PeterMack

Saw these two dumping grindings side by side the other day. Nothing ever goes wrong dumping close together

Yes they did. I think about 5 years ago. Though from what I heard they didn't really buy them. Royer owed them so much money that a deal was made that they just took Royer over. If you look closely there is a small Curran sticker of the trucks.

I don't think too much of them. A few years back I wanted them to pave my driveway. They came out, gave me a quote, it sounded

reasonable so I asked when they could do it. They said they could get to it in a month. I said great. Well a few phone calls and a year

later it never got done. The guy called me on a Saturday morning a year after I called them and asked if I was still interested. I

said yeah, a year ago! Then I hung the phone up. Assholes! I won't ever do business with them.

Saw this G. Snow RD the other day.

R&B Paving is two guys from Royer Asphalt that went on their own couple of years ago. One of then is Bobby Sipes.

The R model with the floaters sure looks like an old Parking Lot Services truck.

Did Curran buy Royer buy still keep them as Royer? I had heard that but didn't know if their was any truth to it.

Have seen these two R-models running around the Dekalb area for a paving outfit. I kinda like the one with the floaters.

Makes it look tough.

A friend passed these pictures to me of this Superliner. I know Macknutt had listed this truck for sale before, as this guy is a friend

of his. I believe the truck is still for sale. I don't know the price or specs though. I think the owner is dealing with an illness and thats

why its for sale.

Petermack I would live to have a new trailer like that but I heard you have to order them and have them made and wait 8 weeks or so to get them I was thinking of water and one in the winter time but is there a catalog I can look through to see whether I want East Meck or trailStar and what options I can get? I also don't know if a brand new trailers going to be any later than the slant nose Fruehauf I am pulling if I put aluminum wheels on it however the whole thing is to get an air ride trailer so maybe it's worth it

Usually you do have to order a new trailer. Build time depends on how busy the company is. Could be a month, could be six months.

There is no universal catalog for the trailers. Ken's in Chebanse is a good place to deal with. They used to sell East but they had a bit

of a falling out with them so now they sell MAC and Titan. Leach Truck Parts in Crystal Lake sells Trailstar. I think there is an East

dealer just up the street from House of Trucks, but I don't know anything about them. I know Stuart Tank is also an East dealer. You

would have to talk to each dealer to see different specs on different trailers.

By the way, if you are thinking of buying a new trailer, this is my friends MAC he just bought a couple weeks ago from

Ken's in Chebanse. $58,000 with no liner or tarp. Think he just got a auto Mountain Tarp for like $2,500. So they are

definitely not giving new trailers away!

Saw this RYAN RD water truck the other day on the job. Probably a former TJ Lambrecht truck.

Petermack you said you have a 240 wb? Do you only haul material to plants? Or do you go everywhere? New hone construction? Backing up to foundations etc?

I have to do it all. I'm off road all to time. Big jobsites, yard hauls, and new house B.S. One thing I like about my truck

is that I have 24.5's and the narrow diameter fuel tanks. Gives me a lot of ground clearance. I will admit there has been a

couple times I wished the truck was about a foot shorter, but I just have to do one more pull up and be careful. I don't

see any battle scars on your RD, so I'm sure your pretty diligent about watching for hazards. You'll be fine.

You won't be able to tour Wrigley today with the playoff game going on. For about a $1000 a ticket they might let you in.

Without going into the city you could take a cab over to Rosemont, about a 2 min taxi ride. There is a big mall there

and Toby Keith's bar. Something quick and easy to do without having to head into town.

That is a clean Pete. Seen it around for years. I wouldn't be afraid to buy that truck. You won't find another as clean as that one

in northern IL for sale. My Pete has a 240 inch wheelbase and I do the same thing you do. I wouldn't worry about the WB too much,

as long as your paying attention you'll be fine.

Carry is still around and still based out of Oak Brook. I think they merged with Superior Carriers as well, or maybe have some

sort of partnership. The trucks they have now just blend in with the crowd. One color, slap a sticker on the door and go.

Here is a google image search of the trucks.

https://www.google.com/search?q=carry+transit&rlz=1C2CHFX_enUS516US518&biw=1280&bih=827&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoBGoVChMItrGTg4i0yAIVwz8aCh2FEAtt&dpr=0.9

A picture of some beauty's from the back row at the show.

is it my eyes or did they also stretch the hood on the V12 Mack? I can see they have some electric fans mounted to it. I suspect that V12 cat is really stuffed in there and they needed all the room they could get.

Thanks for sharing

I was wondering that myself. I had this picture of the Palumbo RM and was looking at it, and it looks like maybe the hood is the same length

but the radiator area has been extended. I think the breather holes and covers on the hood of the lowboy have to be custom.

I love the bumper on the lowboy. That had to cost a good buck to fab that up.

Peterbilt flatop bunks are getting very expensive, I know that much. Seen them going for 5K and up on ebay for decent ones.

Here's a link to an older topic here on BMT that has a nice yellow B and a few others with a Pete bunk.

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/38918-whatever-happened-to-this-b-model/page-1