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mackey58

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  1. wow you guys out east have wild weight laws.in ill i can gross 50000 on a tamdem dump. 3400 on tandem 2000 on single but i dont have the bridge to carry 54000.in indiana the run tri axle and quad axle .wish illinois would allow tri axle dumps.are roads are already crap.but our bridges are worse.love all those swett dump pics!
  2. i think the top one pops. seems to stand out more but thinkin on the pinstriping?or go old logo in blue maybe?tuff call
  3. yea he does.hes got a nice cl tri axle and rd tri axle lowboy truck too
  4. you folks need to check sid kamps website.go to the gallery page and look at all the sweeties there.superliners r 's and b models he had and then his new ones .plus job site pics
  5. Yeah but The o/o they use now suck.run junk and can't speak can't call them owner operators cause they don't take pride in there trucks half the time you can't even see the taillights for the mud but that's what the pits want ok I'm off my soapbox I love this thread them old macks built Chicago and the rest of the usa
  6. Yeah but The o/o they use now suck.run junk and can't speak can't call them owner operators cause they don't take pride in there trucks half the time you can't even see the taillights for the mud but that's what the pits want ok I'm off my soapbox I love this thread them old macks built Chicago and the rest of the usa
  7. the granite palumbo die cast 4 axle lowboy tractor and talbert 3 axle tralier sold on e bay for 475.00
  8. get to drive a cat 725 or 740 some time they ride pretty good at least you can brace your left leg to keep from flyin around the cab.in a terex35not old one po rides for shit miss my camel back .beter to use the off road in the crap thenmy o5 granite lts of mud and knee deep water.
  9. god that was a cool plant they put the trucks inside had a big bulldog emblem on the front of the building it was down from us steel which aint here any more eitherthts pretty cool
  10. or they put it too low.somebody didnt give em the revised print. damn shame all the big guys are just about gone.miss seeing all those r and rd s working.even more cool when i was a kid there was a ready mix co on collins st that had b model mixers THAT was cool to watch them .i think the co was called newkirk concrete
  11. yeah they must of had that many cause here in joliet when they did rt 30 they had about 40 plus mixers rd s . one time in 2001 at chicago mack i saw 20 new rd s and the window sticker said "ganna specs"if i find that pic i ll post it.i thnk when they redid rt 30 here in joilet thats what put em down they didnt get the revised print and they where 8 " too high plus they pulled up a gas main
  12. Nice tks I try to be first in line when they work me miss those old r and rs and all that work here in il
  13. do any of you guys have any pics of the macks that worked on the big dig site?
  14. dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!!!! waitn for a wardrobe manfunction!!
  15. damn!!!! tks for that 2nd jones pic
  16. that r jones pulled up next to me on 355one day about a year ago while i was going up to mundeline and i about tapped da car in front of me !! it looked like it just rolled out of the dealer.it is a very beautiful truck that blue and chrome really pops in the sun
  17. amen!! 57bcr the pits and companies dont want good drivers just bodies in a truck.we had aguy in a harrys truck back into a sewer ditch and it was 4foot wide!! and im sitting home!! loli miss the old days
  18. hey how about greco construction and rossi they were mack i think too.at one time boughton material had old b81 from greco they unded in the pit to move the cruchers aroun "downstairs'i know its not a r but it was awesome!!a guy in kankakee has a sweet r model for sale in the truck paper 85new clutch and engine gone thru its a 300.tryin to talk my bossinto buyin it for pullin the dump.my wife asked me why i love those r models so much nad i said they were like her built heavy dutyso you know THAT went ovr well LOL
  19. that McCook pit was and still is a nightmare!and a lot of those in there dont under stand english.was on one of our jobs in oakbrook and saw the harrys truck drive by with our stone 4 times!!! while i unloaded equip.man our foreman was pissed!!
  20. LOL. DAMNNNNNN
  21. LOL. DAMNNNNNN
  22. I meant b model workin hard yea Mack shop has shirts but Barrys are the coolest Mack shop has no ghost ones
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