Red Horse

A day late and been around before but worth repeating......

How about another shot of that job in Syracuse. Buckner?

Yes sir-and after that an NT-950 Ford. Looks like a tight city job and a Traxcavator in its element!

Well I don't argue your point about most SUV's never being driven off pavement. My point was there are plenty of people who still are driving cars. And yes I know, Ford makes the claim they made no money building small cars-at least here in the US. And as a stockholder I can appreciate the focus (no pun intended) on making money. Then again, perhaps the fact that most small cars are being built in non-union southern plants has something to do with the fact that the Koreans can compete while Ford can't. Just seems a shame to me however that with some marketing effort, the volume could have been there. As is often the case however, it seems Ford comes out with a product then quickly switches plans and it is yesterday's newspaper.

I guess "tailgate spreading" is a lost art to the GM engineers-then again weren't those trucks designed by International??? Or they figure every dump body has an air gate and you get it to right height, hope your chains are set right, and release gate and parking brake in one motion and mash it-...opps forgot- no air brakes either. No air gate here- and chains should have been tighter, but first load of 8 I ran a couple of weeks ago of millings that had been run through screener-=beautiful stuff

I do believe that is a done deal and will be built at MAP or Michigan Assembly Plant. That is why they killed the Focus which was built there so they could accommodate the new Ranger and the new Bronco which both will be built there. Then again it seems every time you read something about Ford you are reading about another Bronco variant. Or perhaps Hackett has had a change of heart as he was stuck in traffic the other day and saw he was surrounded by CARS made by Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, Subaru etc etc. and said.."hmnn, maybe I was wrong, there IS a market for cars-lets build them at MAP and we will build nothing but trucks and trucklets at OAP."

Matter of opinion but I think the Chevy version is better looking. Still have not seen one on road but Altec facility nearby has a couple awaiting bucket installs.

I hope your employer appreciates your attitude! That is some forklift-low profile. what did that lift weigh?

Well guys I guess my post was partially correct-about an autonomous E-350 for Amazon🙄. I guess there are all kinds of Bloomberg stories that the 900 mil is for a new electric vehicle that WAS going to be built in the Flat Rock plant that builds Mustangs. Come hell or high water we will be driving all kinds of electrics in the short term instead of letting this happen at a normal pace. And we the taxpayers one way or another will continue paying through the nose for all the subsidies that go along with the "greens" push to kill all ICE's! I guess the next best business to be in is recycling spent solar panels, batteries etc etc. Clean Harbors and other environmental giants are I'm sure looking at that right now.

Hah! Like I said-I'm hoping for a return to real vocational trucks but its probably something like you posted or an AV for Amazon deliveries.

As a part of the new UAW contract, Ford announced they would be spending 900 million at the Avon Lake truck plant for a new product. By comparison Hino spent 100 million at their West VA plant to expand into class 8. How about it KSC. You know plant investment costs. Any opinion? If Hino spent 100 million to add class 8 vocationals (tandems included) what can Ford do with 900 mil? Hope I'm not disappointed and its an autonomous E-350 For Amazon deliveries🙁

Did not realize the China connection. What percentage? I thought I read somewhere that all of a sudden any Chinese connection is going to have a big impact on how US regulators view merger activity. How about it KSC Fact or fiction?

Thx for info-I'll give it a try😎

Took another look at body-looks like it has latches to secure load cover. Silage of some sort- for sure some sort of lightweight material. Oh -Casino? Cash?😎

Both- hi cab over, short wheelbase and a short very high body with no gate!- Never saw an MH before in dump service.

Better that it got the bridge of her nose vs her cheek. That usually seems to be where most "friendly" dogs end up doing most damage. Hope she is feeling better.

Actually don't you mean you wish it was 30 years ago? If you were 30 today would you really want to face another 40-50 years of the horseshit we are seeing now? I feel sorry for my grandkids

Talk about a rare breed!

No miles and cab looks nice! Home run- assuming decent price. Assuming it's a double frame how does that look?

How to loose a lot of money with a 57 Bel Air! What were they thinking!

You forgot "dignity" as one of the stated reasons for going out. A friend sent me an article from Allentown paper on the strike. Headline.byline....""CEO wants production flexibility."...."Company says it must be able to compete with manufacturers that build in Mexico". Seems like when in fact you are the only class 8 builder who does not have production in Mexico you are stepping up to the plate with one strike on you before you swing the bat-no pun intended. Ford brought class 6/7 production back to Ohio from Mexico as it was a bargaining chip that helped get them a UAW contract and that production was a drop in the bucket for Ford. No such situation here. I've said it before-the Brockway strike was the final straw for Mack. Hope we don't see a repeat. Not likely as the Mack sales aren't that much less than Volvos and I'm guessing Brockway production was 20% of the total. But it is something to think about.

Nice but IMO those aluminum wheels detract- should have had original discs-or better yet spokes!

Does the name Barrillaro ring a bell?- I think that is the Connecticut outfit that had put it in Museum.

thanks Bob. I use Chrome. I'll try using Firefox which I also have. I imagine that '94 in Reno is totally rust free too.

Had more pix guys but as usual I have trouble uploading from my albums. In anycase, the guys in the water corral the berries that are floating and get vacuumed up into a machine that separates the berries from any "vine" and the stripped "vine" with the water shoots into the bed of the 650 dump. Water drains out back and truck holds the "chaf"- i guess that is what you call it. You'll see flats like the one pulled by the Louisville running all over the place at this time of year. Mass is 2nd to Wisc. in cranberry production and Mass crop this year is expected to be 9 million barrels. At 100 lbs to the bbl, If you assume 40,000 lbs per that is 22,500 trailer loads! In a short period of time. I saw another Ford (an LTA Aeromax) and what was either an HN -80 Louisville or a Sterling out on the edge of a bog off Rt 25 in Wareham.