B66 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 How to spend a Saturday...good friends, good food, great trucks! A few friends and myself went to pick up my A-50 on Saturday morning down in MD. I made a deal to buy the A-50T during the week of the Baltimore ATHS show, and finally got down to get it. Lou Barber (tow truck owner) and his dad Lou, and Tom Zacney and I followed in the pick-up. We drove and hour, stopped for breakfast, drove another hour and hooked her up, spent and an hour BSing and headed back. A fresh battery, a gas can, some starting fluid, some tinkering and we drove it into the garage. Lunch from the deli, more BS and down to Philly to move a Brockway for another trip. Nothing like a 12 hour day with old trucks! Life is great, and this is one crazy hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 You got it! Good food and lots of quality BS'ing are essential to any good trip! How 'bout some more photos! Quote Barry - Watt's Truck Center Parts Manager and BMT Webmaster...1-888-304-MACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B66 Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 OK, how 'bout this one I TRIED, BUT IT WON'T LET ME TODAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 great find and great story!have fun with itTrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fireman Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Very nice, looks alot like my A-40T. Do you plan on restoring her? I'm on the fence with mine, on one hand I'd love to restore it and have a unique old mack. On the other hand I'd really like to find a 10 wheel B61 tractor with a good quad box in her. Just dont have the time or the money for either at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B66 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 My plan is to restore all my trucks, but that doesn't mean it'll happen! Like a good friend of mine said, if we didn't have trucks waiting for resto, we wouldn't have anything to look forward to. Your A-40 looks pretty darn good, I have an A-40 also, with a rigging bed and winch on it, and an A-30 rigging truck as well. Now I guess I have to get an A-20 to complete the set. I have B-models, but my favorite is the A, it just has such a great look. Here's a picture of my EMU and A-40What the heck, here's the A-30...and a B-61SXand a neat bit of trivia, the A-30 and A-40 a both 1952 model year. When I got the paperwork from Mack, they were delivered on the same day, June 30, 1952. The 30 to Newark, NJ and the 40 to Trenton, NJ. They're twins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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