Mark T

That's gonna be an entirely different truck between the engine transmission and power steering. (not sure why that's just sink'n in to me) You gotta be like a kid on December 23 about now.

Holy cow, that's some nice work on the roll job.

They're within a quarter turn to the lower in an RTLO, but, the split is there, where it's not in an old 13. You'll see the difference a lot more with a faster rear axle. Then there was th first 18s. They had a little lower in the low side and only a tiny overgear. They were back in the late '80s and weren't around very long.

You guys talking about an old 13 (RTO) compared to an RTLO 18 are talking about trucks from back when a 4.11 axle was concidered "high" (fast axle) These newer trucks with taller gears like 3.36s or even faster (?) the ability to split low range makes more sense and the RTLOs have lower ratios in the 1st and 2nd gears that are even jumps going up (or down) progressively for launching a truck geared that fast. That's talking about the sticker, not the " low " over by your leg and back. An old RTO with 3.36s would be almost like shifting a Mack 5 speed in low range. (well, not that extreme, but less than ideal anyway) A good amount of the newer trucks are set up with fast axles and an Ultrashift , then road speed is cut off on the top. It'll do it's thing as it's programed. Most guys driving a truck like that ???? they just call it an automatic and hold the steering wheel. I have to admit, I'd like to be around to hear Larry power shift'n that Mack with a straight pipe on it

Macks can be confusing in some ways. If you really look at any of those extended range transmissions with the ultra low gear and a huge overhear, they were pretty much made for how they came. Something like a mixer or maybe some dump trucks. Road speed wasn't their main selling point. Often they'd top out somewhere around a 300 and it'd be governed in the high teens (like @ 1900 RPM) Trucks with more of an on road personality might have higher horsepower ratings, but they'd never have been sold with the transmission and rears like the mixed service trucks. Mack also used to like using a higher numerical axle and a fairly high over gear in some of those ( like 4.64s and a .71 overhear ) Those koo koo low axles (like slower than 5.02s went with the extended range transmissions) If you ever looked at one, you'd notice they had a couple carrier bearings too. Gotta be careful how fast the drive shaft ends up spinning (like with a fast overgear) Lots of things changed as engines became more powerful in general, and those setups fell out of favor. Sounds like what you're trying to accomplish would require two speed rears. Pretty hard to get a truck that's best of both worlds without them .

Not sell the Mack. Sell the carport and get something bigger.

Since the Mack won't fit in there, might be a good time to sell it and get something a little bigger and stiffer.

On a more serious note (like as compared to the Morton idea) What did the guy that made it have to say about it ? He seemed to have some input about it blowing away, maybe he's seen this before and has a suggestion. Or maybe you could choke him a little ????

I would think the proceeds from the International would have been a good chunk down on the 30' X 50' Morton.......now THAT would be outstanding.

I never heard of it until now. Never saw it anywhere here where I live. I'll be looking now.

Get it up to temp, remove the turbo oil return and divert it into a pail with oil in it. Rev it up and look for bubbles. (which will be sorta violent in the pail) Potentially messy way to check, but ???? lot cheaper to clean up than an inframe for no good reason.

Yep. Shovel'n and trying to market a prefab igloo.

I think the Brockway cab was different from the doors forward. Full width of the cab on the left side and the right side had a recess for an aircleaner. I'm think'n there was no outside air vent in the center of them in front of the windshiels either. At the same time, I almost remember the firewall panel looking the same as a Mack. There was a guy in New York that sawed one from the cowl back and reinstalled a newer R type mack cab from there back. Made himself a pretty clean 700 Series when he was done with it.

That's because you were 🤪

I had never heard of it. Never seen it around here on a shelf either. Looks to be something worth looking in to .

Where's the fifth wheel ? The height of the fifth wheel means something too in relationship to a dump trailer. IDK what kind of weight you're carrying, but distributed properly it wouldn't seem it should be beating you up as you described.

MRO ?

That XO Rust paint and primer in one is kinda nice . There's a Rust-Oleum version of it too. Or if you want to get fancy, the self etching primer for them and a sand job before the topcoat. Yields a nice job for spray paint.

Geeze......I'd have figured you've already watched every episode of BBT a couple times by now.

There's a block off plate for the cooler lines. It bolts on to the little threaded holes around where it's threaded for the pipe fittings.

Springs. They don't have to be broke to be worn out.

Does it have any caster ? Like from it missing because the springs are shot and the kingpins are straight up and down?

That may be a bigger insurance claim then wrecking a KIA

Once the Autocar got the "family" cab, it was all downhill from there. The ACL hung around a little, then ???? Sound familiar ?

Remember what they did to these.