2stacksuperdog Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 i know ill never buy a brand new electronic truck if i don't have to. I already clean and help take care of my dads trucks now and ill keep tehm going as long as possible. 2 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 And your Chicago area R model of the day is....[img=http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif] Mush at Yd. 25.jpg Mike Dhamer's R688ST.Always liked this truck,especially the color of it.[img=http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif] Mikes Green R.jpg[img=http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif] file006.jpg[img=http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif] Mike's R & Axle.jpgLike an olive metallic green. love that long,tall, chrome, single stack. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted January 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2013 I love all these old R model pics. Thanks alot for posting them.. There's still quite a few left running around here, but sadly none are near as photogenic as the ones y'all have been posting. I don't know what it is, but trucks don't seem to get taken care of down here in the South near as well as you guys in the Midwest and North do, with a few exceptions, of course. It looks like the drivers and the owners of the trucks you have pics of truly took pride in what they did for a living. I've been driving and running equipment for a living for about ten years now, and I've seen a huge difference in the average truck driver's attitude and performance in that short period of time. 9 out of 10 drivers I know are just there for a paycheck. They don't care what they tear up, if the truck is clean or in good condition. Not to be a downer, but it really saddens me to think what the next generation is going to be like. I'm afraid all of us Mack guys are a dying breed. At least we've got Vinny to carry the torch! LOLGlad you like them as much as I do,Jake! I'll keep posting them until I run out.Remember, a lot of the pictures I am posting are from the '70's-'90's when these trucks were newer.There are a few exceptions,though.Yes,driver pride has a lot to do with the way a truck looks, and how it is driven.When you don't have pride, you get whats left.....nothing! You're right,I hate to see what the future will bring sometimes.I always hated talking to the guys who told you,"yeah,I couldn't get a job doing what I wanted to, do so I'm driving a truck". Like you say,we have Vinny & Ben and a few more MACK guys to keep this going.There is a few bright spots out there,for the future! 3 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted January 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2013 Here is your Chicago area R model of the day.. Arrow Marine Transport.They ran a bunch of '70's vintage R's until the early 2000's! All CH's now.They haul bulk cement,sand & gravel,precast concrete,and large boats (where they got their name).Bill Bedell photo 4 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dds92780 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That white one actually looks good with the black tanks on it Quote Slow and Steady Wins the Race! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 that r jones pulled up next to me on 355one day about a year ago while i was going up to mundeline and i about tapped da car in front of me !! it looked like it just rolled out of the dealer.it is a very beautiful truck that blue and chrome really pops in the sun 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted January 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2013 Glad you like them as much as I do,Jake! I'll keep posting them until I run out.Remember, a lot of the pictures I am posting are from the '70's-'90's when these trucks were newer.There are a few exceptions,though.Yes,driver pride has a lot to do with the way a truck looks, and how it is driven.When you don't have pride, you get whats left.....nothing! You're right,I hate to see what the future will bring sometimes.I always hated talking to the guys who told you,"yeah,I couldn't get a job doing what I wanted to, do so I'm driving a truck". Like you say,we have Vinny & Ben and a few more MACK guys to keep this going.There is a few bright spots out there,for the future! Well said Al,i surely agree. i guess i'm one of the lucky ones,as i actually WANTED to be a driver like my Dad and Grandad were. And fortunate enough to be shown the "old school" ways of trucking,keep your truck up & clean,don't look like a bum,take some pride in both your equipment AND yourself,care about the job you do! respect your equipment! i take some degree of "guff" when i talk trucks with the newer drivers,"why waste the time and effort.it's just a truck" my answer is usually "No,its not just a truck,its my home,office & bedroom,it pays my bills,keeps a roof over my families head,is putting my wife through college,and many other things" and besides, thats MY name on the door! and no,i did'nt want a pete or KW, but settled for a Mack they just don't get it!...............................Mark 3 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Here is your Chicago area R model of the day.. 8371678168_f3510f74e9_b.jpg Arrow Marine Transport.They ran a bunch of '70's vintage R's until the early 2000's! All CH's now.They haul bulk cement,sand & gravel,precast concrete,and large boats (where they got their name).Bill Bedell photoAwesome! Canadian Built. I'd like to find a Canadian Battery box lid for my U model. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jakebrake86 Posted January 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2013 Well said Al,i surely agree. i guess i'm one of the lucky ones,as i actually WANTED to be a driver like my Dad and Grandad were. And fortunate enough to be shown the "old school" ways of trucking,keep your truck up & clean,don't look like a bum,take some pride in both your equipment AND yourself,care about the job you do! respect your equipment! i take some degree of "guff" when i talk trucks with the newer drivers,"why waste the time and effort.it's just a truck" my answer is usually "No,its not just a truck,its my home,office & bedroom,it pays my bills,keeps a roof over my families head,is putting my wife through college,and many other things" and besides, thats MY name on the door! and no,i did'nt want a pete or KW, but settled for a Mack they just don't get it!...............................MarkMy dirt business has been pretty slow the past couple of months, and I had a friend that just started farming and wanted to get into trucking, so I helped him pick out a truck. It's a nice ride, an '05 Vision flat top. I had been running it hauling grain for a couple of weeks off and on. It's the newest, nicest truck I've ever driven, and it's a MACK! I had a dirt job come up so he had another guy come in to drive it. He said, "Oh, it's a Mack? Well, I was really hoping for a nice truck but I guess it'll have to do." He drove it for an hour, got it loaded, brought it back, and said he just can't drive anything but a Pete or a KW and it has to be at least a 2010 model. He just can't stand driving junk. Man, if i'd have been there, I believe it would have been very difficult to resist the urge to bitch slap that punk. 4 Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted January 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2013 that r jones pulled up next to me on 355one day about a year ago while i was going up to mundeline and i about tapped da car in front of me !! it looked like it just rolled out of the dealer.it is a very beautiful truck that blue and chrome really pops in the sunHere's another shot of it,mackey.......... 3 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Is r jones a big company. Only seen that r and a Pete 6 wheeler...Look at the arrow truck. It has the old school green clearance lites up top... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Is r jones a big company. Only seen that r and a Pete 6 wheeler...Look at the arrow truck. It has the old school green clearance lites up top...Don't think so,Trent.Only seen the 2 trucks ,also. Good eyes,I too,seen the non-DOT approved green marker lights! 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted January 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2013 And your Chicago area R model of the day goes to: Mike Dhamer's little brother,Jim (who had the blue/white Hendrickson before this one) 5 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackman1965 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Not sure where to post this but since the show I was watching was in the mid west i guess i will post it here. The show took place on the road and there was a sign on the side of the road that said Engine brake use prohibited . I haven't seen that here in NYC . Is that a common thing out west? Quote Local 282 Union Service Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 You will see that type of sign around New England. Not alot, but here and there based on what the local gov. has to say.Usually when you are coming into a small village. Some will say "Engine Brakes Prohibited" and some will be nice and say "Please No engine brakes". Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I dated a girl for a while that had a blonde friend that asked " who is this Jake Brake guy? He must be some kind of an outlaw. There's all these little towns that he's not allowed in." 1 Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 damn!!!! tks for that 2nd jones pic Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 damn!!!! tks for that 2nd jones picNo problem mackey58! 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackman1965 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 You will see that type of sign around New England. Not alot, but here and there based on what the local gov. has to say.Usually when you are coming into a small village. Some will say "Engine Brakes Prohibited" and some will be nice and say "Please No engine brakes".Geez when i think about the racket we used to make in the rolloffs that used to do the night work in NYC hammering down 3 wide on 2nd av with the engine brakes ripping thru the open pipes not to mention the box crashing up and down on the rack . Ahhh to be 23 years old again 1 Quote Local 282 Union Service Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Not sure where to post this but since the show I was watching was in the mid west i guess i will post it here. The show took place on the road and there was a sign on the side of the road that said Engine brake use prohibited . I haven't seen that here in NYC . Is that a common thing out west?We have them everywhere around here (Northern Illinois),mackman. It seems that about 10-15 years ago a few local farmers had bought some older Cummins powered (Jake equipped)road trucks,and put some younger farm kids in as drivers.As soon as they got these old "road whores",the first thing they would do was pull the mufflers off & put straight pipes on 'em (I'm not opposed to this,when driven right).Then they would run 'em like their Chevy,Dodge ,or Ford pickups on a Saturday night,and in the small quiet towns while going 35mph,felt the need to let everybody know they were here,by hitting their Jakes.Not everybody needed to know,and now we have signs in a bunch of towns around here.I've seen signs that read "NO ENGINE BRAKING" or "USE OF COMPRESSION BRAKES PROHIBITED".I think the most reasonable sign I've seen is "ENGINE BRAKING IN EMERGENCY ONLY". I think thats fair,as a former user of the Jake Brake (both of my MACKs had 'em). The argument has been around since the '60's when the Jake really hit the scene.When abused,its a problem.When used as NEEDED,it can be a life saving & brake saving tool for the truck owner. 1 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storkmack Posted January 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2013 #1 Salmer truck#2 Bob Gould's late 70's RS#3 Chicago Elmhurst Stone RS mixer#4 Midwest Forestery RD 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 #1 Salmer truck#2 Bob Gould's late 70's RS#3 Chicago Elmhurst Stone RS mixer#4 Midwest Forestery RDLike the green Gould RS600L! Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thanks,Brad for picking up the slack! ........Al 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/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Like the green Gould RS600L! I agree... that truck is gorgeous! Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 gotta agree. green on green is sweet. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/14/#findComment-160706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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