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Goes to show you the old iron is always ready. It almost brings a tear to my eye seeing such an amazing display of old trucks still working like they did when new. I forgot about this video, thanks for posting! Just found the wikipedia article and it mentions this move when the RR was bought and moved to Maine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edaville_Railroad#The_1990s

Welcome! That is a real nice F model you got there. I am a bit surprised that things rust less in "Old England". Their climate is not that different from ours despite the UK being further north.

No no no, scap is referring to the price of a whole truck if someone were interested in buying the whole vehicle. Buying a Mack by the pound so to speak.

From the listing: "2 of them run and one doesnt." So its a game of Russian roulette then?

Well if you plan on turning up the motor I would keep away from the quad/triplex/duplex gear boxes. The single counter shaft don't like gobs of torque and even putting one behind a 237 or 300 is not the best idea unless you're going to baby it. Sled pulling and babying dont belong in the same sentence. And as for motor, I dont think the 673 will like the tuning, probably run into head gasket problems. 711 is right out for tuning. Get a 237 or 285/300 tip turbine, maxitorque strait 5 or 6 speed and start there. At the risk of enduring the wrath of fellow forum members I would also recommend looking into an Allison for serious sled pulling. A 350 E6 motor could be fitted with some modifications to fit the aftercooler, probably the best route.

Quick someone get me a winning lottery ticket! Love it! Still need an F model (or two, three etc.) a B8x, and an LJSWX. On the same note, the Evel Knievel Mack donor truck was the blue F model Dennis had a while back. When I bought my Mack from him I asked him about that F.

Where about in LI are you? I am currently living in West Babylon. Few other guys on here from LI too.

lol ur not going 2 fit lol

This is the first thing that came to mind

Saw this on Hanks and had to pass it on. http://hankstruckfor...p?topic=58970.0

LOL. Maybe she is a bit senile and was confused by what she saw.

Sounds like one hell of a nice MH with the V8 and all. The V8 parts are getting hard to come by although not impossible. Plenty of second hand cabs around for parts and frames are the same as the Superliner 2 and CL. The 12 speed is one hell of a gear box, and its a monster too. Have you thought of importing an F88 for restoration? IT would be a bit more expensive but how many F88's are on this side of the pond? Would be a nice piece for shows. Im more partial to the Scania LB's myself, would be neat to bring a piece of old European Iron to Macungie.

Paul, Sorry to hear of your accident. Good to hear your okay. I tell ya, the damn highways are full of those ass wipe kids in their used $500 rice burners. You always see them weaving in and out of traffic tailing you or cutting you off. I had one cut if front of me with inches to spare once didn't see it coming and just about shit myself. They all think they are race car drives in those heaps.

Any of the frame rail spacing?

Thanks Rob.

Mack did build their own front drive axle until the late 70's or so. They even built their own transfer case into the 80's. Today I see factory Granites with Marmon axles and probably Marmon transfer cases.

A day cab in there too: http://www.truckpape...exact&bcatid=27 For those prices they will probably be gone and exported in a matter of a month.

Rob, I don't mind the arm-strong steering but maneuvering on our tight street and yard is tough. I would go hydraulic but honestly I don't want to start tearing into the suspension and steering just yet. How easy is it to install? I'm interested.

Thanks Rob, appreciate it.

Aw come on nobody can give me a single dimension! Stop harassing Rob and Randy and post some numbers!

Hey everyone, I got my hands on a really nice drafting program here at work, called Graphite and its developed by Ashlar Vellum. I figure I can start designing a few things for the truck. I am not going to be home this weekend so I cant measure my trucks rails. I need to know the following for a B61: -Outside width between the rails -Rail height -Rail thickness -Rail flange width Example frame rail cross section I want to make (ignore the hole pattern in the middle I was copying one from a Holland data sheet.) Example Pintle hook plate (I know you can buy these prefabbed but this is more of an exercise for me)

You know I had an idea for one of those knuckle boom cranes. I plan on building a removable bed for the B and I thought that a smaller knuckle boom attached to the bed would be a sweet idea. First I gotts get a new 5th wheel.

That is one hell of a sweet little collection you have there. You sir have made my night, great pictures. Those two right there are the two other Macks I would like to one day collect as well as an F model.

Its a shame when you park your truck only to come back and find out someone has vandalized it..... Wait you mean someone actually spent time putting that junk on there! Seriously though, That is hideous. I realize that everyone has their own personal taste but that is tasteless.

FTF (Floor Truck Factory) was a Dutch specialty truck maker who until the 1960's was a Mack Dealer. They built a number of heavy haulers for various customers including the Dutch Army (tank transporters) and Stoof / Mammoet. They made a number of trucks with Mack axles including this beauty: (SOURCE: http://www.janvanwees.nl/oldFE/oldfe.htm, check out the heavy spec V8 F model!) Getting ready for restoration Pretty neat looking truck. There was another monster built with Mack 80,000 rears: http://www.flickr.com/photos/homer----simpson/4713476111/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/5088985711/ You can see this truck at the bottom of the source page.