Mark T

IDK maybe it's from a lifetime of truck'n makes it easy to see when you're get'n screwed faster than some. One thing , the media out and out lies. Gas is cheaper, that's a laugh. $4.13 a gallon for bulk onroad here in PA. How can the tens of thousands of people driving past a Flying J not notice ? No matter the subject.....WE all pay more while more and more get a free ride. Whether a politician or some one getting a handout (which still benefits a politician) It blows my mind in so many ways all the BS that goes on. Taxation without representation, how it all started......and we're there again.

Vlad is on to something. There's an old post from 41chevy from about ten years ago with a bogie upside down that looks quite similar.

Thing I don't understand is why people worry about paying for tariffs, but when billions goes missing in fraud there's not even half the concern.

This would be a good mystery for that guy that straightens the framesin Texas. Looks like it has an extra spring added .

How about when a young guy refers to you as an " old guy " and not doing being a wise ass. 🤔 Never saw it coming.

Shoulda bought a lottery ticket too.

I've never layed eyes on an Allis Chalmers engine in a truck. Read about them, but never saw one. From what I've read, they were pretty impressive for the time.

You're just thinking of a time when if you were on a highway, you couldn't go a half hour without seeing one.

Happy Birthday 🎂

Yes. If I'm not mistaken the CH/CX is 33 and a half inches wide too. Never intended for anything but raw Mack 6 cylinder power.

Didn't they spread out in the front on the MH RW2 and CL700 ? I kinda remember if they had a liner (double frame) it was the same size as the back up to around the rear front spring hangers and rear motor mount area .

See how ya are 🤪

I've been past a couple times now there's less snow. I'm not sure what I was seeing. Might have been day cabs with a Volvo cab. I'll be there a few more times this month, and I'll be looking.

Said the husband of big mike. I really did go hmmmm pondering this .

🤔 almost looks like something from an old lowboy. hmmmm

Happy Birthday Barry. Hope there's many more to come.

I'm glad you said it first. As many times as I've been in and out of any of them with that style door ???? I can't remember how I closed them if you had a gun to my head. Somehow I also feel like if I had to get in one now I'd never give it a second thought either. Just get in and go. Funny thing......I realize reading this ,a long time ago I was the inquisitive ten year old.

Yes, Volvo cab from what I can see. Hard seeing past the piles of snow. From the back though, it's safe to say they're what's replacing the Granite.

Yes the one that the sister met at the door. You may remember her little rhyming greeting 😂 I think she qualifies for " boobage"

Starting ? That's the least of it. Starters are gonna be about the size of a beer can at the rate things are going. Between creature comforts and draw for computer controlled components 24 volts takes on a different use than what it used to.

She made an impression on me, I'm sure you'll see why.

I may be calling it the wrong name, but basically more computing needs more power. Not to be a wise guy, but I think you might be surprised at how many systems and subsystems are actually on these new trucks (it's nuts) There's so much on new stuff, they're shipped with a lot of things in a "dormant" state so as not to drain batteries. Dealers aren't even aware of some of the things that need to be activated when the customer takes delivery of a new piece of equipment ( all $300,000.00 of it ) . In some cases, technitions don't even know what's wrong when the customer comes back complaining. In some cases it turns out just something that wasn't toggled on before delivery. They're not done yet either. They're just gonna get more and more complicated, and support is gonna be worse and worse. You'd fall over if you saw some of the prices for something as simple as what was once a headlight. What was a 30 amp breaker is now 4 processors working in conjunction with 6 other ones.

I still think the higher voltage has something to do with digitalizing signals from one processor to another. If the signal is given a value read in volts or milivolts or whatever, it allows for more signals. Along with everything else that can be done with higher voltage, and advances in batteries. It's crazy stuff guys such as ourselves would never think of (or want to) It's kinda amazing some of the things. For one that they can do it.....and why they would continue to make these things so complex. It's true, a 24 volt system worked great for starting a large motor (something us guys would understand) but it's way way more complicated now.

The Granite replacement is in production. They're in the bullpen at Macungie.

I didn't misunderstand one bit. Volvo might be the first to use this setup, but it's what's coming with all of them. You will be surprised to see how much of a truck becomes more and more dependent on new technology. It'll all be proprietary too. If anything these things have become cheaper to manufacturers.....not end users. There's more systems on newer stuff that was never even thought of not that long ago. Colission avoidance driver monitoring.... goes on and on. These trucks are outpacing the casual mechanic in leaps and bounds.