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Connecticut Construction Trucks
tjc transport replied to BKrois's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
yup. 99% of 12 inch window blockers and super tall shifters are on trucks driven by floor sitting "super truckers" that can not see anything less than 1/4 mile ahead of them. -
Connecticut Construction Trucks
tjc transport replied to BKrois's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
i don't mind sun visors, especially if they are at roofline and above windshield. what get me is the ones that drop down 8-12 inches below roofline blocking half the windshield. i think they should be illegal. just like side window visors that block half the window view. -
Paul, they were also offered with the detroit 4 stoke "fuel pincher" 8.2 diesel. totally gutless pigs, but the power companys loved them because they would not go fast enough for the drivers to get pulled over for speeding.
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way back when i was much younger we had 2 of them. one was a 20 foot box single axle with 453 detroit, 5 speed trans and 2 speed rear. the other was a 453 turbo 26 foot box tandem axle 5 speed eaton overdrive trans.
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2003 MR688S rollover cab swap
tjc transport replied to JoeH's topic in Modern Mack Truck General Discussion
i gotta ask............... did you straighten that damn exhaust yet?????🤣 -
well, since you used to be able to buy a Mack with cat engine, it is not total sacrilege. the problem i see with the 3408 engine is availability.
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never had driver training Bob. i started driving the quad box international at 13 because i did not want to throw 100 lb bales of hay. proved i could drive it and got the job. in the fall i was delivering trailer loads of grain to the co-op 25 miles away. took that truck for my license road test at 17 too. and failed because the tester "did not know how to drive a truck with three shifters." went inside and complained ot the DMV branch manager. tester said three shifters. manager asked what i was driving and i pointed out the window. he passed me without road test. i got in the truck and drove home. they never even realized i did not have a licensed driver with me..
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1972 Loadstar , my love for loadstars continues .
tjc transport replied to 85snowdog's topic in Other Truck Makes
it is a trans retarder. when actuated it will downshift the trans for braking effect. -
they are NOT here to kill us JoJo. thy are here to take over and enslave us into good little worker ants.
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in his defence, the glock is very hard to disassemble if you do not get the bar properly aligned. i bought a larger takedown bar, and still have problems sometimes. the glock is nothing like any other firearm that have a flip down lever. any of my smith and wesson or sig guns i can take the barrel and slide off in under 15 seconds. the glocks take over a minute to get the barrel and slide off. on edit: after watching the video again, i realized what he did wrong. AFTER pulling the slide back a hair and releasing the slide lock, you need to pull the trigger to release the slide for disassembly. he never pulled the trigger, so it would not come apart.
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Long Time Lurker, Current Parts guy
tjc transport replied to The Heinz's topic in Introduction Forum
that would be a Ford Lehman diesel.. 120 HP at 2500 RPM. very popular in europe . not so much here. -
MH613 Engine Swaps
tjc transport replied to Big Mack Truck's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
two almost identical trucks. X15 565 hp, Allison RDS 4500 trans one has 3.90 gears, the other has 4.56 gears. 3.90 geared truck will do over 90 mph, and gets 8-10 mpg LOADED 80,000 lbs on long runs cruise set at 65. 4.56 geared truck tops out around 75, and gets 6-8 MPG on the same long runs same weight cruise set at 65. 3.90 geared truck is a slug and can not get out of its way, and gets stuck on wet grass loaded. 4.56 geared truck is a race car, and out pulls small cars off traffic lights loaded. and goes through anything you drive it in. it is not the engine, or trans. it is the gear ration in the rears that made that international a slug. -
Long Time Lurker, Current Parts guy
tjc transport replied to The Heinz's topic in Introduction Forum
i know not mack related, but parts related. my ford dealer had two old timers in the parts department that ran the "off the street" counter. the dealership got complaints about them being slow, why dont you put younger guys on the counter. but you could go in there and get anything you wanted for any year vehicle if it was available. one day Ed was out sick and one of the kids was at his station. i needed a suspension part for my 7 litre. the kid was useless ." 7 litre? ford never made one" because it was not listed in the computer menue. chuck overheard the conversation and told the kid to get lost, walked over the the "broken TV they won't get rid of" opened the drawer under it, put a slide under it, turned the "TV" on, and within 1 minute had the part number for the bushing i needed. 30 seconds later he had the revised part number and ordered it. i was informed when i went to pick up the part two days later that a message came from dealer owner that all parts men required to know how to use the microfiche machine. and it was still in use at the front counter until two years ago. unfortunately both Ed and Chuck retired end of last year. Ed is 81, and Chuck is 78 the microfiche machine and files now lives in the parts managers office. -
yup. that is an ED. the JR was earlier build by REO to mack specifications. in 38 mack started making them in house.
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