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18 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

M-drives don't make it to 750... they are junk...

Thanks. Mines at 651….

Thought the Mdrives had a 750k warranty 

In 2008 the Vision became the Pinnacle the cab was slightly larger and the Mp engines and seventh injector regen came about for emissions. 

Been driving with it for 6 years, distance alarm gets annoying in heavy traffic but to used to the adaptive cruise when I get in my personal vehicle without it I forget how to drive with cruise on. You do have to relearn driving with it but used to it now. 

I guess the set back axle ones are Anthems the Pinnacles are axle forward. 

Didn’t the Anthem replace the Pinnacle?

Sensor needs changed we go thru a lot of them. 

7 hours ago, tjc transport said:

kenworths are not cheap. 

on average they are $20,000 more than a mack. 

UPS wouldn’t buy them if they cost more. Get a big fleet discount. 

On 10/14/2020 at 12:21 PM, james j neiweem said:

Is UPS still buying Macks? Doesn't seem so.

No, Kenworths and Freightliners now

Christensen has sent us a few trucks this year. 

This was a bobtail figured they were pulling trailers during the day. 

On 12/11/2019 at 7:53 PM, storkmack said:

1. B model fire truck at Hometown Christmas last weekend 

2.#64 with a van trailer I bought 

3. Berkley RD with a UPS trailer

4. #64 on a lowboy today

5. #53 and doing an overnight GenSet move for a customer to downtown Milwaukee. 

I saw you guys had a truck in our yard in Palatine last week. 

Engine symbol light only for emissions issues. Lightning bolt means electronic malfunction. 

On 7/1/2019 at 9:56 PM, storkmack said:

3 Pete’s, 2 KW,s, 2 IH’s, 4 Mack’s  in the every day trucking Fleet.  The Mack’s are 05’ and older.  

Don’t you have one with an Mdrive?

On 6/10/2019 at 2:56 PM, james j neiweem said:

You would think Anthems would be all over the place with these numbers. Took a trip to NH this weekend from CT. Saw may bee 4 Anthems. Very few CH Pinnacles. Lots of Granites.Saw more new Western Stars than Macks. What is up with ABF and UPS. No Anthems. ABF swithed to KW, And UPS to KW,Shaker and IH. Those new UPS shakers look like they can be bought at bargain discounts

KW and Freightliner are 10k cheaper than Mack so brown looks at bottom line. 

Dohrn has about 20 new Anthems sitting at the dealer in Davenport Iowa right now. 

All I see for them is 680’s and Cascadias as well. Hell Old Dominion and YRC passed me the other night both in 680 Kenworths. 

36 minutes ago, james j neiweem said:

As well as UPS I havn't seen any ABF Anthems either.

Kenworth and Freightliner were way cheaper on the bid plus rumor was company didn’t get order in on time with Mack last year. Our Kenworths at our building have been a nightmare the Freightliners not much better. I keep turning a new one down and stay in my CX613 mdrive. Been very reliable. After the disaster of a peak we had, according to management, wonder if we’ll get any new trucks this year. 

12 hours ago, HeavyGunner said:

Why is that?

Straight thru in the trans versus changing direction three to four times. 

2.64 shouldn’t matter, isn’t that why the transmission has gears?

Been dealing with that Bendix system on mine for three years. Pretty immune to it now

And they are higher prices now than kenworth or freightliner. I saw yrc and old dominion running new t680’s now. 

The super terminal on 294 in Hodgkins got Obama to pretty much pay for a LNG fueling setup. Earth City MO uses LNG and I know Omaha runs CNG 

Majority they are buying are diesel.