Vladislav Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 2:43 PM, doubleclutchinweasel said: I had a picture of a steel-nosed DM-600 somewhere, but I can't find it now. I had one with a steel nose for sale a while back along with a DM800. Had them both sold multiple times and the deal always fell through. Luckily the DM600 finally got saved by a collector willing to restore it. The DM800 sadly fell victim to the torch. Its probably Chinese made brake rotors by now.. 😪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff M Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 That DMM in the field also has the reverse scoop--can't say as I've ever seen one on a steel nose. What a find!! Also, good research on your part, Vlad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Hey Jeff M... Any chance Maietta construction has any more of their late 70's DM's?? I drove them from 1999-2000.. and Shaw Bros, had a bunch of RD's.. and there was a concrete co. in Westbrook, that had blue/green colored DM's.. I forgot their name... Les,,, something.. anyway... I always wonder about the old trucks I used to drive, and re-build, when I lived there and worked at Maine Mack, from 2000-late 2005.. Jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff M Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Jojo, Maietta doesn't run any more DM's that I'm aware of--jumped ship to PACCAR. Blue Rock in Westbrook ran a bunch of DM's through the years, but they've downsized to a granite countertop business. Their big quarry on Main St on the Portland Westbrook line is now a shopping complex, believe it or not. The aqua-colored trucks belonged to Les Wilson and Sons of Westbrook who are still in business and they still paint everything they have that distinctive color (it must cost them a fortune over the years). Shaw Brothers has very few Macks, perhaps a few Granites now...they're now running KW's, and they have a LOT of them. They're one of the biggest contractors in the state. PACCAR has made HUGE inroads into the vocational truck market in these parts. In the 70's I first drove for Portland Sand and Gravel who had their trucks serviced at Maine Mack, which is now O'Connor Motors. I later drove for Shaw's Supermarkets who bought and occasionally had their Volvos serviced out of O'Connor's on Warren Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Wow a lot has changed.. I worked on a lot of Tony's trucks at P, S&G... He had some DM pit trucks that were tough.. I was at Maine Mack when Dick O'Connor bought it.. gave them 3 years of my time before I moved to N.C. and, are you telling me they filled in the Mile deep pit, and put in a shopping center?? Wasn't that Blue Rock? I forget. I've been away 17 years.. I remember Les Wilson,. I used to build tranny's and rears for them to put on the shelf.. I learned a lot back then,.. Thank you for responding.. It's nice to chat with someone from So. Maine... Jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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