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I always said one of these days I would take a R cab and stretch it another 5-6" behind the doors. Thought that would be so nice to be able to stretch your legs in a day cab R or atleast recline a little!

I hear that Larry.. If I dont like ATHS I can just leave and keep my .02 to myself...thats how it should be as to not upset the majority. I love checking the Yellowbullit site for the NSFW self shot girl threads...Search for the perfect ( . )( . ) threads LOL.... they are animals over there ...snd just my type....Hey did I ever tell you about the bacon pasties I made for this one girl..... Nevermind I may have just deraild this thread???

yea.. sounds like the online divison is getting back control (rightfully so as they created it) Hope they iron out the other issues that HQ has caused...The part that erks me is that most about ATHS is Many of the people that were VERY helpfull have left and moved on because of the drama and sometimes lack of free speach. One thing I noticed is that for a board that was so against politics it sure was constantly editing peopls posts to their liking.. they sure do come off as one of the more political boards that I belong to. but thats just my .02 I know BMT may be less of a squeeky clean board but Look how well we do with it.. We can freely speak our mind as long as not to disrespect a person or his views. that is the best way to be least politcal. again just my .02 Trent

take that trailer off and that old R model will twist right back into shape... may need some new paint tho....

THE MAXIDYNE was a 1200-2100 RPM enigne. It was intended to use 5 or 6 forward gears as it had a big flat torque curve. this was good for flat land and limited shifting. the 400HP had a shorter torque range and was intended to have more gears to always keep it in the sweet spot. In my opinion..your 7 speed is basicly just a 5 speed with 2 extra low gears. it does not give you the needed gears to keep the engine RPMs where they need to be. as soon as the RPMs fall and you need to down shift you will have to wait untill about 1300 RPM before you can downshift and catch the next gear. I think the new program may not be right for that transmission. A 9 or 13 speed would be better as it has less of a RPM drop between gears. Just my .02 Trent

the mechanical will give you more and is easly turned up if you want to.

one thing that started to gripe me over there was they would constenly jab Mack owners. Im thick skinned and can take a joke. but try to take a jab a Pete or KW owner and your post would be edited, the one way street attitude does not work for me. I have met alot of people from ATHS and most are top notch.I go to many shows and its always fun. Now posting pics is easy if you like to upload to a link instead of just seeing picture automaticly when the post is opened. They give the excuse that people are still on dial up. but how many are? 10%???...i feel they miss the bigger picture by doing this... thats my.02

sounds like the shift Cyl is worn or you have gunk build up? worse case is you have bad shift forks. like rob said..an easy fix

Chicago is odd.. The city is 80% Democrats... then you go out to the burbs and most are Republicans... Chicago is what makes or brakes the vote for the whole state. then again I never understood how the Mob ruled Chicago if it was filled with those Dems trying to share everyones earnings. The Mob seam like true Republicans. Think about it..the Mob always wanted to keep the things that they "earned" shared just with the close family. Messed up town I live in!

most other outfits dont have these problems????

I will say that I enjoy the club and have met lots of new friends because of it. However I agree that they do over police the message boards. Im fine with keeping things very clean and safe for familys but they will edit anything that they man not agree with. if the mod thought that your post had little to do with the topic they deleted or edit it. I have to ask why if the post was simply a discussion about the topic. I just hope this current change of events does not damage the club.

Im hearing that the ATHS is having some more issues regarding the leadership. anyone catch this? something about the leaders selling off a donated Mack and changing how the ownership of the online fourms. I Hear this mess has cause some chapters to disband. From what the regulars are saying its time to vote out the leaders before they damage it anymore..there has to be more of this story? Trent

cool pics.... I have seen a LT or LJ with the same hood. there is a Guy out in CA that still has one. Trent

Jim sounds right if I recall...The F model cab was sittin up on a container or something for years. you could see it from the street... Yea there was not alot of gold in the containers but there was alot of little things that were of good use... Speaking of old Chicago trucking companys...I wonder if Greco stil has those old R models on jack stands?I was there 6-7 years ago when they had the RS700Ls for sale. they had some other cool stuff that was lightly used think they had a V8 C model as well?

2 years before Celli moved I went over to their yard and talked with a guy. think his name was Jim or frank? Al... I know you know the guy im talkig about as you know him... He let me go through their used parts trailers and they had about 6 of those Clariben hoods all used and just sitting there waiting to be thrown away. I did not care for them so I passed. They also had the old 5 hand hole budds that I picked up and some NOS doors. It was a great find for old B model parts. I was going to grab the "northwest Mack" lettering off the building after they started to knock it down But I was a week to late. I think someone had already grabbed them??? Trent

thats good to hear Al...I dident know they relocated. Are they still a mack dealer? Also There is still a Celli B model Water truck sitting it Orient Express yard off Rt12. Think it was moved there when the old yard was leveled? Trent

Robbie was at a Street Race track for a big jump in down town D.C This was about 6 years ago? We were there selling race car parts for the ALMS series. He cam on the truck looking to buy some glue to keep his rubber handle bar grips tight. We dident have any glue but I suggested that he try hair spray as thats what we used when i was a kid. He said he had forgotten all about that trick but agreed that it works pretty good. that was my 5 mins of spotlight... Trent

The Lot with the Celli Trucks had all sorts of stuff that was being cut up. I think the scrap man bought them all from Celli and was cutting them up where Celli had parked them years before. My B model had a 8" Tree growing up throught the frame rail so who knows how long they were parked there? There was 1 A model, 2 B models, and 1 or 2 BCRs. I was able to have the scrappers hold off cutting up everthing but the BCRs (no one wanted them at the tine) I cant recall how I found them in the field but I think a friend had tiped me off and put me in touch with the scrapper? I do recall that the BCRs were rotted out pretty bad. worse than the B models. Celli also had lots of odd stuff at their yard including those ugly Clarbian (SP?) B model tilt hoods. and a new bare F model day cab. Celli..i.e C.T.C has sence changed names to Concrete Transport Company?? sadly the Northwest Mack / CTC building was leveled a few years ago. trent

what pisses me off is that your truck can be top notch shape but as soon as they see that they go looking for something to fail it. I Drive a 1996 IH at work. 360k on the truck never left me stranded yet. has had 2 issues that we had fixed within a few days down time. Yet every time I have been inspected I get warnings for stupid things that have no meaning to possible fail. I was issued a warning for bad brake adjustment yet when i checked(after they noted it) It was withing spec? I was issued a warning for an oil leak off the transmission....It was grease from the throwout bearing zerk hose. I was issued a warning for bad reverse light. Light worked but the sensor was bad.. Yet I watched trucks roll past me with fuel tanks steps blowing in the wind and trucks that had tires so bald you could see the belts... Just like keeping a clean washed truck is not the Best idea anymore. they wont get under a dirty truck. but have some pride and you will be waved over to the side for them to get under it.

yep thats just filler panels to hide the bare spots next to the B model radiator. I know there is a sales broshure that noted the componets in the BCR kit. Dont think a larger radiator is needed tho if you kept the stock 673 or 711 in the frame. Cool find!

can we sticky this for a week or so...just so it stays at the top of the page? This really has me pissed right now!

http://www.change.org/petitions/farmington-new-hampshire-court-house-police-chief-scott-roberge-withdraw-charges-and-court-fees-against-dennis-fleming-for-reckless-conduct# I signed and emailed the PD..linked to my Facebook account to try and help this American.This is absolute bull shit Trent

saw that on Ebay last night..good looking truck.

good one greg!!!!!...I think Robs needs to teach her to keep a close eye on the fuel gauge.