mowerman

I Brought up a buddy of mine was driving something like that way back around 1980 leaves Salem and go to Sturbridge every day. I don’t know exactly what he was doing.he used to haul steel… straight truck .. bob

I was thinking the same thing I think most of us pretty much forgot about them until somebody recently brought them up… bob

Visers, I could take them leave them They look good with both with or withouts with the older roof vents like mine, and I would rather not have one… bob

i’d like to go down there just to see it. I am sure it would be very interesting to a lot of us to look at. We would be aaaaaawwwwwwed size my workmanship, but yes, it would be a real problem trying to move it anywhere… bob

Well we lost alotta companies with deregulation killed most of the real good outfits went to thousands of small firms or one man operations i’m not going to turn into a bitch fest , but that’s what happened. We were all way better off when the union was strong a lot more opportunities for a good paying jobs. That’s all, I’m gonna say I don’t know anything about over there. I’m sure Paul can give us an earful. … bob

I had not thought of the fact it’s probably just as wide as the truck. I was thinking it was just a heavy duty drop deck. so yeah you’re probably right. It’s not gonna do a whole lot of people a whole Lotta good…. Bob

thats pretty much,,,what happened in my area.....tons of petes hauling dirt everwhere ,,,,freight trucks around here,,,are mainly slope nose boring plastic,,,bob

looks like it was pretty well setup all around for some serious work...wow,thanks for that....bob

Yes, that’s what they do and they ordinarily buy property. They do not rent. It’s been that way since it was Viking Freight started in 1966. They also pay cash for all their equipment. It’s a pretty good place to work for as I mentioned before I wish I would’ve started here a long time ago, for my retirement would be a little bigger And Mecho,,,,,, I used to work with an ex greyhound driver and I was asking him one day around 20 years ago or more whatever happened to Trailways he said Greyhound bought them to get rid of the competition I didn’t ask him why he wasn’t over there anymore. He was now driving trucks…. My Pop drove for a Greyhound back 1946 through 1948. I never did ask him why he left them either most of his life was driving trucks often wondered how he wound up over there and why he left. I still have his safety pins that he got all three years. He was over there. Bob

I am thinking if you sit on it a while and send out the right advertisements you could probably unload it heavy haul outfit

Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen…. Bob

Fedex recently bought Reddiway‘s yard, here in Reno which is right next-door to us and they bought Estes yard about 15 years ago which is on the other side so now we have a total of three terminals altogether connected over 40 acres now we’ve got all kinds of room right now they’re out there repaving all 3 yards … bob

Yeah, that would be dynamite. If I had the money I would also buy the trailer. That’s quite a rig that will certainly draw a lot of attention…. Bob

Well, the 379 is still relatively basic Peterbilt classic looks and they do sell a lot of them but then again they sell a lot of anthem as well unfortunately there’s not a big enough audience for retro looking Mack’s . If you were to ask me sounds like a good idea, but how many of them are they actually going to sell these days? People just want something to pull a trailer they don’t even care what it looks like but yes, I do like your idea and a great thought … bob

Excellent thanks for that… bob

Well, to get the high-quality shit people are still paying good money for a regular camera…. Bob

I’m hoping we’re all still here to see them turn antique and hard to find parts ha ha we should just switch it to Polaroid chat ha ha Joey help me out here……bob

I think I had two of those I know I at least had one of them to this day. It’s still fascinate me you can snap a picture that comes right out but then who cares you just use your phone now ha ha

I realize you probably want to keep it all original but did you ever consider just eliminating them?…. Bob

And Mecho,,forget to mention ,, someone on here owns a LM Mack he hasn’t been active for a while… bob

yes sir.....thats definately one of my favorites thanks for that...bob i was wondering about that.....i have actually owned both at one time...bob

Yes, you’re doing the right thing. No more you’re sand the easier it’s going to be for the body shop…. Bob

OK, thanks for that. I was wondering why he mentioned a couple of times about everything is hard to get it.

There it is folks, but it also brings me to thinking why did you pull the motor out of that perfectly good 65 Impala convertible and scrap the rest oh yeah I remember it was 1975 and they were everywhere and it wasn’t worth anything. I think I brought this up before and yes, I am changing the subject. … lol bob

The CF does have a tilt cab??????? Bob