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mechohaulic

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  1. possibly but he states it's in the DM 607 he posted a picture of. a DM607 wouldn't be gas ?? 711 or 673 non-turbo . green interior from picture. i'm thinking early DM. not saying trans wasn't changed ;; who would change dash shift pattern.
  2. it can be done without cab off. helps alot to be 20-30 yrs old. have tried lowering with a rope, someone inside cab and helper outside. remove small side panel outside , try not to think of how many fingers will be smashed .
  3. at 70/closing in on 71; i don't think i can climb the steps to sit in the seat and turn the key to start it ,never mind change it ,,,
  4. the DM800 along with it's "older brother " the B81 will always be a favorite . the steel nose 600 is a close "cousin" . the steel nose 600's back in the day have also been called other names when twisting upside down trying to remove items such as starters. LOL . that orange one must be up in age late 60's=early 70's being a 607 (sx)?
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  6. i have heard the term mini -quad used in yrs past. at the farm i've been hanging out at; supposed to be getting a B81sx up and running there. out back with lots of other stuff is a mack trans. i t's a small twin stick . tried to clean off data plate section for numbers didn't come clean enough. complete trans with mounts. took some pictures a while back. can try and up load. back section had a repair . will talk with owner and find out his plans before it's scrapped .
  7. I've been staring at that pattern for some time now. 1- can't recall ever seeing a 14 ;; 2= minus 5th lo which would give the 14, it states lo-lo NOT a splitter. 1st lo-lo only?? that would take out 3-4 more moves . how14?? like the 6 speed twin stick maxi low for first only was "made into a10 speed by many
  8. when you want to get away from the TV crap; as always Youtube has some fun stuff. punch in --- shifting a Mack quad. one is a B81 ; of course some are good ; some aren't. if memory is correct ; a B815 has the V-8 ..
  9. There's NO WAY anyone could ever say THANK YOU enough to people like those who had the interest in saving a valuable part of history not for the making of $$$$ , but in saving the past.
  10. and I thought I was the oldest on here at 70( closing in on 71 in may) LOL😄
  11. not to easy for many to see what's coming up when they have their face looking down at their cell phones. sad state of affairs on the highways today.
  12. seems so many are in a hurry for no reason. weather channel has the highway through hell show, i know it's hiped up for tv , yet watch the vehicles traveling fast by a wreck with no concern of the responders working the wreck. challenge is going passed a wreck when the people have to slow down to "see what's going on" hoping the one's speeding behind you pay enough attention as to not crash into you.
  13. I know this model builder will make use of the info given here. at present no R-models on the "assembly line". one IH payhauler built up for low bed load; one DM-800 waiting on parts, DM-800 mixer ; and wrecker waiting in line for repairs. R-685ST with 300+ eng hasn't made the repair order line yet.LOL might have warm weather by then ; model repairs will end up on hold again.
  14. if it never had a bumper, and you don't have the right bolts ; i would go with the spacers. what was there before?
  15. 8:10pm IT'S SNOWING IN CT RIGHT NOW !!!!! ''enough for ground to be white.. i really hate this state. was raking leaves yesterday. NO cooking out around here.
  16. before pulling the pump apart, i would second the motion on the list freightrain wrote. start out with the basics first.
  17. I'm likein the trike. drove/rode a variety of things through the yrs NEVER rode/drove a motorized bike. had a license since 16. rode a bicycle till 18. at 18yrs old, was involved in a bike vs school bus accident. i was on the bike. hit the bus close to head -on. days of no cell phones. kids on the bus watched me fly through the air . busted up for a long time. point being after that i was never allowed on any kind of bike ; motorized or other after that. LOL
  18. now that would be a FUN time/day. just have to be careful and patient when an ole timer starts a sentence with " remember when " ; 1- it could take a while ;; 2- you hope the ole timer does remember what he was going to say ...LOL
  19. winter in older times as kids we watched the town crew plowing the country roads with two man teams per truck. they took turns ;one driving other was in the dump body SHOVELING the sand out the body to the roads. the blizzard of '78 had an OPERATOR on a TD20 with open cab spent 48 hrs no sleep opening roads
  20. one of the ole timers i worked for used his cable run bay city shovel to lift his truck up in the air;; said he didn't like laying on the ground to grease!! LOL. he also told of running a single axle white from CT to NY in the winter with no heat. he put candles on the dash to defrost the windows. i know i said same thing ;; no way. he was serious.
  21. like the FLYING ACES of the WW's , "operators" are things of the past today. ever see the satellite senders on machinery today. the drivers not operators sit back set the computers and a satellite thousands of miles away set the grades on the dozers, scrapers etc. had little time behind controls of a grader trying to teach myself how to operate it. any one can drive it operating is a totally new ball game. besides a grader, running a 100ft + crane was on the bucket list for me.
  22. THANK YOU ,please convince Your wife to share the positive memories of days past. start a new " from the mates side " etc, topic. i was working (for fun) on a B81sx on the farm. had high hopes of getting it running.not sure if it will come to pass. yesterday helped grandson with his shiny pete == big flat top 8in exhaust. he started it; i wasn't impressed. give me aB81 any day . sounds way better.
  23. my blood pressure went way down moving out of CT and going to TN. didn't need pressure pills. back in CT = I know the pressure back up. still have a ct license, not the CDL i had such honor to have .
  24. i left mack went to Baskin Robbins ; they had a fleet of 318's and 350DD. number one priority ==pull all the intake housing and repair/ never seize the emergency flippers .everyone had to be working or truck is parked. originally they had a small 1500gal fuel tank, always fuel problems. fortunately they upgraded to two 10k tanks ,
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