m16ty

I appreciate everybody's help, but after pricing I think I'll have to pass. Cheapest I found was $900. I think I'm just going to order a aftermarket grill that is aluminum and has a similar appearance to the Mack grill, it just doesn't say "Mack" on it. It's only $400 to my door.

The last 2 numbers in the model number is the engine, I think a RD888 would have a E7 350. I've got a RD822sx that has a Mack E9 V8 500hp.

I think that one will work, and that seems like a good part number, but I haven't located one yet. Do you have availability of that part number?

This isn’t a pic of my truck, it’s a truck I saw sitting that belongs to TVA. I’ve got a CH613 and I want this style grill for my truck. I’ve looked on the internet and everywhere and can’t find this style grill for sale. Even called Watts and they said I needed a vin off a truck with that grill to look it up. Does anybody know where to find that grill, or has a truck with that grill they are willing to share the vin with me?

They only built 233 total? I've got a '85 RD822sx, it was one of the Macks shipped off to the Middle East in Operation Desert Storm.

I've been debating on buying the Blixxton tuner for it, but I guess I'll wait and see how it does. I've got to get a wet kit on it first, as all of our trailers require hydraulics.

That pic is from Rainey's, but all they seem to offer is the grill surround pictured.

I honestly don't know what the rear ratio is, but it's fairly low, I'd say maybe 4.11. Trans is a Fuller 9 speed.

I picked un a '97 CH613 with a E7-350 awhile back, mainly because it was cheap (bank repo). I've slowly been fixing it up with plans to just use it as a farm truck or sell it. Well one of the main trucks I use in my business took a dump ('95 FL with 3406c). The engine has went down and is probably going to be down a month or more. I'm thinking about tagging the CH, putting a wet kit on it, and using it until the FL gets repaired. My only concern is power. We commonly gross 80-90k, how does the E7-350 compare to the 3406c? I'm not one of those people that has to beat everybody up the hill, but would like not to have to drop to the low side to get over a hill.

That’s not my truck, it’s just a pic I found on the web. My truck currently has the one with the big bars and Mack in big letters across the middle. The one currently in it is busted and I like the looks of the grill in the pic better.

I really don’t know. I did talk to my local dealer but they are a bunch of idiots. They claim my RD822sx doesn’t exist when I give them the serial number, but Watts has no trouble with it. I need to call Watts.

I picked up a '98 CH613 with set forward axle and the grill is busted. I would like to replace it with a grill like this, as I think these look much better than the stock grill. Anybody know where to find a grill like this for my truck? I've looked online and have came up with dead ends.

Just line the yokes up.

The truck in the picture is a RD822SX. I own it, same truck that is in my avatar.

I just love the looks of a steel hood. IMO, the C500 is the best looking modern truck on the market.

E9 500hp engine.

I’ve still got the one posted above. It’s available and came off a 2100.

Yes, 2-speed.

E-9 500hp engine, Mack 12-speed main trans, Fuller AT1202 auxiliary, 65k rears.

I’ll also add that all our moves on this trailer are short moves of usually just a few miles. You are correct that if you moved this load across the country, it would likely require a 19 axle trailer setup. With this trailer we have, we often unload the machine off the big over the road trailer and take it the last little bit with this smaller trailer, because often those trailers are just to big to get the machine into where they want it.

The trailer is 5 axle lines, 8 tires per axle line. Like it is, I can scale 266,000 lb in TN, depending on route survey. Add a pusher axle to the truck and I can go 286,000 lb in TN, which is about 100 ton on the trailer. All that being said, the move above was all on the Arsenal, from one substation to another, where regular weight laws don’t apply. Basically the military didn’t care how we moved it, as long as we didn’t tear anything up.

We moved another transformer with the big Mack at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. Grossing around 270,000 lbs.

I probably didn't get over 15 mph during the whole move, but climbed around a 10% grade from the rail siding to the substation. I think I was in 4th in the main trans and auxiliary in low, didn't even know anything was behind me. Grossing around 250K.

It's from when it was on rail (we hauled it from rail to substation). Rail yards have what is called "the hump". It is basically a downhill section of track that goes into the rail yard. Normally they will just release cars down the hump and they will freewheel into the yard and through the switches to get the car where they want it. They have retarders built into the track to help slow the cars down, but they still sometimes hit pretty hard when they slam into other cars. They put the "no humping" signs on the transformer so they wouldn't let it free over the hump. The transformer had 2 gps shock recorders on that monitored how rough the transformer was handled. The black box you see beside the sign is one of the shock recorders, and the other one can be seen on the passenger side. The guy that was there from the manufacturer said the transformer could survive a 5g shock without damage. He also said that if transported by truck, you'd have to be in a serious accident to get a 5g shock, but it is not uncommon at all when transported by rail.

Here is the transformer we moved this week.