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These are my very good friends trucks from back in the day in Ontario. The Superliner and the R he had on with Arnold Brothers both pulled float and oversize loads. He hauled lots of big crushers and mining trucks up to the Yukon. He is also a master fabricator. He built those sleepers and the R Model had an APU before that was even a thing. he made one using a Vauxhall engine and it even heated the wetlines hydraulic oil tank in the winter. The Superliner had an E9 V8 450 in it but it was turned up.

Yes Paul its a pressure regulator.I know the picture isnt great but the two air tanks in the pic are connected through this valve.the tank on the right feeds air to the tank below the valve.This tank is directly connected to the parking brake lever.I dont have air pressure test equipment but both gauges on the dash showed full air pressure.I removed enough of the dash to follow the three pipes from the lever and found one went to the parking brake control valve on the frame,one went to the trailer brake control and one went to this tank which had no air in it.The only supply connection this tank has is through this pressure regulator.I removed it cleaned it and now everything works perfect..... Paul

Dug up some pics I had of some old R Models in my town back in the day. The new red RD at the dealer ended up pulling log trailers (there were also two like it in the steel mill that pulled a 100 ton float), and the black one was a lumber hauler. The oversize load was a project in the steel mill here, Algoma Steel.

Awesome! I think that's out of an old Canadian Bulldog magazine. That used to be a really cool magazine. Was broken down into each province and just had pics of new Mack's delivered and on the job. Now it's nothing except plastic Volvo's and the marketing department telling you about the "3% more fuel efficient" every year.

Hope he don't mind, but I had to share this here. Picture posted by C.J. Hall on the Old Canadian Trucking Companies FB page. Here was the info he provided. John Crowell purchased this long wheelbase Mack Western F-model brand new. Powered by a V-12 Detroit Diesel. John was leased to Hope Freight Lines and ran around B.C.

Yes Jamison (37) was killed when a forklift fell on him, I don’t know the exact situation,, I know some guys that were there but I haven’t asked, just tragic anyway it happened. I went to his funeral , it was overwhelming with trucks , he was a great hardworking person! Sad thing I talked to him and Greg Bifile for a while at Harris Speedway in November, 2 weeks before he was killed, We went to Greg’s Ranch for his race ( Brad was also there) . The brought Jamison’s truck to race it , his wife and son were there. A week later Greg was killed along with his family and friends. Tough times for sure.

Dean, Was Jamison Gibson killed by a tow motor falling on him???

Well I have no good answers as to we're that starts or finishes I have would expect that is a pressure regulator valve and from memory,the only ones I recall seeing are on the transmission for the range change I wonder if it is a built in safety feature that won't allow the brakes to release unless you have enough air for the transmission?? But I have no idea at all Paul

A photo fresh to hand that my son took the other day Not Mack but, still a good action shot Paul

Thank you

I meant to come back and report I found the problem.It turned out to be the valve in the picture which was stuffed with debris...Im thinking it was connected to the air pressure problem....... Paul

Sorry dean losing good people sucks … seems we lose all the best ones first

Man it was an up and down year for you guys.No matter what we have to just keep going....stay strong. Paul

Can you hook shop air to the bottom tank and listen for leaks.. ?

Just had a good few pints of Irelands national drink...Guinness.Man a good pint of it is gold!!! Paul

Nothing wrong with a little boobage....provided its attached to the right frame... Paul

No you cant waste Burbon like that.... Paul

We have a 2001 ch613, at work. It’s been our spare since updating the fleet. Still use it to pull our detach lowboy when needed. Recently it’s been really slow to build air. Like 9-10 minutes to build 120 psi idling if it sits a while and tanks are empty.Maintains air well once built up.Is there any check valves in or around the tanks ? Just trying to eliminate anything being blocked or a check valve malfunctioning. Unloaders in compressor are functioning and not stuck .Earlier this year the truck had a new air compressor , governor, drier, and braided discharge line. No leaks in system and drops about 10-20 psi of air overnight. So this may be a stupid question but is the primary and secondary suppose to build air at the same time ?? I swear when we ran it everyday it would build primary tank up first then secondary would begin to fill like most trucks I’ve driven. Idk maybe that’s just me overthinking the situation/problem lol. Have not checked the output of the compressor itself but may be the next step. Ugh Id hate to have to change it being it’s only got maybe 8 trips on it .

Yes Bob. .003" is thinner than paper. Freightrain knows what hes doin and what he's got. There are set limits for a reason. But this engine was running without blowby under the heads, so as he said, it will run again...

well thinking about a 003 feeler gauge its paper thin,,,,ok got it,,bob

miss hip huggers and half shirts,,,bob

im surprised that thing doesnt bust the camera Lense ,,,,uuuuuuurrr

I thought the same thing Bob.. 🍻

To take just .003 off now would be a PITA. It was fine before, it will be fine now.

Larry, I don’t understand why you can’t take them to work and knock them down. If nothing else it would clear your head. Good luck.