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I don't own a Mack, I just get to drive "Proud American" for Papabear on occasion and it's Mack Powered. Mack's are rare as the Army decided to go to "multi's" for everthing about as soon as the Mack conversion was approved. I read somewhere that only about 2,500 were ever converted to Macks...

a very good workout. Your crane can't lift the front end and you'd have a heck of a time towing that thing behind you with 4 steer tires and 6 straight tires on the ground. Not to mention the whole 70,000 pound of truck to try and move. I caught hades trying to move 23,000 pound trucks (5...

Only contribution I have on this topic is that when a Mack powered A1 has good power steering, IT WORKS TOO WELL. Very good for low speeds but past about an 1/8 of a turn and it tries to turn the wheels for you. I actually fight it at road speeds when I drive one and it scares the heck out of...

That's a pretty cool truck. I've been to Oshkosh to train on the LVSR MKR 16 Wrecker. It's about a 70,000 pound truck and lift towed another 70,000 pound truck behind it as part of that training. The MKR 16 is the replacement for the MK48/16 wrecker currently used for lift tow of heavy...

I'm glad this issue was brought up this go around as I missed it the other times it was brought up. I've learned something that I did not know as well. I've got a 5 ton tractor out here with a sticking sprag and I didn't have a clue what was wrong. Every now and then when you first take off...

Cylinder's are loading up on fuel. Here's an experiment to try. Partially block off the air supply at idle until it's idling very low, say 300 rpm, due to the lack of air. Wait about 10 seconds or so till you start to see some black smoke and then remove the restriction. It'll rev up with no...

Jeff, After our last little spout, I just wanted to raise your eyebrows a little. I've got no problem with you, just pushing buttons a little:driver:

Nice Score, The M900's are nice but like a CUCV when compared to a Deuce, something you'd like to have but really have no use for.

they hate lugging in 5th, they like to be run at normal operating temp, and mostly above 2K on the tach. Many on here stress that multi's want to be babied but that's just not their nature. I've read the threads about blowing holes in the block from 1 or 2 of about a million trucks. I run...

Most of these heaters have a bleed valve on top of it. When I installed my heater, I started the truck with the radiator cap off and cracked the bleeder till it had coolant coming out and all has been fine. Depending on who installed the heater, it could be tied into the wrong passages on the...

Batteries are low, starter solenoid doesn't like that. Second go around, it heated up some and made a connection. Charge the batts, clean the connections and you should be good to go. I've got lots of experience in the National Guard with trucks that have sat a while with low batteries...

I've not read any of the thread, however a muffler thread does come up from time to time on the Deuce. I put a big Donaldson 3 inch in and out on my truck, cut the pipes so stack height would be same as stock and rotated to go perpendicular to the cab. Very good difference at idle, slight...

Better late than never, he's my contribution to the picture thread. I had a great time and want to especially thank Squirt Truck and Dumpster for the trail riding fun, Papabear for the opportunity to drive "Proud American" again and treating Atomic and myself as if we were his own misguided...

The tractor version of the MTVR, the Mk-31 does have rear steering as well as a fully hydraulic suspension on the back axles. It doesn't have a spare tire and it makes up for it by being able to lift 1 side of the intermediate axle (not really accurate, it's independent suspension all the way...

I concur about paying fees at the gate. Last year, I didn't pay a thing for camping just because I didn't know there was a fee. I paid to take my truck on the trails and paid the fees for my wife and kids to ride with me. Mike and crew got a few bucks out of me but about $45 less than they...

Mr. ATD, I'll join ya! Next time, leave the Remy and the fancy cigar's, bring a can of Natty or Natural Light, a can of Snuff and you'll blend in just fine. I did notice that the Remy was well received by the crowd down in the CAMO compound, I just didn't know what it was.

Streamline, those are high prices in my opinion but probably fair market price. I may bring some to the rally to hand out as freebies for the lunch meal.

My 2 cents, ground guides in the compound, especially at night and NO WHEEL ADAPTER's on CUCV's!

Mark, Very nice meeting yourself and Jeff (Dumpster). No hard feelings about the rough (In My Opinion) supposed to be nice and easy trail that I took my Cave CUCV down. Scratches buff out or get painted over, and it must not have bottomed out too hard as nothing is leaking. It did the 40 mile...

CAMO made it home around 1530 and Det 1 from Albany made it about 1800. Post that you've made it home safely if you don't mind!