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Rob Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I never knew the Wolfmeier trucks myself but remember their paint scheme well. I remember the "Meramec" trucking R700 very well working when they were punching the "new" route 30 outside of St. Louis in the 70's on the way to High Ridge, and House Springs. We had a cabin on the Meramec River 1/2 block off old Gravois Road and they hauled a lot of rock out of the quarry just down the road. That quarry made for a really nice swimming hole too..... 1 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...
Rob Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) I always liked that reddish copper paint as shown on the "Affton" water truck, applied to an R model with just a touch of chrome with aluminum Budds on front, spokes on the drives. Edited December 31, 2019 by Rob 1 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...
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convoyduel Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Here are a few of my St. Louis Mack’s that I own or have owned. Never should have sold the Eagle Express parade truck. I’ll have to dig up pictures of my fleet of ex USPS Mack’s, my old Lloyd Lynn ‘99 CL713 and ‘02 RD. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I know the guy that ended up with the eagle truck. He was trying to sell it the last I knew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post convoyduel Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 The Eagle Express Lines Mack was a 1988 R685ST that was purchased new by Eagle in Chicago. It was the 100th truck the company bought (they were all Mack then). It was red with a silver frame and came with EVERY interior option available at the time, including full gauge package with an air actuated oil level gauge. It had an E6-350, 12 speed Mack and 3.70 rests on Camelback tapered leaf with all aluminums. Truck drove like new, rode smooth as silk on the road and had a whole lot of throttle left at 70 mph. The truck was assigned to the senior driver and was the truck used for public relations functions. There is a picture of it posed with the World Trade Center in the background. When the company changed its name to Eagle Express Lines, it received the new company red white and blue paint scheme and a blue frame. The driver passed away and the truck was put into Eagle’s garage in Chicago and maintained by two brothers who are the lead mechanics at Eagle. When the original owner of Eagle passed away around 2014, the sons took over. As part of cleaning house, they put the truck up for auction on eBay where I found it. when I went to pick up the truck, the mechanics had no idea it was being sold and were quite emotional about it. I drove it back to St. Louis and changed the “Eagle” to “M.O.T.” As a nod to the Museum of Transportation where it was on display. By late 2015, I decided to thin my collection including it, the Rubber Duck truck and several others. I sold the truck on eBay in November 2015 to a guy in Chicago that ran all R models in his dump operation. I got quite a bit more than I paid for it and was very pleased at the time. He repainted it all white with a blue frame and added a sun visor. He had several others very similar to it and as far as I know, he still has this one but sold one similar. About 2 weeks after I sold it, I received a call from a young man who asked if I was the guy that bought the Eagle Express Mack. I said yes and he went on to say he would buy it no matter what. He told me he was the son of the man that exclusively drove the truck for Eagle and had rode with his dad quite a lot in that truck. I was heartbroken to tell him I had just sold it. I have him the buyer’s contact information but was pretty sure it wasn’t for sale. That still bothers me to this day. I would have sold it to him for what I had in it. It absolutely broke my heart to hear that kid’s disappointment. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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storkmack Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Any back story on Wolfmeier? Judging by these pics they do a little bit everything with some older iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 22 hours ago, autocardc said: Where is this truck? I would like to have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocardc Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Which truck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 The RS/RL. I didn't realize the quote included all those pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocardc Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Lemay Concrete Block in St. Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocardc Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) On 2/15/2020 at 2:07 PM, storkmack said: Any back story on Wolfmeier? Judging by these pics they do a little bit everything with some older iron. Been around forever and pull everything from lowboys to grain hoppers. Even have live bottom straight trucks. Run Macks and Fords. Edited May 3, 2020 by autocardc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, autocardc said: Lemay Concrete Block in St. Louis. Thank you much sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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storkmack Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 No offense to ours neighbors to the south, but the iron looks a bit tired down that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convoyduel Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 A few of those yellow R models reminded me of the early 80’s yellow Shell gasoline tanker tractors. They had aluminum wheels all around and the single right hand aluminum tank with the basic step below the driver side of the cab. Saw them all over St. Louis then one day....poof! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 8:04 PM, storkmack said: No offense to ours neighbors to the south, but the iron looks a bit tired down that way. Somebody needs to save the one in the last pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ditchdiggerjcf Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 The yellow valueliner is a good looking rig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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