Red Horse

Ahh- so how long have they had a "HI DRIVE"? NOT SURE IF THAT IS THE CORRECT TERM, How about..."Cat final drive design"?

And crumbs will probably be what Mack gets.

Beautiful-just something about a V-8 with the distributor on the correct end😎

So the cat peed on the cushion-is the seat structure sound? Just take cushion to an upholstery shop and have them duplicate. Unless you are spending a lot of time in this seat and want the latest technology. Seems to me all the old Bostrum air rides did a decent job back in the 80's -assuming bags weren't blown.

Well my intro to driving in metro NY was the big strike in 71 when the majors took on the PTEU-the big union that represented most of the petro drivers in the metro area. Anyone in management throughput the country that had ever driven was placed on the "MOCO" team.."method of continuous operation"-The prep for that was we had to take the NYC Fire Dept Certificate of Fitness test that was needed to haul gas/oil-"haz mat" wasn't a term then. Well I spent 51 days driving out of Mt Vernon-at times on 5 axles in Westchester county, other times in a "city spec" 10 wheeler delivering in the Bronx. After a while you learned the shortcuts and I remember one day going through a decent neighborhood (near Gun Hill Rd.?) I pass a group of people standing around a VW bug. I dropped the load and on my way back there is the VW-all the doors and "hood" open sitting on blocks, papers blowing all around it. Stripped clean-and this was a "nice' neighborhood! Welcome to the "Big Apple".

Makes you wonder right about the current practice of incorporating the turn signal in with the headlight bucket. "Let's see-is he turning left in front of me?" If they are going to do that with class 6-8 trucks, IMO they should have a canceling feature like some cars do that kill the headlight when the turn signal is powered.

Never thought of it that way but it makes a lot of sense.. All about having a competitive price with a dog on the hood!

And next to the Binder looks like an old airport refueler on possibly a Louisville?😎

Hmnnn?? Trailer made solutions. Hope they have been working on what pulls the trailers. How about it Kevin. Are a good percentage of these TIP locations currently either heavy truck dealers or into heavy truck service? I know in the old days I would not take my power unit to a Fruehauf Branch.

So destined for US Market? Another cab over in medium market that Ford and International insist does not exist. ?????

Matt-If T-800 not a Super Duty (401, 477,534) If it was a 477 would have been a T-850 or T-950-and 477's were not known as being dogs. Depending on year I think a T-800 would have been a 391-which would explain why it was a dog compared to say a 549.

Kevin point of info, not sure of how it breaks out but Case and Deere are very big players in construction equipment. NH to a much lesser degree. My bet would be Case construction sales are greater than the "red tractor" business. As for Deere, on a world wide basis "green" equipment probably outsells "yellow" but not by much. Who would you see as a likely partner for Iveco?

If your Ford was a T-800 it was not a 534.

Well the upcoming negotiations were I believe being viewed as tough ones. Now with this distraction, another complication. Bad enough when the membership doesn't have the best opinion of management. Now when there are sure to be doubts about the integrity of their union leadership, sounds like a circus in the making.

Makes no sense. If nothing else, a big negative to anyone thinking of a military career

Hippy-what would you do with another one???

We need a chart to keep the Hake/Barnhart/Marino deal straight😎And I guess add Bay Crane to that??

Wow-Look at the graph-1982 class 6 and 7 sales. Ford-33.2%, GM-30.6%, International -30%, Imports 6.2% Boy have times changed.

Rich-that truck made its debut at our first show at Fairgrounds.

WellI would agree with James J. It's a vocational truck! You can still have a sloping hood with decent visibility but square it off! No need for an A -car to look like Snoopy. Then again in terms of visibility, the manufacturers spend a lot of money to provide that, and then the a-holes spend all kinds of money for drop down visors and they drive with the seat on the floor. You see one coming at you and think.."oh autonomous truck-don't see a driver i that thing🤪

Shocker! I guess the drop down window just wasn't enough😎

For sure the small paving contractors. Don't need a live tandem for what is usually on highway use.

JB- to me that does not look like an offset cab-look at air cleaner. Good looking regardless-lot of engine inside that cab!

Have to disagree. This engine will I think be a big seller-in particular in the F-600, 650 and 750. Think of the guys that need the power but don't run the annual mileage to capture the MPG savings the Power Stroke would offer. It will probably sell for about 5 grand less than the Power Stroke. At 350 HP and 468 lb ft of torque this thing has more HP than the old 401, 477 and 534 Super Duty and is topped only by the 534's torque rating of 481 pd ft. Although I think the old SD put that torque out at like 1800. Can someone explain to me how the torque and HP number can be max at same RPMs? Think someone read a news release wrong.

Thx Kevin, Impressive