Popular Post Vladislav Posted November 29, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) Just had neither snow 3 days ago. It started fallen from the sky yesterday afternoon and continues non-stop. At least 10 inches to the moment. The temperature keeps 2 degree under water freeze so I'm enjoying the weather extremely. Had a nice road trip today, here are some pictures. Need to add, all this is not out of a way, it's normally in Moscow city. Vlad. Edited October 22, 2018 by Vladislav 3 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 nice pics, looks like crappy driving weather, do they salt and sand the road or just sand? Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 They salt. That salt is so dirty so looks like with sand.Really everything looks like... You can see it. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Looks like i81 Sunday morning above Syracuse on my way to Lowville lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 It was the midday time.Morning and evening was jammed everywere. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackniac Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Vlad , is the Green Mack's is yours ?if so I know where it is coming from !!this truck use to be with SGT transport near Drumondville Québec , Canadathe name of the company is St-Germain Transport. Quote Makniac , collector and customizer of die-cast model in 1/50th scale Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Vlad , is the Green Mack's is yours ?if so I know where it is coming from !!this truck use to be with SGT transport near Drumondville Québec , Canadathe name of the company is St-Germain Transport.Mackniac, thank you for the note.It's mine, yes, and I have them two.There was a discussion here and we considered for shure they're from St.Germain.Here is more about: http://www.bigmacktr...le-in-a-garage/Today's picture - Old dogs dislike holes in a snow. 2 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Vladislav: I see SGT trucks running through New England all the time. Now I know what the letters stand for. Who put the nonstandard headlights on your Mack? BTW, those pictures remind me that winter is coming to NE soon, brrrrr! bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Vladislav: I see SGT trucks running through New England all the time. Now I know what the letters stand for. Who put the nonstandard headlights on your Mack? BTW, those pictures remind me that winter is coming to NE soon, brrrrr! bulldogboyThe headlights are aftermarket, here in Russia. I hate rectangulars on the second truck and dislike that 4 rounds. I'll redo it into original look, waiting for surrounding plates at the moment. Parts shipping requires time though.Vlad Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I saw a little snow in West Virgina and Maryland Monday night myself. This was Tuesday morning on I-68 in Maryland. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Nice shots Tom, but it's better to look at then to drive through.I see now the States are not Texas only.Hope you're careful, avoid extremal break each time when you note a bikiny girl in the snowy woods aside a road. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Mark 2 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................MarkHell!Out of comments :twothumbsup: Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hi Vlad, That heavy a concentration of salt must really raise hell with those trucks over there, how do you cope with it? What about the secondary and country roads, do you still have to deal with a lot of unpaved roads? One thing for sure, back in the winter of 42, Hitler's fate was being sealed by the Russian winter, combination of snow and mud............Regards, Paul Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Mark I had time so I stopped and picked them up and gave them a ride and warned them up. Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................Markat least they're wearing sensible shoes. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Vlad,we do get our share of bad weather here in the states,but even winter usually does'nt stop the bikini girls! i saw these girls standing right in the middle of the road in Gurnee,IL wednesday morning,but i had a lot to do stopwise,so i was'nt able to stop and see what they were doing! (believe that i'll tell you another!)...................................MarkI bet their nipples could etch glass! 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hi Vlad, That heavy a concentration of salt must really raise hell with those trucks over there, how do you cope with it? What about the secondary and country roads, do you still have to deal with a lot of unpaved roads? One thing for sure, back in the winter of 42, Hitler's fate was being sealed by the Russian winter, combination of snow and mud............Regards, PaulYes Paul, salt make it's job. A friend of mine drive Scania of 1989. He had to change frame crossmember under the 5th wheel because it was rottet through.Good quality cars ride 6-8 years rust-free, Russian Lada's get yellow stains in 2-3. When driving everyday in a city. Local roads are usually sended or just clean.Most roads of the central region I live have asphalt. There are locals made of sand-stone mixture connecting little citys, and too little villages have connections with ground roads. But it's in a distance of 200-300 km from Moscow. Russia is too centralized country. Civilization concentrates extremely in the capital and degreesing by a distance. It was politic of Soviet times, now it's a way of oil money distribution.Hitler sealed, yes, but first he covered 1000km from June to November with wide front. He hadn't powers enough. But he wasn't fool. Vent back from Moscow for 100km in a comfort area and fixed there his positions for next 2 years. Many were died by cold, he didn't prepaire for winter war. His plan was to accupate Moscow before winter starts.There was Napoleon in 1812 also. 2 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Yes you are correct Vlad, and I also believe a major blunder was starting a major offensive on June 22, way too late into the season. The blunder being to quell an uprising I believe in Bucharest, lost 3 months with that operation and bringing equipment back to the front and refitting tank tracks, etc etc etc. If BARBAROSSA was launched April 1st as planned there may have been a different outcome also. Other major blunder was going in as a liberator and soon discarded that with all the Russian people now against him, instead of having Russian forces fighting with him against Stalin, he now created more armies with a vast number of people now against him fighting for Mother Russia.............Paul 1 Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 It's true Paul, I'm surprized and glad to know that you're interesting in that part of WW2.As for me I learned about Omaha beach (and was there) due to the interest for US army Mack trucks.It wasn't too popular subject in Russian common war history. 2 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post paul roncetti Posted December 1, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2012 Well Vlad, I was born during the war, and where I live, Cape Cod, there was a big military presence as I would say 1/3 of the Afrika Corp POWS were held here and worked in local businesses like farms. My father ran a night shift of them at the local dry cleaning plant, and being Italian got along well with them, LOL. Also, 85000 americans were traing here on the beaches for D Day, so they were up at Camp Edwards too. Plus, along this whole east coast around 2800 US supply ships were sunk by German subs. The coast was manned with navel guns and heavy rail guns. Matter of fact another sub was found last summer off of Nantucket, it had sunk the biggest oil tanker we owned and was sunk after a battle with support vessels. Sitting upright with the swaztika painted on the deck. German embassy out of Boston stepped in right away, hands off, German War Grave. But the Russian campaign if facinating because of the shear scope of the undertaking, will never ever see anything like that again with massive land armies We also have a lot of Russian and Ukranian students here working in the summer of which I have sponsored several and love any time spent talking with them, about history........Paul 3 Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Heavy seige gun used in seige of Sevastopol. Gun crew including engineers, security, mechanics, solders, Luftwaffe etc, 4200. Three months to assemble and 60 rail csrs to move. Fired total of 48 shells, each weighing 7 tons, during whole war. Only remains of 3 built at end of war, was a spare gun barrel and trunion, on a rail siding in Poland. Nikita was quite facinated with this story.........Paul 1 Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Thanks for sharing your pictures of the weather in your area. It's good that you like the snow and cold.I think the R model looks best with single round headlights. I saw a little snow in West Virgina and Maryland Monday night myself. This was Tuesday morning on I-68 in Maryland.I got on I-68 westbound in Cumberland at 0400 Tuesday. We're getting closer.at least they're wearing sensible shoes.And that's all that matters.I bet their nipples could etch glass! Yeah right, I'd like to see them try to do that...... Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Nice shots Tom, but it's better to look at then to drive through.I see now the States are not Texas only.Hope you're careful, avoid extremal break each time when you note a bikiny girl in the snowy woods aside a road.. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-148996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Webbed legs are sooooo hot!! Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28596-winter-has-come/#findComment-149000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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