PeterMack Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I took this back over the summer when the plants were still green. Went by this farm between Dekalb and Waterman a fewtimes and saw this Value Liner with a decent wheelbase on it. I think its just a yard dog for hauling pig slop. I would get acloser pic but it was probably a 1/4 mile off the road and I was moving. Turned out ok. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-320211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Got a wave from Jimmy V in the Curran lowboy last summer. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-320389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Nice lowboy tractor Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-320395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 S&H lowboy I saw over the summer picking up leftovers from a Prairie plant that is no longer in use. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-320699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Heres another Chicago R model I pulled a low boy with this tractor in the early eighties when Ed Beltz owned it he bought it from an oil company in elgin had a much nicer paint scheme then. The horn button read this truck custom built for John Yazel so it was one of his early trucks it was sold to Shanahan when Beltz went under. I tried to buy this truck numerous times and Jeff Shanahan never gave me the courtesy of a call back I spoke to his secretary a couple times left him my number and even had some of his employees relay the message to him. So now it sits in a yard for sale in Michigan after sitting idle in Shanahans yard in south elgin a mile and a half from me for years I cant tell you how ticked off I was when I saw it advertised in the truck paper. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bulldogbred Posted January 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2016 Loading out broken concrete on demo job in Glenview Rolling out with the lowboy all done 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nice pics Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Heres another Chicago R model I pulled a low boy with this tractor in the early eighties when Ed Beltz owned it he bought it from an oil company in elgin had a much nicer paint scheme then. The horn button read this truck custom built for John Yazel so it was one of his early trucks it was sold to Shanahan when Beltz went under. I tried to buy this truck numerous times and Jeff Shanahan never gave me the courtesy of a call back I spoke to his secretary a couple times left him my number and even had some of his employees relay the message to him. So now it sits in a yard for sale in Michigan after sitting idle in Shanahans yard in south elgin a mile and a half from me for years I cant tell you how ticked off I was when I saw it advertised in the truck paper.That truck was really a head turner when you drove it Kevin. There just wasn't a whole lot of those around here,let alone still together in the late '80's. Isn't that the way that stuff seems to go. I hate when that happens. Now it'll probably go on a boat ride to who knows where. Al 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/112/#findComment-321333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Jeff is such an arrogant pr!!!k that's why the truck landed in Michigan if Andy would have still been in partners with him that truck would be sitting in my driveway right now. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes the ram air exhaust wonder how fast the turbo was spinning without oil when they were hauled down there on a flatbed.You never know lol maybe the transporter knew what he was doing and turned that pipe around before loading the truck backwards.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Heres another Chicago R model I pulled a low boy with this tractor in the early eighties when Ed Beltz owned it he bought it from an oil company in elgin had a much nicer paint scheme then. The horn button read this truck custom built for John Yazel so it was one of his early trucks it was sold to Shanahan when Beltz went under. I tried to buy this truck numerous times and Jeff Shanahan never gave me the courtesy of a call back I spoke to his secretary a couple times left him my number and even had some of his employees relay the message to him. So now it sits in a yard for sale in Michigan after sitting idle in Shanahans yard in south elgin a mile and a half from me for years I cant tell you how ticked off I was when I saw it advertised in the truck paper.Back in the day they put the "custom built for" plaque on the horn instead of the dash? It's hard to tell from the pic, is it a long hood? That really sucks that he never got back to you!!!!!!That is Chicagoland history. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yes its a long hood RS700L nice old steel dash truck. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogbred Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 My RS700L says custom built for "Your Mama" on the steering wheel. The guy who originally owned it was Jimmy Wigginton who's dad owned Evanston Fuel and Material. He went by the nickname Your Mama and so thats who my truck was built for.... He died in a motorcycle wreck I believe. His brother Wesley used to have a truck in the area I believe up until at least a few years ago. We bought the RS700 in like 2002 I think from Jake Marsoobian from Gurnee/Wildwood. Supposedly my RS700 was featured in Overdrive magazine back in the day. It was short framed, maroon in color with tall straight pipes when we first bought it and only had bud wheels on front. I wish I had a copy of that! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Surprised I never saw that truck in all the years I have been in the area I would have remembered it if I did. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 J.J.(Wiggington) told me it was the same truck I had seen at the corner of 1st Ave. & Joliet Rd.(McCook) back in the summer of '86 when I hauled out of Vulcan along with other MEYER regulars.. The truck at that time was red & white and had seen better days. Can't remember if it originally had a V-8 or a 6 cylinder? I know its got a 300 or so in it now,right?Anyway after J.J. finished restoring it,you sure couldn't tell it was the same truck. If I recall,most if not all work was done at N.I. Mack. He was a Wildman to say the least,but a good guy once you got to know him. Thought he died in a car wreck on Washington St. in Gurnee. I could be wrong.Thats been a while ago. Al 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/112/#findComment-321552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bulldogbred Posted January 26, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2016 Correct all the work was done at NI Mack. JJ put a new cab on it around 88 I think so it doesn't have the 76 cab. When we got it the truck had the old twin stick 6 speed with a 300+. It was pretty rough from sitting around and I think maybe Jake had some guys drive it. I couldn't dare leave it alone and my uncle Bill that has the shop in Rockford put an E7400(was originally a 300) out of a garbage truck in it. We also put a 12 speed mack in it. Lengthened the frame and put 3 leaf 38K rears under it instead of camelback which it had. It is honestly a joy to drove the truck. On the back of the cab I had pinstriped "Pulling for Your Mama" in honor of JJ. Jake used to truck a lot for dad and thats why we ended up buying it from him.Him and Wesley came out and took pictures of it after we got it finished around 05. I never knew JJ because that was before my time but I have also heard he was a wild man. My dad actually went to Allentown in the 80's between working for Doetsch Bros and starting on his own to pickup some new trucks for my grandpa. Wesley went with him and they both drove trucks piggy backed home to Grayslake. If anybody ever comes across pictures from the truck back in the old days I would appreciate seeing them. It was supposedly pretty sharp after JJ spent all the money on it. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 All out of likes bulldogbred! The old truck looks good. Leave it to your uncles to make improvements on a Mack! I always admired those guys and their talents. Good story.Thanks for sharing.Don't have any pics on JJ'S truck. Just remembered he had his Dayton rims chromed! Al 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/112/#findComment-321607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Saw a Lima RD six-wheeler the other day on 41 and I saw an RB going over the scales on 41. I think the RB might be from Wisbut I'm thinking former Lodesky truck? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Nice rd 6 wheeler Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-321748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSD501 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The red RB is a CLK truck, Kirschoffers daughter runs the CLK trucks. You were up in my neck of the woods again... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The red RB is a CLK truck, Kirschoffers daughter runs the CLK trucks. You were up in my neck of the woods again...Yep, been up there all month on a job in Waukegan. Just not in my red/silver truck. I'm hiding in a black/red Pete with a bigger dump trailer. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted January 28, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2016 I borrowed this pic from a friend who drove this R model for Nissen back in the day. They had just got the trailer newwhen he took this picture. From about 10 years ago. My friend doesn't work there anymore and that truck/trailerdoesn't look as good anymore either. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Very nice yea there stuff is kinda rough 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSD501 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Yep, been up there all month on a job in Waukegan. Just not in my red/silver truck. I'm hiding in a black/red Pete with a bigger dump trailer.Where are you working in Waukegan? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Cardinal Health on Waukegan rd. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/112/#findComment-322231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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