Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2015 I was out in Rockford today right down town on the river. Meyer Material's old batch plant is still standing. It is on top of a brick buildingand it looks like the trucks would load in the building under the silo. There was rail running to the plant so I'm thinking much of their material came in on rail. Where I was dumping was an old ComEd pump house with turbines that were connected to the dam. The Meyer plant, ComEd, and the old Ingersol Rand building are all right in a row on the river and are all being torn down or re-vampedfor a 27 million dollar Rockford Park Dist project. Our tax dollars hard at work I guess. I had to drive through a narrow old openingto get to the job. The old rail line ran on top. Kinda neat. While I was in Rockford I see that Plote andWilliam Charles are redoing rt2 into town. Saw a couple Plote mixers and a William Charles R-model.The one mixer looked like it took a hit on the drum. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Looks more like that mixer hit a low viaduct I had a friend who drove for material service in the 80s he did the same thing and when he got back to the yard parked with the flat spot down so he didn't have to hear about it until morning when he told them about it. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 In NYC they run those as flowboys for asphalt . If you run trailers for hire you need to have them ,the more the better. With triaxles or quad axles they are good for 40 tons . Running dump trailers for asphalt into spreader boxes seems like ages ago. That is a great looking unit. Love those Mack day cabs. Judging by the buildings in the pictures are they used for hauling farming materials?Thank you Mackman. Actually that is an asphalt belt trailer. The buildings u see in the background is just my friends place where I park. They are great for paving, unless u are in a tight subdivision. That trailer is 31' long where dump trailers are usually 22-24'. Can't wait to see how good it works with the crazy poly surface we are gonna put down on 88. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Yea gallager has some well the trucking outfit Shepley has themI was close Mackey, lolI see the oil tanker has both names on it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 that little stone cut out is likely 100 years old. stone bridges of any kind are rare. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yea I think there in together some kinda deal ya know lol 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Left today at 3:30am to get the flatbed in shorewood to haul some pipe line stuff to genesco with the mighty r model out trailer want loaded had to with till5 am was back to shop by noon cause I brought stuff then on the the axle dump hauling stone till 3 very nice day 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-292997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2015 that little stone cut out is likely 100 years old. stone bridges of any kind are rare. I bet your right. I would think they are saving something like that. I had a picture on my phone as I was a little closer to the tunnel.Pretty amazing how its put together and all the stone is running on a angle and then following the curvature of the tunnel. Someawesome engineering went into it for sure, especially for those days. I just wonder how it was put together, if they had to formthe curvature of the tunnel with wood first or if was done another way. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2015 Was in Meyer Algonquin the other day and saw an old Meyer R model. Looks like its an Ozinga yard dog now. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Did ozinga buy out meyer? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 yes. ozinga bought the redi mix trucks and plants. I think the company that owned meyer kept the quarry business Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I remember when they bought those old Rs they didn't have any power steering. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Not to sound dumb where is a normal spot for the pyro to run on the r with 300 7 speed try to keep it around 6 on the needle climbs to close to 9 on a long hard pull in 3rd Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 1050 was max if I recall. From my experience Its common to see 800-900 on a good pull. 600 when cruising. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Had a good pic of that R model,Brian and some Celli CH's delivering powder last year and accidently deleted them from my camera, DOH! Those R's were bought brand new in '87 and weren't plated until '89. Meyer tried to get their drivers to go on percentage instead of hourly,and they refused. They had EM6-275 for power and 2070 trans and had P/S. They batch they bought before that('71's) did not have P/S.They were hoping the guys would want new trucks instead of the money,they figured wrong. 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/94/#findComment-293258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Ok that's what I thought it holds at 6 when criusing and 8 to9 like you said thanks and yes Al I heard that same story about Meyers from Dale I hear LOTS of stories from Dale I love when I'm dumping stone on a Job and he tells me Al would have keptmthem tighter lol he is funny work with think he has an accout with dunkin donuts we call him Dale donuts 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 I bet your right. I would think they are saving something like that. I had a picture on my phone as I was a little closer to the tunnel.Pretty amazing how its put together and all the stone is running on a angle and then following the curvature of the tunnel. Someawesome engineering went into it for sure, especially for those days. I just wonder how it was put together, if they had to formthe curvature of the tunnel with wood first or if was done another way.that is really a cool structure. Lots of little details you wont see with plane old concrete.I wish some of these local abandon railroad tracks could be donated to the Illinois Railway Museum fto get them some more trackage for them to operate on. Im glad they save most of the right of ways with the use of them as bike trails but a cool old railway line that could serve a few towns for trips would be even more intresting. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2015 I took these pictures at least 10 years ago of what I think is an A model Mack, former Meyer truck. It was sitting out behind Maggio'sfor the longest time. I think the last time it was plated was the early 90's. The story I got was that is was from one of Meyer's Rockfordyards and they used this truck to pull out stuck mixers. When the driver retired they retired the truck. I don't know if that story istrue and I'm not sure where this truck went. It disappeared shortly after I took these. 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 cant figure out how to post the link...but that 89 r model "dale transport" tractor (which pics were posted of) with a 2014 coras dump trailer is on ebay for ... a buy it now of $69000.if that's worth $69k, its time to sell everything and retire Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Here is the link.http://www.ebay.com/itm/MACK-1989-R-MODEL-WITH-2014-CORAS-1-4-FRAME-DUMP-TRAILER-/171826361738?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2801a6358a&item=171826361738I was hoping he had two rigs for sale. Buy now and save! 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 trailer new is about $33k. the R model is beautiful...but priced a little high. pretty sure it wont be exported! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2015 A friend passed these pictures along to me of Plote's new Granite and their CAT trucks all lettered up and ready to roll. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackdaddy2030 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I saw they weren't at Mark's anymore. They are prob gonna wait till July 1st to put them on the road for when the new plates are out. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Today another friend of mine also spotted a couple Mack's, one of which was driven by Mr. Tommy B in his RD waving out the window,and the other was the Drake Superliner. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Those Cats would be good looking trucks if they got rid of that hideous grill. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/28785-chicago-r-models/page/94/#findComment-293826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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