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At 2700 fps that equates to about 1 minute from the time the trigger is pulled to go 30 miles (if I did my math correctly - hey I am a retired engineer so I packed away my slide rule). You should be able to see that sucker coming. I imagine the KABOOM (on both ends) is LOUD! Likely the Vinster never saw a slide rule. Are any of these big guns still around or have they been melted? Would be nice to see one up close.

Look at the tip when you pull the injector and make sure it looks okay.

Yea, usually we are in the gutter on the 2nd or 3rd reply and never recover. However this one does slip in and crawls out of the gutter randomly.

Soooooieeee! Here piggy piggy!!!!

Dang...7 tons x 29 miles = a whole bunch of explosives. What was the velocity? How many shots to hit the target/"sight it in"? I doubt if there is anything today that comes close to this monster.

Good to hear it is still in service. Thanks for posting pics! It looks in very nice condition. You need to take it to Macungie, Gerhart's, and Mack Trucktoberfest in 2013. I am sure alot of people would be interested in seeing it in person. Thanks again!

I agree, we usually only hear one side. It is interesting to hear the "other" side of the story. As was mentioned earlier, we all just want to live in peace. Too bad more people (especially in the Mid-East) don't think the same way. I am amazed at the BIG GUN pics. Wonder how long it took to manufacture the parts and assemble those big guns? Did they test them before going into battle?

Yea, I agree with Mike and Paul. Finish the U!! Remember Macungie June 2013 is only six (6) months away.

I wonder if that "one millionth Mack" Superdog II is still around? It would be a good one to restore.

Sounds like a personal problem to me!

Hmmmm! Women..can't live with them and probably can live without them! Best to just "rent" one! Remember, when they are bad they are bad but when they are really bad they are great! You are too young anyway...wait another 20 or 30 years.

steel wheels - too old for my interest.

Nice trucks but I still prefer single axle Rs.

Thought you all would enjoy these... I'd like to give her a Christmas present! She could polish my wheels... And speaking of Dodge cabover..

Another Mack - June 1985 1965 Mack C June 1973 December 1986 May 1964 November 1968

Saw this article at Overdrive Retro website. Former owner-operator Doug Fetterly has displayed his old Macks and classic cars together when possible for as long as he’s collected them, for nearly 40 years. In Overdrive’s March 1975 issue, a trio of his beauties were featured. His1972 R Model Mack that he drove for the Burdett Oxygen Co. was that month’s Tractor of the Month Runner-Up. The two classic cars beside the Mack in the photo are Fetterly’s 1930 Model A Ford roadster and a 1939 Ford deluxe business coupe. Fetterly showed cars in the Can-Am Division of the International Showcar Association in 1975, when the roadster won first place in its class. The Thousand Islands, N.Y., resident has also been active in antique truck groups and travels to shows regularly while he and his wife winter in Florida. He still owns the truck and the 1930 Ford, shown below in a current photo taken on display in Florida. Fetterly sold the 1939 Ford, still an all-time popular antique, 15 years ago. He served in Vietnam as a 19-year-old and went into trucking back home in New York when his combat duty ended. He became an owner-operator in 1986. Though retired from full-time work, the trucking aficionado hasn’t completely given up work. When he’s back home in New York, he drives his 1992 RD Mack for the town of Diana, N.Y., where he works in the summer. “It’s the oldest truck the town has,” Fetterly says. “But I like it.”

Buy it, stretch the wheelbase, and install a rollback.

Gawd, I think I will never eat at Hooters again! If I do I will have visions nightmares of this image. Fried pickles will NEVER be the same!

What brand, model, etc.?

She's playing hard to get...like most women until they get a rock on their finger....then it is too late!!! Let's see her pic. Does she know about your affair infatuation with U Macks?

Yea, right. Is that what you tell her?

I agree and mine is going to straight pipe next year.

Finally!!!!!

Congrats! Beautiful bride. She's a keeper! Only thing better would be a pic of her with your Mack.

A local farmer near Williamsburg, PA owns this R and U/DM. I think the U/DM had a cement mixer body. He has another R with a "honey tank" but I could not get a pic. I think these trucks were originally owned my New Enterprise Stone & Lime company. They owned mostly Macks and always red, even today all their trucks are red. I need to stop by NES&Ls "junk" yard and take some pics.