Popular Post j hancock Posted December 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2016 A little blurry picture of two excellent and Huge Mack FCSW. The grey dump truck is a 1942 and the water tanker is a 1943. Unknown Macungie show participant gives an idea of how large these trucks are. 5 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v71 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 In 1998 I traveled to Kiev, Ukraine to help set up a satellite dish. The heavy trucks over there looked EXACTLY like the grey one in the picture, except they were all painted white. They were everywhere lumbering around Kiev, belching black smoke. It was just like stepping back in time. It was an hour drive to the site, so I had plenty of time to gawk. No slope nose plastic crap for those guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Grand end to the chain drive MACKS. Paul 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vladislav Posted December 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2016 6 hours ago, 6v71 said: In 1998 I traveled to Kiev, Ukraine to help set up a satellite dish. The heavy trucks over there looked EXACTLY like the grey one in the picture, except they were all painted white. They were everywhere lumbering around Kiev, belching black smoke. It was just like stepping back in time. It was an hour drive to the site, so I had plenty of time to gawk. No slope nose plastic crap for those guys. I suppose those ones you saw in Ukraine were KrAZ trucks. Cool looking units designed in the late 50's. Still plenty of them in operation in Ukraine and Russia. Interesting fact that they got their basic design from military Macks model NR which were supplied to Soviet Union under Lend-Lease during WW2. 5 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Quote A little blurry picture of two excellent and Huge Mack FCSW. Part of Gary Mahan's collection. Hats off to him for spending the money to bring them to Macungie for the rest of us to enjoy. 2 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 3 hours ago, fxfymn said: Part of Gary Mahan's collection. Hats off to him for spending the money to bring them to Macungie for the rest of us to enjoy. Are both of those his? I thought the dump belonged to Bob Nuss of Rochester,Mn. I could be wrong. I was only wrong once before! LOL! Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 1 hour ago, 57 bcr said: Are both of those his? I thought the dump belonged to Bob Nuss of Rochester,Mn. I could be wrong. I was only wrong once before! LOL! Al Mr Mahan only has the tanker, the dump is Bob Nuss' Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Didn't know that. I thought both were owned by Gary Mahan. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Russ Nunn owns it but if I remember the sign right Mahan's shop was in on the restoration?? I am Thinking that Jim's Macungie picture may have been in 2015 as both were at York together also. Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I think that water tanker was done around 1992 or 1994? I remember it being at Macungie the 1st year it was done but cant remember the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Here is an ad from a 1994 ATHS Wheels of Time magazine where the restored FCSW water tanker is being sold by Tom Spencer, He is also selling what is listed as a 1943 FCSW dump truck. Maybe it is the same dump truck as the 1942 Nuss truck in the first picture and they initially were using the wrong date? Whatever the story, glad that both trucks were saved and available for shows every so often. Rare beasts! 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Nuss's dump truck was parked near me at Springfield MO and am thinking(????) the sign said it came out of an iron mine in Minn?? But I might be confused as Nunn is also out of up that way. Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 It was also at Gerharts w a few years ago with a big load of fiberglass rocks. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 11 hours ago, j hancock said: Here is an ad from a 1994 ATHS Wheels of Time magazine where the restored FCSW water tanker is being sold by Tom Spencer, He is also selling what is listed as a 1943 FCSW dump truck. Maybe it is the same dump truck as the 1942 Nuss truck in the first picture and they initially were using the wrong date? Whatever the story, glad that both trucks were saved and available for shows every so often. Rare beasts! Jim you're correct,kudos to both of these guys for preserving these Mack-nificent pieces of history most of us would only have been able to read about in a book. It takes a lot of " resources" to save such treasures.If not for these guys (& a few more),much of this stuff would be Chinese rebar. Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I saw both trucks at York. Man, they are BIG. Very cool. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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