mechohaulic Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, fiveseven0trkr said: Thanks mechohaulic we really like that trailer 53' with 2 lift axles so it's easy to make it Cali legal. truck fired up and drove on the trailer under its own power! yes height was measured, it was 14' from the earth to the tip of the exhaust pipe so he removed the muffler and stack and it is now under 13'6" , stacks on the Kenworth are 12'4" so it makes the load appear tall. Should I take this off the introduction forum? no need to change from intro forum. one bit of advise though == don't hang around me toooo much . you will be taking away my "title "of off topic master. LMAO. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Mowerman I don't think I am gonna get a good night's sleep till the unit is in my driveway. had a phone conversation with the driver after it was loaded. He says the cab is more solid than he would expect a truck of that age to be. The frame is the thickest he has ever seen. But he couldn't tell me if it's aluminum so yea I'm chomping at the bit to get it here and crawl all over it finding numbers and figuring out what I got. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, mechohaulic said: no need to change from intro forum. one bit of advise though == don't hang around me toooo much . you will be taking away my "title "of off topic master. LMAO. OK let me make a note of that. ✍️✍️ lolol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 frame thickest ever seen 'my bet is it's alum. alum rails were way thicker then steel. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Ya that was my thought too... I'm too young to know much of aluminum frames but seen it on a local wrecker recently and yea it was thick. What are pros and cons of aluminum frame? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 alum rails might make it a RL700. westerns had the alum for weight . set up a new FL700 back in the day. after mounting 50 + 5th wheels on new chassis; would prefer drill alum thick rails over tensile steel rails. when it's on home ground, I would recommend an extensive (more then normal) inspection of the rails for cracks / oxidation. shouldn't be bad coming from west coast area versus east coast "salt roads". 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 On 4/27/2023 at 8:37 AM, mowerman said: Wonder why the nose seems extremely long???? western RL700. longer nose.. total suspense waiting for the last two digits of model number==RL785/ RL773 etc. hopefully model number matches engine. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, fiveseven0trkr said: Ya that was my thought too... I'm too young to know much of aluminum frames but seen it on a local wrecker recently and yea it was thick. What are pros and cons of aluminum frame? be interesting to see specs on the wrecker!! think it's unusual for a wrecker to have alum rails. wreckers have more twisting/ turning off road . another work of modern technology I guess. let's not go off topic now . just ole man thinking out loud.😱 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Ha ha it was a W900A wrecker sitting in the weeds so that would reeeeally be off topic. Lol. Sorry but I don't have pics or deets on it soooo 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Remmers Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I had to find the auction listing for this and see more pictures. https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/trucks/auctions/online/222288491/1971-mack-rl700l I'm almost certain it's a Hayward mack and has an aluminum frame and doors. Also is see a 13 speed shifter plus another stick. Is there a brownie behind it? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Yes there is a gearcase a few feet behind the transmission where the power take-off for the water pump comes from. I don't know yet what all it does Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hans Remmers said: I had to find the auction listing for this and see more pictures. https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/trucks/auctions/online/222288491/1971-mack-rl700l I'm almost certain it's a Hayward mack and has an aluminum frame and doors. Also is see a 13 speed shifter plus another stick. Is there a brownie behind it? Yes that's the one, sorry I could have helped you out with finding the link Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Remmers Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 The brake valves are in the dash contradictory to what I said before. Not sure maybe that was a Hayward thing. Love the bulldog passenger bench seat and the white steering wheel. And that's the biggest oil bath air cleaner I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 when he loaded it he says the brake knob is between the seats, front of the back wall 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Remmers Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, fiveseven0trkr said: when he loaded it he says the brake knob is between the seats, front of the back wall Ok, that's what I originally thought. Maybe that's just the trailer valve in the dash. I forget how they were set up. Very interesting truck, where in PA are you? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveseven0trkr Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Midway between Selinsgrove and Mifflintown near route 35 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 All looks good to me I dunno about what forum it should or shouldn't be on, I bung stuff up were ever I think it should be Everyone finds it regardless when we hit the " Un read" button so I reckon it is up to you Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, mechohaulic said: western RL700. longer nose.. total suspense waiting for the last two digits of model number==RL785/ RL773 etc. hopefully model number matches engine. This any help to you Mate.. Year 1971 Manufacturer MACK Model RL700L Condition Used VIN RL767LST9897 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 3 hours ago, fiveseven0trkr said: Should I take this off the introduction forum? I've moved It to the Antique & classic Mack Section for You ..570 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 16 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: I drove an early R700 a little bit. Had the V-8 Maxidyne with the 6-speed Extended Range Maxitorque transmission. It was the early cab, like that one. About a '70-71...had the darker green interior. That thing was a beast. But, the Maxitorque took some getting used to, since I was used to the 18-speed. I kept wanting to shift too quickly! The view over that longer nose was really something. Felt like there was a mobile home sticking out the front of the cab! That one does LOOK like a western model. Maybe can find out more as you go. Looks like a great find. Love the flat-back, all-steel, green-on-the-inside cabs. Look forward to seeing more on this one. Oh, bought a 73 RL back in in 86 237 maxidyne I hated that thing it wasn’t so much the transmission the engine was gutless 40,000 pounds on the grapevine down to 12 miles an hour but the point being that transmission drove me crazy you’re constantly wanting to drop gears 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 3 hours ago, fiveseven0trkr said: Mowerman I don't think I am gonna get a good night's sleep till the unit is in my driveway. had a phone conversation with the driver after it was loaded. He says the cab is more solid than he would expect a truck of that age to be. The frame is the thickest he has ever seen. But he couldn't tell me if it's aluminum so yea I'm chomping at the bit to get it here and crawl all over it finding numbers and figuring out what I got. God love you if the frame is really thick, it’s aluminum Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I’ll tell you what bud I would be pissing myself if that truck was headed my way. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I’m sure most of the fellows on here or thinking the same thing 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 That's a Small Cam in that truck. I see a compression release on there. Looks to be a 350 with the intercooler on it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Mark T said: That's a Small Cam in that truck. I see a compression release on there. Looks to be a 350 with the intercooler on it. Compression release??????? my God bud you’re giving away your age.. lol bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72781-r700-venture/page/2/#findComment-530322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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