That's crazy! I know up and down hills from pulling 12000 in an F350, but hauling 28 tons in an old truck... Pure crazy!
The R model is no where near the same as a B model. I have driven those! My knuckles hit the windshield if I held onto the wheel through a tight turn.
The best part... Putting one arm through the steering wheel to hit the second range in the tranny, while putting the first shifter back into the next gear!
I think those things topped out around 50 or 55 mph downhill with a tailwind pushing you!
I toyed with the idea of buying a B model for a daily driver, just to be "that guy." that idea was soon crushed when I realized that I couldn't pass a DOT, no matter what, with it being stock.
Someone posted a pic of a really old mack, with wooden spokes and hard rubber... I have ran one of those around a lot, to load it. I am pretty sure with that truck you have to get out at the top of a hill and manually change the gears by switching the chain to the axle?
I don't wish for that lifestyle!
All this really makes me wish for the 379 pete I last drove.
Even an 8LL in one of those is a dream compared to the old 4X2 in the R model!
Pulling out loaded when you think it's 1st when really 5th is fun!
The biggest problem is just the area... Rankin and Braddock, Homestead... WOW! just going through downtown Pit is a load of fun. That is what kills me! For guys who do this all the time... My hat is off to you! I guess I spent too many hours in luxury in a car driving through towns like that.
Some of the intersections, with the big slopes and tight turns, I just can't comprehend.
My brother is going to do the next 10 loads. He drives that all the time. I'm glad to not be the one behind the wheel. I'd rather tackle my muddy slopes on a tractor with 30K lbs of corn behind me, than deal with that traffic! 1/2 mile in 45 minutes, and 1 mile to go! Good thing it was after dark, as I hear it is worse in the day time.
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