other dog Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I went down to Long Island Lumber the other day and got a load of mats going to a pipeline company in Idamay, West Virginia. Talk about middle of nowhere, Idamay is out there...or is it Idamae? So is Long Island for that matter. It's only a few miles from where I live.I took a few pictures, just in case anybody was wondering about mats.This is where I unloaded-Front axle's off the ground after unloading.They had a huge stockpile of mats, light and heavy duty.Big timber bolted together.This is where they make them in Long Island.I went there yesterday when I got back from the eye doctor and got another load.I noticed they had a bulldog mirror on the control tower for the debarker.I saw mirrors with a truck attached to them in Pittsburgh. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Cool R model. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 II went there yesterday when I got back from the eye doctor and got another load.I noticed they had a bulldog mirror on the control tower for the debarkerI saw mirrors with a truck attached to them in PittsburghThe eye doctor did you some good...............I watched a track hoe (the real digging kind, not the olympic games type) cross a marsh at a river replacement job and when he got to solid ground, he just drove off the mats, dug a hole and pushed them down in the muck and covered them up. He was doing his part to keep bulldog mirror watching mat industry workers gainfully employed. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Picture of dogs looking where they've been and where they're going, date on the back said July,2008. I remember taking this on 460 in Appomattox. Every time the pickup stopped all their heads would pop out, when it started moving again they'd disappear back inside. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Great pictures of the mat factory and I would say some one was going rabbit hunting. The ole dogs were say'in, Are we there yet? How about now? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Great pictures of the mat factory and I would say some one was going rabbit hunting. The ole dogs were say'in, Are we there yet? How about now?I've seen a few bumperstickers on pickups with a dogbox on it that says "when the tailgate drops,the bullshit stops"! usually has pictures of beagles on it...........................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 PJ Caruso paving had been around for a good number of years. My dad was friends with some of the guys there. They always had a bunch of Mack's and always took care of them. That's a typical Pittsburgh triaxle right there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 PJ Caruso paving had been around for a good number of years. My dad was friends with some of the guys there. They always had a bunch of Mack's and always took care of them. That's a typical Pittsburgh triaxle right there.This is right across the street from Galv-Tech, all the trucks i've seen there are Macks. Most are newer, but that R-model just looks tough. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 It's Idamay. I've made several deliveries to the Alasky's furniture warehouse which is also on that property. My bills always listed Farmington as the town. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 This is right across the street from Galv-Tech, all the trucks i've seen there are Macks. Most are newer, but that R-model just looks tough.Yeah they're right on 837. Do you load in/out of the techs often? Yeah that tough looking r was typical around these for a a lot of contractors up until a couple years ago when a lot were replaced by either newer Mack's or peterbilts with aluminum bodies. Those heavy spec triaxles are what I grew up around. 237s 300 350 with loholes 44 or 58 rears and steel bodies. They could haul aggregate,coal, sand, or slag. Pretty much a utility workhorse. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 got a friend that is hauling large exc's to a site in WV. said job will go for 5 years. Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Yeah they're right on 837. Do you load in/out of the techs often? Yeah that tough looking r was typical around these for a a lot of contractors up until a couple years ago when a lot were replaced by either newer Mack's or peterbilts with aluminum bodies. Those heavy spec triaxles are what I grew up around. 237s 300 350 with loholes 44 or 58 rears and steel bodies. They could haul aggregate,coal, sand, or slag. Pretty much a utility workhorse.yeah, I loaded at Galv-Tech twice this week, 3 times last week I think. We load there a lot. That's probably where i'll load Monday. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24788-all-about-mats/#findComment-116642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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