Bullheaded

I had thought I had a brochure that showed Cat in an MH Ultraliner, but maybe I'm thinking of something else? I just had a quick look at some of my brochures and all I saw was that you could get Cat's in a Cruiseliner. I'm not sure about transmission choices. I know in my area here of northern Ontario Mack transmissions were never a big take. Most all the Mack's I ever drove here were Eaton 15 speeds. Though I have drove a few with Mack 12 speeds.

Do you have pics of the yellow one finished? Awesome lineup!

What an awesome lineup!!! You sir have my respect!

I used to be so impressed by them when I was a kid....watching all those Superliners just flying wide open. They didn't screw around. Odd I never worked for them, but I did drive for the other big all Mack fleet here that always had the salt contract for the MTO. So I did get to run hard in R's, Superliners and Ultraliner's.

They do all the MTO (Ministry of Transportation Ontario) crushing. They make all the aggregate for the gravel secondary roads and they produce and put up all the winter sand for our highways. So they have a fleet or lowbed float trailers for all the loaders and excavators, and the belly dumps haul the product to all the MTO yards and they also spread on all the roads they are re-gravelling. They have all kinds of interesting stackers too. They have low profile ones that sit on the ground and the belly dumps drive over them and dump and it goes up a stacker into the sand domes at all the MTO yards. That may be what that is. I didn't go get a look at it. They are a pretty impressive operation. Nobody can match their setup times and the production they put out. All self sufficient. They are also the largest producer of Maple Syrup in Ontario Canada.

We all have our favorites. For me it goes like this: mechanically governed......Mack electronic pre-emission.....Cat C13 and C15 new SCR garbage......Detroit

Better post this here because my friend wants to post it everywhere else, LOL Hope they don't mind, but this is a local crushing company and they used to run ALL Mack. All 3406 425 Cat powered Superliners and then 425 Cat CL's (they have all Cat power in everything, equipment, crushers, gen sets, etc.) At one time I think they had up to 30 trucks on the road. They pull the equipment and belly dump trailers. Looks like they fixed up one of the old Superliners!! Unfortunately when Mack quit offering Cat's they switched to T800 KW's. And now they are stuck with Cumm-a-parts.

Maybe they are better now, but I used to drive for a big all Mack dump and pony fleet and they once got a deal and bought a load of Double Coins. We ALL changed one to two a day on the highway every trip. They were even exploding sitting parked in the shop. For cheap tires when I owned my own dump truck I have ran Aeolus and Sailun drives with good results. But only on drives. I'm pretty firm on never running anything but Bridgestone or Michelin's on my steer axle.

Love that logger D-Day!!! I'd work that today.

Back in the days of these beer truck pictures, that was the job to have. They had a LOT of pride in their fleets, always had fancy paint jobs (Labatt's actually held a patent on that shade of gold) and notice they were all day cabs. Because the drivers never slept in the trucks. They got motel rooms every night. Here in Ontario Western Star was the preferred choice for the beer companies. I don't know why but they sure liked Stars. Then around 2009? Labatt's started buying International Lonestar's. Some drivers liked them, some missed the Star's. Now they are all mostly Prostar (now LT's) painted one single plain color. I think Molson and Labatt's are both blue trucks now last I noticed.

Thanks for all the info everyone. Now I can answer your Canadian spread questions. Those beer trucks, and many still today, run a 72 inch axle spread. It allowed us to carry and extra ton or so. And yes, they ride rougher, burn tires off and hop like crazy in sand. Most common here is the 60 inch spread. But now we have this S.P.I.F. law so a 55 or 60 inch spread is the same but you still get more with 72 inch. For example my last dump truck had what Western Star (Air Liner suspension) called a 59 inch spread with my steering lift axle was legal for 36,000 KG gross whereas if I had 72 inch spread it would be 37,100 or something like that? Now that I'm retired from trucking I don't remember exact numbers. LOL Unless you were ton/miling or trying to gross right out like the beer trucks......the 55 to 60 inch spread performed better and was easier on the rigging. As for the super singles on trailers, yes there was a time where they got popular here. The MTO started allowing close to the same weight on them as duals so many companies made the switch. Manufacturers claimed better fuel economy. I liked them off road on dump/pony/log trailers because no chance of getting rocks stuck between duals and blowing sidewalls. Bad was if you didn't carry a spare and you get a flat, you are not limping it to town. Also tried them on a pony dump trailer behind the dump truck, but in winter that pony was wagging like my bulldogs tail. So went back to duals. Not to mention you can also buy the set of duals for the same price as one 425/445 series super single.

A friend sent me this pic. What model Mack is this? And for a thank you I'll give you two really cool old beer truck pics I had sent to me. Nothing will ever be that cool again.

Very sorry to hear this. My condolences. We have lost a well respected contributor in the Mack world. Rest In Peace.

Don't use Diesel Spec. I've seen lots of their tunes blow up engines.

Lets not forget Champion Motor Graders too. Thanks Volvo.

Have a friend that bought a brand new Western Liner 49X. Got in a wreck and smashed cab. Been in the body shop over a year. Still waiting for parts (which are freightliner cab parts) that are not available. R.I.P. Western Star. Wonder when they are going to offer planetary axles on the Cascadia to replace the 6900XD? LOL

And spy photos appeared of the replacement which we ALL knew was coming. So I made the new brochure.

You wanna know how fake the media is? Castro junior trudope can't put two words together in a sentence. he sounds like a mental case...a der er aaaaahh daaaaa. But when they play his rally speeches on the CBC he speaks in perfect sentences. Yet on different media outlets I hear both versions and know they are the same because there is the same one woman in the background yelling the same thing. But one has trudope mumbling like he's mentally deranged and the CBC version is edited so he speaks perfectly. LOL

I can't wait to see those driverless trucks up here in the 10 to 12 % hills in the winter lake effect snow storms, LOL Then again......they can't be much worse than the current breed of freight haulers, LOL

Like I said, I don't like where this is headed. the Libtards gotta go, but there's not even anyone else competent. The Conservatives can't even decide on a leader and the NDP has the same agenda as trudope.....raise taxes, more carbon tax, everybody drive electric cars (even though we don't have an adequate power grid to support them.) Then you got the media that feeds all this fear mongering and propaganda. I had a laugh one day. I have internet in my loader and excavator in the mine but there is only one FM radio station you can get.....the CBC (Communist Broadcasting Channel)so sometimes I turn it on for the news so i can have a laugh at their BS. Anyway they were talking bout all the supply chain shortages and the shortage of truck drivers to deliver goods. Did you know flat lander freight hauling is an awesome career now? According to the CBC truck DRIVERS make $200,000 a year! And owner operators can make double!! HOLY CRAP!! I better go buy trucks again!! I might actually make money this time! Bahahahaha.

I have a lot of American friends too Joey. I live by a border town. I just don't like the direction this world is going. If I could I'd get all you Americans to boycott this country. Why? Here's an example. I got to be good friends with a couple from Wisconsin. They bought a motel up north of me. Some history of the motel......my government brought in and set up some more 'foreigners" to buy this motel. They ran it down, went bankrupt and it was condemned. Then unlike you or I being bankrupt, my gov set them up to do the same to ANOTHER motel immediately. Now come my American friends. They move up here, spend over $500,000 of their OWN money to fix and renovate it. No financing, no grants, nothing. It now becomes the nicest motel around. He employs 9 locals in a town that has nothing. His is the only motel that is booked solid every day. He does atv tours, hunting, fishing, everything. Million a year revenue. They go to renew their Visa's. My gov drags their feet. My friends spend $10,000 on lawyers. Still nothing. Now they can't go home to visit their kids or else they cannot re-enter this country. Then my gov finally says "we have a new requirement. You must advertise management position on THIS WEB SITE WE PROVIDE you as part of your Visa process. My friends say "but we LIVE at the motel and run it. Why would we need a manager?" Guess where that web site is for? He showed me a stack of 30 resumes that came in from Dhubai and India to come run the business he LIVES at. And they still have no Visa to continue to stay in Canada. So guess what they did? They just sold the place, are going back home and said they will NEVER come into Canada again. And now two other motel/outfitters just went for sale because they are going back home to the USA. Truly sickening.

Since I'm already fired up now, lets talk about french fries and gravy (Putin) Gunna drop the nukes eh? Go ahead I DARE YOU. I DOUBLE DARE you. You'd only be committing suicide you spineless dumbass. The minute you push the button the USA would have your whole country levelled. Moral of the story....go spend your money and have fun now before all these dumbasses blow the whole world up, LOL All these viruses and wars are designed to do one thing.....achieve their master plan of the population only having two types.....the mega rich and the poverty stricken working slaves. They are trying to starve out the middle class.

At first I wasn't following this. But as we all know now, this wasn't about the vaccine mandates. This was about how our government is turning us into a communist country. And no Trudeau isn't the only A-hole in government....but he truly NEEDS TO GO. Don't think Canada is communist? Lets go through the checklist. 1 Freedom of speech? Only if it is the same agenda that conforms to the Libtards. No other speech permitted. 2. Were you in the convoy? (Which incited NO Violence and NO property damage) We are going to seize your bank accounts and pull your business and operating authorities. 3. Were you in the convoy but your wife was not? We are also going to seize her bank account and put her out of business. 4. Did you support the convoy or donate money? We are going to seize your bank accounts. 5. Are you a tow truck operator that was told by the government to go in and tow trucks, but you said you did not want to be involved? We are going to seize your bank accounts and pull your business and operating authorities. Sounds pretty F'n communist to me. You have no rights unless you suck trudeau's bag. We need to put that dick in the same building as the other spineless dick....french fries and gravy (Putin) and drop the bomb on that building.

How much??