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Flipping a main breaker is free... I personally think impossible to forget how and/or improperly execute the sequence of back feeding your main panel without a transfer switch or interlock contraption. This Isn't Quantum Physics. So long as the "suicide cord" is sized for the max amps the generator can provide or better yet sized for 15% more amps than the 240V double pole breaker your backfeeding through there is nothing to worry about IMO.

One really needs to consider how often their power actually goes out before dropping $10,000+ on a whole house automatic stand by generator. Seems like a ludicrous amount of money to spend for an extended outage once every two years or so. Besides unless you are on utility supplied natural gas ("street gas"), your longevity is only as good as your fuel storage. What amount of propane or gasoline storage would you need for 17 days of continuous running at your typical electrical usage? Unless you have a life critical medical appliance that needs continuous power I think the whole house generators are kind of silly to own and maintain. I think the most practical solution would be to have a 3.5 or 5kW portable generator with 240V output and a 240V extension cord made up with two male ends. Backfeed your panel through a dedicated 240V outlet near the panel. This would be sufficient to run your furnace blower, refrigerator/freezer, or laundry a few times a day or whenever needed. Not considering the cost of the generator itself, the modifications needed to your main panel in order to do this are probably somewhere around $200 depending on your specific setup.

The proverbial once a quarter midliner parts thread......Forget the midliner and get something that has service support and parts availability. Honestly a midliner could be free and I probably wouldn't take it simply because they are next to impossible to get basic wear items for and they will cost you 10x over what you would otherwise pay for a competitive truck in downtime alone. They may technically be a good robust truck but at this point they are essentially worthless.. With that said, I always wondered if parts are available through a Renault dealer in France. I mean if you could speak the language and find a dealer / parts supplier in France could you get the parts that way?

Not mine. Saw it browsing FB. Seems like a pretty decent 700 series R model with Cummins. Price seems very fair for what it is. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1335548544389446/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

Saw in Facebook. No affiliation. Just passing along. Not sure is LVX is a scare model but sure looks complete. and being an off road truck it probably has next to zero rust on it. Hopefully the engine isn't locked from having no muffler on it.... Mack LVX Rock Trucks - Commercial Trucks - Wolcott, Connecticut | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

Was a 3412 ever available as a factory option from any manufacturer for an on-road truck? I doubt it but don't really know for sure.

Looks like air assist power steering....

OK that is insanity lol. Last I saw around here was a Mack reman was around $7500 give or take and an Eaton was $5000 give or take. I have been out of that game for a while though. I would never of thought a reman Mack would be $17,000 but maybe they have just gotten that obsolete over the last few years. I guess if they are 17k up there then you basically have no choice but to do the swap. Based on what you have said it will be way cheaper and in the end you will have a superior transmission.

I just wonder if whoever bought it is going to rerail it or just weld it up and call it good. Or maybe neither? The box truck had a lot of funky stuff going on with the frame too. It might have been a single axle tractor orginally. Looks like someone added a steel frame, tandem axle, torsion bar cut off to the original aluminum frame. Then they extended the cut off to accommodate the van body. Probably meaningless for a hobby truck but interesting to speculate....

The point I was trying to make is the buyers were willing to pay 10% more than what is shown.. That auction is representative of what I was originally saying. I never speculated a $25,000+ price. I guess at the end of the day I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. The OP asked what we thought it was worth. I firmly believe that KW would fetch $15,000 or maybe a little more. It would most likely take a little more effort than posting a for sale add with 5 pictures on Craigslist. Like I said someone else here offered $10,000 without even seeing it in person.

Its funny how Jersey is good with 70,000 on 3 axles but in PA you need 4.

The Mack transmission might seem more expensive than the Eaton on the surface but I can almost guarantee it would be cheaper, all things considered, to just replace what you have. Either by overhaul or just getting a reman unit. Call Weller or similar order exactly what you have delivered to whatever shop you use. Once it gets in they can have it swapped out and everything switched over in a day and you can be back to work the next. Then send your old one back as a core. I would forget about the Eaton in your case.

Another thing to note is this auction had a 10% buyers premium so the final cost to the buyers 10% higher than the posted selling price.

I didn't get a chance to watch the auction ending and just seeing the results now. Five figures? Hmmm..... Looks to me like these were all pulled out of a garage and not a lot of prep work was done prior to sale. I'll stand by my statement the C500 Kenworth that started this thread could be sold for $15000 or maybe a little more with the proper prep and marketing. Heck another forum member offered $10,000 for it having only seen 3 pictures of it.....

I think later on the gas engines were renamed Magnadyne....

Yes in my experience your wasting your time as a seller operating this way.

Lets reconvene in 2 or 3 days and see what lots 1, 4, 5, 6, & 7 sell for. Sheesley Vintage Truck Collection - Aumann Auctions, Inc.

I disagree. What it sells for is what its worth. I am confident if that truck were properly advertised and consigned at the proper auction house it would sell for $15,000 or more. Buyers / sellers fees aside the hammer price would be that or better. Thats all I'm saying

Never mind I didn't look before I posted that. Looks like there are no freebies anymore.

This. Junk Sells For $5000. That truck will bring $15,000 all day and on the weekends. Also, you don't even need to be a member of ATHS to put a classified on ATHS backlot. Can be done by anyone online. At least for wanted ads. Maybe for sale is different. But i remember posting on there before I was a member.

I watch and participate in a lot of auctions. If shined up and properly advertised that sucker would bring $15,000. I would say $20k tops. Its definitely going to go to a collector or hobbyist. I doubt there are many out there who would actually press that old girl into real work. Plus its Paccar with a Cummins and "normal transmission". More people are interested in those specs than the old time Mack powertrains. Christ literal scrap antique trucks often times sell for $3000 - 4000. Something that clean, unique, and mechanically sound is going to bring mid to upper teens. Its not 1985 anymore.....

Its hard to beat spokes if you want to be self sufficient and do your own work in a more or less shade tree scenario.

They belong to the government plain and simple. All the government agencies say they don’t belong to them. When a government man is talking, he is lying. No different here. What they are for? Use your wildest imagination. Your probably not far off….

Yes home heating use is now an almost minuscule percentage of anthracite usage. Mostly all goes to coking and metallurgical uses.

Maybe the best thing about coal is PA doesn't collect tax on it for home heating use.