Freightrain

Just my trailer will kill my truck. It's only as tall as the truck and only 15K lbs, but sure does knock the wind outta sails! 180HP only goes so far! Any kinda of short steep grade leaves you flail'n your hands around trying to find a gear to keep your speed. Now that I got 4 more gears, I'd like to see how far I can run it on level ground(if I can find enough level ground LOL). Gearing should get me 85 mph, but not thinking it will get there with a trailer too. Of course NOT getting a ticket running 85 mph would be a good thing too. Extra handle added........

Glad I too live in a county that allows some "smoke". Just a few minutes north(and where I work) you have to have your annual inspection. There too, if you don't pass by the third (?) try, you just write a check and you're good to go. Hmmmm, guess that just pays the sun to burn your CO2 off better?? right?? can't be a payoff?? Naw, couldn't be. I don't have extra spot mirrors on my B model to look check for low flying aircraft LOL!!!! I remember the dyno nightmares where these idiots would run your vehicle up to 65mph.........and forget to shift outta 1st gear!!!! DOH!!!

Thinkin I would see a snow plow..........cool way to turn some dirt though.

There is a "for sale" section, but this will surely catch some eyes. Welcome aboard. Got any B model cabs???? LOL!

I'm thinking too it's been modified by the crane people, as I don't think anyone in their right mind would go through all that for no real reason. It even states the back of the cab is grafted on.

Tom, I was just thinking paint it red and put Sanford and Son on the doors!

Back around highschool days, buddy and I were playing with balloons filled with a nice acetylene/oxygen mix. Piece of masking tape and BAM!!! We were having plenty of fun when a neighbor told us about his days at work with a trashbag full and blowing a hole in the parking lot. Well, come July 4th that certain neighbor was having a big party with guys from work. They were all out eating in the back yard and buddy and I were filling a trash bag(with just compressed air), attached a piece of masking tape. We lit the tape and through it over the bushes and watched all the guys run for cover while the woman were standing in a daze. We laughed our asses off after the tape quit burning and the bag went "puff".

I watched the tire guys do my B earlier this fall. Had this gimzo thing that was effortless and had the tires off in just moments. It wasn't the Esco version. Single tool, popped bead, knocked it loose, flip the tire and it pulls tire off the rim. Wayy too easy. With all the fighting I did Thursday night doing my pickup tires by hand............sure wished I had something like it.

That's the Greg I remember more LMAO!!!!

Well, it's 1/2 of me and my B LOL!!!! (not sure why it looks so shiny??? That picture sure does it A LOT of justice) HAT....whatcha wipin' off your screen?????

Well, we now have THREE handles to choose from.......... Had to build it with a big kink to allow passenger room to make it to the bunk. The shifter is right in front of the seat and if I had a straight handle you couldn't get around it. Took it for a spin, everything works well. Need to pull it out and put some paint on the handle. Need to recover my main stick as I cut the rubber hose off to be able to heat/bend it straighter. It had a kink in it and really didn't need it and wanted to make more room for third stick.

Nice find. What kinda fuel mileage will you get with that V8?? How many miles on it?

You trying to get budd hubs? You have the same axle as me, and Barry and I went round and round years ago with a few people trying to see what hubs crossed over. I gave up, I have all the bearing sizes and spacing wrote down. 10 years and still looking.

Guess Im lucky to not have any friends?

Mine started doing the same thing this fall. There is a set screw with a hole in it that is seeping ever so little. If i flip off emergency its fine, but then i have to plug the air lines. By chance a buddy from ATHS forum has one and is going to get it to me. Ive had mine apart, it looks fine, all lubed up still. First time I activate it then it starts to leak.

Not really sure, I'm thinking there would need to be a handling test to be sure LOL!!! I'm Freightrain, and I approve this post!!!!

Ya, they mentioned this on the ATHS site. Apparently an ATHS fellow from out West coast is doing the driving. Apparently he isn't a Mack kinda guy too LOL!!! Mack donated the new truck for the job.

I had a front shock arm bend up as the upper ball/socket fell apart allowing it to drop down and get bent around axle. There are no real "shocks" on a B model, just these oil filled dampers(like a model T Ford had). Kinda a friction thing with an arm that attached down to the axle by a rod. I replaced both rods with typical Heim ends and threaded rod. The mounting hole was 9/16" so the 1/2" bolt I used with the 1/2" heim ends has a touch of slop. I was going to work on making bushing, but never got to it(go figure). I cranked them down tight and seem to still be tight. I also removed the "shock" and put some oil in them and I was able to make them move. I'm sure they aren't perfect, but at least they do move. I know one rear bushing is locked up in the spring mount, I've been wanting to tear it apart and fix them. LF spring clamps are blown off and the pack is puckered up. Sure that is not helping things. Mine still has a slight hop to it, but nothing like before I replaced the tie rods ends. Not sure if you checked yours, but get a big bar and pry UP on tie rods and see if they are loose. Mine didn't seem bad til I put a big bar on them and realized how loose they were.

Oh, I don't think the 673 is giving up soon, but I want more power(arh, arh, arh). I'd love to find a nice 250hp version(endt673c), as they were built for triplex use. Wouldn't complain if someone gave me a 237, but don't want a lug motor. Buddy tells me to find a 300 for it................sure, why not?? I think the 250 will move it along very nice and not beat up the driveline.

Good looking truck. I love the square nose, instead of the rounded off stuff like most new ones are.

Most common soleniods are either 3 or 4 post. The two big posts are the switched power(in/out not critical). If it has only one small post, that is the keyed postive to activate it(grounds through the bracket of soleniod). Does it click when you activate the controls? Even if it does, the points might be burnt up and not make contact. If you can find a jumper wire, touch between the two big posts and see if something operates. Watch for large sparks depending on the current draw of the thing you are operating. If jumping the two post makes it work, then you need to replace the soleniod.

Go figure LOL! Talk about too many opinions and political crap. I think FB is alot of peoples soapbox and why I dont get too involved with it.

I have no problem having people expressing their point of view. No matter how wrong they are...................

Pantera, as for welding, yes it's usually not recommended but in most instances is doable. The newer 'high tensile" steel used in the newer trucks has warnings all over it. If you weld to them, it tends to get brittle, thus allowing cracks to form if it gets twisted. There again it depends on who welds it and how it's done(proper weld rod and preheating). I was lucky enough to bolt my together so I don't have any of those possible issues. Mine is also more of a toy and won't see 80K lbs again in it's lifetime. slpwlker, I don't plan on using the aux for much other then slow moving when I'm backing up. I was surprised that it doesn't give me as much reduction as I was thinking, but any is better then none. It moves a bit too fast(in direct) for my taste and I don't like riding the clutch while manuveuring. There again it's a very lightweight box so I don't want to push it hard either. With my old 673 I'm not too concerned but when/if the time comes I put more power in it I will be more careful.

Sounds like something I wanted to do with my pickup 20+ yrs ago, before twin sticks were "cool". Not that difficult to do, start with the ZF 5 spd(or whatever they use these days) and find a small spicer box to throw behind it. They are out there if you look in the right places. I suppose if you wanted to go "bigger" you could find a baby quad box, used behind the gassers. If you get on Youtube and query Detroit diesel pickup you'll find a fellow with a C20 with a 4cyl DD and a twin stick set up. Pretty good video showing him shifting it.