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345 and 392 are really low compression Have a huge crank shaft As a result they just tick over and last a long time They are no power house, but they are good motors for what they are Hard to believe we had line haul International semis with a 345 and later the 392 Never had any bigger petrol V8 inters in Australia than the 392 Paul

It's the M&M fleet .......

It's only a Scania 32-K mile's

I wish our truck had the 549, but the 345 V8 in our seed wheat truck really has treated us well. Such a smooth engine for not being maintained and cobbled together spark plug wires.

I drove a 2001 9600 with series 60 Detroit and RR 10 speed for 5 years and liked that truck.

In the late 60's I worked for a township highway department in Oswego County in the "Lake Effect Snowbelt" of New York State. We plowed 6 inched to a foot of new snow off the roads, sanded them, and the school buses ran on time!!!

Brake Light switch??? Some older trucks are wired that the brake lights do NOT come on with the hand valve..

Are wires hooked to it? If so its a pressure switch to control something/ anything... what type of trailer are you pulling?

Too funny Hippy... and I thought i was a smart a$$ with the same thoughts.. 🍻

And don't forget the shifter up to the roof! And the second and third shifter just to operate an air range/splitter valve. .....Hippy

I don't think it's the buses the school closure is for, It's ALL the parents dropping off-picking up their rug rats. One school it looks like they are putting only half the kids on the buses. .....Hippy

What is this circled in red?

And i thought was only here in the south with the whimpy winters... Whats going on up there?

You know once apon-a-time the Principle would contact the Police or Highway Dept at 0400. Everyone would talk about it and decide if there was a need to close the schools. Now it's 1600 the day before so it can be streamed on the 1800 news! And the storm is still miles off. .....Hippy

The only time i didnt go-to school back then was because the plow truck hadnt come by yet... that said, i never rode my snow machine to get to school, just to play in the snow.....

Our school buses chained up and kept going. I can still "hear" the sound of the 392 and the tire chains. And that was if lived far enough out not to walk (up hill both ways in a snow storm). They did call off school before the chains were needed on the steer tires tho, softies!

So true Brocky. Salisbury closed school early this year because of wind.. Hell... In Maine our bus driver, Ms. Witham would have all of us go to the back seats so she could try to pull the hills with us as weight for better traction. As kids we thought it was cool to do it. Some times she had to back down and try again. We would cheer her on when she pulled the hill.. ( Lawrence rd. in Gray Maine. 04039) I laugh here in Central N.C. when they say, you aint never seen snow like it is here.. anyway...

On our "Down Under" trip what really surprised me was the Beer sales booth on the Truckie's reunion show grounds.. Of course I had to sample some VB during the afternoon!!!

Down here in the Carolina's they do NOT need that much!! All the evening weather report has to say is "There MIGHT be a flurry" and they close!!!

Dammit man.. can I have one please. The DM would be great, but an R would be great, and......

Interesting display!!! Is the yellow one 4X4?? If so, it needs a V and 2 wings...

3AX1803....

Loctite on the "new" bolt

They're taper leaf. They can be rated fairly high as far as weight goes, and ride better than multi leaf. Usually not too hard to change from one style to the other, but requires more than just different springs. (U bolts, riser blocks, sometimes steering levers)