap and tap a couple to 7/16 jack it off or a rolling head and pry it off. and NO, I'm not real comfortable suggesting how to jack it off

That was very interesting. Thanks for that. Also I never heard that about obummer

I think you left out one thing. After WW2 there was a serious concern about Communism. Someone may have figured an oil rich country would be better with Western influence as opposed to Communist influence which surely wouldn't have been exactly polite about the whole affair. Back then, who else was in a position to do it ? Oil was one of the big reasons Hitler couldn't carry out his bat$hit crazy agenda. I'm certain leaders of the time realized that. Ambitious countries need energy, and unfortunately it starts to get ugly after that realization.