Red Horse

9 hours ago, Brocky said:

I was born in 1945, in 1948 my mother was elected the township clerk with her office in the corner of our living room. The highway super was in and out all the time. By 1950 I was the "Mascot" for the highway dept. Always riding in their trucks and later operating them. From there on my life was always in the trucking industry.

Nice memory for sure..and an impossibility in today's day and age.

14 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

He's got you beat by 8-more year's ?

Big mouth!😎

8 hours ago, Brocky said:

Red Horse,

Were they the 1959-60 models??? I always liked those years!!! University Sand and Gravel of Ithaca NY had a whole fleet of them with mixers, as well as a couple of dumps, on them.. 534 engines and 5X3's..

Brocky

No the new syle that came out in 61 and lasted until the Louisville came out in 69

They kept it the same for those years and just changed ID badges  and in 66 they raised the cab roof to give the driver more headroom for a higher seating position.  Unlike the "steering wheel holders" of today who like to sit on the floor😎

But I'm sure they were 534's, which was first offered in '58.  I asked a Ford salesman not that long ago if he new what the original "Super Duty" was?  No clue

Okay you Connecticut guys have a pretty good memory but I may be too old for you on this one.  In like '64 or 65 they were building I 91 north out of New Haven. I don't remember who the GC was but they had a trucker working for them that had a bunch of new Ford Super Duty T-950's  Tandem dumps and a few T-950 tractors hauling Fuehauf bathtubs.  These Fords were big 15,000 at least front ends and big rears on big rubber.  Owner's name was Peter Longo..Anyone have a recollection of this guy?

On 9/1/2025 at 3:46 PM, blackdog2 said:

City Ready Mix  originally from Waterbury Connecticut 

Is that a current picture?  If so who did restoration??  Beauty!

On 8/30/2025 at 4:35 AM, blackdog2 said:

looks like could have been a fatal

Got some bad news this morning from Bob Manchester that his dad passed away during the night after an on and off battle with cancer.

Bob started a career with Amoco as a driver and when he retired he was a terminal manager. He and his sons established a beautiful collection of Macks, Autocars and a 761 Brockway that carried the name "Manchester Bros" and were kept in Cromwell Ct and Downingtown Pa.

He was a most knowledgable person when it came to distribution in the oil industry as well trucks in general.  And most importantly , a great friend who will be remembered and missed by many.

Bob

On 7/28/2025 at 11:18 PM, RoadwayR said:

Story I was told was there was an underhood heat problem.

Correct.  I was told that by a commercial truck Ford guy.  My comment was .."and the 6.7 Power Stroke doesn't generate a lot of heat".  an absolute bullshit excuse IMO.  Think of the west coast volume they would gain.

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

Your NOT alone with the memory fade. alot of good companies back then also had PROFESSIONAL  drivers behind the wheel. have been fortunate to have met regularly many of the drivers from major fleets servicing the east coast back then.  ST Johnsbury/ Adley/ Navaho/ Akers/ LOMBARD = have been honored to know the owners well. Louis Lombard rest in peace.

Did Adley use the slogan on their bumpers..."A Sleeping Giant Who Never Sleeps"??

On 6/20/2025 at 3:59 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

The Ranger and Everest are the best sellers in Australia by a long way, that's gotta say something 

 

Paul

Ford should have these Aussies  engineer the air brake option for 650/750 gas jobs seeing Ford keeps saying they can't offer air brakes on these God Zilla powered trucks because of under hood heat issues! absolute BS

1 hour ago, 66dc75 said:

Heading out 6am tomorrow

Maybe we'll catch Matt

 

Drive safe Rich.  My shoulder is fine-relatively speaking , But now my right knee is killing me-old age sucks.  As Brocky said, send pix, and regards to everyone.

Danny and Kenny heading down tomorrow with the R model fire truck

3 hours ago, mowerman said:

i was wondering whats up with the cheap starting price,,,,trucks looks perfect condition

For sure!!

KSC..No argument on the 7.8 parts availability, but that LN with an LTL grill is one good looking truck IMO..so much so thatI wonder if that is not a very good piece of photoshop work.

4 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

E. J. McLure 

Has seen better days for sure!

6 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Nice but how about a pix of the LTS next to it

7 hours ago, Geoff Weeks said:

For the same (aprox) displacement you could have a Cummins L-10 or a Cat 3306  and have a far better engine.

Both of those would pull a loaded semi at 80K.

Longer and taller but better suited.

If you look at comparing to a 5.9 or 6.7, you are comparing to a much smaller engine, in the case of the 5.9 almost 1/2 the displacement.

The 3208 was 10.4L

yes but an L-10 or 3306 were what? 5-8 grand more..Just guessing..but if you wanted either in a Louisville I think you had to get a 9000 vs an 8000.

10 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Wow! who owns that

8 hours ago, Geoff Weeks said:

3208 isn't a"throw a way' engine, it isn't lined, which means an overhaul is out of chassie. Pistons ride directly in the block, like a car engine. You can over-bore them.

The D950  Kubota, I'm working on still has dry liners. Cat made that engine as cheap as possible for Ford, IIRC, and it was.

Correct on Ford.  They were introduced as "Ford V-225"- The 225 being the HP.  I think that was the highest rating and I think they went as low as 160?  Paul made a good point as to what speed limits were when it was introduced.  And I think for example while a 6-71 was 218 HP here this motor was 225 and probably cost a lot less than a 6-71..or a 220 Cummins.

I remember loading trucks in our lube plant in Buffalo-1968🤔.  Red Star driver comes in with a new C-8000 single axle tractor .

I asked him how he liked the new truck with the "Ford diesel"...he says ..."A beast -pulls 40,000 like it wasn't there "..I think that was a problem..the horsepower rating had people using it beyond its intended "mid range" use.

Well one thing for sure...I  doubt that picture represents the truck as it currently is.  Never heard of a 3208 in an R Model.   We had V-185 Cummins in DM's..a real disaster. Maybe the poster was looking at a 413 Mopar..didnt know what those 8 wires were for🤣

5 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

No a Quarry truck operator dumping on top of a pile ........A Cat employee said something inappropriate and that stop for a couple year's ?

Nice shot..I assume that is rt 17 in background