66dc75 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 That's a tank off a S series or 4000 series International. I just put one of the aluminum aftermarket ones like the 4 States one. The local place here got me for $825 plus tax but it keeps the fuel off the floor much better than the steel one. It's probably well worth doing a new tank since you've got the old one out. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted April 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 9 14 hours ago, 66dc75 said: That's a tank off a S series or 4000 series International. I just put one of the aluminum aftermarket ones like the 4 States one. The local place here got me for $825 plus tax but it keeps the fuel off the floor much better than the steel one. It's probably well worth doing a new tank since you've got the old one out. You talked me into it- new tank, done with it! I went out and measured the tank and this is pretty much the exact same size. The tank on the driver side is steel, so we can just paint it. I ordered this and cancelled the sealer. Looks like the same tank you got. 2 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 well now you have a cool fire box for cookin smoke... 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 For the amount you will drive it, you can run off one side only.. 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 9 minutes ago, Brocky said: For the amount you will drive it, you can run off one side only.. Yes, it only pulled from that passenger side tank to begin with. 60 gallons will get me up the road a little ways anyway. And I guess I could put the tank I just cleaned on the driver side if I really wanted to fool with it. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted April 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 9 15 hours ago, Vladislav said: Thank you, Joey! And I belive Tom also had his day just the other day. I just must have missed it with current hectic affairs. Here's one for you Vlad. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 if picture shows 3 tanks passenger side ;; would it also have 3 driver side ?? that's a lot of fuel. deceptive picture ; could almost be a R-700?? don't see a seam on hood fenders indicating an older R . more and more want to travel to the Australian side to see a positive world. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Uhhh fuel was .97 cents a gallon... what year was that '89?? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 23 minutes ago, other dog said: You talked me into it- new tank, done with it! I went out and measured the tank and this is pretty much the exact same size. The tank on the driver side is steel, so we can just paint it. I ordered this and cancelled the sealer. Only thing you might need to get would be a tank vent in one of the threaded bunks in the top since it's gas instead of diesel. I might be wrong but it seems right 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Mech, that center one might be an air start???? Also in the 70's - 80's oil shortage and big price jumps a lot of carriers carried more fuel so the could turn a further distance on home terminal fuel.. 1 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, mechohaulic said: if picture shows 3 tanks passenger side ;; would it also have 3 driver side ?? that's a lot of fuel. deceptive picture ; could almost be a R-700?? don't see a seam on hood fenders indicating an older R . more and more want to travel to the Australian side to see a positive world. All my trucks had the starter and air start tank on the drivers side, but they were Cat and Cummins. I don't think you would put the air start tank on one side the the starter on the other. My '89 had dual 150's, but some O/O types ran more than that. Then theft becomes bigger risk. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, Joey Mack said: Uhhh fuel was .97 cents a gallon... what year was that '89?? That is Canada, so likely 0.97 per liter. Gas was not anywhere near .97/gal in 1989. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, 66dc75 said: Only thing you might need to get would be a tank vent in one of the threaded bunks in the top since it's gas instead of diesel. I might be wrong but it seems right I think you're right, I thought about that too. Maybe they have an old tank in the junk pile up at FLM I can get. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 That's a Canadian company and truck with the spread axles of the drives and trailer. l think there are only two tanks on the curb side. .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Yep. I see the Err of my ways.. nice looking 'R'.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted April 10 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 10 The latest update- I went up to my former place of employment this morning, F.L.Moore and Sons, then stopped by Thompson Trucking, and got all the empty plastic jugs I could find. So I got all of the gas jugged that was in the 5 gallon buckets and the tub. Still need to dispose of it, but now it'll be a little easier. I could just burn it with the trash, I put one of those jugs in the burn barrel today, put some trash and weeds around it, poured a little more gas in, lit a piece of paper and threw it in. Then I got a beer out of the cooler that's been sitting there since Saturday, still has ice in it, and sat down at the picnic table across the yard. I was expecting maybe not a huge explosion when the jug of gas melted and caught fire, but at least a huge fireball. Nope...pretty much nothing. Just a "phsewwe" and the fire got a little bigger. Not sure if I spelled "phsewwe" right by the way. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted April 10 Popular Post Share Posted April 10 Watch This, Here, Hold My BEER... 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I remember a guy on here a couple years ago that was messing with some fuel and burned his legs?? I cant seem to remember who he was though,,, Hmmm?? I wonder.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 28 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: Watch This, Here, Hold My BEER... Gallon no. 2 disposed of, set a full jug in the barrel, put a small bag of trash in alongside it, poured a little more gas in, lit it, and this. No big boom, no big suplosions, just a fire. I won't have much trouble disposing of that gas. No wonder the truck wouldn't run. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted April 10 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 10 1 minute ago, Joey Mack said: I remember a guy on here a couple years ago that was messing with some fuel and burned his legs?? I cant seem to remember who he was though,,, Hmmm?? I wonder.. Yes, I remember that too. If you- I mean if he had ran across the yard to the picnic table and grabbed a beer out of his cooler it would have been all good. 1 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 70mackMB Posted April 10 Popular Post Share Posted April 10 Tom, Get a fire going and stick a steel rod or small pipe thru the handle on the jug. Then suspend the jug from side to side over the fire (and run like hell) till the jug melts. This works well with used oil in a five gallon bucket also. .....Hippy 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 2 hours ago, Joey Mack said: I remember a guy on here a couple years ago that was messing with some fuel and burned his legs?? I cant seem to remember who he was though,,, Hmmm?? I wonder.. Every time I'm burning trash I think of that guy . 🤔 Who the heck was that guy.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 22 hours ago, 70mackMB said: That's a Canadian company and truck with the spread axles of the drives and trailer. l think there are only two tanks on the curb side. .....Hippy after trying to enlarge photo, which didn't do much I will agree .looks like 3 it's only two. that first one is held by 4 straps. fuel fill might be under sleeper close to strap 3 making it look like a seam. has the inserts for headlight panels also. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mechohaulic Posted April 11 Popular Post Share Posted April 11 3 hours ago, other dog said: Gallon no. 2 disposed of, set a full jug in the barrel, put a small bag of trash in alongside it, poured a little more gas in, lit it, and this. No big boom, no big suplosions, just a fire. I won't have much trouble disposing of that gas. No wonder the truck wouldn't run. 2 down 10 to go. don't get complacent ::: one of those might catch you by surprise. wouldn't want any burns happening. no big boom ? gas that stale ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOBWhite Posted April 11 Popular Post Share Posted April 11 (edited) Since we're on the topic of fuel something else came to my mind about the carburetors. I don't know if your 401 has the same brand or model as my 345's (I think it was a holly) carb but I remember my dad telling me to NEVER backfire it, or at least try your best not too. Anytime it would backfire it would screw up the metering rods (I think that's what there called) and the whole carb would have to come off and be rebuilt. I never had it happen to me but something that always reminds me of my dad. As for the old gas, I collect old Hit N Miss engines that love to run on the stuff! Old air-cooled mowers and such run fine too once they get hot enough. Edited April 11 by BOBWhite 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73997-pictures-of-the-week/page/8/#findComment-549789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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