Bullheaded

I looked at all the news on the Mack web site and there is no mention of it at all, so hopefully just more FB BS. But I did see the spy photos of the new model and I'm not impressed at all. But sadly I'd never buy a new Mack anyway. Too much electronic safety crap in them now that can't be turned off.

There's a company I used to drive for in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario that has a grave yard of all the old Mack's we ran. Everything from R Models, to E9 powered Superliners and Ultraliners and CL's. All heavy spec. But they never ever wanted to part with anything. They're still all sitting there rotting away, as they hauled salt their whole life.

Yep, the RD800 was developed and built in Canada. So was the CL350ST. And the big M Model off road trucks were built in Oakville. Was quite the sight to see some big M Models sitting in the lot at the factory back in the day.

Saw a post on FB claiming it was the last Pinnacle off the production line, as it and the Anthem are being replaced by that horrid looking Volvo with the bulldog on the hood. Is this true? The spy photos of that new Mack have me very glad I don't ever have to buy one again.

Kinda like back when I ran E9's, they too seemed to become more reliable the more you cranked them up.

I just realized the Kenworth in the old show Movin On had a V903 in it. I just watched an old episode and they opened the hood and I can say, they sure did look pretty cool in a truck with those big square valve covers.

Sadly I don't have much hope for any new cool Mack's again. You see that new spaceship Volvo just released, and the new factory in Mexico, the future is bleak. Even the latest Granite....just like the Anthem......is Mack now in competition with the new W990 to see who could make the ugliest air intakes on the side of the hood? LOL Maybe they can put a hood scoop like the new Volvo so you can pretend your in your 60's muscle car. LOL

And Western Star. Now they're aluminum and plastic Freightliners.

I did once get to see brand new Mack M Series and CL350ST's lined up at the Oakville Ontario plant where they were built though.

No I don't. But that sounds like it would have been cool to see. I'm surrounded by mines and have seen a lot of cool trucks and equipment, but that would have been way before my time.

Hell, I'd just be happy enough to see them go back to the late 2000's Pinnacle Rawhide. The new plastic interior sucks. Looks so cheap and cheesy. And the lack of side exhaust stacks. But lets face it, all new trucks suck now. Look at Western Star. They are Freightliners now with a W on the grill. And cheap crappy FL interior and a paper thin cab now. Luckily I don't have to run any of them any more other than the odd time I do a float move with the mines plastic garbage KW T880.

Is there pictures of that somewhere? I live close to the Sudbury mines.

Pics are always welcome.

Very cool! Thanks for posting the pics Truelove and Geoff. Truelove.....did you get a pic of the truck behind that Dart? What was it?

P.S. that pics was taken at 5 years old. As you can see, not a mark. They did keep busting sideboards off though so I just eliminated them and welded angle iron to the top rails instead. So that no rocks or dirt would collect on them.