Nobody454 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 apparently everyone thinks red paint costs too much. a friend works at k5, everything is supposed to white from now on, looks like ozinga thinks that too. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Ozinga buying Macks now or is that an ex Meyer. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I think BCR57 told me Ozinga bought a batch of trucks that another company didn't take and that was the reason for the white ones.They have a mix of everything now that they've bought or tried to buy everybody in northern Illinois. Was dodging a bunch of those clowns yesterday. They must have the drivers wound tight over there cuz they drive like idiots! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Thought No. 1 That's a BIG pour! No. 2 Surprised with all that water it isn't more muddy. Must have an excellent subbase and base. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 More area to re done next summer when it falls apart Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Ozin ga and prairie the big players not many small outfits left Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 One thing to remember about the Hampshire ozinga boys is they will see you pulling a pretty good hill and you have a good head of steam then pull right out in front of you and stop to make a left turn a driveway or two up the road. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storkmack Posted December 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 Ozin ga and prairie the big players not many small outfits leftWe are one of the few really small players. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 And that's nice to see their are a few left here narvick is still around Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thought No. 1 That's a BIG pour! No. 2 Surprised with all that water it isn't more muddy. Must have an excellent subbase and base.It's sitting on a pretty good base. Rock Solid came in and did all the soil stabilization. They stayed a day or two ahead of us, then we camein and laid down 60,000 tons of CA-6 over that. Ozinga set up a batch plant just up the road for this pour. They are doing it in sections. Scurtois doing the concrete work. After they pour the Scurto guys are out there riding on the machines that do the concrete finishing, about 4 or 5at a time smoothing out the concrete. Interesting to watch. I bet between the gravel & concrete the floor is two feet thick. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Saw this the other day. I think this might be an old Lima Exc truck. Think is says Eddies Landscaping on the door now. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
upsman Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Oozing a drivers are wound up. If they get caught carrying a cell phone in the mixer it's goodbye job! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Just a few pictures from my travels today. I took a couple pictures of a towing companies yard that is right at Wolf Rd & 58 in Des Plaines. I've noticed there is a black R-model tow truck and behind it a Ford 9000 with a bunk on it. I've seen them sitting back there for years. Also saw a white R-model sitting on 31 in Mchenry, the whole passenger side fender is blown off behindthe headlight. Looks like the Super Mix conveyor didn't want concrete all over his windshield, had it tarped off pretty good! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I think the tow yard is, or was, or still is Schimka towing, or something like that 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-314863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Saw a Meyer RD conveyor truck and one of Bulldog Earthmoving's RD's with a demo trailer on. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Going to grayslake in the morning will be a nice ride taking 2 excavator buckets up to washington st putting in a new crossing Saturday at 4 am Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Going to grayslake in the morning will be a nice ride taking 2 excavator buckets up to washington st putting in a new crossing Saturday at 4 am4 am? Sounds like an early morning or a late night! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Borrowed this picture from Ernie's Facebook page. They posted a ton of great old pictures there. There was no info with this one. I'm gonna say mid to late 80's. Looks like somebody flopped over a Value Liner. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Friday morning I was on rt 12 heading to rt120 when berger s titan lowboy came up on me nice truck ! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 These pics were passed along to me from a friend. Lenzini's freshly redone R-model. Very sharp looking truck, but from the soundsof it we will not see it running around here. It will be going to his new home out of state. Sounds like it will be used for a little hobbytrucking/excavating. Damn good looking truck! 10 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 I saw some pics of this truck on facebook.. Looks great.I remember seeing His fleet of R models pass by my neighborhood when I was a kid. I still live about 2 miles from his old yard in Lincolnshire. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hard to believe that truck started out in life as a plain Jane, spoke wheeled,Dan Lodesky fleet unit. I don't know the year of it,but had heard it was the first 300 in Dan's fleet. Seems to me it was a '74 or '75. It has been updated extensively. 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/109/#findComment-315981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wow very nice I bet I could have talked my boss into buying that one then we d have two dependable r models!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thats as sweet as it gets. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-315998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Ran the RD all day Thursday hauling3/4 to delong to backfill ramps there ran like it was brand new 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/109/#findComment-316976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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