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I'll have to get a pic of my friends Titan log truck. He has a Mik Mak moose bumper on it with a tow pin and it looks good.

I'll be damned Bobo.....I just looked at the pic after you said that and it is a Star. I must have been sleeping last night, lol. So now the rumour and mystery continues...... I do agree with sponsorship dollars though. Remember the first season of Ice Road Seatcovers when they went to Alaska...every time they went in Carlisles shop they would zoom in on all the Craftsman banners on the walls, the Craftsman toolboxes, then they made a point of explaining the installation of Diehard batteries in all the trucks. Then next season all the banners and tools were a different brand. Ya I bet they just replace all their tools every year for $hits and giggles.

Sweet!! I used to drive one just like it. it had the 500 E9, 12 speed and the red velour interior. One of my favourites. Glad to see another one.

I was just going to ask about that Titan.....I heard a rumour.....that pic confirms it. Bummer. Also wondering.....on the golden road they haul into Canada. Is there some kind of border guard or customs point they cross on the bushroad? I can't see them crossing on a public road with two trailers wooded up to 175 tons. I've been to many parts of Quebec but never around there. I have a friend that has a Titan self loader log truck with pup, 605 MP10. Last time i talked to him he said it is working great. Also have heard very good things about the MP10 from my mechanic that works at a Mack/Volvo dealer in southern Ontario. He said they have had less issues with the MP10 than the MP8.

Quote: "they would still be building engines,trans.etc of their own design. Without assistance from a foreign country,as they have for 111 years" When did Renault become American? Sounds foreign to me. I think Volvo will do good for Mack. I mean in todays climate. We have to remember, there will never be anything like the old Macks. Not in trucks, cars appliances, etc. Todays norm is throw away junk. That's just how it is. So while they may not measure up to the old stuff, you have to compare Volvo/Mack to the other stuff that is here today. We should praise Volvo for not going to Mexico like EVERYONE else. I've owned International and they closed the Chatham Ontario plant and moved to Mexico. I wouldn't buy another. Look what Freightliner did to Western Star. I think when you combine the technology that Mack has brought to market, with Volvos european technology, they will once again rise to the top. Everyone else was sharing their oppinions, so that is mine.

Oh Lord, please let me win the lotto so I can buy that poor Transtar, yank that ugly a$$ bumper and visor off, strip the paint and give that poor old classic it's dignity back. What are some people thinking?? Seems to be these show truck builders are just in a competition to see who could build the ugliest, most useless pile around. I need one of them trainsets in by bunk too, so it can circle me all night while I sleep, LOL. To each his own I guess.

Hey Mackcl96, got ahold of my dealer today. Same part # as fullfuel gave, just less digits. #139QM31 $237.58 CAN And they are available. If you don't get one where you're at let me know.

Sorry about the way I typed that. My CH had an E7- 460 and the Cl's had 454, 460 and E9-500's. Just included the Ch because the hood scoop intake helped smooth out the big E7's also. Looks like you got your info mackcl96 but if it don't work out let me know. I can get ahold of dealer during the week.

Here's a pic. Hope Mr. Brandt don't mind me posting. This truck and his Superliner race up the hill at Rodeo Du Camion every year. He's got videos of Superdog on you tube. They have a pretty nice collection of working E-9 Macks.

Our dealer here started using them on the pre-ASSET trucks. We're always grossing over 140,000 pounds on 10 to 12% grades and with the E-7 454/460 and E9's in the CH and CL's. They had a slight shake when pulling hard and they determined it to be caused by a lack of intake air. They did seem to help. I know they were Mack parts and we had a local body shop cut the hood and install. I'll see if I can get a # during the week.

I'll see if I can get a part#, but might not get it until next week. Everyone up here has them on. Helps with the 454/460's too, got rid of that little shake when pulling hard. Then you can put them fancy chrome intake grills on the side and not worry about restriction.

Thanks for the pics and info. It's cool to see trucks like that still working. I have a couple books on the history of Mack and they mention the LR, but there was no pics. So the ones they used in the Arctic....is it possible they had Cummins in them?

John, somebody still has a Mack LR still in service? Are those the same as the ones they used up the Arctic when they built the dew line? The only pics I ever saw of them were the ones in the Bulldog magazine a while back. Do you have any pics of one? I read they were 600 h.p. What did they have ....Detroits?

Thanks for the info David.

Nice. Thanks for the pics. (It's crying for an E-9 though!)

Thanks guys. I was just wondering this because I never saw many DM800's around here, but the RD800 was real popular in Canada. Still a few hauling logs just north of me, with the planetary rears. The DM600,and DMM are everywhere, pretty much own the ready mix market here. The only DM800 I ever saw in person was about 20 years ago. A guy that I recently hauled for with my dump truck had a const. business years ago and he had one that used to be a float tractor with a winch on it. When I saw it 20 years ago it was retired and pretty much nothing left (it was scrapped not long after). All I remember of it was it had huge frame rails, big 58 or 65,000 rears on camelback and a V8 Detroit and two sticks. It had to be late 60's or early 70's I think. I do know the RD800 was introduced in Canada for 1982. I have the 81/82 Bulldog magazines announcing it. They were built in Oakville, Ontario. Say's production scheduled for Feb. 1982. The EM9-400 listed as base engine. Another thing I noticed, in the vol.82, no.1 issue of Bulldog, they show a project in Sri Lanka where they shipped a bunch of steel hood DM686SX's to, and you can see a couple steel hood's with center mounted cabs like the RD800. One has breathers on both sides and Australian style snorkels. So basically I was just wondering if they had similar frames.

After seeing the awesome pics of the big DM800 by 45LMSWM, it has me wondering......the RD800 being the newer of Mack's heavy haulers.....did it have a bigger stronger frame, or is the DM 800 even or better as far as chassis strength?

Thanks John, keep the pics coming as you get her finished up. I think that might be my new favourite truck.

That's a really nice truck John. Do you have any interior pics?

Ya, that's why I thought, the only way to do it without spending a fortune would be to just put a stick controlling an air valve for your splitter like they do with the 18 speeds the show truck crowd is doing.

Maybe they were made by the same company that made the ASSET cams, turbos and electronics.

I hear you Rowdy. If I won the lottery I'd have the nicest Mack dump truck...slash flower pot parked on my front lawn. I'd fill the box with loam, plant it, then sit on my couch and admire it.

Just don't price it! Unless they've come down....I looked into it in 2005 and it was scary. They work awesome off road though. Will put you in where a 6x6 will go. One of the big lumber mills up north of here won't even hire your truck to pull logs from the bush if you don't have it. It really saves the roads.

There's got to be a way to do it. Just look on some of the "largecar" sites. All the show truck guys are doing it with 18 speeds, to make them look like two-sticks.