GearheadGrrrl Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Last night I took one of my occasional glances at the official Mack website, macktrucks.com. It was nice to see some new pages up describing the new MP7 engine, and even better to see that this new engine is slightly lighter than the legendary E7 while the power curves are even flatter.Then I looked at the "products" section and noticed a gaping hole- the links to the info on the RB and DM have disappeared. In fact, any mention of those models have disappeared, though their is some listing of maybe 20 or so new RDs and RBs in dealer stock in the "search for trucks" area of the website.It appears that an era has ended... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick harper Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 the RD,RB & DM all in the grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Here is one of the last RD's that Mack Made...I believe this is a 97 RD Legend... Quote Barry - Watt's Truck Center Parts Manager and BMT Webmaster...1-888-304-MACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convoyduel Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Barry,The final run of RD's were RD Legend models and were built in Oct, Nov and Dec. 2003 as 2004 models. I should have bought one, but passed on the chance. We bought '04 CH613's instead. The local dealer told me last week that the DM and RB's were no longer available for order once the Granite Axle Back was rolled out.Dan Brunowww.stlouisdumptrucks.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 call me a hard nose to change but ill take a R,RD,RB, & A DM Over a granite & granite axle back just because of untill last year when my granddad passed on thats all we used in our grading business (excet an ocational autocar or Gmc ) everything was liqiudated for his estate im workin for someone else but would like to @ least go backinto dump buckets I know more bout the older dogs than the new ones ill take the ole E-6 & E7 Motors over the new Asset & MP7 ANYDAY RIGHT NOW TILL I LEARN MORE BOUT THEM like to have a 2003 or 2004 ledgend (spell?) R-Model RIP R RD RB & DM Still alot of those ole dogs pawing the dirt & pavement everyday yall have a goodone bulldog Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 You might want to hang on to those old R models for a while- there a lot lighter than the new models. The CX and CN tandem drive models weigh around 14,400 pounds dry, IIRc the R model Western tandem with aluminum frame weighed just under 12,000 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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