Red Horse

23 hours ago, Brocky said:

Maybe not that much??? Considering they are part of the body side was strengthening component..

Brocky,

You have a point to some degree, but I would bet it was not much of an offset.

5 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Can you imagie what it cost for that body with the raised letters??

16 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

I remember them for sure.  I think they hauled for Stiles Brick too.  F-230 I think

On 3/18/2026 at 8:01 PM, 66dc75 said:

Real electricians have a van for this type of thing.

Rich-new bucket truck?

15 hours ago, JoeH said:

Looks are... meh. Maybe itll grow on me, but im still working RD's and an MR.

Take good care of these!  When you read about the electronics in anything new, the only winners will be the mice who enjoy snacking on wiring😎

Well regardless if you like "it"-Keystone or Granite- It seems to me they have spent a lot of money on these "new" trucks. I have been convinced that at some point the Swedes would say.."why are we paying for all this duplicated effort"? ..and pull the plug on Mack, but they haven't.

Or if anything limited their effort to the vocational trucks like the  Keystone/Granite and given up on the owner operator "Large Car" market.  Cat could spray paint a pile of dog crap Cat yellow and guys would gather around it and say..wow what a beautiful pile of dog crap.  Same with Paccar, they could take that pile of dog crap and put a Pete Red Oval on it and  OO's would have same reaction.

Same as Ford, had they stuck to the vocational market they might still be in the class 8 business but instead they poured a lot of money chasing the OO long haul market with minimal success.

One thing that will be interesting IMO is the big cheese from Sweden at the big Vegas introduction, said words to effect.."come and see these new Macks at Con-Ag together with our Volvo loaders..".  If the only triaxle dumps are Macks at the show with no Volvo triaxles that maybe the plan  for Mack to take care of vocational while Volvo does Long haul OO market.

In any case while they showed their new air bag tandem suspension, would have been nice if they said..."and if you want a 55,000 pound camel back with a manual you can have that too"!

As for "looks", I like them😎

4 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Hi-Ho Mec. did rod's & Main' s put wrong bearing's in .....wipe crank out they hid it .....I seen in a yard and bought it change motor ran it and sold it ....Nobody was fired ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But what is it Not a DM 800?  Picture looks distorted .  Tall radiator???

12 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

And this is???

12 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Sad fact of life.  But don't flame me guys but I voted for Trump 3 times as the lesser of two evils.  And he has done a lot of good...can you imagine where we would be if Kamala had won.  But pay attention to what happens now in Ukraine.

Our Secty of State Rubio should be doing the negotiations but look who we have doing it- Witkoff, a NYC real estate guy and Kushner- the son in law.  It is all about the "Benjamins"!  Trump will sell Ukraine down the river if he thinks he can one way or another make a buck for the "family".   New Trump tower on the Black Sea or  someplace?  Etc Etc.  There may be corruption in Ukraine, but what Baltic country doesn't have some.  If Putin gets one square inch of Ukraine out of this watch what happens to Taiwan.  Everyone has worried about the Epstein file....Maybe they should be worried about the "Putin File".  The Ukrainians, and Israel have done a lot of heavy lifting for us that hopefully my grandsons and yours won't have to do.

And the "Ballroom"?  All paid by "donations"???  Look who is making those "donations"?  It will ultimately be "payback time" and we won't see the "receipts" for those contract awards.  Oh and have you bought your Trump Watch yet.  An absolute embarrassment IMO that the President of our country has such a side hustle-to say nothing of of the Trump Bitcoin.

Last point, if you watched the Cabinet Meeting in which each member got to make a "report".  You would think it was the Nazi staff giving a report to Hitler.  Each person started with all sorts of congratulatory mention of all the good "President Trump" has done.  Talk about kissing ass! 

But true to form..give Trump credit..he said he learned his lesson in his first administration when guys like Mad Dog Mattis and Rex Tillerson were sacked because they dared to challenge him.  He said this time around he learned his lesson and everyone had to swear allegiance to him.  So far everything going smoothly!!

Oh well, hope I don't have my taxes audited now.  But don't worry ...to my late wife's friends I will still be viewed as a fucked up Republican as I defend Trump for the good things he has done.

19 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

19.. something General crane been sitting alongside RT-91 in North Haven in front of Plast-crete  block company .....going to New Hampshire  

The old Stiles Brick plant?  Take right off Broadway onto Elm St then right just after cemetery??

On 11/29/2025 at 4:02 AM, blackdog2 said:

IMO your best looking Mack..nothing like a steel nose

3 hours ago, 1961H67 said:

Yes, it’s my Son’s, it’s a 96 F250 Power stroke , I think with 140k miles. , he’s all into the Diesel pickups . That Gold truck is a 85 K10  he put a 4BT Cummins in it.( I bought the truck new in 85) That green truck is a 78 F250 with a 6BT Cummins. 

And I was just about to post..."and it looks like another clean Ford next to it as well as a "square Chevy" in front of that"😎👌

2 hours ago, 1961H67 said:

The Rotator of the 70s ,, All Mechanical,, Keep holding them levers down and something will move or break. 4200 ,318 Detroit. 750 Holmes 

Looks like a very clean Ford in front of it😎

22 minutes ago, Geoff Weeks said:

It would seam so, you don't see wrecker like those running the roads of Michigan where trains can run up to 160K and permit loads above that.

What is the justification for a rig like that in Conn?

Hah..Justification?  I think ego is one thing-if the other guy has it, I'm going to top that😎

But I think Hippy raises a good point.  I think I see some of these guys doing what I would see as routine crane jobs at construction sites.  Here in Mass equipment operators have to have a Hoisting Engineer License.  And they are issued for various classes of equipment.  I have a 2A that restricts me to loaders, loader back hoes, and excavators.  cranes?  that is another story.  

Blackdog..does Conn have a similar license now for construction equipment?

20 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Plunske's .......ex Hallamore ......                    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A8MsTfEUN/

Nice-Still in collection?  220?

Opps..I ment to say developed between "Ford and GM", not Ford and Allison

4 hours ago, 66dc75 said:

They couldn't sell that to the 

US post office ??????????

Even has a sliding door.

Rich, I think they were too big for PO

On 10/26/2025 at 6:17 PM, RoadwayR said:

A little sad to see (and I certainly don't want to see anyone loose their jobs over the decision) but I think it shows that GM is now willing to make sound but difficult business decisions, unlike they were in the past.  While the Bright Drop van was good, the market for the vehicle never fully materialized and rapidly changing regulations (EV mandates and incentives) made the outlook for the Bright Drop very questionable.  It's quite possible the program could be ressurected in the future in one form or another depending on market conditions.  Who knows, maybe in the meantime GM could spend some of that Bright Drop capital on updating the ancient Savanna/Express vans! 

I would put this in the same "Dumb Ass" moves list along with Ford ignoring the class 6/7 market.  If it was a good product and they were no longer pouring significant costs into it, I would almost think it could survive on Amazon business alone recognizing their sunk costs must be significant.

4 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Talk about high center of gravity? If that tank was half empty can you imagine going into a turn too fast??

Then again it probably couldn't "go to fast"

1 hour ago, blackdog2 said:

Tilcon called Gabrielle truck sale's wanting to sit down and spec out some truck's and ask if somebody  could stop down ........and there comment was were here .........so called Pete not Kenelworth  also owned by Gabrielle in Conn in witch a lot of Mack fleet's are switching to Kenyworthless truck's selling multi brand's out of 1-dealership ......? 

Well I may have an interesting story..Local guy, very successfull  small excavator.  Started buying Petes.  Last one a triaxle.  then I go by the yard the otherday and the Pete-like a year old now is not there and looks like a new Granite is there.?????

But fact remains..seems like all the old  Mack construction fleets now have new Paccars🤔

On 10/11/2025 at 11:05 AM, james j neiweem said:

I thought those Granites looked familiar.I wonder how long Tilcon will keep the Granites. It would be a shame to see them all replaced with Paccars. Nice to see Macks in the Tilcon fleet again. I think the last ones were RD's and a couple of CL's. I see they have the new 300 numbering units. I wonder if the original 200 numbering units were in the sale. It didn't take long for Tilcon to give them Tilcon numbers. For those who don't know Tilcon is owned by Irelands New Castle. More buying up of America!

How true.  Wish I understood the economics that makes this work for the Europeans????