CaptainCrutch

I clicked on this so fast expecting to see the Truck 11 & 12 I know and love.

Any clue how much he wants for it?

deshalb sprechen wir kein deutsch. I only wish more people could understand even that much that these men have done.

I finally got a picture today.

It is, I think the long chassis one is the new electric mule because it’s always stopped on the side which is something I’ve only seen with electric drivetrains, especially since I’ve NEVER seen a test mule broken down, and they have to stop to take temperatures to make sure the batteries aren’t getting too hot. Just a guess though.

If I had the money right now I’d be real interested in this one, and being so small I know it’d fit in between the other 2 wagons we have if we put them in there right. Unfortunately we just blew a bunch of money and are about to go through some more bringing back our L to true roadworthiness. I’m sure there’ll be others who’d be interested with the finances to get it. If not put me down on the list for in a few years, it’d be a nice project to work on once I’m done with the L.

They take a truck off the assembly line and run it loaded around without stopping it until it comes time to replace the old one which is typically decided by either a breakdown, which is pretty rare, or that the vehicle has put enough miles on it that they decide to make sure it’s stoll the way it should be. Or atleast that’s how Mack does it, basically quality control for the drivetrain plant. They’ve got a few running around at a time usually. You can tell which ones are the test mules because they’re a solid color, are hauling giant cement blocks, and have Mack Trucks Inc. written kinda small somewhere on the truck. The other ones I’ve seen are a long Cassis MR, an LR tractor, a granite tractor, and now this Pinnacle. They really never shut them off unless there’s a breakdown and they never stop but to change drivers and fill up with fuel.

I happen to occasionally see the Hagerstown Drivetrain Plant’s rest mules on their runs, and today they had a new one, a brand new black Pinnacle with a huge sleeper. The only chrome is the stacks. I’ll try to get some pictures the next time I see it. It’s hauling a flatbed with a bunch of weights on the back and in smaller red text on the sleeper it says Mack Trucks Inc. along with the DOT number. It’s a pretty sweet rig.

Do you mean the arm breaker or the crankshaft?

He’s probably just going for that rat rod look... Very rare but definitely one of a kind.

The worst thing it could be is a brand new Chevy Colorado... I think we’d all like to see your latest rig.

Superliner seeing as the hood side is pretty flush with the side of the cab. And it has fenders that slant in the front. It’d be interesting to dig that one out, it’s got a nice paint job on it. Looks so nice Mother Nature decided to take it back...

The 707 is a great engine. When we first brought our LS wagon home the carb was still running a little lean but the governor was still kicking in in 5th on some of the straightaways, if that’s any idea. Even before we brought it home and it was running on 3 cylinders, the handle on the landoll trailer we were hauling it with got stuck and on the 3 cylinders the truck was climbing about a 35-40° angle. It sounds amazing too. After driving around in it you can still feel the beat in you chest for atleast an hour afterwards. Still have yet to get it pumping, though I did see a B with a 707 pumping, and it pumped like a beast, it’s not often they have to yell at you to turn the pressure down. Granted all of my experiences are with fire engines but I’m sure you can get the idea. Wish I could submit videos on here because I have a few of us running around town with it.

I’m fortunate enough to see atleast one R model everyday, the local concrete plant has a couple DMs and there’s a beautiful tanker that appears every so often. All of them are still on the job.

It’s a shame none are for sale, I’m not even there and I already see a few interesting projects I’d like to work on, return some of these to the road instead of to Mother Nature.

Yes this is an incredibly unusual truck as before it was assumed that the smaller radiator somehow restricted the L cab from being used, but clearly that’s not the case. It’d also be interesting to learn how many of these were made with an L cab. It also begs the question to know if a CA-31 could be put on most other Bs, the only restriction being the size of the motor in relation to the hood of course. I personally prefer Bs with larger L cabs and if it could technically be available on most Bs then that would be a very interesting discovery.

I was searching through the internet when I found this beauty. It looks like a CA-31 cab on a B that doesn’t have the larger radiator. Just curious if anyone knows about it because it’s quite interesting.

Well we had it back out today, just running it around seeing as it was such a nice day. About half way along the route it started sputtering and died, sounded like it was running lean, a quick tune of the carb later we got it back home and ripped the leaky fuel pump out, figuring it had gone bad. Then we realized the fuel pump is fine, it’s the sediment pole that’s gone bad, and started leaking. So on Tuesday we get to get one of those. Next on the list is to fix the electrical for the driver side headlights. Then we’ll see about testing the pump because we plan on taking both engines to Pump Primers in July. It’s not a guarantee but we’re hoping it works out.

Found a 1965 triaxel B-73 with an L cab and one of these Holmes 850 setups. It’s huge. So huge it’s got a 100,000 winch on it.

Found another picture of one of those Holmes Wrecker bodies on another H. They do look pretty sweet.

I wonder if that rig is still around somewhere. It would definitely be one of a kind seeing as it’s got 2 wrecker arms. I’d love to see it pull off the same stunt again.

It’s especially a shame because not only did it have the molded roof lights, it was a 3 door sedan cab. I haven’t quite given up hope on it yet, but all sources lead to it ending up with a scrap dealer. Hopefully he knew what he had and atleast kept the body around. Actually both my engines are Fredrick, MD engines and have stayed in the vicinity since delivery. They both had twins that are untraceable.

Just brought it back home.