Mark T

I aquired a T880. Bought it to flip it. It needed a little help here and there. It's a Paccar with an Ultrashift 13. I drove it around a little , and there;s no debating it's a pretty nice truck. Keep in mind, they make better appointed trucks than this particular one, and even at that it's hard not to like it. Haven't been in a newer Mack, so I can't really say much about them, but that T880 is a pretty nice dump truck. Mine is on Primax and it rides unbelievably good. I'm all for traditional trucks, but if this is what there is to choose from now ???? I could adjust.

Never would have thought 20 years ago they'd be what they are now.

The 565 Cummins is pretty popular and they run pretty good. Macks? 505 . The trucks with the Detroits, I'm thinking their 13 liter is around 500 and their big bore is like 600. All of them have a lot of torque anymore, especially from off idle into the 12 to 15 hundred RPM range. You'd be surprised if you were to try any of them. The X15 is the hot one though.

It's a 510 🤭 it's no ISX. It's got plenty of power , an awesome engine brake, and you don't have to drive it like a totally gay guy to get good mileage with it. Plus they're several hundred pounds lighter than a big Cummins. Cheaper initially. Support for them sucks, and they're a huge turn off at resale time.

It's a tri-axle. It's only an MX13. The 1750 is the latest and probably the last design. If I'm not mistaken, the first gear isn't 2 to 1. It's just a little lower than what was always "under" then they still have a little bitty overgear ( like .87 or something ) there's no real reason I want it other than I just want a 6 and a four. 1241 would work fine too for me.

1750 is the one now. 1241s are still around, but I'd rather the 1750. The part I don't like is the extra several hundred pounds it'll all add to the truck.

Not goofy at all.

I'd love to have a six and a four in my one dump truck. 73000.....I have no doubt the 6 speed would be enough. The 4 way ????? that'd be more for the cool factor. Like when someone asks if it's one of those things from Four States (lol) except it'd be the real thing. Then there's something about being able to drive something like that in this day and age.

I guess I really have no chance for the transmissions ......dang

There was some thing about pidgeon shit in it too.

At the time , they were about the biggest in the world. The Marion uses an 85 yard bucket. I wanna say they were new back in the later '60s (?)

I'm not sure how far it walked. I thought they were talking about using it again. I know the Marion down in the cut below it was running not too long ago. Isn't that Marion in the picture over The Shaft ? And yes Jojo, you would like to see those. If you stood by the cut where the big Marion is and looked down you get dizzy for a second. Then you realize the D9K sitting next to it is a D9K (lol) I might be wrong, but from what I understood, the 250 ton end dumps at the time couldn't make it from the bottom of the pit up. The big Marion cast up to The Anthracite King (a huge Bucyrus Erie) then material was loaded to go to the breaker. I always thought that was a Marion. Knew it ended up blue and white.

I was looking again. It looks like a 2 valve with a chassis mounted charge air cooler. Might be a 300+ or 350 ??? Some form of Econodyne

See ?

Lots can happen to a truck over 40+ years. Hell.....look what happened to me over 40 years

There's a range valve on it. That little auxilury that's sorta flat with one cylinder pretty much makes it a 9 or 10 back in that era. IDK, looks like a 237 from what I can see. Truck is pretty clean and straight.

That's a 9 or ten in that. Fuller

If only our current administration could stay in power, we could pay for it's cleanup. 😁

Close to me here in Throop Pa. there was Marjol Battery. It ended up a Superfund site. I hauled into it in the late '80s. You pulled into a lot, dumped and then went to the truck wash. Guys in suits washed the truck off and you were under NO circumstances to get out of the truck. Several of the local guys from there developed health issuses and have since passed away. Who knows, maybe 40 or 50 years there'll be superfund sites in Pakistan.

??? a little electrolye discarded in the dirt....no problem. exposure to lead....phhhhhht. Tyvec ??? who needs it

That one helps explain the toe nail part a little.

Seriously. I think you'd enjoy watching them. It really is a good escape from political BS and all that nonsense.

Jojo......it's great fluff. Way better than most stuff on TV. I can't help but think you'd enjoy it.

That would be "Esalisburyo" now......Jose El Macko

You never saw the Youtube things with the guys with the bad toe nails weld'n or rebuilding stuff ?