TheBulldogExpress Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I was 6 years old when my truck driving father bought this 1990 Mack CH from Gulf Oil in New Haven, CT. He had delivered gas with them for years and they were selling their fleet of 90's Mack daycabs. They ended up having the engine rebuilt (it had a million miles on it) before he bought it for 16,000. My mom and I thought he was crazy for spending the money he saved on it. He told us he wanted to haul the camp trailer we had with it. He was towing it with a 78 Chevy 454 Dually which always had problems and you all know how fun taking an old gas job from Connecticut to Florida would be. Since I was young at the time, I know of what he did but never really helped, just held the light haha. He took out the front rear axle and put in a higher gear ratio in the remaining axle since its only use would be for a camper and better mpg. He found a sleeper for the truck and a wrecker body that had to be widened and all cut up and re welded to "fill" in the back of the rig. It was probably a year later that he finally go the body all set. He then painted it him self and had a graphics place put on the "The Bulldog Express" which was my silly idea, and the picture on the back of the sleeper. Since then we have been adding all sorts of chrome, we even cut out behind the chrome "Mack" piece under the door so we could light it up, we added fuel tanks, strait pipes, train horns, chrome bumper and visor, ect. We put down "fake" wood flooring in the sleeper and got rid of the bunk beds for a couch and a tv/dvd setup. We haul a 38 foot camp trailer with ease now. The truck has gotten me interested into the big rig industry. I love to go to truck shows and get my hands dirty on them. I'm 17 right now and go to a trade school for automotive. I hope to take up diesel after high school and work on big rigs for a dealership someday and drive em too. It's not a perfect truck and its all "backyard" work lol. We try out best to keep it lookin decent and go camping. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackmann Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nice i like it.What about some pics of the inside?? Quote My Facebook. Feel free to add me as a friend. Just tell me your from BMT. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-57960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I THINK THAT IS AN AWESOME LOOKING TRUCK, RUNNIN DOWN THE ROAD, THAT MUST MAKE HEADS TURN.GG2 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-57968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nothen wrong with it except it ant mine. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-57975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nice job! That will get you there in style! Always wanted to do something like this.Thanks for sharing your photos with us! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-57980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBulldogExpress Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 I appreciate the comments. I'll post some pictures of the interior tomorrow. If any one hauls with a big rig or wants to, talk to me lol. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-57994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Covert Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 You are one lucky young to have a man like that for a Dad! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-58029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 DAMN, how much fuel do you carry?Must be great to fire it up at 6am to run to the store for milk.Where in CT? born/raised in Danbury Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-58039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBulldogExpress Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 DAMN, how much fuel do you carry?Must be great to fire it up at 6am to run to the store for milk.Where in CT? born/raised in Danburylol 400 gallons and were in Branford. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-58047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy1911a1 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'm not sure where but I have seen that truck somewhere out on the road. I remember it because I whistled at it when it blew my doors off. Quote THE GREATEST NAME IN TRUCKS MACK TRUCKS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-68412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueknight0517@yahoo.com Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Hey bulldog that is one nice truck. I noticed you have commercial regestration plates on it. If you use only for camping and don't use it for commercial purpose would it be cheaper and less insurance if you had combination plates on it? I live here in Ct. and have a friend that has a Mack and a low boy trailer to haul his antique bulldozers to shows. I had hooked him up with the truck and trailer. When it came time to register it I told him to put antique plates on the tractor and Camp trailer plates on the trailer. Since he would be hauling his own personal property and no commercial stuff he would qualify for the Camp trailer plates. DMV looked at him funny but he got the camp trailer plates for his lowboy trailer. He saved a ton of money on insurance and fees. If you use the truck only for your camper then combo plates would work. too bad you took out the beds, you could have registered the tractor as a "Camper" and saved a boat load of money on fees and insurance. I have seen tractors with sleepers regestered as "Campers" when hooked exclusevely to camp trailers. Just a thought. In this economy saving money anywhere is a plus. Jim Quote Rustednut Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/14511-the-bulldog-express-camper/#findComment-68424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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