Jamaican Bulldog

I guess they did not mind you walking around and taking pics

Rumor is that they went with low bid for transportation and it shows why those bids were low. Also they offered dealers the option to go pickup vans at the plant however they would not waive the often $1000 or more per vehicle destination and delivery charge if we took that option. We think that if they offered to waive that charge or reimbursed if dealers arranged pick up, many dealers would do so especially dealers close to plant. Even for us in NY we could probably arrange especially if we pooled with dealers in close proximities to have the vans trucked to us for cheaper than the destination charge on Ford's invoice. Hackett seems to have a serious elitist ego problem. He insinuates that his plans are just so brilliant that people can't see it or figure it out. His 28 yr old staff member often conducts meetings with executives and have to explain with charts after to them what he meant to say. If a CEO vision is so vague and ambiquous that a staffer has to translate it, thats a problem.

Wow thats alot of abandoned rigs. They must all have an interesting story. I googled to see where the company was and it came up that the name sake of the company passed in 2009 but retired form the company in 1991.

Is this junk yard or a company or farm which went our of business?

Always sad to see old Macks rusting away. Hope some gets rescued

Hope there will be alot of trucks like the last time I was there 10 yrs ago.

Exactly, $90 million for what when they allegedly are trying to cut costs. If they want to cut costs, start with the high failure parts that cost a lot in warranty claims such as the trouble some double clutch they kept for years in the Focus and Fiesta and the PTU they still put in some SUVs. You would think if you keep having to replace a part it needs to be redesigned. Avoiding that is poor quality control.

Personally I think it may have something to do with the longstanding problems they have had getting vans to us after production. These vans sit for weeks at a time at before they get to dealers. Because of their height they often can only fit on trucks that can only carry 2 or 3 at a time not a regular car carrier. Nearly 4 yrs after the van came out they still have logistically problems to ship them. Maybe the backlog on storage means they want to cut production because they have not where to park them. If that is the case, that would be a better excuse than the publicity of cutting production and laying off people

Ford not only contradicts itself but also is a reflection of the BS at Ford. It says the that due to slump in demand they will idle output, however it also says the sales are up this year. Where the bullshit comes in, like the Fusion they have not been scheduling Transits we have on order, so what slump in orders??? It is almost impossible to get built the biggest version, the high roof extended length especially with dual wheels. I ordered one for a customer in February and up till early July it was not delivered. The customer desperately needed it for an event, so we had to fly someone to VA from NY for one we bought from a dealer there. We hardly made any profit but wanted to supply the customer as promised. We are having difficulty getting the popular medium roof model scheduled. Ford keeps straining relationships between dealers and customers because the factory often can't keep commitments and the dealers are put in the position of losing money to keep customers happy. Ford also makes us out to be liars because it will say ok if you order this you will have in 3 months which we tell the customer. 5 months later no vehicle. Who takes the heat? Then the dealer loses money from Ford because the unhappy customer gave the dealer a bad survey for the late vehicle. If automakers really want to know the truth so they can serve customers better and make more profits they would ask questions on the survey about the product and the company, but the truth hurts. Instead screw the salesman and dealer by asking ridiculous questions a only compensate if the customer is completely satisfied with dealer and salesman. Very satisfied does not count, you will lose money. Meanwhile Sprinter is adjusting for more output and offering more options customer want.

For the first time since the 70s Ford will not have a small car to sell in NA. Meanwhile you can't turn around without seeing a Honda Civic or similar cars on the road which those manufacturers figured out some how to sell profitably even if they crossed the Pacific. Today it was announced to us by Ford that due to poor demand it will drop 8 more configurations of the Fusion that was available for the 2019 model year after already (wisely) reducing the number significantly. What is striking to us as dealers in the NE is that one of those configurations will be mid level leather equipped SEL model with AWD. Orders for that package before 9/28 will still be built but Ford didn't warn that they may drop it at all. The SEL replaced the SE luxury package which had leather and that model with AWD was one of our best selling models. To get leather and AWD now customers have to go up to the more expensive Titanium model. What Ford did not explain is how they came to the 'poor take rate' reason to drop this model. For months Ford was not scheduling orders for AWD Fusions told dealers their was a shortage of the 2.0 ecoboost engine which is needed for the AWD models (except the high performance Sport model which uses the 2.7 ecoboost). Thus customers got pissed and bought something else. Then they said for the 2019 models they would only schedule slow selling hybrids in August and would divert lease support to the same slow selling hybrids and plug ins away from the better selling gas models. Plus they would stop advertising sedans! Not to mention the bad publicity that they will drop sedans. So they restricted the availability of the car, took away sales support and they blame it on slow demand? This is why Ford is so screwed because they have people in charge including Bill Ford who should be doing something else. Like I have said before, if a car company of this size and resources can't figure out how to sell fine vehicles and make a profit while others can it says something about the people in charge and not he car or the market.

Does that have a Detroit engine based on the height of the hood?

Is it just Friday or Saturday and Sunday too?

Cool! What powertrain did it have? Can you please the video here

Interesting. Did Mack ever venture into designing fully automated transmissions off their maxi torque types?

What did that mean especially in an era of mechanical engines?

I grew up around both American and European trucks that were from the 60s up to the 90s and I was very keen and fascinated by the powertrain of trucks. The British trucks in particular such as Leyland, Atkinson, Seddon Atkinson, and ERF when powered by Cummins wore a distinctive badge that said 'British Cummins' and came in either as the non turbo 250hp or the more common Turbo charged 290hp version. I don't remember any coming originally with higher out put Cummins than 290 hp but some were later upgraded with 350 Cummins engine sourced from the U.S. I hardly saw any non-British European Trucks till maybe late 90s. The few Scammells and Fodens I saw had Gardner or Rolls Royce engines. The American trucks that were powered with Cummins that I came across hardly came with anything less than a 350hp but were just labeled 'Cummins'. Some later models had the L10 Cummins. I do not remember coming across any American trucks with 290 Cummins but I know they were available in American Trucks. I was always curious about the distinction of British Cummins badges on British Trucks and them having 290hp or less and wondered if they were any different from the Cummins in American trucks especially with similar power rating. Except for the L10, the engine blocks and valve covers looked the same to my juvenile eyes from 250 to 350hp no matter the county of origin if it was a Cummins. Even from I was a kid I was always peeking under the hood or fenders of a truck to figure out the engine, lol I still do.

Was the lower power rated and short lived Renault 250 meant to replace the 237? Not the midliner engine but an 11 liter Renault engine.

I think the 237 came out in 1966. Either way long run. What power rating replaced it as a maxidyne engine?

Very interesting. I wish Mack had maintained a strategy into more markets, especially since used ones are so sought after for export all over the world.

Sad that they didn't keep the Leyland brand name for some of the trucks especially since they still build them there. Leyland brand name is still revered in many countries. Not sure if the Indian Ashok Leyland has any affiliation.

Are the PACCAR engines that are now in Kenworths and Peterbilts originally DAF designs or U.S designed?

Most of these cab overs are like modern airplanes, they all look alike.

Are there any Leyland branded DAF trucks still made? I think some DAF trucks are still built at the old Leyland factory.

I am familiar with the last Superliner which is owned by Dennis Yaworski, but I am curious if anyone knows the whereabouts or stories surrounding any other last of model line Macks. I am particularly interested in who has the last DM and R model Macks, especially the ones before the bigger radiators.

Did you mean black and white RD 800's? Because these look like RD800, not DM800's which instead would have been off set cab with set back axle.