1958 F.W.D. Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Does anyone have any good pix of Hayward F-Models?? Back when my father was an O/O leased onto Charles E. Danbury Inc. (trailer broker) he pulled mostly brand-new trailers out of the Trailmobile factory in Lansdale, Pa. (near Philly.) He had a Hayward F-Model with a 300, 5 speed and a single Rockwell drive axle. I did many miles in the right-hand seat of that truck in the summer time and on weekends. Then later on, he leased on with Harry J. Muschlegel onto Southwest Freight Lines. That single screw/5-speed tractor was great for empty trailers but eventually got too small for freight work, so Dad bought an Allentown F-Model with a 300+, an up-and-over 10-speed and twin screws. He worked very hard wade through the paperwork to obtain his own ICC operating authorities back when they de-regulated all that crap in the early 1980's. Thats when Harry Muschlegel asked him to come into the office "for a few weeks" to help him obtain operating authorities for the company he was forming- a little old outfit called JEVIC TRANSPORTATION. Dad's "few weeks" in the office turned into 20+ years driving a desk. Jevic finally went public with the stock, and that was the beginning of the end- Dad retired about 3 years before Yellow sold them out and they went tits-up. But enough with memory lane- Hayward F-Model pics anyone????? Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Your Dad is somewhat of a pioneer.Here's a couple of my favorites. The red one is from Moonfire and the blue and white is from The Rockford Files (I think). I googled the pics all by myself. 1 Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Check out my gallery. - Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Always liked the R-model from "moonfire" found a copy of the movie in the discount bin at wallyworld for like 2 bucks..............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Whats Moonfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 A movie. The Peterbilt in the photo on the imdb site has nothing to do with the movie.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066095/Looky here for more Moonfire pics:http://www.imcdb.org...ie.php?id=66095I don't know why my font is small. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I found a picture of a hayward F on a truck photographers' site,interesting thing to me about this one is the bumper,looks like the same bumper i've seen on the factory V-12 yamaha equipped R-models ,i know Brockway installed V-12's in C.O.E's but have never seen nor heard of an F-model coming from the factory with an iron lung in it,anyone know if and how many there were?...................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Mark, it was not uncommon at all for Hayward F-Models to come out of the factory with big iron under the hood- hence the cut-outs in the bumpers to accomodate the bigger grills/radiators. Same idea as the early Freightliners- big horses to get over the mountains. A bunch of meatheads even put big 2-strokes in them. Me, personally I would rather have had a big Cummapart than mix oil with my gas, but thats me. 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I was up until 12:17 last night watching Moonfire on Youtube!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Mark, it was not uncommon at all for Hayward F-Models to come out of the factory with big iron under the hood- hence the cut-outs in the bumpers to accomodate the bigger grills/radiators. Same idea as the early Freightliners- big horses to get over the mountains. A bunch of meatheads even put big 2-strokes in them. Me, personally I would rather have had a big Cummapart than mix oil with my gas, but thats me.I'm right there with you! kinda like puttin' a small-block ford in a Corvette,just does'nt make any sense!..........as i said,i do know they put mechanical assholes in Brockways,Penn-Yan express had several of them pulling "Turnpike Doubles" on the New York Thruway,even a few daycabs with V-12's,the exaust was about 5 feet behind the cab! wierd looking to say the least!..............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 wow,,,very interesting,,never seen a bumber like that,,,and never heard of moonfire.bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 stayed up myself last night watchin Moonfire on youtube. the younger guy seemed aweful tough on that old quad box. the blonde guy(Charles napier) was an actor in a lot of 80's movies and stared in the Dukes of Hazzard and the A Team often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockmen027 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I'm right there with you! kinda like puttin' a small-block ford in a Corvette,just does'nt make any sense!..........as i said,i do know they put mechanical assholes in Brockways,Penn-Yan express had several of them pulling "Turnpike Doubles" on the New York Thruway,even a few daycabs with V-12's,the exaust was about 5 feet behind the cab! wierd looking to say the least!..............................MarkPennYan didn't have V12 Detroits, they had 903 Cummins in their Brockways and their Fords.Inland Express had V12's in their Freightliner COE's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 stayed up myself last night watchin Moonfire on youtube. the younger guy seemed aweful tough on that old quad box. the blonde guy(Charles napier) was an actor in a lot of 80's movies and stared in the Dukes of Hazzard and the A Team often.I don't remember the name of the movie,but Charles Napier was driving a "new at the time" Freightliner conv. pulling a van loaded with vodka,he got into a CB pissing match with an old timer driving a crusty White Freightler COE pulling a flatbed with sides,loaded with oranges.They finally got the trucks tangled up trying to pass one another,you can guess what the final result was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 wow,,,very interesting,,never seen a bumber like that,,,and never heard of moonfire.bobI've got one of those bumpers if anyone is looking for one.It's slightly tweeked,but could be fixed and rechromed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I don't remember the name of the movie,but Charles Napier was driving a "new at the time" Freightliner conv. pulling a van loaded with vodka,he got into a CB pissing match with an old timer driving a crusty White Freightler COE pulling a flatbed with sides,loaded with oranges.They finally got the trucks tangled up trying to pass one another,you can guess what the final result was.Did the wreck make phillips or flathead screwdrivers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Did the wreck make phillips or flathead screwdrivers? Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Whered you find that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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