Mack Technician Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Guys I know from the dealership days. Loved Mack. Use to spend the end of year $$ on a new truck or wood processor and let it sit in a showcase shed for local parades or as a "just in case" truck. They must have had one of the millennial grandsons post it, he clearly can't spell Mack (Mach). 50 miles on the truck. https://northernwi.craigslist.org/hvo/d/prentice-new-mach-ch-613-single-cab/7150803426.html Edited August 5, 2020 by Mack Technician 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Wow. Couldn’t imagine having that much money and equipment to be able to buy a new machine and let it set. They say the 3rd generation of a family business usually fails. I assume it’s because the 3rd gen never say gramps and gram bust their butts to make a go of it. So in the 3rd gens eyes it’s always been easy so just sell it. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Holy - - - -! Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, HeavyGunner said: Wow. Couldn’t imagine having that much money and equipment to be able to buy a new machine and let it set. They say the 3rd generation of a family business usually fails. I assume it’s because the 3rd gen never say gramps and gram bust their butts to make a go of it. So in the 3rd gens eyes it’s always been easy so just sell it. He's retiring. As I recall they never bought a truck inside of the Tier 3 emissions (or higher). The newest I recall were some 460HP E-Techs from the early 2000's which they used to tow 98K of wood chips. Those he started selling 2 years ago. Tires got hocked, looks like recaps, the one still has a sticker on the cap? Bright side......at least new recaps! Funny how the condensate can rust the plate & mount. Edited August 5, 2020 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That looks to be a better deal then that R model from a few years back. Same scenario, but I think they wanted twice for the R model? Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Used to be that trucking was profitable enough that you could do stupid stuff like spend good money on a new truck then park it. Nowadays it's so dog eat dog that even well managed trucking operations go under. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Freightrain said: That looks to be a better deal then that R model from a few years back. Same scenario, but I think they wanted twice for the R model? R model is 2x the truck a CH is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Maxidyne said: Used to be that trucking was profitable enough that you could do stupid stuff like spend good money on a new truck then park it. Nowadays it's so dog eat dog that even well managed trucking operations go under. Reminds me of Jamerson Brothers Trucking in Appomattox, Va. In the 70's and 80's. All Herbert Jamerson ran was Macks, and he would sometimes buy a new one for tax reasons and just park it in the field behind the shop. His drivers would be complaining about driving an old F model with a 237 in it that you could look through the floorboard and see the highway and he'd have a brand new 300 F model parked that he had never even put tags on. Heard lots of stories about him. Like if you left a truck running on the yard with the AC on he would cut the truck off then take his pocket knife and cut the belt. And you better not call him after 5, even if his truck was upside down somewhere. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Hate to be this guy, but if that was an axel forward on air ride, I would be heading north for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Ditchdiggerjcf said: R model is 2x the truck a CH is. I'll agree with that 100%. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Yup, they’re hearty folks. Don’t mind riding on a steel hump. Much of the 90’s fleet had air ride with the sleeper units and 48’ loader trailers. Landing pickers. Keep in mind these guys considered an air ride seat inside of an air ride cab to already be a little too luxurious in comparison to the forwarders they used for the previous 30 years. Before bio mass collection the trucks would run right over the downed tops. Bags are flimsy, low and vulnerable. If you had an air bag suspension you’d be doing one bag a month because of tooth pick attack. Now they chip the whole tree and the stumpage looks swept clean as the kitchen floor. That’d be my guess.....they expected to pick off deep landings and didn’t want to deal with bringing suspension balloons to the dart 🎯 party? Other thing was axle cracks. The single-point weight displacement of a spring pad usually cracked the Mack axle tops on the off road trucks. Camels had better weldment style receiver and rarely cracked the housings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I totally understand why they would have. Camelback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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