Brian71583

1 hour ago, Mackpro said:

Our local coal burning electric power plant here gets new GU’s every few years to haul the ash off to dispose of on site. I remember the drive axles were huge and the tires were about 4 feet high. Shockingly they had MP7 with manual trans but geared super low and top speed was around 38 mph. We always had to work on them there because they were to tall and slow and not road legal. The dump beds were enormous. 

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

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"

On ‎9‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 7:07 PM, mackey58 said:

Imo  I ll bet the day cabs won't hold up to daily dump work.

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.

19 hours ago, logtruckman said:

I'm not crazy about it . its like anything you get used to it . I remember when the cascadia first came out I said to myself no one is gonna buy that ugly thing !! 6 months later seemed like every other truck was a cascadia !! Certainly mack won't sell as many of these freightliner does but but if your a company that buys the pinnacle cxu you'll probably buy this . I still wonder what the set forward axle truck that they were showing bits of in the mack teaser videos for this truck is . the first video they released showed a complete axle forward sleeper truck with different headlights than the chu has now hood looked like a rd hood . that got my hopes up but then they dropped this thing .. And no axle forward new model . at least they still make the rawhide chu .

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.

28 minutes ago, james j neiweem said:

Like that new pinnacle (chu) if it comes to pass. I wonder where the picture came from? Brian its good to have a factory insider again. Just don't get in trouble. Show and tell what you can and no more. I see the pinnacle axle back is off of the website now. Vision(cx) and Pinnacle axle back (cxu) have been relegated to history. Yes the new Anthem is sort of WS 5700ish. I like them both.  The hood mirrors probably need a couple of options ie. side of hood. Those mirrors popping out of the hood kind of remind me of the old L models with the exhaust stacks coming out of the hood.

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.

1 hour ago, fjh said:

This truck will grow on me As did the granite ! However the comment that the truck was built to make money  Falls short as the the main way, now a days to earn money with this or any truck is to keep it out of the shop This remains to be seen ! Have they addressed the any engine  related issues plaguing these engines for years now    ie injector cups .They claim to have a more efficient design on the after treatment how  ever time will tell , They still fit them with substandard sensors and poor quality wire! Not to say anyone else is doing any different just Sayin  There is more to this than looks!

 

UPTIME!

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.

5 minutes ago, larry5332 said:

I'm not a fleet driver but an owner operator, I for one agree with you. I think this is a pretty sharp looking ride, I'm liking the interior also and really want to see a top of the line version. Did the CH receive any exterior upgrades?

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

10 minutes ago, HeavyGunner said:

Sure you can get nice classic looking trucks....just not from Mack. 

 

 

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.