1958 F.W.D.

I did not even pay attention to the agenda for Friday as I have to work and cannot attend the show during the day, and did not RSVP attendance for friday. Would I still be able to attend the dinner? If not I understand. Any idea what time it starts? Looks like dinner at the TK is on the back burner for now, unless there are others who will be arriving later.

Understood, quite honestly I didnt even pay attention to Friday's agenda as I have to work on Friday and only RSVP'd for Saturday. Can I attend the dinner on Friday if I did not RSVP attendance for the show????? What time is the dinner at Mack??? Looks like dinner at TK is on the back burner for now, unless there are others arriving later who are interested.

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Doug I was not aware that there was a dinner at Mack on Friday night.........??????

Ken- considering SWMBO will go there with me to eat occasionally, I assume that the food must be good. I am usually too busy excercising my neck muscles to pay attention to the food. SWMBO loves their buffalo wings.

Ken, I live in the area- Hellertown at Exit 67 of I-78, and have never been to the TK ONCE in my life. (been there about 30 times......) Oh, and I can bring the wife's van, and can haul myself and 5 more guys......as long as she cleans it out to resemble a van instead of a dumpster on wheels. Ken has shotgun.

PRECISELY what I was thinking Ken....Great minds think alike!!!! lol I will see where your hotel is, if you need a ride I will mark you down for a ride ticket.

Putting together a dinner for Friday Night of Trucktoberfest. So far Farmer 52 and Farfxfm have expressed interest. I am thinking of THE TILTED KILT on Lehigh Street, just on the other side of I-78 from the Queen City Airport and where the Mack facility is located, We should show our support to all of the young ladies there working their way through nun college. (in all seriousness if you dont want to go there or will have SWMBO with you, say the word and we can go somewhere else, plenty of good places to go.) Who wants in, and what time do you think?? I'm sure some guys will be coming in from a ways away. If anyone needs to be picked up at a hotel, I have room for 3 and will come get you if you dont want to drive your tractor, as long as yer not 20 miles away.

Ken, I am thinking THE TILTED KILT on Lehigh Street, just on the other side of I78 from Queen City Airport and near where the facility is located. I need to go show my christian support for the young ladies there that are working their way through nun college.

I will be there Saturday only with the 1958 F.W.D. - Someone has to classy the place up a bit. I'm only about 10 miles from the house. Does anyone want to get together on Friday night for dinner? I know fairfax fireman (frxfm?) Carl will be up for friday night also.........

Check your local community college- many have evening adult education classes. A good book that I reccomend to any friends who are clueless about their cars (but want to learn) is "Auto Mechanics for Dummies." (seriously, no offense intended.) I have been around engines since I was a wee lad. I was always with my father and helping him out whether it was riding with him in is F Model Mack tractors making deliveries, or operating light and heavy duty tow trucks at nights and weekends, or riding on firetrucks. I was always with him helping out handing him wrenches, slinging chains, or just plain watching. Sometimes dad would let me turn wrenches under his supervision. I remember to this day him teaching me dwell and timing and how to use a timing light. When I was about 12 or 13, I started taking apart lawn mower engines using Dad's tools. That came to a sudden halt one day when he found a wrench in a puddle of water. After a severe talking to (him talking to me LOL) he dragged me over to Sears and bought me one of those 150-piece Craftsman basic sets. Advised me to "never, ever ever buy a cheap tool made anywhere but the USA. And if you loose any of these, dont come crying to me. You have more respect for your tools when they are your own." After that his box was locked from that moment on. I continued to take apart lawn mowers and put them back together. And when I say take apart, I mean all the way down to the bare block. I wanted Briggs and Stratton Service manuals, so Dad took me to a local B & S shop, and the guy behind the counter (who was also an auto-shop teacher at the local technical school) gave me one off the shelf and wouldnt take any of my Dad's money. I read that book front to back and learned even more than when I was just taking apart and putting back together. Then I had ambitions for something bigger and better. Thats when Dad got an old Crosley 4-cyl engine from a guy who had it in a boat. Learned all about multi-cylinder timing and fuel intake. Learned about overhead valve trains. Learned about mechanical governors. We ran the tow trucks for a family who had a service station in town, one of the last, true full-service pump your gas, check your tires/oil/etc and wash your windows service stations. I started working for them when I was 14 on weekends. Then when I got my license worked at nights and weekends. When I turned 18 and had 2 years of driving under my belt, started running the tow trucks. Eventually got a 69 Mustang Grande Coupe with a 250 6-cyl and a 3-speed. Wanted more CID just like any other 17 year old kid, so I got a hold of a 302 which needed a full rebuild. Dad and I spent a lot of hours on that engine. Still have the engine, too. The car eventually failed inspection due to too much rot and I didnt have the $$ to fix her. All throughout my life I have had a thirst for books. I have all kinds of books all over the place, including many many automotive and heavy truck books. Books are your friend. Do like I did- start simple and take apart an old lawnmower. See how it works, and just use your imagination and figure out how it translates into 4-6 or 8 cylinder engines. As far as fuel injection and computers and all these modern fuel system do-hickies, I am lost when I open the hood on my 2008 Chevy Silverado. So you are on your own!!!!!

something about quacking like a duck comes to mind???

Install the throne back on it and run it on methane????

bwahahahahahah!!!!!

The porta potty on wheels?

I have to agree one million percent. I would never THINK about opening someone's door without asking first- never mind just climbing in, thats just plan flat out IGNORANT!!!!! My truck is far from a picture of total 100% total immaculate perfection of a restoration, with tons of nicks, scratches and a few dents here and there....but that doesnt give anyone the right to open my doors without my permission. I always get people asking, and I always say yes, and in fact have even told many to "go ahead, open the door!" when I can see them straining their necks to look up and in........but not to ask? Nope. Thats like school on christmas day- no class.

We had a 1978 Hahn firetruck with what I believe to be the same system- Eaton "skid-trol." Truck had a 671T Leaktroit with an Allison HT740 which stopped pretty good even without a jake. However that electro-mechanical skid control was more trouble than it was worth and in the early 1990's the electronics were disconnected, and the airlines all routed to bypass the box.

ho boy....here we go......waiting....waiting....waiting........

Well gawrsh golly, ya learn something new every day......lol

Hey Vinny are you and Papa coming to "Trucktoberfest?"

The 77 Cruiseliner is most certainly a Hayward tractor. The 1982 is iffy- I think 1982 is the year they ceased production in Hayward and closed down the plant.

Vinny did Mack make any in Canada? I was thinking it was a Hayward truck but the front does not look Hayward to me for some reason......

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Hey Bob, you ever see the AMT/Ertl 1/25th scale American LaFrance Firetruck models- there are three of them- a pumper, a snorkel ladder truck, and a rearmount aerial ladder truck. I am currently in the process of kit-bashing a pumper and a rearmount into a tiller (tractor-drawn aerial with the rear steering) ladder truck.