1958 F.W.D.

Get the basic 18.5" $299 set (no add-ons.) Yes it is worth every penny and if you are not a good cook or you have never had a smoker before, it is perfect. As long as you follow the "basic" instructions (with a little fine-tuning/trial-and-error of your own as you go along) you will love it. Check out their website, they have a lot of great videos on how to use it and also a lot of recipes, too. If you need any help along the way you are welcome to contact me.

Does not get any more simple. I like to be able to come on certain forums and read what everyone has to say about what is going on in this country- except that commie pinko gearheadgirlllllll or whatever the heck her name was. She really took things WAY too far to the left. Mind you left is not necessarily a bad thing, but these days JFK is spinning in his grave at what has become of the Democratic Party. But I digress. If you don't like or don't want to read what folks have to say, simply move on to the next topic.

Correct. But I believe Brocky is asking if anyone on here regularly uses or knows of a reputable shop with knowledgeable personnel that will not take his son for a ride.

............and on the news tonight, Harleyt Davidson first big corporation to announce that they are moving some production to Europe as a direct result of the retaliatory tarriffs being placed on american products. He is doing well domestically but his foreign policy sucks. That is all. Carry on.

After my father got out of the Navy in 1963, he went to work at Univac in Blue Bell, Pa. and worked on Univac when they had boatloads of NASA/Apollo money. He was a machinist and mostly worked on printers and other hardware. Met Admiral Grace Hopper once.

Ebay Any of the Mack Truck and Mack Firetruck groups on Facebook

Anyone read the one written by the furniture mover? Can't remember the title. Was "OK".

You will find that the ones priced below 10K are privately owned, have massive rot throughout the bodies and the aerial has more than likely failed inspection. Anything else runs higher as the booms are being dropped onto new chassis. Engine issues? If it is a Mack engine and has been taken care of, what engine issues?

Thank You! City boy here.....LOL

OK, and is 115 BPA a good number?

What is "BPA?"

Oh thank GOD!!! You haven't posted anything in so long that I was beginning to think you had a new girlfriend or something................

Thats John Statts, but I can't remember his handle on here. He brings out the Radnor Fire Company B-Model Mack to events.

Thats him.

Scrapple? Did someone say scrapple?? Hey Otherdog, look.....Scrapple!!!!!!

A couple of the guys from the Netherlands were there also, Rene Piteirse (sp?) and Leon Hendricks- they come in here once in a while but for the life of me I cannot remember their BMT Handles.

66dc75 it was good to meet you and chat for a while!

Maybe Vlad looks so happy because his relief valve opened up.........

The Jumpers, Otherdog and 39BabyMack and family in the background. The Otherdog holding court JT got out his gee-tar Vlad representing the Moscow, Russia Division of BMT.com

So...... I have always loved to cook (my mom started teaching me when I was 9 or 10) and always did the cooking in the firehouse and to this day cook big and/or extravagant meals on holidays. You guys may recall last year, I was in the market for a smoker. I was asking some of the guys on here about them, and Otherdog talked me into buying a pit barrel smoker (www.pitbarrelcooker.com) So I asked the wife to get me one fathers day if she was going to get anything. (For fathers day she usually gets me something Macungie-related like a pop-up awning, or a small charcoal grill, or chairs, portable tables, stuff like that.....) So Macungie came, and so did Otherdog who surprised us all for the first time. He kept asking me "Well did she get it for you?" And I had to tell him "No, looks like we cannot afford one right now. I'll have to wait, maybe I will work some overtime and save up." So the Tuesday after Macungie, I get home from work and walk into the mudroom and damn near fall over a big ass box and damn near break my neck. Seems that the UPS man delivered a Pit Barrel Smoker. The wife was asleep (she was due into work that night) so when I get home from work on her work nights, I wake her up so she can shower, eat and get out the door for 7pm. So I run upstairs and wake her up and kissed her twenty times exclaiming "You got it for me!!! You got it for me!!!" Well imagine my confusion when she says over and over again "What the hell are you talking about? What smoker? I didn't get the smoker for you!" So I checked my Amazon Prime account thinking maybe I bought it by accident when I was looking at it (yes I have done that...........) but nope....Nothing on the account. So I called Amazon and spoke to an account rep.....She traces it back to a (insert real name here...........) "Otherdog with a Gladys, Virginia mailing address." So I called Otherdog. The conversation went something like this. Me: "Hey I just got home and damn near broke my neck on a box inside my mud porch." OD: "huh, what was that?" Me: "A Pit Barrel Smoker." OD: "Huh so she got it for you!" Me: "Uh, no." OD: "Well where did it come from?" Me: "The Gladys Fairy delivered it." OD: "Huh. That Gladys Fairy sure is nice!" So after going back and forth for a few minutes I let him in on that I called Amazon and found out. And then I said "Look, while this is a tremendous gift and I sincerely appreciate your kindness and friendship, I want to say that I cannot accept this, however, I also know you well enough to know that if I tell you I can't take it that you will tell me to shove it up my ass, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart and you are a beautiful man." Then he told me that I was one of the big driving forces that made him take off from work for a few days to drive to Macungie for the show, and he had such a good time he wanted to do something nice for me and my family. So, since I don't live far from Macungie....I threw together a little pick-a-nick thing for some folks and woke my ass up at 0530 on Saturday, and was out there and at precisely 6:30am I hung three beef round roasts and one bone-in pork shoulder into the very smoker that he gave me as gift almost exactly one year later. And around 2:15pm I got to watch Otherdog munching down. We had a great time and I don't get mushy on here often but it was cool to make some grub for him and watch him enjoying hisself. So thanks again Otherdog and happy fathers day to you and all the other fathers on here!!! The smoker all loaded up at 6:30am The smoked bone-in pork shoulder, being prepped for shredding. Then we mixed in an Eastern North Carolina vinegar-based barbeque sauce that my wife made. Picture of me starting to slice the three roast beefs. Photo by Otherdog's ladyfriend, Zina.

The stories I could tell you. One of the problems is the NFPA, the group that creates the recognized industry standards and codes for firefighting- everything from suggested minimum training requirements to minimum standards for fire extinguishers, helmets, boots, coats, tools, radios, and yes firetrucks. These standards are constantly changing and evolving. Many Federal, State and Local Governments have adopted NFPA standards to guide their firefighting agencies. As a result of this, and due to the standards constantly changing, older rigs lose their value by not being compliant. There are so many rigs out there that could be of value to a small town Fire Dept but because they are not NFPA compliant, they are hesitant to purchase them for fear of liability.

Someone needs to lay off the drugs.

Minneapolis. PARTS FOUND. A used harmonic balancer was located at Leed Diesel. As much as they are hesitant to install a used one, the $1500 tag of a new one with the 7-10 day wait is not in the cards. Thanks to all for the help.

Guys, have a group of close friends who were returning from the bus show in Hershey Pa when the harmonic balancer on their 8.2L Detroit took a poop in Harrisburg. They got towed to Triple K near the T/A on 81 in Harrisburg. Penn DD/A and J & T both say 7-10 days minimum. Does anyone know of a Detroit shop in the east somewhere that may have a good stock of those 8.2L parts? Here's what I got: SN 08G0051526 Year 1982 Model 8.2 Engine Family CGM08.2DA84 Naturally aspirated. The part number may be 8928951 If anyone can help with price and availability quicker than 7-10 days it would be appreciated!

Don't forget to come to the ATCA Macungie Father's Day Weekend Truck Show!!! You can talk to all of the liars errrr ahhhh I mean guys on here as well as legitimate and reputable folks as well. If the weather is nice, 700+ trucks will show up on Saturday. Us BigMackTruck.com guys do a group mug shot I mean photo at the Watts Mack tent at 12:00pm on the Saturday of the show. You can also do a self-paced walking tour of the Mack Trucks Macungie Assembly Plant as well as the Mack Museum, buses provide transportation free of charge (courtesy of Mack) from the show grounds. Here is a flyer to the show: http://antiquetruckclub.org/forms/2018 Natl Meet Flyer.pdf