Green Dash Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 We are fortunate to live in an era when going back in time is just a few "mouse clicks" away. And thankfully, no matter how much trucks may change in appearance over the years, boobies stay the same. 2 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Those rizzy trucks are in Plainfield on rt59 south by fraizer rd he's got 2 ford six wheelers and tons of stuff rotting away there Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Yes boobies and nice butts make fir a great day no matter how much traffic 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh774 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 That's not where I found these. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Tried to find rizzi on bing maps rt 59 plainfield. Can't seem to find it. Should be an interesting view. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Those rizzy trucks are in Plainfield on rt59 south by fraizer rd he's got 2 ford six wheelers and tons of stuff rotting away thereMackey there might be some more in Plainfield but these three trucks are on Liberty St in Aurora. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 This R-model belonged to Don Sonntag. He was nice enough to get me a picture of it. Don hauled for Meyer Material for many years.This truck was a 79 with a 237 and a twin stick. I asked him about the newer grill on the truck and he said the louvers on the R didn'twork and he really didn't care for the looks of them so one day he was at Mack and they had a newer grill there for sale so he bought it.He repaired and repainted the truck and put the new grill on. I think this picture was taken in the early 80's. Don also had an R-modelwith a bunk and then later a CH. He currently still owns a Mack which I took a picture of this morning. A former Sancken truck, I believehe said it is an 01. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Damn shame to let them fall apart like that would be a good project truck for someone the 2 ford six wheelers are in plainfield he just locked the doors didn't sell anything Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-257805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I am so happy I found this thread. Lots of great pictures and info on here. You seem like a great bunch of guys and have lots of knowledge about the history of the trucks and companies from back in the day. I've been in business for ten years and for my construction trucks I've used all Macks. '74 DM and '98 DM six wheelers and now I have a '98 CH 613 with 427 and Mack 13 speed. Bought the CH and my '00 Ravens dump from Zimmerman back in '09. It was originally ordered for Trumbill excavating I guess for a lowboy truck. I'll have to check the dash plaque for the correct spelling. Not sure if they are in business anymore. When I first started I use to work out in the burbs a lot, but for the last 8yrs Curran of Dekalb is where 90% of my work is so I don't get out of Dekalb and Western Kane county too much. So I don't get to see all the cool trucks like you guys do. In the spring and fall I do go down to Joliet to pick up fertilizer and that's about the only time I get to see some different stuff.It took me awhile to read through the 1800 plus posts, but I learned a lot.That red and white R model with the T800 grill is my buddy's. He parks where I do in Sycamore. It says Robert H Martin trucking on the door. His nickname is Snake. He use to work for Curran but they downsized last year and he went out on his own this year. A while ago you posted that it was spring time and the dump trucks were out. The yellow RD was his. It was an ex Curran truck. He got bored with that and bought a Pete. The motor went on that so he bought the red and white one. It's an '80 with a newer RD cab on it. 300 with a 13 speed. He is now pulling my grey Ravens dump cause I bought a '14 Trail King Red River belt trailer a couple weeks ago.I would have loved to buy one of those Rossi Contracting brand new RDs with trailers cause that is my last name also. To rich for my blood to just have around as a show truck, lolThough I remember when they were first posted on Truck Paper. My one buddy said he found me a trailer that already had my name on it, lolI'm gonna try and get some of my buddy's old pictures from when he worked at Curran. He started in like '71 and just retired a couple years ago.I see no one mentioned that Nagel supposedly has two brand new early 80's R models and I guess a brand new first year CH. I've heard that from a couple of people.Plus I think Geskes still has and old R model that they cut the back half off of and use the power train to run something for the plant. I'm not great with computers so I'll have to figure out how to post pictures and find these posters easier. Looking forward to learning more. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthetrucker Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 This is the first time I had seen this truck this morning. I did not catch the name on the door yet and I'm not sure where it came from but it looks like somebody took a T800 grill and put it on the front of this R-model. Interesting looking for sure.It almost looks like a Superliner coming at you from a distance with the larger looking grill up front. It's not the worst thingI've seen done to a truck. Definitely different.Thats my new truck ,its a kenworth grill on it.I picked it up in Iowa last month. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Welcome aboard. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted September 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2014 Was down south today and saw a few Macks. A couple Hager Granite's hauling dirt, a random RD on 111th, I had to go to Boughton'sfor a couple and got a picture of one of the new trucks and while I was waiting to get loaded I took a shot of one of the haul trucks dumpinginto the crusher. If you look up the haul road from the crusher there is a DM water truck headed down the road and on the way home Isaw an R that I think was once an Aurora Blacktop truck, or it looked just like one they had anyway. Mackey I also saw the Rizzi trucksyou were talking about at 59 and Frasier. I could see the one RD out back hooked to a van trailer. That place looked like a mess. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Man you where close to out shop 143rd and Steiner rd is where we re at but I was in grifftin ind on site been there since last wed yea that rizzi lowboy is just rusting away Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Man you where close to out shop 143rd and Steiner rd is where we re at but I was in grifftin ind on site been there since last wed yea that rizzi lowboy is just rusting away Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thank you PeterMack.Have you guys heard anything about Nagel having those brand new R models? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Did you get caught in that cluster at Vulcan Sycamore this morning PeterMack? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 About the R model with the T800 grille,that don't look too shabby. Does anybody remember the grille kits for R models you could get in the mid to late '80's . Can't remember who made them,but they looked like a smaller Superliner grille. I've got part of one somewhere in my inventory. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Did you get caught in that cluster at Vulcan Sycamore this morning PeterMack?Yeah, for a little bit anyway. What a bunch of pieces of Sh-t that are hauling for Ozinga/Paschen. I was on a job all day and had to gothe same way as those clowns. 35 to 45mph is all the faster they would drive. Bunch of clock suckers. Bagged 4 of them on 23 butthere was always another to get stuck behind. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted September 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2014 Mackdaddy I will pull out a Rossi pic for you from the Tom Bronge collection. Not sure when or where he took this picof a Rossi B-model fuel truck. They probably still have it if I had to guess. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Mackdaddy I will pull out a Rossi pic for you from the Tom Bronge collection. Not sure when or where he took this picof a Rossi B-model fuel truck. They probably still have it if I had to guess.I saw that water truck a while ago. Think it was at ohare inside the airport. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Thanks for the pic of the B model. I would love to buy that truck. I was thinking about stopping by their office this winter and seeing what the story was on that truck and if I could put my name on the "call list" for if they every sell it. Also would love to see if they had some old pictures. We got sent to the pit, thankfully on the clock, till they decided if we were gonna be able to pave or not. I was in the pit 1hr on my second load. Then we got cut off about 9:30amDon't get me started on those trucks milking the clock. Last year it was even worse. Curran had all those trucks running cap stone/milling up to 90 and the where doing 40-45 the whole way. My truck has the 427, but she is getting tired. It was dynoed at 360 and I was able to pass them like crazy. I got into it with too many of them last year and my buddy that is a company driver, and speaks Spanish, told me that the Guys milking the clock had a hit out on me and wanted to kick my ass, lolThe nice thing is I'm usually one of the first trucks to get loaded with mix and I don't have to deal with the strokes till I lap them.I could tell so many story's about the bs, but can't type that much. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I actually met Tom about a month ago. I didn't even know about this thread then. He I rode down to the Chi Town Large Car Show with BJ Campbell and he followed us in his Pete. I was heartbroken when he told me he sold the Greco truck. I also met some old school construction owner ops at the show. The one guy has been doing it for 35 yrs and his family for 45. It was great to be able to hear some of the story's. I wish I got those guys names. Maybe Tom did. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hey petermack don't you just hate that !!! Same when I'm out hauling equip on the big road getting behind guys doing 45 that sucks same hauling fill when you get to the dump it's a nightmare 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 That B815 and trailer are something for sure,wish I could have bought it! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I actually met Tom about a month ago. I didn't even know about this thread then. He I rode down to the Chi Town Large Car Show with BJ Campbell and he followed us in his Pete. I was heartbroken when he told me he sold the Greco truck.I also met some old school construction owner ops at the show. The one guy has been doing it for 35 yrs and his family for 45. It was great to be able to hear some of the story's.I wish I got those guys names. Maybe Tom did.Tommy is a trip for sure. He was bugging me for BJ's number because I had mentioned he was going down there, so I gave it to him, thenI quickly called BJ to apologize. I think Tom needed someone to follow. If he gets out of his little circle he gets lost.Hey petermack don't you just hate that !!! Same when I'm out hauling equip on the big road getting behind guys doing 45 that sucks same hauling fill when you get to the dump it's a nightmareYeah, I get being on the clock and not getting in a hurry but 35 in a 55 is ridiculous. I think this is one of the reasons people in there cars areso damn nuts trying to pass in no passing zones and other unsafe places because they've all gotten stuck behind one of these a-holes.That B815 and trailer are something for sure,wish I could have bought it!As far as I know that truck/trailer went to Georgia. I would have to ask Tom where it went exactly. Not sure if the guy was a collector orwhat will happen with that truck. Hopefully it went to a good home. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/59/#findComment-258739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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