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That one I posted the picture of was sort of like that. Rear tire/wheel package was HUGE. Didn't even sit level.

Forgive the Instagram screenshot I don’t know where my originals are but here is a ridiculous triple rail 85k planetary axle with a ridiculous rear suspension/trunion we built a couple years ago. I have a few other pics of big 6x6 AWD trucks, a 43ft chassis, Tri-drive twin steers, we regularly build 70k axle setups. Mack will still build it.

Still do with the exception of them having MP8's instead of Cummins or something else and a Granite cab on them. We occasionally build some huge heavy duty trucks still but they all go out of the country. Literally, All of them. Can't complain they don't build something you aren't buying. Most we've built have gone to South America.

I forget the details of the system from when we built the truck but it has some kind of aftermarket AWD system. It was something weird if I remember right. Not your average system

That truck is old for any data they get chassis/cab related. The Pinnacle has had the new stand up sleeper box for a year now. Lots of other minor changes here and there over that time.

Don't know why we lost them but rumor was when they switched they temporarily lost all Volvo/Mack shipping business.

Jamie told me the Anthem will be used for a lot of long haul recovery from the U.S. I even said to him that I thought he was downsizing and he corrected me and said he was "right sizing"

Anthem 70" sleeper, 30 ton wrecker if I remember correctly.

I don't drive them only build them so I can only speak to "initial build quality" A couple years ago we pulled a few competitors comparably equipped into our audit stalls here at Mack. The Mack and the Kenworth looked comparable. The Freightliner looked like a bunch of kindergarten kids built it. Miles down the road I cannot comment on.

I once had to contact someone in corporate management at Home Depot. If you can find someone on the internet on a website such as Linkedin who has a corporate Mack email account, and you know the name of the person you want to contact you can usually just change the names from the known account. Such as finding bob.jones@whatever.com but you want to contact Jack.Smith@whatever.com. Worked for me.

Somewhere I had read that other sleeper options will be introduced later. For now its 48" and 70"

You do realize that cab structure itself is the same and the new truck is a highway tractor. The Granite is still the same truck with a new interior right?

Look in the grass you can see the helipad is still in the front yard at Macungie.

See the other post about the new Mack in the fall for more pics and details from me on page 4. The CHU is getting the new grille. Same shape headlights but internals are changing to LED. Truck is also getting the new interior and the new sleeper box. That could have been some of the stuff in the teaser. The comments about the crowd enthusiasm I think that may have been a production company error. I noticed it too but I also noticed by the annoying clapping you kept hearing that the only Mic was the one set up on the presenter. There was no ambient mic. Made it sound very quiet in the room. Lastly, people keep hating on the hood mirrors. Personally I like them but I do believe they are optional.

After looking around the web more I feel a little more confident talking about the CH but I'v really learned of this this morning. The pictures appear to be at our customer center test track in Allentown where a media event has been going on since the reveal. There is a convoy of trucks that left there this morning (Including the pictured CH) heading to the show in Atlanta. It looks like what has been mentioned and pictured is how the CH will be. Especially if its rolling to the show as we speak. Some publications have pictures similar to mine of the CH on their sites if your good at Google. Its really amazing how well they can keep some stuff secret, even from us. In my position I personally saw the new truck months ago but probably 3/4 of the workforce here never saw the new truck in its entirety until the reveal. They were only produced to leave the line at certain times. Covered on line except for the current operation being performed and then whisked away to disappear right away.

Disclaimer since I work at Mack: I did not take this picture, I have not heard about any of these changes at work. This picture and details were found on the web and I have no details or confirmation Apparently the CH is getting a new anthem style grille, LED headlights, along with the new interior. Studying this picture it appears its getting the new stand up sleeper box from the Anthem too but in the past I was told that is not the case so who knows. Information is never reliable until its rolling down the line. I do not know how I feel about this picture. At first I HATED it, but its growing on me. Mack sure likes this color though.

Here is some of the dash and one of the sleeper found around the internet. Also a pic of the smaller sleeper. I think I actually like the 48" sleeper better than the 72" That truck looks tough. I did read somewhere on the internet last night that along with the roll out of this that the CH will get a new grille along the lines of what you see on the Anthem. I have not heard anything about that at work.

Mechanically a lot of its the same but Mack introduces incremental changes all the time. A year or so ago they introduced a new after treatment system that honestly at my end I have no idea how its reliability is turning out. I know we have instituted tons of special and torque controlled tooling with this and other changes around LVO. When they say they are revolutionizing the plant. They are. A lot is changing from equipment to processes. Combine that with the telematics they come with now and the uptime centers hopefully it all pans out nicely.

No exterior upgrades aside from the subtle hood upgrade introduced last year. All convention models will get the new interior.

But it would never meet efficiency standards. It would never achieve the 3% gains in fuel economy realized through aero dynamics. Changing the battery box would also change the air tanks and air line routing. Then the bumper (and hood) would not be the 3 piece design being introduced and would not reduce the fleet maintenance/repair costs. So then only the nostalgic buyer would buy it and it wouldn't up our market share like we need to do. I'm with ya, it'd be a cool truck. I'm just saying there was never the expectation for this to be that truck and I don't see it ever happening. But then again I am a nobody I just watch and help my team put them together. For what it is supposed to be I don't think it could have been much, if any, better.

They are out there but the old models evolved into them. These companies would never spend the R&D to design those trucks from the wheels up. Fleets are the big money and they would never buy those trucks either. Although not way back the CH still has some old school looks.

I've been lurking around here a while, this is my first post. I work at Mack's LVO plant where we build them. Maybe it doesn't translate well in pictures but this really is a nice truck in person. Especially if your expectations are what they have been telling you it will be all along. A highway truck. Which to me will also translate into a fleet truck. As great as it would be to have a Superliner, they're never gonna make one. A small niche of buyers would buy it and Mack would be stuck with another cool truck no one would buy. We're still keeping the Granite, We're still keeping the CH and cabovers, The Anthem still screams Mack. The main body of the cab is nearly exactly the same as the current cab. Redesigned the hood vents. Same shape windshield. Big bold MACK across the grill. I don't think they could have made a better looking truck that met the objectives they needed to hit. Your never gonna get the newer retro Challenger/Camaro/Mustang equivalents in the trucking industry. Trucks are built to serve a purpose and make money.