mechohaulic

I know I'm getting old when looking at pictures like these and realize ;; I worked on his fathers trucks. I see curt's address as Roxbury. I worked many years for AJP milk haulers also .

my starting place ' great place; good people ,, march 3, 1969 $1.70 per hr.. waterbury

what did Roxbury FD do with the MB fire truck from the '70's . I worked for Mack at the time and installed the jake brake. it was the first and only MB with a jake. factory said it couldn't be done, wrong.

Dom Sr is a great person . another good company " chased out of business" Thanks state of connecticut

can't see last three unit numbers, i'll almost guarantee I delivered that truck when it was new . different body when new

I will verify week for clutch job, working at Waterbury mack ('69-"75) took 8hrs to remove trans, had to completely remove third axle first. laws changed and every one was stuffing tag axles in spots not meant to have one. battery boxes were jammed one on top of another. I knew the owner of the DM getting clutch I was working on; boy was he upset when the bill came. times have changed .

driveshaft balance weight missing . doesn't take much.

when they come apart;; boy do they. working at mack in CT yrs ago there was a cabover with 318. truck sat for week or so. guy comes to pick it up. hits the key engine goes from zero to beyond wide open in seconds. as most cases the emergency stop cable froze.. my job to smash rear cab screen and climb on top of screaming engine ;; manually flip shutoff. too late engine trash. baskin robbins in ct had fleet of 318's and 350 DD 's. baskins had a mechanic ,jimmy Cassidy he is one of the best for setting up a DD. the stack tips were blue on one ole binder with 318.. LOL . Texaco had long nose GMC 's with 318. clear night you could hear them climb rte 34 . knew when shift was coming listening to engine. like real muscle cars of days gone by.. big truck engines had a sound of their own. maybe imitated today -NEVER duplicated

worked Waterbury mack '69-'75 . had some of the best "teachers" .

do you have any pictures of the DM 800 model ?? i'm looking for mixer parts for my DM 8 00.

that must have been quite the workhorse and a challenge to drive back in the day. by looks of the neck the trailer hooked to it not to skimpy either. a number of steel haulers had straight jobs with off set cabs .allowed for carrying longer pieces of steel.

Waterbury mack had an ole timer in the machine shop :Mr Al Dixon . he was my mentor and hero. I was told there wasn't a gear he didn't know. count just the gears in a quad ! I found a gear, verified the number and showed it to him. he not only told me the model number of the trans but the position it held. try that today.

I remember the days when walking in to mack all you needed to say was the part you are looking for and maybe the model it was for. and they knew you by name !!! Waterbury mack had an ole timer in the machine shop ;; Mr. Al Dixon. he was my mentor, hero. I was told he knew every gear for every transmission, I found a gear , verified the number; showed it to him ;; he told me the trans model AND the position in the trans it held.!!!! find that today. back in the day it was a box of block and reline the brake shoes yourself. parts room people knew your vehicle application and would suggest a different grade block . never noticed a turn over in people back then. like today. no doubt people changed jobs . company did what they could to keep you when you knew you job. parts people knew numbers , today a computer keeps numbers. even vin numbers were simpler . all the mack magazines and brochures I had and threw away, dummy me.

amazing how this crap spread so fast. don't you know it took all the attention off the impeachment topic, no one will gather to follow the political lies. next thing you know the elections will be here and everyone will say "what happened. . I'm still a firm believer in the chem trails from planes aren't good. very few know what's coming down from the air. at 68 my time is short; looking at my little grandkids I feel bad. now I see why they wait 75 yrs to tell the truth about major events (nov.22,1963 !!). most concerned are gone. like a bumper sticker once said ::I love my Country, it's the government I hate.

Beautiful looking Fire truck. I posted some new pictures under '49 EE taking a break. check out the fire truck from the '82 truck races in NJ. it was a demonstrator for the company. guess people got scared driving up to it on highway thinking it was coming at them LOL.