57 bcr Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Separated by more than 50 years. Does anybody know,was that dry air cleaner (on the B), a factory option or a retrofit? I have seen a couple,but that's all. 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/137/#findComment-377798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Got to see the sharp ch and nice flatbed for stork mack delivering block at the new black well shop for dupage forest preserve we re doing the site and pipe and footings asked the driver if he wanted to switch trucks and he said no lol I was hauling stone in and fill out with the RD Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Do you guys remember the steel hauling outfit in gary ind called artim they ran r models and short flat beds hauling steel to aurora cat Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I have seen 2 or 3 B models with that dry style air cleaner Al. I wanna say it was a factory option. all of them had the same unique formed 4'' 4 hole air inlet 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Do you guys remember the steel hauling outfit in gary ind called artim they ran r models and short flat beds hauling steel to aurora cat Yes I do mackey. They were on a BULLDOG magazine cover with a gold/white R model in the '70's . They later had some Cruise-Liners too. A driver that worked where I did in '79,would run lowboy for us during the construction season, then run for Artim during the winter. Al 1 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/137/#findComment-378419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 that actually looks pretty well cared for...not normal for around here 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I seen hager excavating s superliner that was ruffolo with the e9 in it I was empty way ahead of him he was loaded with 3in maybe he wanted to stay out of the mighty em6 300 l smoke cloud lol.his is s nice truck also that dump in aurora was a swamp. This morning Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Love those R models with the cut off bumper ends. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-378680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Doing black dirt at blackwell forest preserve s new building on mack rd when that nice granite came in for Mr stark think it said Rick on the door very sharp Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackey58 Posted September 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2017 Doing black dirt at blackwell forest preserve s new building on mack rd when that nice granite came in for Mr stark think it said Rick on the door very sharp 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Not sure why but we hardly ever see Granite tractors here in Ct. See some in Mass. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Wow never saw that one before 4 axle b before. How's your b project coming along Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Ok should have finished my coffee looked closer st the pic and saw the jeep hooked up to the 5 th wheel Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 look at this custom vision i saw at the dump today...must be a joint venture with navistar...never saw an international bumper on a mack before! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 The bumper looks good. It matches the duct tapes mirrors very nice. Looks like they "shaved" the fuel tank steps too. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 57 minutes ago, Nobody454 said: look at this custom vision i saw at the dump today...must be a joint venture with navistar...never saw an international bumper on a mack before! That truck comes in our concrete yard a lot that's the third or fourth bumper I have seen on that truck in a couple years. Just like our south of the border owner operators in my neck of the woods their requirements for a truck is it has to have a jake brake and twin stacks preferably six inches in diameter that look like a pair of chrome plated culverts strapped to the cab. Oh and lets not forget the huge air dam chrome bumper preferably bent and straightened out on both sides I even saw one with clearance lights lined across the crease to try to hide it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS7 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 In 1979 and 1980 I worked on the big I-94 (Edens) rebuilding project. Most dumps were Mack (R and still a lot of B's back then). What I recall best is the everyone made good money. What has happened to the Chicago area? Pure greed did in a lot of contractors (Orange Crush) and others, but why is all this junk on the roads? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Ok should have finished my coffee looked closer st the pic and saw the jeep hooked up to the 5 th wheel Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 No the big out fits like guys and ladies who haul for less so the can't buy the right parts or back up I'm not gonna get on my soap box we ve all seen them 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I get pulled over for not taping the last load of the day cause the swith broke yet I see the so of the border or other euro shit not tarp and there tailgate s leaking like there spreading stone wtf 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 50 minutes ago, mackey58 said: I get pulled over for not taping the last load of the day cause the swith broke yet I see the so of the border or other euro shit not tarp and there tailgate s leaking like there spreading stone wtf You have to use their tactics your the minority now so start screaming discrimination but I doubt it would do you any good like it works for them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/8/2017 at 8:36 AM, james j neiweem said: Not sure why but we hardly ever see Granite tractors here in Ct. See some in Mass. don't know how many but J.P Noonan has a number of Granite tractors. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Saw one of your boom trucks deliverin what look ed like a grease trap at the dupage forest preserve job in Warrenville the day I saw the stark truck he made 2 trips in with pup trailer with parts nice truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Nobody454 said: look at this custom vision i saw at the dump today...must be a joint venture with navistar...never saw an international bumper on a mack before! At least it has a smile on it's face! It kind of looks like something off of Disney's "Cars" or maybe "MACK-sumum Overdrive"! LOL! 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/137/#findComment-379447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 4 hours ago, TS7 said: In 1979 and 1980 I worked on the big I-94 (Edens) rebuilding project. Most dumps were Mack (R and still a lot of B's back then). What I recall best is the everyone made good money. What has happened to the Chicago area? Pure greed did in a lot of contractors (Orange Crush) and others, but why is all this junk on the roads? all this junk is on the road because all the big guys have figured out that they can charge $125 HR for a truck and find some dummy who thinks he is making good money @ $70 but cant buy the right bumper for his truck. So the big guys sit in the office making all the $$$ not owning any trucks...and the poor saps that run for them make NOTHING just my 2 cents Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/137/#findComment-379448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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