Joe Cummings Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Just a typical day of going out to lift something Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmacktrucks Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Backwards windshield wipers! Had an LTL9000 a few years back, cool truck. I like the 3 spoke steering wheels Ford used...looked like a race truck lol. Sterling IMHO is junk, they should have kept the old cab design. One of my favorite movies as a kid was Armed and Dangerous with John Candy when they plowed thru the traffic with the old Ford 9000 cab over. Driving one of the cab overs always felt weird due to the air ride set up they used...but still a cool truck, not many around any more. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Backwards windshield wipers! Had an LTL9000 a few years back, cool truck. I like the 3 spoke steering wheels Ford used...looked like a race truck lol. Sterling IMHO is junk, they should have kept the old cab design. One of my favorite movies as a kid was Armed and Dangerous with John Candy when they plowed thru the traffic with the old Ford 9000 cab over. Driving one of the cab overs always felt weird due to the air ride set up they used...but still a cool truck, not many around any more.I had a neighbor in Jersey that drove an LTL-9000 (company truck) it was an 86-87 with a 425 B-model Cat,13 speed,with 3:35 rears! this thing would fly! he called it the "airplane" LOL! only problem he had with it was RUST,his company took it back to Ford,and they said it was a pretty common problem,as the cab could have been manufactured as early as 1967! and been sitting since then,same cab as all the "louisville" L-models. The last new truck he got was a CL-9000,really nice looking truck! only thing he did'nt like about it was the gray/orange "burlap" interior! but rode good,handled good ,even with the air-ride cab,that they were still working the "bugs" out of. You're right,i dont remember the last time i saw one on the road!...........Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Frankie Zahn from So Jersey is still running 4 or 5 of those old 9000 Louieville Ford's to haul his bulk tankers. He keeps them in great shape they also have the 3406 B motors 425's Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 This was the first truck I went to look at when I got serious about buying a truck:I have always been a Ford guy...got a pair of Rangers ('86 & '92) and an F250 ('96)...not to mention the '47 8N. Family has had a lot of Ford's too over the years... Too many electrical issues with that LTL-9000 though...NONE of the dash switches worked. The brake lights were the ONLY lights that worked. 475 Cat ran strong, but the jakes weren't working. Windshield wipers didn't work. Granted, there were a lot of unplugged things up under the dash...and a lot of those issues may have been solved by just figuring out what needed to be plugged into where.......but I needed a truck I could put to work right away, couldn't afford to buy a "fixer-upper". Wouldn't have had to buy any new hats if I had bought it, though...still have a lot of Ford Trucks hats. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 They guy that gave me my first trucking job recently bought one of the LTL9000 and uses it for his tractor trailer end dump. always like the look of them! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 The hoods always beat the snot out of the pivot hinges and busted the supporting plastic. I have one out back that looks perfect on the outside but is good for a section only as it's too far gone to work with structurally without really cutting into it. They used to be very popular around here.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 This is the truck my buddy ran,was an 86, 425 3406-B Cat,13 speed road-ranger,he ran one round a week from Avondale,PA to Grand island,NE hauling fresh mushrooms for the dominos pizza dist.center,and usually a load of cheese back east-bound. his family moved in across the street from us in 1987,and come to find out he had once rode team with my father back in the sixties,when they both drove for Armellini Express out of the Vineland,NJ terminal (now gone).....Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I like that Hyster. Goes along with the older truck perfectly. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 This is the truck my buddy ran,was an 86, 425 3406-B Cat,13 speed road-ranger,he ran one round a week from Avondale,PA to Grand island,NE hauling fresh mushrooms for the dominos pizza dist.center,and usually a load of cheese back east-bound. his family moved in across the street from us in 1987,and come to find out he had once rode team with my father back in the sixties,when they both drove for Armellini Epressx out of the Vineland,NJ terminal (now gone).....MarkI guess you're not tough enough to haul flowers,huh?Armellini's HQ is 10 minutes from here Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Nah,Armellini is all "team" operation,if i'm gonna get greased,i'm gonna do it myself! LOL!....my dad worked there in the sixties,started out on a IH emeryville,then got a brand new F-model,they were real proud of these,cause they were the very first trucks in the fleet with factory installed AC! old kysor roof-mount,Pop said that sumbitch would freeze you out of the cab1 and give you an earache,blowing right in your ear while driving! In 1966,pay for the first (senior) driver for a round trip from Jersey to FL was $60.00! $45.00 for second driver! (plus $5.00 eating/expense money each!) air-mail to FL,then flowers back up north with 20-30 stops on the way back! the round trip sometimes took 2 weeks!.........Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmacktrucks Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Nah,Armellini is all "team" operation,if i'm gonna get greased,i'm gonna do it myself! LOL!....my dad worked there in the sixties,started out on a IH emeryville,then got a brand new F-model,they were real proud of these,cause they were the very first trucks in the fleet with factory installed AC! old kysor roof-mount,Pop said that sumbitch would freeze you out of the cab1 and give you an earache,blowing right in your ear while driving! In 1966,pay for the first (senior) driver for a round trip from Jersey to FL was $60.00! $45.00 for second driver! (plus $5.00 eating/expense money each!) air-mail to FL,then flowers back up north with 20-30 stops on the way back! the round trip sometimes took 2 weeks!.........MarkI love the kysor roof tops, I have 2 NOS brandy new units in storage...cant wait to hook them up one of these days, they are 13500 BTU'S enough to cool a living room. They will freeze you out, and yes stiff necks and ear aches are the only downfall, but no sweat! Work best when filled with R-12, but 134A will do the trick Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 If you're putting 'em in your own trucks,it might be worth building some ducting to redirect the cold air,maybe down the back of the cab or something. You can sometimes find that kind of duct and vents at RV places or RV wrecking yards. Speed Quote "Remember-ANY Gun Control is Unconstitutional!"<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i><b>MACK-E Model Registry # 36</b></i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><a href="http://www.nvabatetravel.com/"target="_blank">http://www.nvabatetravel.com/</a> Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/18126-just-an-every-day-working-truck/#findComment-73790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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