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All I can say is that when I saw it the whole truck looked restored. Grantedit was dark out but I saw no rust,and lots of tasteful stainless add ons.tires were good polished aluminum. If the frame still had good paint, engine was strong,trans and rear ends were not leaking and were rebuilt when the glider kit was bought then I would say 25k would be a damm good price for it.

28 sounds right. My older 285 will push 25psi and near 30 when cold weather.

It may help if you put heat stickers on the drums. They do this with race cars to see if they are all reaching the correct temp. You will not get a good reading if you have to stop,Jump out and take a reading off the drums. The temps will drop fairly quick in the cold....Its more important that they all reach say 300 deg under a normal loaded stop. If 3 corners hit 300 but one corner is 600 then you know one is grabbing harder. Also test when the truck is loaded, limited wind and warm weather. This will give you more accurate readings.

Looks like custom made wood.

Just clips onto the r models rear window channel?

Yep saw that down in a west va truck stop a few months back. 30k would be a fair asking price IMO. Looked like it was brand new front to back...

Lol..

The old Mack ( dog ) was at the in laws. He spent the whole day with Sarah and the girls getting ready. I wish he could talk or at least take pics. God knows what he saw.... The redhead is married to a neighborhood friend. She is a trooper. Real down to earth and makes me look like a little school girl when we're out drinking.

After driving a lot of trucks I like them at least 206" for a day cab. That looks like a 187"

IT MAY HAVE BLOWN OFF A INJECTOR TIP...IF IT IS A BOSH INJECTOR JUST SWAP IT INTO A DIFFRENT HOLE AND FIRE IT UP. IF THE OTHER HOLE IS SPEWING ITS LIKELY THE INJECTOR. IF IT DOES NOT THEN I WOULD SAY SOMETHING IN THE PUMP...

Saw a lot of these down in fl as cement trucks.

I'm in the same boat. I Need a good rubber boot that fits the window opening so I dont have to drill or cut into the cab sheet metal.. people have said to contact sleeper mfg or rv dealers. If you have an air ride cab you will need to allow for movement.

This is exactly why I don't like the electoral system.. I think popular should be the way to tally the vote. I know blue won the popular but look how close it was... Im from Chicago and it sickened me to see how a few blue parts of the state can control everything. I honestly think the immigrant, black and white trash sway the election towards the hand out party. And let's be honest. If you had nothing, were uneducated and raised to ask for other peoples stuff....who would you vote for...it will take a generation to change that mentality. Sad....

Happy B day Staxx

few more showed up on facebook tonight...some of the motorboat worthy

No I did not. I left in my 65' caddy with my bride,best man and a bunch a blondes. no way that was happing in a R model with no sleeper.We did kick around the idea of my buddy taking his RD and dump trailer and I would follow him with about a 100 beer cans strung out the back of the tailgate. But that was going to be alot of work and I was hung over the night before LOL.... But it crossed minds more than once that day!

thanks for the link, Intresting vids he has.. and I like his steady talk and camera shots. normaly its just a blur with lots of stttttttudering LOL...

Cough.....Well this year has flown by! I had one hell of a bachelore party 2 weeks ago. It Started out late afternoon with endurance style Go karting. I had invited some ex champ car race car drivers and car builders. It was a blast and I took third!. not bad for a trucker! Party ended at 6 am with the last topless waitress leaving after serving us for over 8 hrs. My best man Managed to keep me alive and not violate any contracts with her. I wont go into any of the top secret details but my sides have been hurting from all the laughs and pranks they played on me. People lousing kar keys in strippers cleavage. streakers at the hotel pool, strangers from another wedding trying to crash my wedding reception, friends passed out in the ditch next to the hiway at the reception hall, Forced drunken Motorboating just about all of her bridal partyand the list goes on and on and on... Suprisenly with all that madness she still agreed to get hitched this past weekend 12-1-12 Weather was in the low 60s no rain , We decorated my 65 caddy and my groomsmen and I stopped at the local tavern for one last drink. Church went perfect.Reception was a hit, hotel party ended at 7 am and woke up without feeling any different than before. She was stunning and brought a tear to my eye when she walked through those church doors. She even had a special grooms man cake made for me with my Cadillac,Mack,Blues brothers hat,Gears and Railroad items on my cake. Class all the way with this one! Thought I would share some of the results of the past few weeks. More to come later! Trent

rip....

2300 RPM (if my memory is correct of the shop manual). however that is the suggested max rpm. our sled pulling truck turns about 2600 with stock heads. someone had said old stock valve springs start to float near 3k RPM

If I recall there is also a detent for that stick. If its worn a bad bump can knock it out whith slack in the gears.

good point about the complete swap...A friend of mine was asking and I dident know if the axel housings were beefed up too or if it was just heavy springs and diffrent bushings etc... Thanks guys

I have the alum caps. Standard 34k housings and rubber bushing. I have hauled 90k with a low boy and she was squatting pretty close to the frame/axel stops just wondering how simple it would be to beef it up a little.

What do you need to convert. Is it just springs and longer u bolts.?

That 10 speed won't have a real low gear for off roading. But it should be fine if your off road is pretty much hard flat surface. Or minimal soft ground. The 350 was a good engine and simple to work on. Camelback is a great set up, check the frame. Single heavy is better than double in my opinion. The r model was one of the best trucks Mack built. It's easy to work on and parts interchanged easy...