Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Here is a Mack CH that was out front at HQ when I was there for school in 1989. This was the first CH I saw up close and thought it was a little strange compared to what had been rolling down the road. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Barrett Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Here is a Mack CH that was out front at HQ when I was there for school in 1989. This was the first CH I saw up close and thought it was a little strange compared to what had been rolling down the road.Wow nice picture. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Here is another picture of the CH. Wonder what it looks like now? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice pictures.They certainly seemed odd at first, especially when you consider that this is what was going to be the succesor of the R model. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yea Jim,I didn't like the half fender look and the flat dash but they grow on you. Like the forward axle full fender CH better. Here is the first CH I drove in 1990 as a rental for one week. It only ad 99 miles on it and I enjoyed driving it down to Bethlehem Steel that week. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yea Jim,I didn't like the half fender look and the flat dash but they grow on you. Like the forward axle full fender CH better. Here is the first CH I drove in 1990 as a rental for one week. It only ad 99 miles on it and I enjoyed driving it down to Bethlehem Steel that week.Having driven CH's, Visions, and Pinnacles, I have to say that the CH is still my favorite post-R model Mack. I was not a fan of the flat dash until I actually drove one and saw first hand how functional it was.I drove a Pinnacle Monday night and noticed that in the dark, with only the dash lights lighting the cab, the dashboard looked very similar to that of an early CH with the center section angled toward the driver. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice pics Tim. I hauled many a gallon of milk in a CH-613. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mike,was it for a carrier in Vt? Most milk haulers in the NEK had Macks to start out with. Holden had R models and Superliners. Mike, how are the CX's compared to the CH in the city? They look like they can turn on a dime. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice pictures,Tim.Yeah I wonder where it is too? It's probably hauling gravel or containers around yet! Maybe one day MACK will do a search for the oldest running CH! My wife and I went to Quincy Mack Sales in early '88 to look at a used RL 686 S.Our salesman,Norm Rhea,showed us some pictures of a CH that had been shown to the salesmen at Allentown for a sales meeting.I remember thinking,thats never going to replace the R (with the following that it had)! They showed me! I never have driven one (except to move it around in a yard). It took a while for them to grow on me,but what the heck they still had a bulldog on the hood I've heard pros and cons about 'em,but thats with anything. I know one thing,you see an awful lot of them with a bunch of miles on 'em,still working everyday!! And why shouldn't you, they're !!!!!!! 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/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I wasn't on the farm pick up end with the CH. This is at the Shaw's supermarket in Randolph, Vt, (formerly Grand Union). Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 is that an s-pride trailer? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nope. Its one of three identical 32' Great Danes they bought new, in 1997 when they still had the plant in Bennington Vt. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Very nice Mike. I remember seeing those trailers on the road. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mack "seeded" at least one CH prototype with common carrier Advance-United back in the mid 80s. My first impression was that it looked like a Renault design... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mack "seeded" at least one CH prototype with common carrier Advance-United back in the mid 80s. My first impression was that it looked like a Renault design...Interesting observation.I wasn't sure what to think of the set-back axle models at first, but always thought the axle-forward was looked like it had evolved from the B and R. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23832-ch-at-mack-headquarters/#findComment-107413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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