Popular Post h67st Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 I actually started putting my chassis together...this will be interesting. It was tough to get it all leveled up because the right rail is slightly sway-backed. 15 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Looks great! Nice clean start going back together. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 What chassis is that? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Fantastic! Will enjoy watching the progress. Mack H model chassis. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 9 hours ago, Ditchdiggerjcf said: What chassis is that? It's a 1960 H67ST...here's a photo from 3 years ago when I started taking it apart. In the above photos, you can see the cab sitting in front of the chassis. It's a cab off a single axle that was in much nicer shape than the black one. The cab has been restored already (by someone who knew what he was doing, not me!). 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, h67st said: It's a 1960 H67ST...here's a photo from 3 years ago when I started taking it apart. In the above photos, you can see the cab sitting in front of the chassis. It's a cab off a single axle that was in much nicer shape than the black one. The cab has been restored already (by someone who knew what he was doing, not me!). As always, your Kubota somehow gets into the picture to steal the limelight. Never fails. It probably has its own BMT membership too. 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davehummell Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 I guess i'll have to swish off the goat poop and take a beauty shot of my kubota mx5100 doing something. I used the backhoe to plant some small trees yesterday I'm to old and smart not to use powered machines whenever i can. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Very exciting Good luck on a smooth job! Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 wow talk about starting from scratch,,,,,ground up restoration.......excellent ...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Looks like you have a nice garage to put your truck together that truck will be neat when you are done. Good luck remember just because it came apart doesn't mean it won't fight you when you try to reassemble it. One nice thing if it pisses you off you can walk right out of the garage and do something else and come back another day and it will go better for you saves getting mad and using a much bigger hammer. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-450965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h67st Posted May 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 The ball joints on the torque rods were in pretty tough shape but thankfully one of my cutoff rears had really nice joints on them. The torque rods were different so I took all the ball joint pieces and put them in my rods. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Mmmmm..... so nice to work with clean parts! 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 9:24 AM, kscarbel2 said: As always, your Kubota somehow gets into the picture to steal the limelight. Never fails. It probably has its own BMT membership too. I LOVE old Mack's and I LOVE Kubota's! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 the old black cab did look pretty sad` what did you do with it? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 12:12 AM, carlotpilot said: the old black cab did look pretty sad` what did you do with it? I've still got it, I'm keeping all my extras until this one's done and then I'll decide what to do with them. I would like to put one out by the road as yard art...the only problem with that is there will be a lot of guys stopping to ask if I would sell it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h67st Posted May 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2020 I got the suspension pieces in place and lined everything up before bolting it together. These are some high-tech alignment tools I used. The u-bolts are 1-1/4" and the torque spec is 1,400 ft. lbs...I'll just use a cheater pipe and 1" drive breaker bar to get as close as I can. They came from PAI, I've been impressed by the quality of their parts. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I am impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 well on your way ,,,and i expect those high class line up tools will do just fine,,,,nice work my man.thanks for keeping us posted...bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quickfarms Posted May 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2020 I got the suspension pieces in place and lined everything up before bolting it together. These are some high-tech alignment tools I used. The u-bolts are 1-1/4" and the torque spec is 1,400 ft. lbs...I'll just use a cheater pipe and 1" drive breaker bar to get as close as I can. They came from PAI, I've been impressed by the quality of their parts.Where did you find a straight piece of wood these days? 2 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Nice, those are some big, heavy parts!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 12 hours ago, h67st said: I've still got it, I'm keeping all my extras until this one's done and then I'll decide what to do with them. I would like to put one out by the road as yard art...the only problem with that is there will be a lot of guys stopping to ask if I would sell it. no doubt Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62483-assembly-begun/#findComment-451359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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