Popular Post hicrop10 Posted May 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2020 Since I am bored beyond belief I have gone over some of our old company records of the trucks we brought.These trucks were all brought new,unless noted. 9/58. Mack B873sx1033. Tractor. $28,000. 5/63. MackB61sx43509. Truck/dump bed. $17960. Brought 8 5/64. MackB873sx1117. Tractor. 27,300 10/70 MackR611st6430 Truck chassis $22,000 7/69 MackDM811SX1993 Truck w dumpbed $27471.22 brought 3 8/75 Mack Dm897sx1165 Tractor $44,192.00 5/82 MackDM854sx1004 Tractor $72,453.00 8/65 Mack B47ss1140 Truck w/194.5wb $18207.00 4/75 Mack dm685s17566 Truck $47,388.00 10/79 Mac kdm686st6185 Truck w/15.5 dumpbed $63,396.00 10/79 Mack r686st33165 Tractor $44904.00 Brought 20 5/98 Mack cl700 Tractor $125,000.00 12/79 Mack u868st4801 Tractor $45,500 brought 10 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Neat information. Thank you for digging it out and sharing it. You must have been your Mack salesman’s best friend in 1979! What was the big project in 79-80 that you were building up the fleet for? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 Yes,we had a big sewer plant job here in Philadelphia to do.Million or so Yds. Of incinerator waste to truck over to the landfills of nj.We ordered the r models and the dm’s first,but we had to wait for the r model so dad not wanting to waste anytime had the dealer find him some trucks fast.Our dealer was Trenton Mack at the time and they came up the 10 u models that were ordered by one of the leasing company and canceled the order so dad brought them.All of the tractors pulled Benson dump trailers that were custom built.The u model were a little lite for us,they could only top out at about 85,000.Now the r models we spec them out heavy,so they could carry some weight.I remember going over the Walt Whitman bridge grossing over 110,000.We had a scale on the job so every truck got weighed.The independent truckers ran by the ton.After the job we got rid of all of the u models.Still have one of the r models it only has 73,000 miles on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Great piece of industry history Mike. Thank you for sharing. I live the the Philly burbs and have worked for H&K and Allan Myers along with a few others the past 17 years on the project management side of the business. I could see either one of them buying that many trucks in a year, but probably not for one job. Looking forward to seeing photos of your B and R projects in the future and the finished products at the shows. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navypoppop Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I do not want to hijack this thread but wanted to ask any of you from the Trenton or Phila area if you have ever heard of or seen HERMS TRUCKING INC or H M ROYAL INC both from Trenton, NJ? My dad and I both worked at these companies way back when. Herms had red/white R/U/F Macks and pulled flatbeds and dry vans. HM Royal is still in business today but only has 1 IH straight truck. HM Royal had green/red B/R/F Macks then they changed to white/blue R Macks and pulled bulk tanks and dry vans. Thanks for any information on these and I apologize for the hijack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hicrop10 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2020 Da cut,we had over 150 trucks running on that job every day.Had to buy those trucks cause the jersey independent truckers tried to hold dad hostage for more money,after we started the job and they agreed on the price per ton going into the job.You can stop in any time and see my trucks,I have them in our old shop,it in Philadelphia.Here a few pictures of them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Hopefully you were able to make better numbers with in house equipment and being able to sell them in the end. I grew up in the Boston area and my Dad used to dispatch for a sand & gravel supplier. At times in the 80’s he used to have around a hundred hired trailer dumps running bank run gravel into Boston every day. I think the most they ever had was 5 company owned tractors to set the pace. Thank you for the offer to see the trucks. Definitely will take you up on this once this craziness starts to clear up. Stay safe. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks for sharing that. What was a B47SS ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Miss type,b42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 wow excellent thanks....bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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