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that's the spot for a defrost switch or as others have said a spot for the fuel tank gauge selector switch on a gas job truck. when a gas job truck had the bigger heater with separate defrost switch, the defrost switch was located between the two bottom screw holes directly over top the steering column

agree. i have the bigger top hat style lid rather than the hubcap shaped lid. i think the top hat one came out around 60,61. seems everyone i have seen has a dent. i have been lookin for an original B model riser pipe for years,was thinking of using a chrome stack. i know my vent window hits the air cleaner top when its opened and you open the door

Red wing discontinued the 4418(red high heel thinsulate logger boot) and the 2218 (black uninsulated high heel logger) they have Chinese junk irish setters and an off brand looking logger but they are so hot, even the uninsulated ones. i use to wear the 4418's all summer long even insulated and my feet newer hurt or sweat. i loath the new red wings i bought that are suppose to be a replacement for the 4418's. what makes it worse is you check the red wing website and all you see is hikin boots and yuppie lookin dockers. guess they don't wanna put shoes on the American workin man anymore.i even asked my boot guy who is a little shop whos been in business forever about getting a batch of the 4418's made once a year cause he said everyone keeps askin about the and Red Wings answer was NO!. guess they cant compete with all these Carolina and Irish Setter looking Chinese logger boots. Add all this to the fact that my 1st pair for Redwings i bought when i was 16 was $212 a pair and my last pair for good ones were $293. had the get stuck buyin the red wings that were knock off us made ones for $180. id have no problem payin $293 again if i could just get the boots i like

been wearing redwings since i was 15, went to by a pair of standard logger boot 4418 they have been makin for EVER and found they were discontinued. had some look alike green ugly boots the guy i have been buyin them from 20+ years from said is what everyone is wearing now that they discontinued the boot i love. i absolutely HATE them. worst pile i ever put on my feet and they are still then us made boot. my feet sweat, smell, they feel like slippers and are about as supportive, my arches and feet hurt. make me sick to my stomach i paid good money for garbage. bought a cheap paid of carhart boots and Carolina logger style, they are all way too insulated and make my feet sweat. about disgusted with red wings. i look at their website and all i see now are poindexter yuppy trash lookin dress shoes, not even a decent lookin work boot. now I'm at a loss also cause I'm wearing out my last two pair of 4418 and 2218's i had stashed.

seen an 8v71 stuffed in a B61 and an R400 before. shoehorned in there but it fit so i take it a 6v71 would not be a problem

Mack always used Kirker cheicals for their paint. good for most but for a pro restoration they are cheap and i don't think have the lasting qualities for shine and color fading that PPG or Dupont do

JLG600 we had at work was a 60 footer and i think it weighed 18 or 19000lbs. i know we got it stick before and was a real bear to get out. i got to know workin on it well with the ford ranger 4 cylinder carbureted in it junk with a carb on it. newer ones were fuel injected

40496 is the PPG Ditzler code for Mack green. think its pretty standard

yup

430 John Deere. been repainted with base and clear, new decals, extra wide rear tires. deck has been sandblasted and painted with acrylic enamel. new front clutch, new rear end and transaxle and new grille. i have the side panels and the panels for the deck. had rear mounted weigh bracket and 4 JD suitcase weights. has provisions for 3 point hitch but no lift arms. itdoes need a new seat cover , a set of blades and i think one new bearing for the deck. $5500 or best offer. don't hesitate to ask, I'm negotiable on this. i posted this on a few tractor sites on facebook and cannot believe how rutless people are. i DONT need exactly 5500 for this. make me a decent offer. they don't make heavy tractors like this anymore. delivery may be available. Matt 315 868 3173

Blossvale?? not too far from me

and if your starting with a B42 and wanna install a 673 you better have a Diesel parts truck for radiator, motor mounts, transmission and rear hogs head and the clutch shaft that goes thru the spring hanger is different, the keyways are in different spots

yellow jackets? I always thought that's why they called them Bee models??? seems every one in the weeds has a nest in the cab, under the fenders or being the headlight rings

half the problem stems from no death penalty in half these states. Ny being one of those Pussy states. kill em off, don't send the in for life in prision. really, so we have to pay for them to have free room and board and education, internet and tv?? you kill someone, you don't get to live, mandatory death within a month. over. scare some of these lowlifes and set an example.

Fastenal? what a joke that place is. last time I stopped there for 5/5 fine thread bolts, three guys looked at them and go yea we cant get anything like that, we think theyre Metric! what in the hell is the world coming to??

looks like only thing B model there is the sheet metal. not sure what frame is sittin on. maybe an old Ford box truck or Isuzu?

seems they might close the road but who knows. we rarely close I90 here in Ny when we upright a truck unless we absolutely have to and then its only a short while and usually only one lane. I remember last year when we had the surprise spring storm here we were on I90 in stages at the toll booths and u turns on stand by. we towed countless cars and tractor trailers out and it took hours to drive miles and it was a white out. had me wondering why the state just didn't close the thruway. about the only ones out there after a while were us and the jersey maggot wagons passing us like we were standing still in white out conditions. seems even the plows went home. I like highway thru hell but I know some of it has to be far fetched. I mean seriously who uses a little tow truck with a car dolly for the other set of wheels anymore when a flatbed gets you in or out or the fact that Jamie is downsizin? is he really downsizing so far that they went from a billion dollar fleet to Jamie the boss driving an old converterd IH tandem road tractor or the green single axle Ih with the Holmes 600 on it without even a hydraulic wheel lift?? I do get it equipment is money but a few seasons ago they couldn't tow a Prius out without the rotator, and they had what 8 or so Western Stars?

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hard to tell in the pic Al cause Bartnicks had two B model wreckers almost identical. the one we have has the thicker boom and a 10 speed direct while the other had a 9 speed and a thinner boom. I think the second one had a bad demise I think the one in the pic is ours

agree, I staple some kinda screen mesh on any B model seat I re do. damn mice love those cozy little seats with perfect 1'' entrance holes

most all I have seen were originally bolted with the one big 1/4 20 phillips head bolt and the bottom 'tabs' were welded in the bottom trough channel of the dash

so I missed this, is that shifting fork BROKEN off and welded back together??? imagine that back in the day,''' hey joe we broke this fork off, I called Mack and they want $20 for a new one'' ... ''screw that , that's a whole night of adult beverage down at the Gin Mill, ill weld the sob!''

some 673's were detuned to 150hp. they were in B43's and B47's

had issues at checkout Barry. tried to purchase a pair of floormats, they kept comin up $90 instead of $65. then it calculated $32 for shipping.. $32 to ship a pair of lightweight floor mats??

to further add to the confusion, didn't the Brockway version have the +3 but not that body line?? I know I have seen Mack +3's with and without that molding line