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In the 50's and 60's Roadway had lots of Mack's. H models, F models and B-61 and 67"s. At that time there predominant truck was probably the small cab white 9000. They also had cracker boxes and IH emeryvilles. Later on they had R's, U's and F's. Roadway bought from just about every truck manufacturer. I never saw any Peterbilts but they did have a few KW's. Towards the end before the Yellow merger I believe they were mostly White, White/ GMC and freightliner. The strong relationship between Roadway and White may have been that they both were from Ohio. The CH's in the current fleet are mostly ex ABF's. YRC currently has 5 or 6 pinnacles as test tractors

KS Thanks for the history lesson on Signal and Mack. As for the unions of this era I couldn't agree more. They pushed management to the wall time and time again in company after company. The end results were companies closing there doors or moving over seas. May bee you can give us a lesson on the move to South Carolina and the disaster that was. The CH CL and E-7 came out about that time and got off to a slow start. Fleets such as Overnite and Roadway long time Mack users didn't jump on the CH band wagon. The 90's seemed to be Mack's downfall that led to the Volvo takeover of Renault and Mack.

Heavy Gunner. Not to be a but head but the real ultra religious right are the Muslim fanatics. They not only preach but carry out evil actions. You can turn off the blah blah from the Christian right but you have to kill or be killed with reguards to the Islamists.

Mack was cash strapped when signal companies came to the rescue. There must have been poor decision making by Mack to be in that position. Signal companies was a conglomerate that had no loyalty to Mack. Signal cut Mack loose which enabled Renault to move in. Mack has nobody to blame but past management and difficult unions. Mack was spread to thin and didn't react quick enough to take care of core business. They dumped the fire vehicles, off road mining vehicles and forestry vehicles, buses, western vehicles and locomotives,. They closed antiquated plants in New Jersey and Allentown. Mack was floundering around and the wolves moved in (Signal) (Renault) (Volvo). Mack just like White motor was over extended. Paccar on the other hand did take care of the business side of the house and they are still around. They weren't spread to thin and cautiously moved forward. To bad to lose such an icon. Mack just got in bed with the wrong people and lost there autonomy. Ultimately management has to take the blame.

Maybee Navistar can make some in roads on Paccar.

Logtruckman: I wonder how the Titan is doing out west in logging country

B Krois: What is the name of your friends company and where do they operate. I haven't seen any grey and black granites in Ct

Saw one up close and personal a couple of years ago. Didn't have camelbacks

Term limits are a must. Get these New World Order Pigs out of office.

Wouldn't that be nice a mack with a V8 again. A titan powered with a V8 in a logging truck. Canadian road trains etc. etc.

The Group’s technology and product development organization and production organization for trucks will remain responsible for common development and production. In addition specific resources will be allocated to each brand. 1. Common development means common platforms. Where is the difference that will separate Mack from the crowd? 2. Specific resources will be alocated to each brand. What does this mean? Macks own cab? Cummins diesel option? New hoods? New sleepers? Eaton? Fuller?Allison? Keeping Mack rears suspensions and transmissions? Independence like Austrllia?

B-81 is in for some surprises. DM-800 next. Then a RD 800

Sure Lake asbury is not filled with oil

Ah lets see LT cab and B model front end. Now lets try to visualize a ch cab with an R or Superliner front end

According to KS the cruiseliners comming out of Allentown were decent compared to the original west coast varieties. But they were quickly replaced by the MH.

How can you have a competitive product between the divisions if all the vehicles are built on the same platforms. I would think one way to beat this problem would be to offer more vendor options in order to make the product lines more distinct.

Wow in the last ten years we have the Titan and LE. Granite is going on 15 years. Pinnacles 15 years. No wonder there are so many Shakers, Volvos Navistars and Paccars on the road. Mack finds it hard to keep pace with Western Star. I agree with Al bring back an updated R platform.

A little perspective on power plants. One 1000 mega watt nuclear or coal plant if it were replaced by wind power would require 300 plus 100 foot high windmills running non stop 24 hours a day 365 days a year. I am guessing that at most those windmills would run 1/5 of the time. That equates to 1500 100 foot high windmills. May bee we could mount a wind powered beanie on top of Obummer's head and hook him up to the grid. I am not sure what acreage would be required to produce that much power with solar but I guess it would be considerable.

Keith what didn't you like about them. The E-6 350 was chassis mounted air to air

HB Rob. We miss your insights and knowledge. Hope all is well

In another current post it mentions the South Carolina assembly line as being the source of the first R model. I had never heard of this before. How many other plants besides Allentown, Hayward, Macungie, Plainfield and Canada were there? I know there was the South Carolina plant of the 90's and the Volvo Virginia plant. Also there were about seven plants in Allentown. I don't think I ever heard of the history of each plant. I think #7 was the huge one.

Doesn't seem to be one UK truck manufacturer on the list. Take heed USA.

Here is a picture of my white truck. Pretty cool color eh.

This is all part of a Trojan horse plan by the islamists to infiltrate the west, institute sharia law and conquer the country. Wake up liberals and progressives

Why did GM dominate the bus market?