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My 2015 Ram 5500 came from the factory with 7 Hankook tires on it They were also on my wifes Fusion, minor wear in 22000 miles when I auctioned it.. The ones on my Ram rode and handled well on dry and wet. They are in a container with only 450 miles on them, I put 4 on / off road super singles on it and dumped the dualies.

Sure like the Starfire. Pretty rare car on the east coast. Course Sam N Ella's Eboli Kitchen bus is different

Not really, both are vocational units but for different purposes. Also like Mack , Autocar had it's brand followers. Lizza and Zara in N.Y.S. were Mack users, Prefered Sand and Gravel were AutoCar and Diamond Reo users, Roanoake Concrete were Mack and International users. Times were also different there was no legal battles in the truck building industry over things that were considered petty than.

Never thought the emergency vehicles would not be exempt! Boy that's a disaster waiting to happen.Responding to a plane crash and go into derate.

Grandson finished polishing my blower case and top manifold. Took them in to Cat where he works and sonic cleaned all the compound out. Nice job I think. Now I do bearings, Teflon impeller wipes and top cog. Still waiting on my heads to be finished being extrusion ported. Paul Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Wonder if the Cracker Box has full Air Ride.

Owned by Sam n Ella

Only because Volvo builds rebrands their trans as the mDrive. Need to keep the Swede in Mack.

Autocar introduced their first U series in 1935, so I guess A Car should have been upset with Mack.

Happy Birthday! Have a big gooey piece of cake!

A good 4x4 shop has the universal rubber flares in rolls that you can purchase by the foot. They come in different flare widths also. Paul

The Dems cut Senator Dan Crenshaw a new A hole no slack because he is refusing pay until the shut down ends. Seems the only honorable man in Congress.

Nancy P Wins for the decade!! Democrat Floats Canceling Super Bowl: ‘Would Definitely Lead to the End of the Government Shutdown’ Democrats are floating canceling the Super Bowl in order to push to end what is now the longest government shutdown in history and punish Republicans, according to a report quoting several Democrat lawmakers. Fox News reports a Democrat lawmaker confirmed that during a meeting of the House Democrat Conference–of which Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the leader–on Thursday morning, discussion of the shutdown’s effects on the Super Bowl caused a ruckus. “A House Democratic Caucus meeting was roiled Thursday morning after one representative floated the possibility that the ongoing partial federal government shutdown might affect federal authorities’ ability to secure the upcoming Super Bowl,” Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Gregg Re reported. “That definitely got everyone’s attention,” a Democrat lawmaker told Fox News anonymously. Another Democrat lawmaker told Fox News anonymously that canceling the Super Bowl “would definitely lead to the end of the government shutdown.” While nobody in President Donald Trump’s administration–which oversees the collection of government agencies that come together to handle travel, logistics, security, and more for major events like the Super Bowl–is suggesting that the Super Bowl be canceled like Democrats on Capitol Hill are floating, there is definitely concern about the shutdown’s impact on this year’s big game. A report from NBC News details how not just air traffic controllers at Atlanta’s Hartfield-Jackson International Airport will be working without pay, but so will officials at many of the other agencies involved in helping secure the Super Bowl: If the shutdown — now in an unprecedented 27th day — continues, the federal employees charged with overseeing security at the event will also be working without pay. The Department of Homeland Security is heavily involved with keeping the event safe from terrorism and other threats, working with the NFL, FBI and local law enforcement agencies. That includes personnel from the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. All of those agencies have been hit by the shutdown — as has the FBI. The Fox News report details just how intricately involved federal agencies are in protecting the Super Bowl: Super Bowls, including last year’s game in Minneapolis, typically are designated at Special Event Assessment Rating level 1 and involve tight coordination between federal, state, and local law enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rates SEARs 1 through 5, with level 1 indicating the most risk. A DHS rating of SEAR 1 is just below that of a National Special Security Event, a designation for major national or international events that face the highest potential terr risks. At last year’s Super Bowl, roughly 30 federal agencies — including the FBI, Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — were on hand, as well as cybersecurity officials. That’s not all. According to CNBC, since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is affected by the shutdown, apparently Super Bowl ads could be hampered too. CNBC’s Lucy Handley reports: Companies spend millions of dollars on ads at the Super Bowl, in the hope that the event’s vast audience will buy their new products and services. But the U.S. government shutdown may have an impact on product launches, because part of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website is offline and companies therefore can’t currently get new services approved and ready to advertise during the big game on February 3. The FCC regulates the TV and telecommunications industries and on January 3 posted on its website: “Due to the partial government shutdown, the FCC suspended most operations at midday Thursday 3 Jan, 2019.” Democrat threats to cancel the Super Bowl over the shutdown come in the wake of Pelosi canceling the State of the Union. She had originally, after being elected Speaker while the government was shut down, invited President Trump to the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 29 to deliver the annual presidential address to Congress and the nation, but then changed her mind and said that if the shutdown persists security concerns may preclude the Capitol from being ready to handle such a high-profile, high-risk event. The U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security fired back, saying Pelosi did not know what she was talking about and that they would be ready to handle the State of the Union address on Jan. 29 even if the shutdown continues. Then, on Thursday, as Democrats boarded a U.S. Air Force bus bound for a military plane to take them gallivanting around the world to Europe and Afghanistan, President Trump used his authority as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to cancel Pelosi’s jaunt. Trump said she could still fly commercial if she wanted to continue abandoning government funding negotiations, which she originally planned to do until Friday morning when her office announced those plans had fallen through, blaming Trump again for it. Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refuse to provide the Democrat votes necessary to reopen the government because they are adamantly opposed to any kind of barrier along the U.S. border with Mexico. Pelosi has even called a wall, like the one President Trump wants to build, “immoral,” but she and Schumer are having difficulty holding Democrats together against a barrier on the border. Even Pelosi’s number two, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, says she is incorrect to say walls are “immoral,” while many other rank-and-file Democrats are openly seeking a deal with the White House and President Trump. The Super Bowl, assuming the Democrats do not succeed in canceling it, is scheduled to be played in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 3, two weeks from Sunday. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET that day. The conference championship games, which will decide the participants in this year’s Super Bowl, take place on this coming Sunday. The Los Angeles Rams face off against the New Orleans Saints at 3:05 p.m. ET on Sunday in the National Football Conference championship, and the New England Patriots face the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football Conference championship at 6:40 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Why not just pull the cylinder out soak it in PB Blaster, clean it and the bore and replace the o rings?

Look at the pages for the 150 and 280 series in the GT and Metri-pac. lists dimensions for both male and female connectors by wire size. https://www.reynoldsonline.com/ASSETS/DOCUMENTS/ITEMS/EN/POSI12124580L_Broc.pdf

Pre WWII French and British had basically Civilian pattern trucks prior to the start of hostilities in 1940.

FP built from 1940 to 1942 365 units made. ER build from 1936 to 1941 359 units made. Main differences were heavier chassis , springs, steer axle and Military spec lifting eyes on chassis. Balance of the truck was E series. Originally spec'd out for the French.

Think this helped or hurt G.M. ? UAW trust sells $1.6B worth of GM stock Nora Naughton, The Detroit News Published 6:27 p.m. ET March 5, 2018 | Updated 7:59 p.m. ET March 5, 2018 (Photo: STAN HONDA / AFP/Getty Images) The United Auto Workers’ retiree health care trust unloaded 40 million of its shares in General Motors Co. worth $1.6 billion, a move that risks the trust’s ability to replace retired UAW Vice President Joe Ashton on the automaker’s board of directors. The UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust is still likely GM’s largest stakeholder with a remaining 100.15 million shares. But that might fall below the threshold detailed in the 2009 stockholder’s agreement between GM, the UAW trust and the U.S. Treasury that guarantees the trust representation on the board. The 2009 agreement says the UAW trust must own at least 50 percent of the shares it initially acquired following the automaker’s federally-induced bankruptcy. But it’s unclear if the initial number of shares acquired includes a three-way stock split ahead of GM’s November 2010 initial public offering that increased the UAW trust’s shares from 87.5 million to 262.5 million. The UAW’s health care trust sold 40 million GM shares Friday valued at $39.71 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In an earlier filing last Tuesday, GM detailed the trust’s intention to sell nearly a third of its stake in the automaker. If the UAW trust’s 262.5 million shares reported in GM’s 2010 filing with the SEC are considered its original acquisition, the trust’s holdings would fall to 38 percent of what it initially acquired, no longer guaranteeing a board seat. But based on the 87.5 million shares reflected in the 2009 stockholder’s agreement, the UAW trust actually owns some 12 million more shares than first amassed. The UAW trust lost its representative on GM’s board in December when Ashton abruptly resigned. It wouldn’t be able to nominate a replacement until the automaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting in June, at which time issues of governance would be addressed, a GM spokesman said. As a large shareholder, the UAW trust still is empowered to nominate someone for the board in June. At issue with the stock sale is whether that board seat would be guaranteed. Talks are continuing between GM, the UAW and the health care trust on whether the union trust would keep the seat, according to sources familiar with the situation. In a year-end roundtable, UAW president Dennis Williams said the union intended to keep the seat vacated by the resignation of Ashton. A spokeswoman for the retiree trust declined to comment on discussions surrounding the UAW trust’s place on GM’s board of directors, and deferred comments on the stock sale to Brock Fiduciary Services, the trust’s independent fiduciary and investment manager for its GM shares. A representative from Brock did not immediately respond to request for comment. The UAW retiree trust will receive all of the proceeds from this offering, and none of the shares are being sold by GM, according to the automaker’s Tuesday statement. GM plans to repurchase a portion of the 40 million shares the trust is selling, valuing about $100 million as the price per share at the time of the offering. Based on GM’s closing listed in the SEC filing, that would amount to about 2.5 million shares. The UAW trust’s share sale comes as federal officials are pressing ahead with an investigation of the joint training centers funded by Detroit’s three automakers. A vice president of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the wife of a deceased UAW vice president already have pleaded guilty to charges in an alleged scheme involving the embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funds earmarked for member training. It’s still not clear what caused Ashton’s sudden resignation, which GM announced in a four-sentence news release at the time. He left the board shortly after being linked to a federal grand jury investigation into auto industry corruption. Ashton also resigned amid a separate internal investigation GM launched this fall after learning of the widening federal investigation. His departure came six weeks after The Detroit News reported that he had drawn the scrutiny of federal agents looking into potential corruption at UAW joint training centers funded by all three automakers. NNaughton@detroitnews.com

What are these people you talk of? Whom do they work for? Where do they work? As far as I can see there in no House or Senate. Better off going to the local diner or BMT and putting them in office.

Wasn't Waylon Jennings Mack a B77?

500 lbs is only a wee bit smaller than a yearling moose in Maine. Male 1200 to 1500 lbs 6 to 7 ft tall, 8 plus long and females run about 900 lbs plus. Bear, Bobcats, wolves and only a small amount of highly dangerous Lib-er-als All I got to hunt in Virginia is squatters with my Scoop Mobile.

What are they going to do in 2020 when vehicles are going to get a Seat Belt -Starter inter lock? The return of the seat belt interlock: crazy rule or money saver? by Daniel Stern NHTSA, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is looking at bringing back seat belt-ignition interlocks by 2020. These devices, which prevent cars from being driven unless each occupant is using a seat belt, are already allowed — but some automakers want to use them instead of complying with regulations, unique to North America, for protecting unbelted occupants. BMW petitioned NHTSA last October to allow belt interlocks as a compliance option, citing the cost, weight, and fuel penalty required to pass the American beltless-occupant crash tests. NHTSA denied the petition, but may eventually let automakers do as BMW asked; NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said he would ask for research to look at opportunities for adjusting the regulations “if there is 100% certainty that everyone is wearing a belt.” Strickland said he sees BMW's point: “This could provide manufacturers design flexibility and options to not only improve the margin of safety in a crash, but could also relieve regulatory burdens and save significant costs.” BMW's petition mentioned three types of ignition interlocks that might be used: one that prevents the car from being started unless all occupants buckle in, one that prevents the automatic transmission from being shifted out of Park, and one that would allow only very low speed driving (to go down a driveway or private road, or maneuver in a parking lot, for example) if the driver isn't using the seat belt. The American requirements for unbelted occupant protection at issue were written into law in the 1970s and ’80s when most Americans didn't buckle in; but, in 2012, 86% of vehicle occupants in the US were belted in. That's an all-time high for the United States, but still below those of most of the developed world, including neighboring Canada, which sit in the mid to high 90s. The 14% of unbelted drivers and passengers tally up a whoppingly disproportionate 52% of those killed in car crashes in the US. This is not the first time the idea has been considered. A seat belt/starter interlock was briefly required almost four decades ago. It was an idea put forth by then-Ford executive Lee Iacocca to stave off an airbag mandate; at that time almost zero Americans used belts, and airbags were incorrectly regarded as a replacement for seat belts rather than a supplemental restraint. So 1974-model cars came with an interlock: the belts in all occupied front seats had to be buckled or the engine couldn't be cranked. he system was immediately and vehemently hated by the American motoring public. The mechanically-inclined quickly figured out which wires to cut and solder to defeat the system (Chrysler owners could simply unclip a connector, shown at right). Those without technical skill found that leaving the belts buckled and sitting on them did not work—there was a logic module that required the correct sequence (sit, buckle, crank). There was an underhood bypass button that could be pressed to give one "free" start in case of system fault. Taping the button down wouldn't work; it had to be pressed each time. The components of the day were unreliable, especially given what automakers would pay for a system they did not want in the first place. Seat occupancy was detected with weight sensors; this made problems with bags of groceries, briefcases, packages, and pets. System faults, including failure of the bypass button, and nuisances were common. Do you have a 1974 Chrysler, Dodge, Imperial, or Plymouth? If so, you can probably eliminate your seat-belt interlock by unclipping the wire underneath the driver’s seat. Many Americans also hated seat belts, seeing them as an infringement on personal freedom, and even as unsafe (e.g., keeping people in a burning car). [Editor’s note: Some people had problems using the belts of 1974, whose cranky retractors required a very smooth touch and some degree of luck to prevent them from locking on every pull. These belts also sometimes tightened themselves in driving. Prior seat belts usually had no retractors, but had to be “manually sized” like airline seat belts, and when taken off, had to be stowed in clips above the door; the driver could not lean forward to release the emergency brake while wearing a seat belt.] Now, we know from mountains of crash data and accident reconstructions that belt non-use affects everybody, not just the non-user; an unbelted driver is much more likely to be knocked unconscious or otherwise unable to control a car by a first impact, making further impacts (and death and injury of other people) much more likely. [Editor’s note: The costs to emergency rooms and health insurers from un-belted drivers can be quite high. People who would walk from even a fairly severe crash often end up in the critical ward for weeks if they were not belted.] Shortly after a critical mass of congressmen bought new 1974 cars, the interlock requirement was repealed and a (rare) exemption was enacted to the prohibition on rendering inoperative a vehicle safety device or system. Now we have much more accurate and precise ways of detecting seat occupancy; cameras able to monitor a driver for fatigue can certainly tell the difference between a driver and a dog or a stack of books. Today's automotive electronics are also much more dependable and flexible. Defeating a current-day interlock would be much harder than it was in 1974, but few would try; education and social and legal pressure have gradually brought most Americans to realize that seat belts save lives and prevent injuries and property damage. It is difficult to think of a rational objection to the interlock as proposed by BMW. It helps to recall we have had interlocks preventing the car from cranking if it’s not in Park or Neutral, since even before the advent of US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards in 1968. Few people object to these obvious crash-prevention devices in that context; with today's understanding and general acceptance of seat belts, a belt interlock ought to meet with good acceptance by those who were not too emotionally scarred from the 1974 systems.

Make them automatic ?!! So they can spend more time texting, shopping, watching a video or taking selfies because the the Lane Monitoring APP, Collision APP, the Cruise Control APP, the intersection Side entry monitoring APP and the Self Parking APPs? Headlights must cut into their socializing APP Since they are always on their I phone how about a simple APP just saying "put the phone down, turn your lights on a drive the Efin car"

If it is a ORM-D (other regulated material) like paint or solvent, charcoal, flux and a ton of other items the Federal Government has declared "dangerous". UPS, FEDEX and the USPS have surcharges and it is a ground only transport. Adds an average of 20% to 38% to the shipping costs.

A good Radiator shop can clean it out . Paul