Joey Mack

When I was a younger youngster, (1999/2000) I drove a '97 RD Tractor with a 400 and a Mack 18 speed. That truck out pulled the new to us, E-Techs with the 427's and 13 speeds. I did split the low side a lot because I was pulling a dump trailer that was off road as much as on road and grossed over 100,000 lbs quite often... ( according to the Maine State Police) who liked to weigh us A LOT !!!!!

I dont know why fuel is so high.. The smart T.V. people say that we only get about 1% of our oil from Iran, and that the U.S. and Venezuala produce more oil than Iran and Russia combined. L.N.G. is another fuel we are rich in.. Anyway,, Just curious. I have not bothered to read 10 different web site news outlets yet.

Great info Bottlehauler... 👍

I just paid 3.71 for regular, diesel is 5.59 + /gallon

Hello Heinzy.. 🍻

Flying Pig? Do you want me to see if I have the torque curve charts for youre engine ? If so, post what you have.. I am not smart about any torque curves and all the ratio stuff that is posted. Maybe I should be. Anyway. If I have specs you need I will post them.. Jojo

Ok.. yep ,he will know. He should be here soon. I cant tell you how many times I shifted an Eaton 9spd Like a 10spd by accident, and it was fine.. Hell, what do I know? 😆

13 spd.. my second guess. 😁 im curious... if it had a 13 spd shift knob, could it be used as such ? The Mack 2130/2180 is the same but the shift knob makes the difference.. years ago we called it a $65.00 upgrade to go to 18 spd. That was the cost of the shift knob with the gray splitter lever... if you took the shift knob apart, you could trim the red lever to work on the low side, if I remember correctly, seems like I have done that before somewhere..... GW? I expect a correction...

Too bad i didnt see this post hours ago. I may have been able to look at our set up and post pictures..

She's safe.....

It looks like an 8 LL

If he posts the engine he has, theres a good chance i have the charts.

I thought I would post these to help you know the ratios.

i'm with you GW... I used to be a bit impatient, only to find out they are working, or not near the truck for days or weeks.. anyway... I get it..