james j neiweem

Wanker? That sounds bad mate. Is that similar to Europeon(Volvo)!@#$%^&!

Bring the Superliner and Trident over here. Drop the CH.

I wonder what units will be retired? CH's, Sterlings, Visions Cornbinders or a mix.

I wonder if the RD's and DM's outlive the Granites?

My first reaction was there is no such thing as a cool pete. But seeing that it has mack legs I guess it's cool. Maybee that triple frame is Macks (Dana) also. Looking forward to the mack pictures.

Are they still building Detroit 2 cycles? I thought they were long gone.

Replacing Macks with Petes. Shamefull!

You mean sweat your grenades off.

Anybody familiar with EMD 645,s (railroad & stationary power engines)knows that this combination has been around for at least 50 years. A combination supercharger turbocharger all on one shaft. The engine would be supercharged up until approximately 30% power. Above 30% a clutch kicked out the supercharger and and the turbo would take over. We had 645,s at our nuclear plant for emergency power. 2850 KW each engine (about 3500 HP)

I dont't think this turkey will make the Titan shiver. Cat should be ashamed.

I believe the Mack B cabs were made by Chicago manufacturing. I believe they also made the IH comfort cab, which was also used by Diamond T, Hendrickson, Sicard and others. I am not sure who made the small white cabs or the auto car cab. Autocar may have made their own cab. One of the reasons White bought autocar was to get there cab. I believe they bought Reo to get there overhead valve gas engine. They probably bought Diamond T to get a good looking truck. Whatever the reasons they over extended thenselves and went bankrupt. Vol!!!!$$$ bought them and killed them all off except A-car cabovers. Hopefully they don,t do the same to Mack

UPS is smart. Real smart. I am sure they won't buy the M drives by the hundreds until test units have proven themselves.

Rob maybee he is talking about the white giesel engine from the early sixties.

I've read in a couple of spots (can't remember where) that the E-7 engine or one of its off springs was a renault design or engine. Does any one know if this was the case. Also while visiting the Mack museum I noticed the big inline that was never built. It had the E-9 valve covers. Were there other commonalities. Which was first the big 6 or the E-9.

I had the opportunity and privilage to attend the Mack truck tour at Macungie last Friday. I had a great time. Thework personnel were friendly and appeared to be somewhatcontent with their jobs. The outside temperature was 95degrees but the factory was relatively cool and wellventilated. The tour guide said that the factory is presently turning out about sixty trucks a day and will go up to approximately 90 in the fall. Now back to the tour guide an 85 year old gentleman named Roy Earnst. Early in the tour he mentioned that that he started at mack in 1946. I let that sink in for a while as we toured. 46-56-66-76-86-96-2006 +4 + 18= 82. I was off by three and a half years. This guide was as sharp as a tack. most 85 year olds have trouble figuring out how they got where they are. Roy started as a parts runner and had several production jobs before going to Quality Control and upper management. He was quite remarkable. Another guide told me that he was a B-25 pilot during WW2. They don't make them like that any more. I could tell that there was a real sense of comaraderie(?) amongst the old timers that I saw. I am not sure about the current employees but Roy said that morale should be better than the South Carolina/ Virginia Days. The grey Chrysler Mack pinnacles are pretty sharp. There were two titans there that I saw one white with grey trim and a black one with a red frame. They lifted the bonnet and allowed tour people to go up into the cab. I declined. You need to be a young guy to get up into one of these things. I bet Roy could get up there though. I saw what appeared to be a Titan frame on the chasis line this thing was massive and a mile long. Could have been a terra pro concrete pumper frame. There was a beutiful blue CH with a mid rise all chromed out on the line. Not sure if it was a rawhide. A real interesting thing is the way the trucks come down the line. It looks as though they come down the line in a sort of a random manor. A red one, a white one, an ABF, a rawhide, a chrysler, a titan an MR a granite. I am sure many of you Watter Mackers have been on a tour there but if not I strongly recommend it. My wife even enjoyed the tour. She especially enjoyed seeing women on the cab lines and Roythe tour guide. They were even selling nice black Mack hats for five dollars/and buy one get one free. Any color you want as long as it is black. I strongly suggest that volvo brassdo a study here and see the strong Mack family that probably does not exist in volvo ville. long live the Legend.

Mr. 386 you are right that is the best looking truck ever made in my opinion. That truck would still sell today with a slightly larger cab.

3P and Rh. I know you can't say what you can't say! But can you say how many new chasis are upcomming if any?

Thanks Rob. I have always wondered about this. It's always nice to fill in these little trucking tid bits. 1956-1959 would be about the right time frame. Its funny the 673 had a split manifold but it was a smoother sound. Also I think the white mustang gas engines had split manifolds. Actually these white gas engines had a great exhaust sound, a very deep rumble that would raise and lower under load. The mack gasers were kind of bland by comparison. AS I recall the IH RD gas engines had a nice low roar but not quite as pronounced as the white gasers.

When I was a we lad truck spotting in Illinois Macks Whites and Cornbinders were king. One thing I have always wondered was why the IH DC 405 cab overs with the Cummins 220's had a unique put put sound as opposed to a smoother sound in say a white 9000 with a 220. Some of CF's cab over freightliners also had this put put sound. You could definately tell when a 405 cornbinder was comming by the sound. This sound disappeared when the IH 4000's came along. I think most of these were Cummins 250's.

Definately need more of these on the road. Maybee with an MP10 or a revived v-8.

What kind of oil did you replace it with. Weve been using rottela synthetic-seems to be ok.

Those original cherry pickers were definately unique. There ugliness made for a good looking truck. What were the years for the original cherry pickers? Anyone out there ever drive one? These cabs went all the way to the top of the trailer- could have been the original aero dynamic cab over.

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.