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Lmack- Speaking of HO and trucks and trains I went to a model railroad show several years ago at the Eastern States expo in Springfield Mass. There was a movie there being shown about the moving of some defunct New England Railroad line equipment to a museum. All the railroaders in the crowd were pumped up about the train equipment being moved. I on the other hand took note of what was moving the equipment. Trucks-antique restored trucks as a matter of a fact. Almost all were restored Macks. L's-LT's-B's R's and a few Autocars. As I remenber there must have been 50 or so antique restored trucks. They were selling tapes of this move at the HO fest. Stupid me didn't buy one. Maybee someone knows of this railroad move and knows where to get copies. I am sure everyone on this site would like to view this truck railroad parade. Keep the rubber side down.

Good news for Macungie. March North American Mack truck sales were at their highest level since April of 2008. In March 1296 units were sold up from Febuaries 761 units. Parent V---- had 708 units sold.

I worked at a nuclear plant in ct for 30 years. I remember a main tramsformer replacement move performed by Hallamore out of Mass. The move was from a barge up an incline to the plant. A Mack similar to these (maybee an M25) with a V-16 Detroit was used as a puller and two Mack l model quarry dumps as helpers. When the plant was dismantled Marino Crane was used for removing steam generators and turbines. These moves were up a 20% grade out of the plant. An Autocar with a western star pusher was used for these moves. Pictures Marino's Autocar and ex Gerosa Mack L's are on Hanks website as well as the Hallamore Mack's. One question I have is did Mack make these rear ends and if they made them where did they make them.(Allentown Macungie) I know Dana made a lot of components for Mack using Mack design. I know Rockwell used to make rear end units this large.

Hey Mack3P. We havn't heard from you in a while. Hope all is well with you. Are you still working for Mack or are you moving on? I remember you said you wern't going south. Any comments on Mack 2010 and beyond? Take care.

When Mack was bled dry by the Signal companies I believe the Signal companies also owned Garret gas turbine. If I remember right they tried to put the Garret turbine into the above macks for test trial purposes. As with all automotive or railroad turbines they just burned to much fuel. On the other hand gas turbines work out well for the the military in air and sea power. Their power and performance can't be denied. Of course the tax payers pay the fuel bill. To bad Mack doesn't have the authority to inovate on their own any more. They certainly had more than their share of inovations.

When is american logger on. i always seem to catch reruns of these types of shows. thanks

My bad. It looks like new**********! stands for the new automated manual transmission MackmDrive. I thought it might be Superliner. Will have to wait for that I guess. New products look promising however I hope they don't turn into an additional electronics nightmere. Trucks are definately no longer keep it simple stupid.

The section about questions and answers about SCR and DPF.

Buried on the Mack web sight there is reference to a new econodyne engine and a rear axle carrier. But the big news is reference to a new model**********! Could it be the revival of the **********? We shall see.

I would quit my cat herding job to drive that yellow CHU. It doesn't get any better than that.

Gray scum usually means oil and water mixture. All sumps will have a certain amount of moisture in them from the air spaces above the oil level. The water vapor condenses after engine shutdown. It then boils off after engine startup. When it boils off after heating up the steam escapes through the engine breathing system. The dip stick tube is an area where the moisture can't escape so it can mix with the tube oil film and make a grayish sludge. You might try leaving the dip stick slightly off its seat so that dip stick fumes can escape. An oil sample is certainly in order just to put your mind at ease.

It seems that many 2003-2005 macks have more than their fair share of problems. Is there any body not having problems with them.

I had that thought about the old exported macks. That may be some of the reason new sales aern't so great. The old macks just run forever .

From the vulgar web site. November North American volvo sales 707 units. November Mack sales 833. Year to date volvo sales 6833. Year to date Mack sales 7283. Not bad considering the volvo product is pushed harder. That certainly seems to be the case in South America where volvo out sold Mack in November 20 to 1 (1000vs50). Merry Christmas to all. and hope 2010 is prosperous.

In my view mack could pump out a few more vehicles with the Cummins diesel option. They have had a relationship with Cummins as far back as the 40's maybee 30's. Merry Christmas.

If I remember right in one of the Mack books(maybee Montville) there is a picture of the last B model produced. Again if I remember right it was an all wheel drive B-57 cement truck. Merry Christmas all and keep the rubber side down.

AP Noonan(Delta Bulk) was a long time Mack user and still has many CH's and RD's. Over the last five years or so they were buying KW T-800's and Pete 379's. The other day on 95 in Connecticut I spotted a brandi new Axle forward Pinnacle for Delta Bulk. Most of their trucks are kept up pretty well. Looks like they are giving Mack a look again.

That is one embarased Mack chasis

From the vol** web site. Sept v**vo sales 803. Sept Mack sales 806. Mack has beat v**** for the last six months straight. Considering that many of the dealerships try to push v**V*'s over Macks this data is not bad. Y ear to date v^^^^ North America 5271. Year to date Mack North America 5609. It must make the volv# brass squirm a little.

Other dog say it ain't so. Did you say peterbilt! Oh well better than V%*&o

Go to the Australian Mack web site and check out the Trident. This is one bad a** looking truck. It seems like it would be pretty simple to offer this hood(bonnet) as an option on the axle forward CH. Also since Mack is starting to offer Cummins as an option for natural gas engines why not the diesel as well. Some people like cummins engines and are geared up for maintenance on them etc. Volvo offers a Cummins option why not there step child Mack.

I thought SCR/DPF was mandatory to meet 2010 EPA regs. Maybee 2009's were just mandatory DPF.

There have been quite a few comments about Mack getting the volvo cab and that being the straw that breaks the camels back as far as volvo and Mack being the same. As far as cabs go I believe both volvo and Mack use cabs built by Mayflower.When the cab contract comes to an end I guess they will probably choose the best one or an entirely new cab. In years gone by International FWD Hendrickson Sicard and others all used the same cab. This cab was usually refered to as the International cab but actually it was built by Chicago manufacturing. The B model cab was also built by Chicago manufacturing. Actually the B model cab was very similar to Reo and KB Internationals. The LT and H model were very similar. If you look at the B-model integral sleepers it looks like the back end of an H-model incorpotated into the front end of the B model. Cabs being built by third parties is nothing new.

If you go to the Mack web site there is an engineer there that answers questions about the 2010 models and there pollution devices. I think it is under talking SCR. If you read through the questions and replies from him (about 10 pages worth)I get the impression that he is pretty positive about Mack going forward. Granted that is his job to be positive. He is one of the transfers down to North Carolina. Give it a look see and see what ya'll think.