ranchhopper Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I was on a job with Mike Meyers the other day. Watched him get buried in front of me while trying to turn around. He ended up getting out while dumping, wasn't his fault. The ground on the job is pure garbage. I told the guy from the paving company to just pave over the ruts. I give it two years before the parking lot gets torn out and re-done. Saw a Granite from IN with a skid steer on Fri, and this morning I saw some new Granite's stacked up ducking the portables that were set up on Lake-Cook Rd. He went south on 53 back to 12 and then up. Was headed north on 12, up towards Grayslake Mack maybe?Followed Mike on my way back to the pit to get my last load of the day he was on his way home he turned off on allen road I went up to big timber. I like the old single axle B his dad has Mike told me he bought it the year he was born I hope he restores it when he owns it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Mike Meyer's truck is actually a late '80's glider kit that was kitted from a '75 or so R model. Jerry "Jughead" Swanson had N. Ill. Mack kit the truck. He ran it until he bought his maroon RD sometime in the '90's. Another Bernardi Cartage O/O(Jay) had it for years before Mike got it. Far as I know, the red paint is 80 something vintage! Faded yes,solid you bet! Al 2 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/89/#findComment-287503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 somebody told me lake-cook road is still a 73280# road. we run 80000# (or a little more) so when I go that way I take Dundee over to rt 12. maybe that's why they were out with the portables today Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Followed Mike on my way back to the pit to get my last load of the day he was on his way home he turned off on allen road I went up to big timber. I like the old single axle B his dad has Mike told me he bought it the year he was born I hope he restores it when he owns it.I have pictures of that B-model about 40-ish pages back. Mike still has his green R-model also but it was nosed in and I couldn't get a good shot of it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 somebody told me lake-cook road is still a 73280# road. we run 80000# (or a little more) so when I go that way I take Dundee over to rt 12. maybe that's why they were out with the portables todayYes. That is exactly why they had them up. The Palatine cop sits and watches that like a hawk. I think its entrapment in my opinion.None of it is marked out on 53 or Lake-Cook through there so if your not from the area how would you know. You are doing the rightthing the way you are going. Palatine might still screw with you but at least your on an 80,000 pound road. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 here she is with 79 axle trailer not a high horsepower hauler but i like it and its kinda fun to driveVery sweet combo!!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Can you still order a new CH axle forward with the large Mack logo as on the red CH. I believe you still can. If not, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to order up that grill and put it in a new one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 somebody told me lake-cook road is still a 73280# road. we run 80000# (or a little more) so when I go that way I take Dundee over to rt 12. maybe that's why they were out with the portables todayYes lake cook rd is a hot spot for the portables. I live a few miles from here and it Seams once every month they are out there collecting money from unsuspecting drivers that run to the last exit of "53" and use lake cook to get to rt12. I don't know why they don't change the routing of 53 to use that 1 mile segment of lake cook rd there is nothing between the highway and Rt12 . Only thing I can think of is that they want to keep heavy trucks off the bridge over the marsh? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 here she is with 79 axle trailer not a high horsepower hauler but i like it and its kinda fun to driveSaw you this morning on 80 just east of 55. You were EB and I was WB. Right where that grey DOT Tahoe was sitting in the middle. Lookin good!!!!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted April 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 Saw the Norm Shuldt six wheeler today. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thank you was going to the lafarge pit to haul 3"to mound rd were put in those box culvers that were stacked there since 2008 then did the sewer and water now doing the road bed that's I'm driving that new deere rental haul truck 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-287618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted April 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2015 Here is yet another Rich Johnson DFC(Werhane) R-model truck.....(I know it's not a Chicago truck!,But hell,same geographic area,anywho!) Al 6 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/89/#findComment-287791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Saw an Orange Crush Granite today hauling some concrete forms. I'm thinking they were for Builders Concrete that was on the job. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 A little off topic, but I came across this picture of a Hendrickson vs. a tree. Looks like it didn't turn out well for either. The articlesaid it happened in Round Lake Beach, but was sketchy on details. Al do you remember this truck? Looks familiar. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 That's one massive cherry tree looks like a good part of the load went over the top it sits atop the tree branches. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Funny you should ask, but yes I do! That was Bob Sass (I think he lives out in Poplar Grove or Capron now) at Rte 60 & Bacon Rd.(Grayslake),I believe. That was really a clean,straight, 1- owner truck too. He had at least one more Hendrickson that he was going to build with a 12V-71 in it. He ended up buying an old W.Smith Cartage CH (painted it black) to replace the much mangled Hank you see here. 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/89/#findComment-288297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thanks Al. I know I had seen that truck before and I figured you would remember seeing as there are not to many Hendricksons left around here.1 owner, that's crazy! Sad end to that truck. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted April 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2015 Saw some Builders trucks today. Easier to take a picture when they're all parked. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Saw sweet Sid Kamp truck while waiting for a barge to go through on Brandon in Joliet. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Saw a sweet Sid Kamp truck while waiting for a barge on Brandon in Joliet. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Are the Builder trucks any relation to Orange Crush (Polumbo). The frame color and numbers on the bumper look similar. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Are the Builder trucks any relation to Orange Crush (Polumbo). The frame color and numbers on the bumper look similar. Yes. Palumbo/Orange Crush owns them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Are the Builder trucks any relation to Orange Crush (Polumbo). The frame color and numbers on the bumper look similar. Yes, Palumbo, Orange Crush, Builders Asphalt/Concrete are all one in the same. I think all or most of the builders trucks are formerlyOrange Crush trucks. The door jambs are still painted orange. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Saw these trucks on Sat hauling in concrete railroad ties to the pit. They are from out of town. Had Nevada and Utah plates on them.They are doing the UP line that runs along RT38. I guess they have thousands of cross ties to bring in, each one has 25 lbs of steelin them. This company also had a CL700 and a Granite but I did not get pictures of them. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Saw IH Farms this morning, maybe just got loaded? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/89/#findComment-288799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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