TommyZ

Being 50 years old and running Montreal most of it's life, I guess you'd have to expect a little of that.

I'd like to sell them as a pair really farmer...plus we're a little far apart from each other to make it worth while I'm thinking. Thanks.

Too many projects, too little time.... Decided to let go of my two Autocars and a trailer. First is the 1963 A64B all aluminum tractor. Has a 250 Cummins, 13 speed on Hendrickson of course. Good 24.5 rubber. It's registered and driveable, hooked to a 1966 Fruehauf fixed neck trailer. Been to a few shows around the northeast in it recently. Has a Jake brake as well. Pretty rare aluminum tractor. Second is a 1972 S64B steel cab, 8V71 Detroit/13 speed. Also runs and drives, however I started to do some work to the inside of cab and removed seats and started cleaning things up. Recently moved to a smaller property, increased workloads, and less time has helped in this decision to part with these. I'm interested in selling both tractors and trailer all at once, but will separate if interested... Asking $7,300.00 for 1963 A64B and trailer. Asking $4,000.00 for 1972 S64B alone. Package deal for everything.... Email: ironmountainiron@gmail.com

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They wouldn't do that. Anything they run other than green is leased. They lease a bunch of equipment to provide extra service in the heating season, then return it in the spring.

Guess I'm just an old-schooler who doesn't like change unless it makes sense to everybody involved, lol. I've broken my share of crank handles, cross-tubes and such. I've struggled with tweaked gear that the last one dragged or caught on something...but never sat there and wondered why my wheels were off the ground! Always managed to get out of a jam somehow with a pipewrench, etc. But we're living in the ends times...with EOBR's, automatic transmissions with restricted license endorsements on "drivers" licenses even saying so, and all the technology coming up that will eventually squeeze out everything most of us are accustomed to. Anyone with 15-20 years of this career staring you in the face better start renewing your wardrobe with sweatpants, sandals and dumbed-down attitudes. It's becoming a job that requires a pulse, and that's all. (Not in every sector, but you get the drift.)

When the worked they were a LOT more effective than S cams...but when you went to rebuild the actuators, there was a million little parts inside them stinking things.The worm gears would start to seize after a couple winters... Most were disconnected once they started to act up.

All well and good until they freeze in and the "driver" tries to free them up and bends them like a horseshoe. There's plenty of scenarios that could be a problem. In the fleet I'm a part of, there's more often than not trucks with lo-pro 22.5's that dropped a van so low I come along with high 24.5's and end up looking around the property for a 4x4 (or anything actually,) dropping my suspension, jacking, blocking, jacking, repetitively until I gain 6-8" so I can get under it finally. As long as you could get close enough to the gladhands to get air to the trailer/gear, I guess you could get out of trouble with these air-operated ones... We sure are getting lazy in this country.

Good going GG2, that's how I'd do it too.

Looks good! You change the entire front axle, or just spindles and hardware?

Yes he was....

Yes, very distinctive green, with red bumpers, frames, etc. Their trailers are always green with a white belly, unless they are leased or just purchased and haven't painted them yet.

They're still around Jim, bigger than ever. I worked for them for 11 months before this current job now. They are mainly all KW, but have a lot of newer International's in the fleet. They're a very well run, well oiled machine in terms of how they spec things, and run their business. (A little too well oiled for me to work for, but that's another story, another time...) Very weight-conscience to maximize payload/revenue. Also very uniform in how they spec things and maintain things too. Class-one operation compared to most of the other LP gas carriers in the northeast, I'll give them that. They take pride in their image as a carrier, and it shows. I wish I could say that about my gig, lol. Back when the old man was still around, it was like working for the Gustapo. He didn't like drivers, never acknowledged they were even alive most guys said. He didn't care about your comfort; all he cared about was revenue. Those old Macks had solid,bolted-to-floor seats, no a/c...you earned every penny and he made sure of it. If he was still around now, he'd probably try to have it the same way, lol. There should be a few LP's working out in your neighborhood; that's where I was working when I was with them for a while...hauling out of Houston to Ky.

Now that's cool! I was going to suggest someone post these pics if they had any of LP's Macks.

Yeah, I saw the yellow B hooked to the camper at the W. Spfld. ATHS show where I talked to him. I later ran into him in Maybrook, NY at an asphalt plant and was trying to market a Flowboy I was selling, but he was with a bunch of guys and was pretty rude compared to being at the show; so I went away thinking something different. Oh, I thought the A Model mack was all apart and he built it...well, it's still pretty unique anyways, as is the driver, lol.