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KS: Glad you landed with a company (Autocar) as good as Mack used to be. Are you in the Picture?

Mack Tech: When I was in high school we used to go up to a cabin in Antioch Wis. Sounds like you are north of there. Nice country

And they just bought a new IH

Happy Thanksgiving also from the communist/democratic state of Connecticut. Our daughter and Grand daughters are going to visit us today from the free state( so far) of New Hampshire.

Sounds like a great plan.

Can't wait to see those new A-car dumps and heavy haul tractors

There used to be two dumps same color in Southwick Mass with Cat engines. About 1974 also.

Black dog you scored big time!

Nice dogs for sure. The one on the left must have beefier springs up front. Keeps the TB's off the ground.

Who says Mack doesn't make gliders. Look at the green one.

The red one is gorgo. The green one is a workin dog. I have seen the green one at the Coast Guard Academy. Great sounder. 285 Maxi? Thats a keeper. Not to many DM tractors around or Granites for that matter.

That DM is gorgeous

Gearing simplicity x's 3-Genius! They say there is nothing mechanical is new under the sun. I wonder if this has been thought of before. Say 1890-1940?

Looks good in red. Blue not so much.

International continuing to offer what the customers want.

During the recent Mack strike it was mentioned that one of the facilities being struck was a facility in Florida. What is this facility? Also who is making Mack frames now?

Love the horizontal grill/shutters on the B models

Brian 71583; Brian you say ' Don't complain, they won't build what they won't buy. They won't buy because they don't offer a big bore engine. Also they don't promote heavy haul in their marketing tool bag (website sales brochures etc.) so most prospective buyers don't even consider Mack. It's a Volvo problem.

Sounds like a little marketing might be in order on their website. If they don't show the availability of heavy haul on their website then it sounds like they would rather not promote this area. Their website and bulldog magazine have really gone down hill along with their marketing.

Yup

Hardly seems to be a medium duty truck with 400HP and a drive train that can handle 2000 lb feet of torque

If they do I'm sure it will have a Volvo badge on the front

KS: I saw a picture of a Scania cab over from the 70's or 80's and it had a long horizontal grill just like the MH, and it looked like the MH in the window area also. Were Mack and Scania working together on the MH design? Sure wish Mack had been bought by Scania. Not sure if I like VW though with there claws in Navistar. Can't blame VW they just do what European money does. I do not trust American boards of directors any more than the Chinese at this stage. Although China aquisitions of Globalist companies can't be all that bad. One evil eating another evil. Go Trump.

Ford class 8 would be nice. Ford is wise to diversify. If you look back in American truck manufacturing history of the 70's through the 90's. class 8 sales in the US turned over big time. IH went bankrupt and became Navistar. White went bankrupt and Volvo sucked them up. Mack through Signal let Renault have controlling interest and then Volvo got the prize. GM went in bed with Volvo and then pulled out. Freightliner, Western Star and Detroit were were gobbled up by Daimler. I am not sure how Daimler got Sterling from Volvo but Ford class 8 became Sterling. Paccar was the only manufacturer to survive (Navistar and Oskosh excluded) primarily because they didn't over extend themselves and were diversified in other areas other than automotive. Ford would be wise to diversify in other profitable enterprises and get that languishing stock price up.

Will not be buying any Chrysler products any time soon.