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    Nice- That looks like "Bahama Beige", a Mobil Oil fleet color!
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    Agree on the hood. I would think cab issue is a "non option"-that is where the economy of scale comes in. But the hood? Can't see why it has to be as "bulbous"-good word for it- as it is. How about it RR? Are there that many projections under that would preclude using a slimmer hood/fender design? Forget about appearance-just the savings in weight and improved visibility would I think justify a change. Remember when class 1-3 trucks had distinctive drop down fenders? Like 56 Fords and then the 57 came out and the hood was a square that extended out over the front wheels.
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    Thx Jim- every time you post a shot of some beauty I say to myself..better do less talking and more walking-and not just at Macungie! It is a beauty-as is the B 77!!
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    Jim- would you have a shot of that LTL-9000 that is parked next to the Big Horn in the back ground??
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    Look at it this way Rich-better that you spent money on a truck that earns vs the R model😎
  6. Red Horse
    For sure. That is what sucks about this whole electrification craze. Instead of it happening on its own and letting the market work it out, we are forced to subsidize a political agenda.
  7. Red Horse
    6.0? 6.4?
  8. Red Horse
    With the opening of the Work Truck Show today, Ford finally announces some good news with respect to 650/750. The 7.3 V-8 should be a big seller for class 6 and 7 operators who need the GVW and reasonable power but don't run the miles to justify the diesel premium https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/03/03/ford-marks-35-years-of-commercial-vehicle-leadership.html
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    Cabooses! I'm so old I remember early in my career dispatching and one stop was a Delaware & Hudson siding in Newburgh NY to fuel the stove in a caboose!
  10. Red Horse
    Gateway Terminals is a large bulk material handler in New Haven Conn. Outbound scrap steel is one material they handle. Not sure if they still use them but they had a bunch of those 8 wheeled Internationals and they would drive out onto the pier where the scrap ships we tied up. The cargo cranes had what looked like huge drag line buckets and the trucks would back into the buckets, dump the load, then the cranes would lift them up and dump into the ship. Quite an operation. How about it Blackdog-still doing it that way?
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    BH, Likewise. To my wife's dismay I saved most of my Mack national accounts calendars-same ones I'm sure that dealers/branches could purchase. So I asked "Siri" what years match 2020? Answer 1992. I'm now using my '92 Mack calendar again😎
  12. Red Horse
    But what will ultimately translate to North America? In any case they are good looking. But old school as I am, I look at all of these features as longer term maintenance nightmares. Or from another perspective, you don't "fix" anything in the future--you rip out the "bad" module and install the new one. Not a knock on Volvo-just the way of the world these days IMO.
  13. Red Horse
    Matt Almost 4 months to Brooklyn- any chance?
  14. Red Horse
    wow--well cared for! You won't see many New England trucks of that age looking like that
  15. Red Horse
    One thing for sure- like that separation of headlight and turn signal. should be a new federal standard to get turn signal out of same headlight bucket so you can SEE it
  16. Red Horse
    MD7?
  17. Red Horse
    good move if you can swing it. Just know for sure which 6 speed it has. The TRXL 107 has a low ratio of 14.10 and the TRXL 1071 has 23.08 ratio. I believe it was really ment for mixers so they could creep along while pouring curbs/sidewalks etc. Friend of mine has one and I quickly learned no way you could go from the hole and grab first direct-at least I couldn't.😰 But if you put the main in 2nd and the spliter in low you could take off with a load and then go to first direct with the splitter on the high side and you would maintain speed.
  18. Red Horse
    Nice. 6 speed low hole would be nice, then again we ran many 237/5 speeds grossing 80,000! Too bad you can't buy such a bullet proof truck today
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    5 speed? Started life as a tractor??
  20. Red Horse
    WS & G ?? Have never seen that one before!
  21. Red Horse
    Looking good Rich-what are those seats?
  22. Red Horse
    Rich-any problem hooking that 9513 up to a mid range engine? It was designed for big bores.
  23. Red Horse
    My guess is they load it with skid steers😄
  24. Red Horse
    We are getting close!
  25. Red Horse
    For sure-looked like a flat site to begin with. When I first saw the pictures my reaction was WTF? Is this a Ritchie Bros. Auction? Two LiuGong D10 impersonators could have leveled it. And 7 days curing time, 30 days full strength? They must have miracle concrete!

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