[AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack Caboverfor Ralph

[carl gogol]

The township I grew up in had a GMC cab over that had a 12 cylinder gas 
engine that consisted of two V-6 engines coupled together.  If there was 
only 6" or so of snow you could do 50 MPH with a one way plow and set the 
wing to fling the snow about 50 feet.  It was just the ticket for the few 
miles of US 20 that the town plowed.  It got a lot of use as it made a good 
dump truck in the summer.  It liked gasoline a lot though.

Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack 
Caboverfor Ralph


> If you look on Youtube you can find some videos of 12 V 71's in Cabover
> trucks.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Wilson" <ro.wilson at att.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:43 PM
> Subject: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack Cab
> overfor Ralph
>
>
>> My buddy Duke ran a diesel repair shop for 35 years and the weirdest 
>> truck
>> he ever saw was owned by a man that hauled steel West over the Rockies. 
>> He
>> always hauled overloaded and ordered his cab over Jimmy for just the job.
>> He
>> stopped into my buddy's shop one day telling him he couldn't keep the
>> truck
>> between the ditches and wanted him to check it out. He assumed he needed
>> the
>> axles realigned but took the truck for a drive. He came back and couldn't
>> understand how the guy even drove it. They tilted the cab to reveal a 12
>> cylinder GMC! The part that was giving him fits was the frame, it was
>> aluminum. It was bending under the torque of the engine when hauling
>> heavy.
>> HE never said how or if they ever fixed it but it was a strange one. One
>> thing he always wanted was a semi truck with a Big Al purple
>> Allis-Chalmers
>> engine in it. I've heard of a few but never seen one.
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of K7jdj at aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:22 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [AT] 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack Cab over for Ralph
>>
>> In a message dated 3/5/2010 12:49:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:
>>
>> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fC7n5RBbU_
>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fC7n5RBbU)
>>
>> He's about as good as I am at clashing gears :)
>>
>> The brown truck he was following looks similar to my 1950 750 GMC except
>> mine has single drive axle.
>> and a wimpy 4-71.
>>
>> Gary
>> Renton, WA
>>
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