I feel the same way, I love seeing a father spending time with their children and you never know if that child will help their father in the business when they get older. Emma did a great job helping out that put a smile on my face.
I drove Tractor Trailers for 40 years in length from 65 feet to 72 feet long, A friend of mine had a 95 tri axel Mack Dump Truck,The 1st time I drove it, I had to back up in an intersection, turns out, you need to start turning left a block before you need to turn lol Enjoyed seeing you teach your Daughter,Great job!!
Hi Todd, you are an excellent Father as you try and spend as much time with your daughter as possible and you get 💯% of my respect for that sir and please keep the content of your videos as excellent as they can be and I will look forward to seeing your next video.
Come across this video looking for dump truck videos not realizing that I was already subscribed. Love the daddy daughter dumptruck date!!! Awesome man!!!
It’s just possible you have the cutest, most adorable daughter in the state. And I certainly think it’s no secret that she has one hell of a father. You certainly make the most of your time together and we can see she is definitely a Daddy’s girl. She was certainly enjoying herself when you let her captain the excavator; an experience she’ll treasure the rest of her life. It’s times like this that make the relationship so precious and every time I see you two together, my heart melts. Let’s face it, any customer who meets her along with you would be well-disposed to consider you strongly for the job. As with your optimism, her adorability is infectious. Together you two are an unbeatable combination.
Nice to see you sharing time with your daughter. I did the same with my adopted granddaughter - took her to Search and Rescue training in her car seat, and continued that for years. The fire chief took a dim view of me taking her out on calls in the brush truck, but he was just worried about liability. She's now just about to turn into a teenager, but still enjoys the memories. Emma will be leaps and bounds ahead of her peers in having common sense because of the time you spend with her.
Enjoyed the video. Especially the OJT part on walking and loading the hoe.Good job on idling down the engine on the hoe while loading. Also explaining shifting gears between loaded & empty and turning.I used to drive a 2 stick mack dump 5 on one stick & H-L-R on the other. She would only do 58 loaded or empty. The only truck I ever drove you could shift gears going backwards. Worked out good going through a boggy spot you could get up a good head of steam. Also enjoy seeing you bringing Emma with you seeing what you do. My grandmother was named Emma you don't hear that name much anymore. For those of us that aren't in the saddle anymore it bring back old memories. job well done Todd!!!
Nothing like a Daddy/Daughter Day! Mines 24 now and engaged to marry this October, seems like no time since she was Emma's size and riding in my old dump truck! Time flies!
Love to see another fellow father of a younger daughter bring her along to see how it’s all done 👌🏻 my girls complain about how the trucks smell. They say they smell like transmissions LOL gear oil
Thats awesome brother getting the young ones into it early maybe she can be your next helper In the future. My son loves working the tractor when laying gravel and loves watching loading on trailer and hauling
Spent three years in a truck just like it ( ol' black betty) here in SE KY. Hope everything works out for the best for you and yours, and thanks for the ride along.
Its good that you are teaching your children how to do things. She will benefit from that for all her life. Macks don't turn tight. You should try tight corners with a Mack without power steering. Dove them like that for 20 years. Old drivers hints; "never drive into some place you have to back out of" Backing in to traffic is an accident waiting to happen.
Ol Red sounds like a good name if someone hasn't already mentioned it. I had a ford L8000 with a 8LL in it and it shifted out good around 1200 rpm on the low side and about 1500 rpm on the high side. Two different motors though. Rpm range could differ a little bit from engine- engine. Just throwing that out there. Have a good one TODD
They are good strong trucks Todd, not the most powerful, but they have decent power, and very reliable trucks, treat it good and it will treat you good, I wish you all the luck in the world with it!!
Todd only time i have issues with the balloon tires in the front is taking a turn to fast in dirty weather keep speed to the conditions and all should be good great looking Truck! Look forward to more
I have a mack Eaton10 speed metric and im new to driving. I double clutch all my gears up and down. What has helped me the most is progressive shifting Low gears low rpm. Normally dont use 1 unless in sugar sand. but it would be something like. 1 Clutch out then clutch in right into 2 Or around 1000 rpms. 2nd 1100 , 3 1200, 4 1300, 5 1450 to 1550. Click up, Run full rpms in the high range.
Pre select that low to high split. Your synchronizer will thank you. You did it when you pulled out of the shop it looked like but after you made the Austin Powers turn you didn't. You won't have any issues with the 315's. In my area we prefer 425's and 445's and have no issues with handling.
You've went to the dogs as they say. I can haul 27 ton on my tri axle on state roads in Southern ky. If I could only haul 17 I'd feel like I couldn't get anything done. Love the old macks! The new macks are probably the worst truck I've ever driven. Junk!
My daddy's got some macks too and on a few on them we had to adjust the steering arm because it would only turn 2 turns to the left but 4 to the right, maybe that would help with the steering🤷♀️🤷♀️
Also when you are greasing the truck, when you get to greasing the trunion on the truck you've got to take some of the pressure off by taking a floor jack and jacking the trunion. This way the grease will get into it to prevent wearing. We've had to replace the trunion on one of the trucks and it looked like a toothpick it was so worn
Mack’s have terrible turning radius’s. Lol get you a Ford sterling. It will turn circles. Around any other truck on the market. I’ve made 1 point turns in medians on highways when doing highway work. But them R models are so durable.
