70mackMB

Back in '75-'76 a friend of mine was having his R model lettered and striped. We got him to go for coffee and donuts. While he was gone the painter did a little extra work as a joke. He painted an erection and testicles on the bulldog on the doors. When the owner came back he about s--t himself when he saw it yelling l can't have that on my truck! The painter said that was his trade mark and it needed to stay or he could not finish the job. We dragged it out as long as we could, and then got the owner to see it was just a joke. The painter put a little thinner on a rag and wiped them off. .....Hippy

Mack did build one with a shorter wheel base than mine. lt was a trailer toter model 401T or 487T. This one was used by St. J and was for sale in Mass. .....Hippy

l wouldn't know. Seems everyone had them and they were used for everything. l've had drivers stop and look at mine at the shows and reminisce. You can tell which ones drove an MB, it was a love/hate relationship! LOL .....Hippy

A nice atta-boy for B-42! And a good looking puppy dog too! .....Hippy

Another real truck! Ex Overnite Transportation with vertical exhaust and power steering installed. Owner says it's still used when other trucks can't get the job done. .....Hippy

There is someone else not on Facebook or Twitter?! Now am l the last one with my small flip phone?

Tire repair shop in Farmington NH says their the "Best place in town to take a leak". .....Hippy

Welcome to BMT Mike! And pictures too! (Someone will turn them l'm sure) Good way to start on here. .....Hippy

Ah Rich, l think that might be a grandchild of ours! lol lf l turn as hard as possible the MB's inside drive tires make an eleven or twelve foot circle. Great for U-turns on two lane roads. .....Hippy

Thank you Bulldogboy! l totally missed this one. .....Hippy

For our 3 trucks and 5 trailers we use the local agent for State Farm. All but one trailer are registered "Antique". .....Hippy

Alex was the guy's name Eddie that taught you to drive? l got the same thing except it was for using the clutch to shift. lt was a '68(?) 4070 with a 290, 10 speed, single axle Ryder rental. Bemis Bag Pepperell Ma. to Long Island NY. loaded with potato bags. Sure would like to see him again. .....Hippy

Take this picture and put it on the visor of the Volvo l drive. Just so l can remember what a real truck's cab looks like. .....Hippy

Cole's Express and Cole Family Land Museum in Bangor Maine. https://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituary/galen-cole-1078239462

Welcome Bigtow, Your first contribution could be several pictures. We always enjoy pictures. More the better! .....Hippy

HG, You looking all the way across the yard at the roller? l think that might be a scarifier of some kind. .....Hippy

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on BMT. The featherless fowl is in the pellet grill smoker and should be ready to be carved at noon. .....Hippy

Really looking forward to this one Jim. Anytime we went to tour the collection l always made sure to sign the guest/visitor book. Always interesting to read where people were from and they were from all over! .....Hippy

And don't forget the fashionable footwear! .....Hippy

Maybe out of hours on that damn ELD! lol .....Hippy

A friend of mine drove one of those F models for Buster Brown. Tore up the pavement at 54 mph Manchester NH to Hartford CT to New Haven CT and back. .....Hippy

I am rather good friends with one of the larger contributors to Hanks. My friend pulled all his images down after he started finding them all over social media virtually destroyed from their original shot. When Hanks was created, there wasnt Facebook or Instagram. Now when you follow some of the Facebook pages, the images that were marked with photographer credit were chopped out, pictures of screenshots of pictures, hell you couldnt even make out the logos on a few I've seen. I am one of the VERY fortunate ones to be able to still view the collections of a few of the contributors to Hanks on private Facevook pages. It seems with technology advances, most have forgotten how it used to be. The investment of film, cameras, getting negatives developed, and really all the contributors were asking for was to respect their work, and give credit where credit was due, but that hasnt been the case. So the pics are safe with their people, but may never be seen again but by a select few. ~Rick

ls that a steering wheel he's holding? .....Hippy

That picture is enough to bring a tear to me eye. 😢 .....Hippy

Good thing he lost the mudflap. https://cdllife.com/2019/chp-pulled-a-driver-in-for-a-mudflap-violation-but-found-something-way-worse/ .....Hippy