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You are right. From 1963 to 1978/79 the company "Iran Kaveh" assembled 7152 Mack trucks in Tehran. Today it is the company "Saipa Diesel", one of 3-4 car and truck manufacturer in the country, Saipa Diesel assembles Volvo trucks. Iran is a haven for Mack-friends, just to see the old trucks on the road. Most of them are unusual B85 from 1942, many of them are still in use!! A quick view on such an old Mack, just found on the internet: http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c63/bengts/bil/Iran/2.jpg Not in best condition, I found such trucks in condition like new! Modern trucks are F700 and R600, always on 12.00R24 wheels. From time to time you can see DM600 or DM800, old B-series and the oversize trucks of heavy hauling companies. I was three times in this country, just to take photos of this trucks. The Iranians love Mack trucks! But more and more Volvo, Mercedes and other brand marks enter the market. Nearly all trucks in Iran was assembled in national companies, imports are extrem expansive because import duty.

Dear Joe, I know Alberto, the editor of the Italian magazine. The pictures was taken in last few months by any people from Goldhofer. There are other models of the F900SX in use in Europe. I know a 6x6 unit in Spain and an other 6x6 in Norway. The machine in Norway rolls on standard axles, the machine in Spain has very heavy planetary axles as 6x6!! Check this pictures from Spain: http://www.heavy-transport-world.de/images/gr8427.jpeg http://www.heavy-transport-world.de/images/gr16201.jpeg http://www.heavy-transport-world.de/images/gr16202.jpeg That's from Norway: http://52.img.v4.skyrock.net/520/mackmuppe...219680275_1.jpg But I want to ask the people in the forum: Is there any other picture or information available of these logging truck: http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lor...ailer%20jpg.jpg Looks like a F-900 6x6, very impressive machine! Best regards, Ralf

Hi there, thats me, Ralf Koch from Germany. No, such trucks was never in operation in Italy. I was several times in Iran and I know the machines and the heavy hauling business very well. The shown Macks are in use at Unitrans, Iran Dena, are two F 997SX, built in 1975 for military operations. The Iranian engineer told me that this two units was part of a series of propably four units, built for the military application at first. Only this two tractors are known in civilian use now. Both 6x4 trucks are powered by the E9 V8-engine and 500 hp, manual gear boxes and planetary axles. Iran Dena is one of the major companies in the Persian heavy hauling business. More information about this tractors and many other impressive Mack trucks, stories and background information you can find in my book about this business: It is a book about all heavy transport companies in Iran and about the equipment of each company About 650 pictures in color, starting from the history with Mack B87SX up to the oversize RD800SX or DM800SX on planetry axles. Different units was deliverd as customized prototypes, so many models you have never seen before, for sure!! Check the preview picture to get a feeling about the working condition. Up to 7 tractors, 500hp each, pulling a heavy load! Other transports have to cross rivers of 5 feet water! ... and most of the tractors are 30 years old! Heavy Hauling Iran www.truckbook.de Best regards Ralf