umodelnut Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/26554026@N04/6347515564/http://www.flickr.com/photos/truckexposure/6281531287/http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoriff/6171009878/http://www.flickr.com/photos/11248169@N00/6630664411/http://www.flickr.com/photos/braker220j/6322784899/http://www.flickr.com/photos/braker220j/6848930161/ i like this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The Roadway looks like a 700. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 ya it is a U700.prolly had a detroit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Blaylock Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Ya I remember back in 85 I was running in Alabama a lot how much fun it was blowing those newer crossbreed Roadway Macks off the side of I 65 in my 74 all MACK gold bulldog on the hood RS795LST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Cool stuff, Cousin Vinny. I could sure go for a Detroit-Powered U Model, that's for sure.Cousin Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Cool stuff, Cousin Vinny. I could sure go for a Detroit-Powered U Model, that's for sure.Cousin BenLast fall there was a Detroit powered "U" model at the YRC terminal in Morton, IL. I actually seen it dropping off a piece of freight. I use YRC due to contract and I personally just like the guys there. They were not running the truck and it was being rotated out. It disappeared shortly afterward. It was pretty rough but supposed to run good.Uncle Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Last fall there was a Detroit powered "U" model at the YRC terminal in Morton, IL. I actually seen it dropping off a piece of freight. I use YRC due to contract and I personally just like the guys there. They were not running the truck and it was being rotated out. It disappeared shortly afterward. It was pretty rough but supposed to run good.Uncle RobHmm, I bet they scrapped it. That stinks.Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hmm, I bet they scrapped it. That stinks.BenI don't know for certain. The truck left with several others out of the yard. Could have went to an auction. The name was spray painted over on the doors as usual and the cab was rusty, but it supposedly ran well.Uncle Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 uncle rob you got any pics of that u model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 uncle rob you got any pics of that u model?No as I didn't have a camera with me. It was orange and blue as most were, (along with a lot of rust).Uncle Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 No as I didn't have a camera with me. It was orange and blue as most were, (along with a lot of rust).Uncle RobOld Big-R joke-"why does Big R paint the fenders on their trucks blue?""so the drivers know which end goes under the trailer"......................crickets chirping.............. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Old Big-R joke-"why does Big R paint the fenders on their trucks blue?""so the drivers know which end goes under the trailer"......................crickets chirping..............I hear em; where's the sprayer......Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 VinnyThanks for posting the picture of the Boyertown Burial Casket Co. Macks. I work for them for almost 12 years until they were bought out and closed down in 1987. I started as a salesman, then regional manager in Cleveland and Detroit and finally marketing manager working out of the home office in Boyertown,,PA where that photo was taken. They were only 20 miles south of Macungie and had a fleet of U and R Macks. When I was transferred back to the Boyertown in 1986, they still had a B Model that was used for yard and local work. I often wondered what happened to those Macks. Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 VinnyThanks for posting the picture of the Boyertown Burial Casket Co. Macks. I work for them for almost 12 years until they were bought out and closed down in 1987. I started as a salesman, then regional manager in Cleveland and Detroit and finally marketing manager working out of the home office in Boyertown,,PA where that photo was taken. They were only 20 miles south of Macungie and had a fleet of U and R Macks. When I was transferred back to the Boyertown in 1986, they still had a B Model that was used for yard and local work. I often wondered what happened to those Macks.hey DCR, do you have any pictures of their U models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Do not have any pictures of any of their Macks. A couple of the drivers knew I was a truck/Mack nut and would let me pull the truck in to unload or back out after but never took any pics. Now, many years later I wished I had. Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Vin,that last picture (the one you like) is from a company near where i used to live in South Jersey,they had both U's and R's last i saw they were running CH's and at least one CX. They were big into rental trailers,and imagine they liked the U-models for putting trailers into difficult places.....................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Vin,that last picture (the one you like) is from a company near where i used to live in South Jersey,they had both U's and R's last i saw they were running CH's and at least one CX. They were big into rental trailers,and imagine they liked the U-models for putting trailers into difficult places.....................................MarkCool thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 like the peterson trk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 nice pic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 A Mack U model hanging out with 3 Mack LT's, a Brockway and a few off brands.Cool! I'm diggin' the B Model on the trailer too. Bunch of cool trucks there, that's for sure.Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 sorry vinney,,,still waitin for the old lady to scan pictures,,,was supposed to do it last nite,,,but i dont see them lol,bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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