Popular Post PeterMack Posted October 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2014 I drove an RB for welch for two years it was always the cleanest best taken care of R model in the gravel fleet until they put me in a loader this year its a shame to see it now I think it may have been washed once this year.I have a picture of your former truck. I posted it awhile ago but I will re-post. I have seen it a few times this week and in the last monthand it looks trashed. A shame. I'll give you credit for keeping it clean in Welch's yard because that place is either dust or mud. Nohappy medium in there and if its dusty all the yahoo's fly in and out of there all day stirring it up. Would hate to leave my pesonalvehicle in there let alone the truck.Since I already posted the RB I will also post Welch's R water wagon from their Belvidere yard. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ranchhopper Posted October 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2014 That was my truck had her all chromed up center caps, moons and stainless lugnut covers every morning after I got to the pit the kozak cloth came out and all the dust from the night before came off. Stan bought all the chrome for me because I took good care of the truck fixed all the minor stuff myself those guys wont even change out a burnt out marker light they write them up so the mechanics have to do it. That truck was originally one of our straight trucks It was great has a mack thirteen speed in it hooked to a 350 and locking rear ends has a twenty thousand pound front axle and forty four thousand pound rears so it rode hard that pic must be from just before I put the chrome on it looks like I just got done polishing the front wheels they were chalk white from years of acid washings and concrete dust. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted October 18, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2014 Here is another RB with a hydro seeder I saw the other day belonging to Cooling sod farm. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Today I had to run an errand up north of my place and I made a little detour to see if this Mack firetruck was still parkedin the same place, and to my surprise it wasn't. It used to be stuffed in the woods but today it was sitting out front. It mustbe able to run, It has been sitting here for awhile. I think it says, Rockton/Roscoe or Rockford/Roscoe on the boom.I'm not sure what year this would be. I'm guessing 60's? I don't know that much about Mack firetrucks. It had a "diesel"badge on the front that looked the same as my b-model. What would be in this truck 673,711? This is the only one thatI have ever seen in person. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 What kind of suspension is on that yellow granite. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 not sure what they actually call it...but I think it is the new version of the Hendrickson walking beam suspension 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 James J. It is a Hendrickson Haulmax walking beam new style rubber block. I have it on my Western Star I like it not a bad ride nothing like the old Hendrickson rubber block. Not much maintaince and articulates well.Just about every Waste Management Trucks that I see has it. Joe D. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 What kind of suspension is on that yellow granite. Yes, it's the Hedrickson Haulmax. I've heard it's really good, but I guess since all the other plow trucks they have, mostly Internationals, have the same style they wanted to stick with it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-263953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 Here are a few pictures from a Chicago land fallen flag construction co. Harry Kuhn. I did not take these photos. These were found on Flickr. Not sure who took them, some nice photos nonetheless. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Drove part time for Harry filling in for guys off work on my vacation time while working for Clearwater farms hauled chips to the plant all day or asphalt or just following a grade all loading up broken curb that was quite an operation very impressive. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 My dad and an uncle both worked for Kuhn. A lot of our "rules" and procedures are based on what they did at Harry W. Kuhn. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Brad, I always liked the quick-coupler coolant lines on their trucks. A mechanic there told me they would plug all the trucks into a series of piping at islands, and a huge tank of warm coolant inside the shop, would circulate through the trucks all night. The trucks could leave after air was built up. Harry did not want the guys starting the trucks, then coming back in for coffee, while the trucks warmed up. Understood. 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/66/#findComment-264244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted October 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2014 Here is my First Gear Harry Kuhn R-mixer that was custom made for me. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Wonder what happened to the mixer trailers harry used to use on paving jobs. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted October 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have seen a few Mack's on my adventures lately. Last week there was a Meyer/Ozinga RD inside the building I was delivering to.27 acres under the roof. Week took 52,000 tons of CA-6 for the pad to this building over the summer. Also saw an always cleanDon Ragona Granite, and Orange Crush RD, a Chicagoland Paving RD, and the new cell for the Dekalb county landfill. KRG didthe excavation. Damn big hole that is being covered in plastic and has to be topped off with chips and then buried in trash. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Where is that building you took all the ca6 to Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 They are hard at work putting the RB I used to drive and the trailer back together sorry no pics but the driver missed the stop sign at a T intersection in the fog Saturday with a load on and dropped into a narrow four foot deep ditch on the other side dropped in and bounced into and over the other side and went through to fences before coming to a stop in a field. Any other truck in our fleet would have lost the front axle this has a 20000 front and 44000 rears hitting the other side of the ditch destroyed the bumper and when the bumper came up messed up the hood they had to heat the bumper brackets to bend them down again. the trailer had one of the saddles ripped off that keep the frameless trailer aligned going down the road also had to replace the steering wheel as it was cracked by the driver slamming into it I hear I might be the lucky guy who has to haul gravel with it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Oh boy oh boy!! Sounds like a fun day! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Im sure it wont be like it was when I drove it this spring for a day. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 No might be fighting the wheel all day to keep it straight Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Where is that building you took all the ca6 toMackey, it is Weber Grill's new HQ and warehouse in Huntley. Spent a good month going back and forth to this building.Took some pictures along the way. RYAN did the dirt work, Pirtano did the sewer and I caught their Mack on sight.The whole pad had to be limed also to firm up the ground, and the building was put up by ATMI pre-cast. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 They are hard at work putting the RB I used to drive and the trailer back together sorry no pics but the driver missed the stop sign at a T intersection in the fog Saturday I'm just guessing but did he fly off the end of Melms rd after he left the pit? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Yep that's where he did it I drove the truck all day just a bit of pull to the right no worse for wear after its ordeal I did start calling it the general lee this morning. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nice ! Hauled on site here in Joliet for Ryan pirtanos truck is pretty nice looks like that was a nice job to haul to Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Our guys rolled a lot of pipe at the Weber job. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/66/#findComment-264795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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