New Vehicle in the Garage: Mack U model (1980)

[mackr400 7]

Name: Mack U model (1980)

Date Added: 12 February 2016 - 08:01 AM

Owner: mackr400

Short Description: Single axle dump truck

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[BillyT 553]

Ahh,the infamous "sidewinder"! Used to haul steel for a company that ran all r and u model macks.All "day cabs"  got a few f model sleepers in 1974.What a hassle it was sleeping in a "day cab"you carried a pillow or furniture pad and put a"pop case between the seats,and laid across it,or laid over the wheel.we were allowed 8dollars for a motel! Most t.s. Had bunk houses or small sleeping rooms,but you couldn't always time you're break to end up at a t.s. The u model was a practical tk,if you were driving in the city or pulling a longer trl. Before deregulation.

[Arnold111 0]

How different the Mack looks now. I have got a glimpse of this truck once or twice in my childhood days. 

[BillyT 553]

Ahh,the infamous "sidewinder"! Used to haul steel for a company that ran all r and u model macks.All "day cabs"  got a few f model sleepers in 1974.What a hassle it was sleeping in a "day cab"you carried a pillow or furniture pad and put a"pop case between the seats,and laid across it,or laid over the wheel.we were allowed 8dollars for a motel! Most t.s. Had bunk houses or small sleeping rooms,but you couldn't always time you're break to end up at a t.s. The u model was a practical tk,if you were driving in the city or pulling a longer trl. Before deregulation.