57 bcr Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's called driving in an area that was filled before winter,then "slicked off" with a D-8/drag beam. Now add a boat load of snow that can't drain off while melting and you get a MINEFIELD! We were spreading topsoil on it so the farmer can plant it. He has a red tractor,so he might have better luck than me! 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/54/#findComment-248052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What pit you working at up north I take it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Yard # 5,Algonquin, Mackey. 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/54/#findComment-248065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Ya just can't hide in a fishbowl! Breaks are at 10am & 2pm 15 minutes a piece during the 12 hour shift. Good thing you didn't go by Friday,you might have seen this......OOPS! (yes that too was me)Good thing you don't work at Vulcan. You would have had to put wheel chocks under it since you were parked 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2014 Here is an article about Palumbo from a 1999 Toy Trucker Magazine I had. Had a nice picture of their old R-models lined up. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2014 A Palumbo (orange crush) B-model parked in their yard. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 To bad the other Chicago legend Celli is not around to keep the Chicago Mack's alive. Lindhall is still around but I guess they are still Paccar. Any current Illinois dump fleets using Macks oher than Orange Crush Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 To bad the other Chicago legend Celli is not around to keep the Chicago Mack's alive. Lindhall is still around but I guess they are still Paccar. Any current Illinois dump fleets using Macks oher than Orange CrushLindahl was demo'ing a few Macks this winter. Other than that, Plote's dumps are pulled by Macks. Prairie's mixers are mostly Macks. K-5 still runs Macks also. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 D construction in coal city and p t ferro still have macks 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2014 Here is a Palumbo R Model from the internet. I believe John Almond took this photo but I'm not 100% on that.I'm gonna say this was taken in the 80's or possibly early 90's. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2014 Palumbo Superdog. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just don't show a picture of their Barnyard Buick Lone Star 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/54/#findComment-248716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just don't show a picture of their Barnyard Buick Lone Star I already took care of that a while back, but luckily enough I have plenty more Mack pictures like this Builders Asphalt/Orange Crush/Palumbo and any other name I can't think of right now, RD Mack. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-248785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2014 Some more Palumbo Equipment. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2014 More Palumbo. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 are those Palumbo B models recent pics? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 are those Palumbo B models recent pics?Those pictures are from a few months ago. They were taken at their main office/yard. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 like to have one to go with my Celli B and Greco B Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 like to have one to go with my Celli B and Greco BThey would look pretty cool if you could restore them all to their original colors. Not sure that the Palumbo B's are for sale. I would guess not. About 11 years ago I came across a B model in Council Bluffs IA that looked a lot like a Palumbo truck.I was in one of the U.P.'s big yards out there hauling out old railroad ties and across almost 20 sets of tracks I could seea big building that was fenced in and full of old Macks. I had a little time to kill so I crossed all the tracks and went up to the fence and saw this orange and black B. Said Anderson Exc from Omaha NE on the door. There was also a D,F, MHa couple R's and other Macks behind the fence. Maybe I was at the Harbison west storage lot and I didn't know it 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 They use any of the B's? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 They use any of the B's?They might have one around as a yard dog somewhere but I don't think any see the street anymore. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2014 The other morning I pulled in the pit and saw an R-model that I have not seen before. Not sure where it is from. Took a coupleother pics while I was in there of my Dad getting loaded and the big WA900 Komatsu used for loading the haul trucks. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-249838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2014 Was all over the place yesterday. I was in Dekalb in the morning and spotted this RD from Loves Park on a job. Later in the afternoonI had to deliver to a landscaper in Woodstock that is very well hidden in the woods. When I made it back to the clearing there was hisR-model sitting there. Had a DM with a hydro-seeder on it also, but there was too much stuff in the way for a decent pic of that. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-250014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2014 Took these pictures just a few short months ago. I'm so glad winter is over. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-250429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSD501 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Took these pictures just a few short months ago. I'm so glad winter is over.Were you hauling out of Vulcan Lake Bluff today? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/54/#findComment-250525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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