Bullheaded

Thank's Jim. Here's my bottle of Mack Whiskey.

I just wish we could see a finished running one already.

May as well post one of the 87 R Model's I hauled salt with too. This was a strong little E6 350. Grossed 140,000 pounds all it's life running 8 to 12% hills north of here.

My friend found one of these pics on social media, so I figured since they have been also featured in the Canadian Bulldog Magazine back in the day I would post I may as well post my good friend's and his fathers old Mack's. The E9 V8 Superliner was a show and shine winner at El Rodeo Du Camion in Quebec. And the R pulling the float trailers had what he built as the very first auxiliary power unit around here back when there was no such thing. He put a Vauxhall engine in the side saddle storage box that charged the batteries, pre-heated the engine and wet line hydraulic oil tank and provided climate control in the cab when parked.

The Australians did it right. I can handle the new cab as a W900 when it looks like that with real breathers. Not those ugly Coronado wanna-be vents we get on the new W990.

A fitting end. Not a Volvo truck, but a Volvo anyway. http://prairiefarmreport.com/manure-spreader-vs-car/

Cool looking truck. And pics. Perfect job for a new emission motor too.....never has to run or move,

Now all we need is a Volvo branded pooper-scooper. LOL.

You kinda hit the nail on the head Red Horse. At the time I started there were still a lot of gas jobs working. And those Ford's where everywhere around here doing everything from dump trucks, to loggers to hauling freight. But I had dreams of R Models and Superliners in my head, LOL So you didn't think of Ford as a "real big truck." But the truth was they had a real good frame. Add to that a nice interior, good visibility and maneuverability, etc. The biggest problems I've seen with them is the same as with all old Ford cars and trucks. Cab rust and the vinyl dash that would would crack and split from the sun. It was very hard to find a Ford that didn't have a cracked dash. But ya, that little short hood LTS was a fun truck when you had a 400 or 425 Cat under the hood.

To think back in the day I drove so many of those Ford's I was praying to get out of one because I wanted a Mack. Today I wish I could get back into an old Ford, LOL. They were a good truck. Drove many with 2 stroke Detroit power and a few 3406B Cat's.

Probably get lots of coffee breaks on that job every time it does a parked regen, LOL.

Ya, but even if that ever did happen, Volvo would still make sure Mack ignores the heavy haulers. They would probably limit it to 450 h.p. and 1650 torque. LOL

I would have come un-F'n-glued on that clown, LOL. He would have never heard the end of what a piece of shit is, LOL. I did that at my Star dealer one day. Salesman wasn't too happy. I didn't know he had a customer in a new Star and was making a deal, I only saw him. So I walked up and made the comment about the piece of shit lemon, and then went on about what a piece of crap mine is. LOL.

Not talking about Volvo being smart.....talking about the new owners of the Autocar brand.

I could be wrong, but I thought Autocar had the ACL conventional right to the end. I do know for sure that a couple years later when that group of investors bought the Autocar name and trademark, they also bought the rights to the White Expeditor cab which they still use.

No comments yet?!!! I'm waiting for this one!!!! LOL.

The new Autocar also makes yard shunt trucks too. They are a big seller for them also. https://www.autocartruck.com/

I think it's more that they are smart enough to stick what is profitable for them. They wouldn't have much market share amongst all the other conventionals. And you are right James, I still see lots of old steel hood Autocars at work every day in Michigan too.

And another iconic brand Volvo killed off. Autocar.

Since it's was April Fools and I know you all love Volvo, remember this large car? Volvo's attempt at a long nose owner/op machine. What an ugly bastard, LOL Only thing that was impressive was it had a 625 h.p. motor for a while until they downgraded it to a 600.

They are running these Dramis dumps near me in the mines here. But they are the Kenworth and International HX versions. There are a few companies now that do the twin steer conversions, but Simard does pretty much all the factory installs, except for Western Star. I think they are one of the only companies that builds their own twin steers in-house.

You are correct Brocky. I'm hauling for the city right now. Night and part of day shift. Our city got rid of all their old self propelled V12 Detroit blowers and now has 4 of these LaRue D60 loader mounted blowers. We load under one on the street and this is one (along with a D8 Cat) in one of the 6 snow dumps we have. So in the last two months we have made 6 piles of this size . And yes sometimes it does take until August before it is all gone.

A friend of mine brought these videos to my attention a while back as we both follow a lot of farming stuff. That is a beautiful truck. And hearing the bark out those straight pipes brought back a lot of good memories of my old 9370.

It's too bad they just didn't split it up and have Volvo trucks for the aero fuel economy highway crowd. Give them all the tech crap. And give us Mack guys are old school cabs, heavy specs and big power.

Yep, if we do truly have to have this global economy stuff, I wish Mack and Renault would have just stayed together as they were. I never used to think Volvo was bad, but now that I think about it......Mack has completely vanished from heavy haul, logging and oil field. There's definitely something wrong with that picture. I have disagreed with a lot of Kscarbel opinions in the past, but I see he likes International, so he's good in my books!! LOL.