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kscarbe: I believe a couple of people on this sight have stated that Mack frames came from a firm in Pa. Maybe they just add frame components to the shipped in frames. I know they come into the Macungie plant with crossmembers, rears, srprings, driveshaft and some mounting hardware. The holes are all drilled also per build sheets. I Thought the first CH models came out about 1991.

All: As far as I know Mack hasn't made a frame in years. Maybe in the forties and pre forties. A company called Parish made mack frames in the 60's. Dana made the frames in the 70's thru 90's. I am not sure what a volvo frame is but Mack frames are currently made by a local company in PA an offshoot of the Dana line. Mack rear ends are a Mack design but they have been built by Rockwell and Dana in the past. Not sure who makes them now. When people on this site refer to Mack made in many cases it is Mack design but vendor made. Mack cabs are made by the same vendor navistar uses(former Mayflower). The B(Chicago cab) and R model cabs were vendor made. You can see the resemblance of the R and F model in design but the R was a vendor cab and the F was made by Mack.The whole truck manufacturing business is vendor supplied for the most part and has been for a long time. Mack just had more design influence on the components than most companies.

Did the Mack E-7 start out as a Mack in house engine. Some times on this site I here people refer to it as a renault engine. It is interesting that the E-7 came out about the time as the renault > than 50%ownership. Amy thoughts?

L Mack. Give those pinnacles visors and that turns frogs into princes

What year engines were those. Were they pre 2004's. Do you run synthetics. The best thing for a long lasting piece of machinery is don't push it. Run them at 90% and they will take care of you. Great job guys'

3P your the man. Our own factory under cover agent.

I think I saw two of them on flikr under Granite Fan. Both RD roll offs for the same company , one twin screw and one triaxle, green in color I think . I thought they were 2003's

When they first put the rotary's in Chicopee Mass., the U models would get on them going counter clockwise. Problem was with those offset cabs they couldn't get off. Just kept going around in circles until they ran out of fuel. On the clockwise roraries they would always get off one exit early. And that my friends is why they came out with the R model. R for rotary. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

When I was going to a new school location in the Navy in 1964 I remember seeing my first U-model on the New York thruway. I think the R's came out in 1965. I am not sure why the U's came out first but I think someone on this sight stated that they were eager to replace the C-Model I think the cheapest you will see a running U is about 3500. Not only do single axle U's see a second life as a dump, but some of them end up as oversize pickups with stake bodies.

Good job Vinny

From the Volvo web site: Mack sales 2001- 23,795 2002- 23,245 2003- 18,991 2004- 25,469 2005- 36,222 2006- 36,838 2007- 18,621 2008- 16,593 2009- 11,101 2010- 13,465 2011- 18,567 2012- should be 20,000 plus Notice after the problem motors left the barn 2004 thru 2007 sales dropped. Things seem to be turning around.

That would be a perfect truck for a wooden bed and smaller wheels and tires. We have a couple of them here in Ct. They look pretty sharp. They make great mid size pickups and can be pintled to haul some machinery on a trailer. 237 can pull any thing you can load on a trailer. Might even get 10 miles to the gallon if driven with a light foot.

I always thought he was a closet Paccar guy.

Saw a nice looking Mack Western F model on Truck trader. Silver or grey with long wheelbase. Only draw back Detroit 8-71. Price is right though 2500 dollars. Sell the 8-71 and repower with Mack power Interior looks premium. Then again keep the 8-71 if you like the sound.

Saw one of those Air Products sleeper Pinnacles on I 91 Ct. Sorry freightshaker only the best truck for Air Products. Kinda like the Star Kist tuna ad.

Thaddeus. Great job! You prove my point (half the people on this site could be better Mack product developers than V---O.

Take the shackles off of Mack sweedish overlords! . I'll bet half the people on this site could run Mack better than V&%#o.

What is it when you guys are looking at some picture and commenting on it and I don't see anything. Maybee Rob playing with our heads?

Vlad: Keep checking in there are plenty of peeps on here that can educate you on macks.

She would make a great winter cover.

Politics is probably the key. As I said it is not rocket science v#$%o. I think with a few simple additions at Mack they would outsell V---- in the US. V---- get over it, you outsell Mack almost every where else. Take the shackles of of Mack product development and let the competion begin.

Vinny to bad you didn't grow up thru the late 60's 70's and early 80's. The dang U-things were all over except on the West Coast. I got to grow up through L's,B's U's R's DM's G's H's,W's,MH's,Westerns and the current crop, which is finnally improving after that South Carolina Virginia fiasco. Sorry to get carried away I forgot this was a rodeo sex topic. Oh well at my age Mack's are better than sex.

Probably a pete chasis. Looks like pete fuel tanks. I'd like to see more of these though not on a pete chasis. Put this on a CH chasis and you may start a trend. I would think there would be money cross breeding LT's/B's and R's onto a CH chasis.

Mack Superliner Austrailia offers MP10 600 & 685 HP and Cummins 550 & 600 HP. Wake up and smell the coffee Mack America (V@*&o). Let the Superliner compete against Paccar, Navistar,Western Star and Freightliner. We've got no one in the game. It's not rocket science V@*&o.

Mack is close to outselling volvo as it is. If they had the return of the Superliner and a competative medium duty they would probably leave the parent company in the dust. Don't think volvo would like that.