coloradogreen Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 As mentioned, I do photoshoots and write articles for 10-4 Magazine. Being largely a West Coast magazine we don't see many Mack's, but, we still get a few here and there. Here a few I've shot in the past for the magazine or friends...Gary Disher's "Gone Postal" MR Mack cabover. What a fun little truck to drive!Howard Elliot's (Artranist) Rawhide. One of the first (or the first, from my understanding) Rawhide's built. A beautiful rig that he keeps up, never seen his truck dirty.Not done for the Magazine, but, one of Gary's Mack Granite's, an '03 Model. Mack driveline front to back, really like this truck, actually what I took my drive test in.Troy.Images Copyright 10-4 Magazine/ Troy Miller Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Troy, Love the photo of the MR. You don't see many like that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Barrett Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Holy Cow I've never EVER seen one of those MRs all decked out. They are falling out of the trees out here but they are all just garbage trucks and vocational vehicles that are used and abused and thrown away when done with. That is a first for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 realy nice trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Having driven a lot of hours (but not that many miles) in MRs, I love to see them dressed up like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradogreen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Glad you guys like the shots. Gary built the MR "Gone Postal" solely to have something different from the many Pete and Kenworth largecars. He originally got the truck to use getting loads in and out of very tight jobsites (the truck grossed well over 100,000lbs.). He and several of his drivers taught me how to drive and Gone Postal is actually how I got in contact with them when I did a shoot and article on it a few years back. It was a very fun truck to go toodling around in and was certainly his calling card. It was recently sold to a collector out East as we have a few other projects at the moment.Troy. Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Those are definately cool trucks, keep up the good work.Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDug Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Why arent there alot more MR's being used as tractors? Is there a reason there not being used for dumps etc. Theres seems to be a ton of them around from refuse use and they sell fairly cheap . I thought I would pick one up to put my septic tank on. Any input would be appreciated. doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 There are a few around here with septic pumpers and septic tank setters. They work great in that application. I don't think they ride that good but I've never seen one on air ride; all spring, and heavy spec.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradogreen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 There are a few around here with septic pumpers and septic tank setters. They work great in that application. I don't think they ride that good but I've never seen one on air ride; all spring, and heavy spec.RobYou'd be right about rough-riding. Between sitting ahead/ over the steer axle and a short wheelbase, no room for an air-ride seat, and airbags nowhere on the truck it could slap pretty hard going over the bumps and potholes.USPS has a fair number, at least around here, operating as tractors, mostly single-drive tractors, but a number of tandems, as well.Troy. Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Barrett Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 You'd be right about rough-riding. Between sitting ahead/ over the steer axle and a short wheelbase, no room for an air-ride seat, and airbags nowhere on the truck it could slap pretty hard going over the bumps and potholes.USPS has a fair number, at least around here, operating as tractors, mostly single-drive tractors, but a number of tandems, as well.Troy.Around here Ive never seen these used for anything other than garbage trucks. In Philly and New York city they use these as a garbage truck/ snowplow in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradogreen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Out here I'd say the most common application to see would actually be as concrete pumpers. Also seen as roll-offs, tractors (USPS), as well as some various, specialized vocational rigs like super-vac rigs.Troy. Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Almost all the concrete pumps set on an MR chassis around this area also.The city of Peoria has a couple still in service as fire engines also.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDug Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Im going to keep my eyes open for one. Preferably a tri axle so I can get a big tank on it. All our septic pumping is pretty local I think I could live with the rough ride if I could find a good enough deal on one. Otherwise might just as well buy a conventional type truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradogreen Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Brundage Bone's 7-axle, 115,000lb. flagship pumper.Troy. 1 Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Galasso excavating in East Granby ct has 2 or 3 MR dumps along with there CL's and kenworths. They don't appear to be buyingany more though. Most recent purchases were unfortunately T-800's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDug Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Looked at Galasso's website and looks like I can see a MR all the way on end of line up. Whould be cool to see some MR dumps. http://galassomaterials.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Looked at Galasso's website and looks like I can see a MR all the way on end of line up. Whould be cool to see some MR dumps. http://galassomaterials.com/That's right - they need to move that MR up to the front of the line, at least in front of that off-breed which I will not name in polite company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I see the MRs mostly as Postal trucks and garbage trucks. some of the late model postal trucks had air ride rears. Seen a few roll off trucks, concret pumpers and just a few years ago I saw a guy running one as tractor trailer 5 axel 18 wheel a Dump truck. that was kinda cool to see..but I can only imagine how many times he hit his head on the roof of that cab running it in the off road.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM6285 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Back in the days when I started driving trucks, my first MACK was an MR-SERIES truck from the '80s with a WARREN Bulk Feed tanker body. There were more than 30 of these Mack MR / WARREN bulk feed tanker trucks and they served well beause most delivery areas were so thight for a tractor truck with a WARREN bulk feed tank trailer.Also a mayor concrete contractor here mande its own version of MACK MR, concretre mixer truck and has some large flat bed MACK MR trucks.The problem I see with the MACK TERRAPRO is that MACK markets this trucks as if they were just for the REFUSE and CONCRETE PUMPER industry, when that chassis series is great for so many aplications.Well, MACK must wake up and do some TERRAPRO trucks with tanker, vaccum tanker, dump, bulk-feed tanker, flat bed, dry box, fuel tanker etc because the TERRAPRO will have some competition soon:http://r2.cygnuspub....in_10683061.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM6285 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Brundage Bone's 7-axle, 115,000lb. flagship pumper.Troy.Whoaaaaa!!!!! I really like those MACK Concrete Pumpers trucks. We are waiting for the grand re-opening of the mayor FEED producer in our area and got a friend thinking about that the MACK TERRAPRO is perfect for a 7 bin WARREN Bulk Feed Tanker.That 7 Bin WARREN tanker on a KW W900 straight truck chassis will be too long, thats were I throw the TERRAPRO onto the mix.....Another thing MACK needs to do is to make the M-DRIVE available on the MR-TERRAPRO chassis and kiss the ALLISON goodbye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradogreen Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 EM6285-Around the yard I shot the Brundage-Bone pumpers, only about 3 of them actually had automatics , them, the rest (about 50 trucks total at that yard) had either 9 or 18-speed manuals in them. They have a fair number of "TOR" trucks, as well (off-brand that utilizes Mack MR components)Troy. Quote IMAGES COPYRIGHT TROY MILLER/ 10-4 MAGAZINE10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker!Photography is a Beautiful Thing...Contributor - 10-4 MagazineI'm Not Fearless, I'm Just Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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