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I gave Teresa Moore some Mack truck pictures to scan and send in,but she couldn't get her scanner to function properly (couldn't get it to work either) so I have no pictures in yet.I can scan them and e-mail them one at a time myself so yesterday when I went to Moneta,Va.to pick up a load of treated lumber I stopped and took some pictures of an A-40 Mack sitting in a field,and when I got back to the shop I took one of my concrete mixer to finish the roll of film.I took the film to Wal-Mart today to get it developed and their printer was out of comission too,so I can't even send those in! Someday,though...soon I hope.

I like the looks of the B-models and R-models too,but I drove F-models in the early 80's.The '77 model had a 300 and 5 speed and would pull 25 tons of fertilizer in a van up Christiansburg mountain (that's a bit south of Roanoke on I-81) in 4th gear.It was a bit slow taking off,but once you got'er going it had all kinds of power.But the V-8's then were just an awesome piece of equipment! We used to haul wood chips from Dillwyn to Covington,Va.and the company trucks had 237 and 300 Macks,290's and 350 Cummins,and a few 903's in them.But Al owned his truck and had a V-8 325 F-model Mack with a little extra fuel (well,maybe a lot of extra fuel pressure-if anyone ever did manage to pass him,he'd just turn it up a little more!) Al would let us leave the woodyard first whenever a bunch of us were running together and when we got on I-64 at Lexington,Va, he would pass everybody then pull off on the exit ramp at exit 50,wait for everybody else to go by,then catch and pass every one of us before we got to the top of North Mountain.He had a straight pipe on it that turned out and just barely cleared the top of the cab,and sounded great.We had no AC then,so the window was always down.A V-8 Mack with a straight pipe-nothing else like it,and one of the sounds I miss!

HELLO R609,WELCOME AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NOT MUCH COMPUTER TIME.I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF US IN THE SAME BOAT.AT LEAST ONE MORE THAT I KNOW OF ANYWAY!

pictures should be on the way-I gave Teresa Moore (who is much more knowlegable about this than I am) A stack of Mack truck pictures yesterday to send in,including the mixer.

I have A 1965 B-53s concrete mixer,with the water tank in front of the mixer,up higher than the cab.It used to have the ready-mix company's sign on the front of the tank,but I sanded it and painted over it and had A big ''Mack'' decal made,with the bulldog on top,and put that where the sign used to be.I figured I needed A Mack hat with the same emblem (like Dale wears on ''King of The Hill) so one day when I loaded A load of steel in Pittsburgh going to Lynchburg,Va. instead of going down I-79 to rt.19 to Summersville,and rts.39 and 20 to 60 to 64,I decided to run 22 east out of Pittsburgh so I could stop by Watt's Mack and get A hat.I got my hat,red and black like the truck,and took off,very proud of myself and my new hat.I ran rt.22 over to Altoona,99 south to 220,220 to Moorefield,W.V,then 55 across the mountain to 259,then south to Broadway,Va.and rt.81 south to 64 east.I run this route frequently,and usually I get off of I-64 at the top of Afton mountain and take rts.250 to 151 to 6 to rt. 29,instead of taking 64 to Charlottesville and getting on 29-it's a pretty big short cut,but for some reason it's restricted to a 65 foot limit.I had never been stopped or bothered before,so I thought nothing of it to take the short cut,but this time when I got down to 29,at Wood's Mill,A D.O.T. man was already there.Cost me $306 dollars,for being 70 feet.I have not taken A shortcut since,and don't plan to...if I only hadn't of had to have that hat!..oh well,you live and you learn they say.

I drive A Pete now myself-I'm not trying to start anything,but I always said A Peterbilt was like A Caterpillar engine-they're both over rated!

Why would anyone-no,I'm kidding! When I first started driving in the late 70's I thought the cabover Freightliners were the sharpest looking trucks on the road.I've driven a couple of them (later model conventionals,no cabovers) and liked them just fine.

WELCOME INDEED-SOUNDS LIKE ME!I NEED MY KIDS TO RUN THIS COMPUTER,BUT THEY'RE ALL GROWN AND "LEFT THE NEST".THANK GOD FOR BARRY LOOKING OUT FOR US! OTHERDOG