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Well said Mach Tech

I can’t for the life of me figure out how anyone can support Joe Biden.  Don’t get me wrong, the Republicans have put up some real winners in the past, but Biden takes the cake.    

On 5/23/2020 at 2:37 PM, Mack Technician said:

His motivations are complicated....

Dave’s the guy who jumps in the pool to save the drowning lady, swims over to her, and when she claw rakes him in the face like a wet, drowning, cat....He punches her, with full steam, blowing her teeth out, breaking her nose and jaw and  making her permanently cross eyed due to frontal lobe brain damage....then drags her to safety.... and tells her unconscious body “Mack transmissions suck!”. I have to believe he means well and saves a few (Democrat’s) who are tough enough to survive the initial rescue attempt. 

“Mack transmissions suck!”  Laughed my ass off at that.   

You sure have the Mack’s out in Iowa!

4 hours ago, david wild said:

Your covered wagon as you call them is for hauling rolls out a mill, or mill rolls we call them, Turner has div. just for hauling mill rolls and run up to 13 axle special built by Trail King mill roll trailers, Thermo king units you see are actually Heat kings and make heat so the rolls don't get chilled.

Thanks for clearing that up.    I was wondering what the they were doing.  

Here are some not so good pics of Granites on the move.  

Let’s just say the driver is very happy.   

We overhauled an 05’ Granite this winter and turned it into and old style E7 Etech.   It’s a running mother trucker now.   No dyno, but we maxed everything we could and got a hot download for the computer.  Allegedly it should be a 460 xt. 

Same truck, different trailer.   It’s an 05’ 400 hp with the M310 trans.  Real pooch, couldn’t pull a sick whore off a piss pot.  It was the spare tractor last year so I had to use it for night moves and weekend harvest work.

31 minutes ago, james j neiweem said:

I know they are few and far between but more Granite tractor please. Why so few I have no clue. I would guess they could be speced light like a Pinnacle axle foeward. Not enough of these out there either.

We had 5 Granite tractors that were 03’-05’s. Spec’ed just as light as any thing else Mack was putting out.   I always thought Mack should have done a Valu-Liner type package for the Granite.  

I would have to think that they are asking about a new granite style replacement for The RD800’s. Of coarse I’m assuming.  

Coming home today and went by M&K in DesPlaines.  My 11 year old son says “boy I wish Volvo hadn’t bought Mack and messed everything up.”  

Sorry, I wouldn’t drive that thing to a dog fight.  

The truck!  Any truck picture, especially a Mack, is on the track to greatness.  But a Construction Spec’d Anthem? No thanks!

that’s nasty!

6 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Hah!- well given its age I hope it goes out with a 2 yard order 😎 I think the 7.8 Ford was replaced in like 94?? so you folks are running one that is probably at least 26 years old!  If nothing else says you must have a pretty good PM program.

We try to!  That truck is a 92’ and we have a 94’ With an 8.3 Cummins. Newest mixers on the road for us are 01’ RD’s.   Bought 2 05’ Granite’s yesterday.  The Louisville’s stay around because they aren’t Really worth anything and when you need them they are priceless 

On 5/19/2020 at 12:34 PM, RoadwayR said:

I remember a lot of 'Donald Duck' Transtar mixers back in the day.  Lots of Mack R's too, and some GMC J series and Stars.  In the 70's more Peterbilts, short hood Generals, Paystars, a few Brigadiers, a few Ford L's.      

I will lay down a challenge here and ask for someone to post a Donald Duck mixer truck.  

13 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Noticed quite of few the Fords pictured were 8000's and had the badge under the "8000" that indicated "Ford diesel".  I'm assuming that would have been the biggest Ford ag engine, the 7.8 at 240 HP.  Can't imagine what they were like when it came to a significant grade😎

We have one in a mixer.  It’s a spare now and any grade knocks it on it’s ass.   

Two of them side by side, what the hell?

There were a lot of General Mixers around the Chicagoland area.  Pretty sure all the big players had a few, but Material Service had the bulk of them.   In my ignorance, I thought Material Service was a Chicagoland company.  

Our Pete’s are 500 hp. The Kw is the 450. Haven’t driven any of them enough to have an opinion.  

33 minutes ago, Nobody454 said:

exactly the reason we now have 8 KW T880s  NO. MORE. MACKS. sad

and we have A LOT of macks  That video is probably about half of them

Cummins or PacCars?

Too many MP motors!