A weekend of Macks

[yarnall]

I had a whole weekend off work and no shows to go to so my father and I messed around with the trucks. We have been slowly moving stuff out of the yard where my father used to work. We had accumulated quite a bit there over the years.

My father got this R686 quite a few years ago. It was pulled there with a Big Ben and set on its front wheels. We lifted the front end and put some tires on before dragging it out of the mud. We had hoped to drag it to a buddy's house but the rear brakes were locked up. The motor is long gone.

I put batteries in the R685, checked the oil and gave the priming pump a few pumps and it started right up. It was started 2 years ago so figured it would go. The radiator has a hole in it so I didn't let it run long. What do you think of putting linseed oil on this?

So it looked like we actually accomplished something we hooked my father's RL to this trailer and pulled it to another buddy's place. It is full of Mack parts that I bought at Smith's Auction. Hopefully I'll fix the trailer up some day and pull it behind my LFT.

That was enough for Saturday but we were at it again on Sunday. Hard to believe but next year my CH will be 25 years old and eligible for antique tags in PA. This truck came from the same company as my father's superliner and was the truck my Father drove daily for several years. It was stuffed in a corner in the pole barn so we got it out so could was more accessible to clean it up. The CH on the right is my father's. I had kicked it out the pole barn several years ago. It was sitting under a tin roof. We rented some space in a warehouse for some other trucks so this will fit in again for now. It is the sister truck to mine. My father bought it in 05 and used it as his commuter until the roads got icy and he was sliding all over the place. He loaded it up with parts and parked it and hasn't used it since. Only 14 months till that is an antique.

Mike

[2stacksuperdog]

Sounds like a weekend well spent!

[39 Baby Mack]

The "RL" just barely fits under T-94!

Ron

[mrsmackpaul]

you blokes have got enough to keep you going for a few years yet

I reminds me of one of my Dads saying " a man can never have to many sheds " and by the look of it you blokes need more sheds the good news is your not alone

Paul

[Green Dash]

Was the single axle CH owned by a building supply company? I used to see similar tractors at some of my stops in central PA but can't remember the name.

[Enck762]

Mike,

They all look vaguely familiar. Seems like you ended up with a real nice r model from your fathers old company as well,right?

[yarnall]

Mini Mack, I mean Ron, the RL just fit. He couldn't turn to hard of the tires got into the frame of T94.

Paul, Your father was correct. You can never have too many sheds. I could fill a building twice the size I have.

Jim, The single axle CH's came from Del Val Material, or something like that. There is a plaque on the dash. They had a third that was sold long ago.

Brian, Yes we also got an '89 R 688 from Reinert's. It had been a Weyerhauser truck. It is a nice truck but I hate the color. I also got a 1961 Chevy Spartan C89, a 1967 International R196 and a 1970 Cadillac Fleetwork Brogham from Noot Reinert. If I had the money I would have bought more from them.

Mike