39 Baby Mack

Are you and your Papa gonna be there?

I have to agree, I want to see that truck in Macungie this year! Ron

I would imagine it would be the same as "Woblegear" Ron

Here's another one. Ron

After their stint at the World's Fair the "ED" trams ended up on the boardwalk in Wildwood, N.J. They were eventually converted to electric power and lost their distinctive "E" model grilles. They still run trams on the boardwalk in Wildwood, maybe some little bit of them are left over from the "ED's"? Ron

Fat part to the rear. Ron

Happy Easter to all my BMT friends! Ron

Congratulations! Ron

You got that right Mike! Ron

Didn't mean to take the infection lightly, was just relieved to hear it wasn't something else! Ron

Great news Mike! We've been thinkin' about you! Ron

Congratulations, and hope you drive many more! Ron

Looks like a nice truck for you Ken! Be like a pair of bookends one s/a six cylinder---one t/a V-8!! Ron

I agree with that Mike Ron

Back in the late seventies a guy applied for a driving job at our place and I was told to give him a road test. At that point in time, in our fleet, we only had two basic types of transmissions Mack (duplex or triplex) or straight five speeds. When we took someone out for a road test my brother and I used to have the idea that if you could drive something hard then you could definitely drive something easy so we used to always take them out in one with a triplex in it. When this guy came down to the garage for his road test he looked like a hippie, shoulder length black curly hair, mustache, earring, the whole bit. To top it of he was wearing of all things clogs! I thought to myself this is going to be a regular laugh riot! and he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of working here! I asked him if he had ever driven a truck with a triplex transmission in it and of course the answer was no. I said you climb up in the passenger side and I'll show you how to drive it and off we went. After showing him for a few miles I asked him if he understood how to drive it and asked he was ready to try it, he said he was so we pulled over and we switched seats. He didn't do to good and asked me if I wouldn't mind showing him again, I said I would and we pulled over again to switch seats. This time when he got back up in the tractor, which was an "F" model, instead of sitting in the passenger seat he sat on the doghouse right next to me to watch what I was doing with the pedals! I thought to myself what is with this guy, a little light in his loafers or what? Second time around when he drove he did much better, wasn't very smooth, but had the general idea. I told him that with a some practice and experience, being teamed up with an older driver, he would be probably be able to handle the job. I also suggested that he wear some other type of shoes! We hired him and he turned out to be a really good driver and a nice guy. If he's by any chance on this website reading this I hope he doesn't mind me telling this story, I remember that day well! Ron

Happy Birthday! Ron

Congratulations, Mike Where on earth are you going to put them? Room for them in the bedroom? Ron