Vladislav

I'm shure the things we sorrow have their roots from low child discipline, not enough attention that modern parents pay for their sons and doughters, Holliwood violence demonstration and so on. I have a son of 12 yo, he lives not with me but with my ex-wife. Looking around his life I'm taking to solution that modern life is far different than me and my parents had. Reality is of another kind now. We have info flows of times and times wider and faster, we have consumption level more well than years ago, as the follow the life needs and values changed. And continue to change. Too fast. Too fast to understand how to fight new social problems on the field of modifying sorround.

I'm quit the same way.I was born in 1975. Every units of '75 and younger were took by me familiar. Everything older seems famous and needs more serious approach.

Nice collection Farmer, I'm glad you have enough old and new iron although in perfect condition.

Looks good. Hope you have got it for reasonable money. By the word - is the Superliner II stock front bumper still avalible?

B model wrecker looks solid. Dirt roads are something new of what you usually drive over.

Terrible and sad thing... The tragedy in Norway. Don't want to say the name of the killer. The tragedy in Budeonovsk, Russia, some years ago - terrorists in a school with machine guns... I can remember the shooting in Germany in school. F**king bastard with a pistol stolen from his father - victims and the killer's suicide. No reason of where on the globe the things of the kind go on - they're terrible. I agree with most of written above - Hollywood and Medias. I personnaly ignore public media, have neither TV, so I learned about happened in Newtown just half an hour ago on a e-mail web page. Much strength to the familys and everybody who was envolved. Just can't imagine how to stay with it. I'm not religious man but all my thoughts are with them.

Nice looking equipement carrier! Paint seems to be fresh. Vlad

Here's my pair of cents

I surprized you congradulates each other so early. A week before the Christmas day? I'm shure Vinny is a good guy. He don't want too much kikstands and fat pretty chicks. He would like "More U-models to everybody!" Merry Christmas!

I visit big citys from time to time on holidays. Sometimes with a car or with a bike that's perfect for street parking. I stay overnight in little motels in 20-30 km from where I go. Have a breakfast and go into the city for a day time ending up with dinner. After it I run outside for cheap rooms. Sometimes I stay overnight in a center. More $$ but nice to see night lights and put myself in a local enviroment. Expensive? Not every day and it's holiday.

Thank you guys for the info on cards. Sorry it's too late for me to order them and send to friends. It will be good enough up to next year. Anyway I will try the cards, have nothing of the kind in my neck of the woods.

The U joints are not perfect for me. I can use them also but with more rework. How does the wobble when you apply brakes? Doesn't it gets slow when you brake lightly? You also can try to ride on wheels of one axle only. Place blocks between the rodden axle and the frame but fix them good. Need also to lock 3rd diff. It's not easy though, need to disassemble and put something to lock peanuts against moving.

As far as I know there must be no relation. If we just imagine that fuel cuts off when no oil pressure you can't see any fuel from any injection lines but 3. If we continue to imagine there must be cut-off valve or something that locks pump's wreck. You probably get an issue of the injection pump sections or cut out valves on the pump's outlets. I don't know exactly the structure of END pump so can't tell you how to revise it. Look the manual. In general I only can say you must not disturbing any parts that determinates each plunger's turning position because it determinates the equality of fuel porsions to each cylinder.

Make better this way. If no results you will continue with bearings. Don't mix the sources of the issue up. Divide them and follow step-by-step.

2:1 - good count. Who shortened out the RS's frame? And how does the shoulder?

Quit high for me. Do you have flanges with 8 bolts around on the ends of pinion shafts for attaching propeller shafts or a U-part of a joint just out from the carrier? As for vibrations I also think around hubs or rims/wheels are out of a circle. You can try to jack each wheel, place some wooden block or any other static subject aside a tread area and look for a clearance turning the wheel over. A source of vibration must be an out of round shape, disbalanse or axle play of any heavy turning part. Propeller shafts also can though. Maybe you have water inside the tyres? I met that issue at once.

You need a set of shims to fix up a point of contact. Set pinion and a gear in sertain position, apply some paint on teeth, load driven gear and turn. Then look for a painted trace. You need the trace at the center of driven teeth, make it up moving gears by putting shims. If a gear set isn't wored out too much you have good chances with 5-6 steps.

Do you mean Mack-built Sherman transmissions?

Did THEY look for your AC's right after you lighted out on Facebook?

I continue to surprize guys about the country you living - hogs, elks and owls are everywhere! I used to see cats and dogs only around the roads. Maybe cows sometimes when cruising village areas.

What the ratio do you have in your carriers?Maybe I will have an interest for gears if you really get another bogie roll in.

For first you can put some pictures and the description on here. There are many factors such as a type of an engine/tranny, tyre's condition, truck's location and of course a general appearence. Vlad

1K for 2 nights for how many persons?

Happy B-day! Enjoy the day, life and your Macks!

The truck is in Holland, owned by Van den Herik. Not shure about Detroit under the hood. The truck was restored by Martin Monne shop in Holland. The owner has some other Macks including Superliner and the DM you can see on the background. All the trucks painted white-yellow-black. The unit behind the cab was made looks like a ballast body but really it's a camper.