PeterMack

How about a Chicago Brockway. Tommy B sent me a picture of this truck last year and I forgot to post it. Another friend of mine spotted it sitting at a repair shop on 83 in Elmhurst. I went by last week and it was still there. My buddy got a couple pictures for me. Tommy heard this truck came from NY and now a small plumbing company owns it. I'm thinking its the only one around.

Went by Marks Machinery last Saturday and saw this Titan out front. Not sure who it belongs to but it had a little sticker in the window that said it came out of New York Mills MN. It looks similar to a Perkins Heavy Haul truck from MN but I don't think it is. Had a huge winch on the back and a big stack of leaf springs in the rear. 50, 60 thousand lb rears? Has to be a heavy truck.

Saw this old girl out working the other day.

Been spending more time in the city than I would like, so while I'm there I try to get a few Mack shots. Also got one of a tug & barge coming up the river. I thought the CTC (Celli) truck looked kinda cool parked along Elston Ave. The old Dean Foods CH had a regular tailgate, not a barn door so that was interesting watching that struggle.

I had to swing into Bristol Hose today. When I walked out there was a Rossi truck at the light. Looks like an older R. When did they quit putting the ridge on the back of the fender on the hood? 82-ish??

Here are a few pictures from my travels this week. Saw an RD conveyor that belongs to Aldridge Electric. Saw the Heneghan Wrecking Granite at General, and got a quick pic of a Superliner on the scale. I've seen the Superliner before, it pulls a green 39ft dump, but I can never get a good picture of it. Also saw the Windy City Brick Mack Granite picking up old bricks from a wrecked building. They had a crew of guys hand stacking all the bricks onto pallets and the guy in the Mack came by and picked the pallets up. I'm assuming they reuse, or resell the bricks. Also took a shot of Ozinga's Chinatown yard while I was sitting in traffic. No Macks there, but I though the picture turned out nice.

A friend passed these pictures along to me. This truck is at Smith Transports place in DeKalb. I had heard it was there and being worked on. But other than that I don't know who it belongs to or what the story is on it. Pretty cool big Mack.

16 hours ago, other dog said:

I started driving in 1979, and I remember enjoying it and even having some fun at first, but I enjoyed it less and less as time went on, now there's very little enjoyment and not much fun at all. Even in that time span normal traffic is now about like rush hour used to be, plus all the rules, regulations, HOS,  DOT, GPS tracking,etc. that you have to worry about now didn't used to be much of an issue. 

Shoot, in '79 if they were checking log books at the scales in say, Tennessee, that's all you heard on the CB, and you might still be two states away, because it was a pretty big deal then. Now you hear nothing on the CB about anything, and you can be driving along most anywhere and a cop will pull you over just because he feels like it and check your log book, paperwork, or do an inspection. And not just the DOT, a lot of local county and township cops are doing that now. It has nothing to do with safety, it was because they found out they could make money doing it.

I hear stuff on the CB all the time. Like, I ain't got no panties on, f-you, go F yourself, shut up n-word, stupid mf-err, hey you got it on (20 times) with no reply, are the scales open (with 20 different answers for some reason). Oh yeah, all sorts of classy professional chatter out there.

Tommy B passed these pictures along to me the other day. Brand new Titan. Just by the colors I'm sure most everybody from around here will know who this truck belongs to.