mechohaulic

Back when mem were men ! no AC ; engine right behind the operator ; who by the way worked for way less then todays workers having AC ; enclosed cab; hyd machine = two joy sticks ;;;; not three levers; two pedals and miles of cable / R I P ;; Robert Rich . a man I grew up to respect to the highest degree, could run his Baycity with such expertise = feet and hands movement to keep the boom/ bucket all in tacked .

yep . see it, that and all the head lights, thing missing the front "bull bar".

at loss on these! not early Arute .

Suzio , still out there today ; much smaller numbers.

I'll wager a bet that's a Tilcon picture based on the mountain pile in background.

twin air pulling HD road train ; I agree with the Australia . those mirrors defiantly spread out

Hats off to You ;Navypoppop. as of so far You are the Senior advisor. that is unless someone has a B day making them over the 77mark.

on those VERY rare occasions I find myself at table with others. steak on menu ;I order medium/rare for the sake of others. one instance while in a group and ordering rare ; as I cut it the blood ran ! another poor soul who had ordered well done (and it was ), besides pushing his plate away , almost barfed at the table. LOL find it easier NOT to go out with others ; LOL

cooked to perfection.

Now lets not use the words "updates will be slow "" the updates will be in a timely fashion. just sayin. we won't go near the topic of "small in nature "!!! leave nature out of this !

personal opinion !!no such thing as tooo rare. have partaken in the butchering of my steer , sliced off a piece and down the hatch !!! what grill. you mean your not suppose to feel the heart beat still in the meat !!LOL

Thanks ;; basically it's just a number .a person is only as old as they feel. for me with 50 plus yrs of pushing wrenches and starting at 17 ;; i feel 139yrs old .!!!LOL; yet today for the FIRST time ever I took apart a Mack transfer pump to discover what's inside. have changed a few ''never examined the internals. I'm closely closing in on 75. knowing now I'm NOT the oldest on here. come on you brave folks == who's got us beat for age and knowledge. all for fun.

an ole blue Mack with a twin stack on the back. looks to be R700 can tell the old R's by the hd looking hood;;like it. doesn't have the short section on lower fender . all one piece . all it needs for perfection is the front western grill.

there are a couple of things to consider : 1= did you keep it original with center seal in wheel hub?? 2- inner bearings repacked with grease ?? 3- if inner seals was eliminated and upgraded outer wheel seal installed did you fill hub before outer bearing/ axle installed?? 4- going with idea updated seal change-over ;; recommended filling rear housing would be ; over fill bango jack up the right wheel allowing gear oil to travel to left side. reason left done first due to filler plug on right side. then check level when unit on "all fours". Level down slightly add ;; then jack up left side to fill right side wheel. full confidence both wheels have sufficient oil; back on all fours recheck level using the bent knuckle method. oil running out as plug pulled level way over when expansion considered. don't rely on oil to flow by its self to wheel bearings .had customer doing his own brake job(before out board drums) didn't tip or fill hubs;;; cost him a new banjo .

not sure if it would be considered rude : BUT it would be interesting to find out who is the senior member to date of BMT ?? since my membership on BMT ,I know there have been a number of ole timers who have left for the truck stop in the sky.

old school R looks real nice.. pete wrecker just a "little "fancier then the '57 Diamond T Mack had!!

the wrecker always kept a few plastic axle caps (courtesy of the new deck sets which came in to dealership).till they went to HD plywood . ..hooking a tandem . front drive chained up to frame before raising with wrecker ; axles removed from rear drive then caped with plastic covers. NOT every hook needed all the extra work, every job was different. driveshaft(s) down or axles pulled ;;;; rain/snow /dangerous location ::: did a road call I=84 dealing with loaded gas tanker ===what rule book!!! fortunately it was many years ago< won't find my a-s-s out there today. don't remember ever hooking a H model :::(back on topic=LOL)

driveshaft drop during tow done not only lack of transmission lube in neutral , front end up in air on hook took away even more lube . disconnected shaft eliminated all issues of burning up transmissions. there were times (foul weather -rain/snow) when decision to drop shaft or not was challenging. B-81's/DM's don't have a light driveshaft . crawling on the wet ground hoisting that .*^_+><?<:" shaft !!. can look back now a laugh ;except when back /body is concerned. stay in school kids get a real job!!

I've got one of those days approaching soon ;; bet I have You both beat; LOL :::75 round the corner. try not to think of it as 3/4 of a century . doesn't that sound old.😱

NOT WATERBURY !!!!! if you think you will luck out. go north ; Thomaston/ Torrington ??? can't remember what town name DMV falls under up that way. Barkhamsted is another name for that area. if they ask why you went there; "other location (waterbury) was very busy"!!

I second it ;;; wasn't on computer yesterday ; doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day (again). hope You had a positive day.

actually there wasn't a year involved with the removal of driveshafts. dropping a shaft had more to do with each individual situation.

the Mack westerns ; R's and the F's will always be number 1 in my book. the grills /paint schemes .

now boys and girls !!!! lets stay on topic ,, Bob is working very hard on this DM !!!

I agree 10000 per cent. being ole time farmer boy ;;;NOTHING thrown away, since I carried those pails heavier than 40lb (Doctor orders) max;; down the stairs ;; engine parts ETC . different world today, Lady plans on tag sale soon. I said put the pails out ;ask $10,oo a pail ,