Brocky

Have done it many times with 2 ramps.. Just start a a 45 degree angle and run the steering up the far ramp..

If you are an ATHS Member you can get into the WOT archives and there was a whole issue which featured the Purple Power Allis's about 2-3 years ago.

DD Thank You for the info..Am glad to hear Crouse Hinds is still going.. I left the Syracuse area in the mid 70's and my memory keeps getting shorter each year.

DD Was the the original Lipe Clutch?? On 7th North St.??? In the mid 60's I worked for Ithaca Delivery out of the old trolley barn on Wolf St. that was still there a few years ago when I went by after Cortland W/E.

Sodley, another thing to consider, Is this going to be a "once in a lifetime" vacation trip for you and your WIFE??? If so Google "Pennsylvania Tourist Info" and have the PA State Tourist people send you an info package, which usually includes a good state road map. I did this for all the Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest states before we drove from South Carolina to the Yakima Wash show in 2012. Then let her pick out some things she wants to see and do. Then wrap the Macungie show into the middle of them. I know this can become expensive.. I had said Pacific Northwest and back home, BUT my wife said we were going to make a detour on the way home by way of Fairbanks Alaska!!!

KS You are correct.. My memory is getting short!!

Look for a State Farm agent who handles a lot of commercial vehicles.. I got my antique insurance thru them with no problem, but some agents only know regular cars. Also check out Gulfway in Hudson FL as the do a lot of antique trucks and you can pull a trailer with them.

I do not know how long it will take to do the Philly historical / tourist sights, but would plan on doing them Wed PM / Thurs AM while you are down there. Like Al said I would plan on doing the Mack Museum like Fri AM, (would have to check to see if they are open on Thurs??), (2 hours)between the motel and the show, this is what I did. I have not done the factory tour and always have moved around in my own wheels not the tour buses. Check out the hours of the America on Wheels to fit it in (another 2 hr min), I did it with family on the Fri after Thanksgiving. If you plan on doing any of the Amish country / Gettysburg Park just push your outbound flight back a couple of days and do them after the show. Truck wise the show is about 2/3 to 3/4 the size of the recent ATHS shows, land walking about 1/2 the size (no golf cart rental). The majority of the trucks arrive on Thurs, but some continue to arrive thru Sat AM and about 3-4 PM Sat the outbound procession starts. How long it will take you to see the trucks will all depend on how close you inspect them and most importantly how much you BS with the owners. Being new and not knowing people by sight it might not hurt to wear a name tag from your chapter or old ATHS show. How much time you spend in the flea market area is up to you, sorta hard to carry parts home on the plane!! Remember the BMT group photo is usually at Noon Sat at the Watts tent. There are a lot of shaded picnic tables near the food court area to sit and rest and BS!! There is also the Thurs night get together at the Tilted Kilt. There is no spectator admission charge but the parking is about $5/day. Keep asking questions and we will keep trying to answer them..

The only New Departure I knew of was Chrysler's transmission factory in Syracuse NY during the 60' & 70's.. They also made the 4X4 transfer cases for Chevy in St Louis..

I was one of those attending the show to see them together.. Also two weeks later 3 of the 5 participated in the South Carolina Special Olympics Convoy.

Lets try this The Mack Plant is in Macungie about a mile from the show with a shuttle bus running continuously all day. The Mack Museum and Customer center is in Allentown only about 10 miles from the show, the America on Wheels museum is about another 3 miles toward downtown. As I said before all your plans will depend on how much time you can allot to the whole vacation trip. Car parking can get tight.. The volunteer Fire Police and the Boy Scouts each have a lot and a few private ones.

Same here..The data plate on my 49 Diamond T 201 reads vehicle weight 3865 and a gross of 8000!! That is 2 tons on single 7.50 x 16 tires, the dual tire axle was an option!! 9 leaf springs on the steering and 13 leaves in the rear..

Vlad Look to me like they are roll off dumpster trucks parked with the tilt hoist up. That looks like a roll of trailer next to them.

Sodley FWD answered most of your questions, But a lot of your planning will depend on the amount of time you have available to spend. This can be a fantastic family vacation. Depending on where you are flying from, you will have to see what direct flights come into ABE (Leigh Intl) or whether you will have to use Philly or Newark to make good connections without plane changes. In addition the Mack museum there is also the America on Wheels (1/2 day) museum, I think partly supported or started by the Mario Andretti family, which has everything from a horse and buggy to recent top dollar super sports cars. Including many Macks: UPS F model and pup trlr w/ seats and video player, R model simulator (that it took my daughter a 1/2 hour to get the grand kids out of), Mack's 1910 Brockway, Cut aways of engine, tranny, and rears, one room as a restoration shop, and other stuff. As well as the Philly Historic area, for the wife 30-45 minutes to Reading PA is one of the first and largest outlet malls in the old Vanity Fair clothing plant. An hour to the north in Scranton is the Steamtown Railroad museum. An hour to the west is the Lancaster county Pennsylvania Dutch Amish area where they still farm and travel with horses, steam railroad, ETC, plan on a whole day to see and do. Another hour to the west is the Gettysburg National Battlefield Park and Eisenhower home and farm, again plan on a minimum of 1/2 day. If you stop and read all the monuments make it 3 days!!! My best Advice is to pull up the PA tourist info site and request their info package, and play on Google!!

Interesting statement!!! We know you just as well as any of the rest of us know each other.. ONLY by what we post here on this website.. Remember we are spread out from Australia to the States to Moscow, and there is a very slim chance that more than a half dozen have met face to face in person. So just keep on digging your grave.. It makes good entertainment!!!

If she ran her mouth at work as much as she does here, she probably needed all her teamster rules and help to stay employed..

Last I knew the original S.S. Kresge store building still stands just off US 209 south of Stroudsburg PA near the village of Kresgeville PA..

It is easier to spell JEVIC!!!!

One hellova photoCHOP job!!

I even have a shower on the back of the house and if anyone sees me using it THEY are trespassing!!!

Thanks for your recent pictures of Cowpens..I have not been by there recently.. Gibson's had looked closed, nothing around, for about the last 5 years and the brush grown up to where you could not see the bone yard. The father Lee passed away about a year ago. This past fall the son and daughter showed up at our show in Dacusville SC and then at Lincolnton NC with 2 trucks. Hopefully they have settled things and are back in business??

Try the "Down Under Outback" this time of year.. We were there in August/Sept, Their Spring, ans it was short sleve shirt time in Alice Springs and we were swimming in the ocean at Cairns.

Jim Ever stop to think that chasing the nurses is what may have put him in the Hospital??? Mike: Get well soon!! You have been in the body shop TOO OFTEN recently..

Bob They are a day and a half ahead of us Down Under. Left LAX airport at 10PM Saturday night, flew for 15 hours in the air, and landed in Sydney AU at 6 AM Monday morning..

Jim Thinking the same