umodelnut Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Almost cried when I saw them. All these old Macks, R models, DM's, U MODELS, they just line the streets of Haiti!!!! W....T....F....The U models. Most of these trucks are beat to all high hell. Some are nicer though. It kills me to see these old Macks runnin over there, it TORTURES ME to SEE THESE U MODELS OVER THERE. It beats me with a stick kicks me in the place where no man should be kicked and tortutures me to see all them OLD U models with green dashes and big oil bath breathers over there!!!! But, the way I gotta look at it is, if 90 percent of them trucks were still over here, theyd be scrapped, it shows that you cant kill them Old Macks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Vin, I never saw so many R and U models in one video. Those trucks are worked hard! Ben and I were wondering what those trucks smell like inside.Tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Vin, I never saw so many R and U models in one video. Those trucks are worked hard! Ben and I were wondering what those trucks smell like inside.TimI don't think I've ever seen that many U models in one place!!!!!! And R's. I bet the inside of the cabs smell like B.O. Rotten food. Eh. Nasty. I'm going to go over to Haiti, work over there so I can drive a U model every day. Better export me a V plow though. I'm not dealing with all that traffic B.S. I keep thinking about that little old black U model single axle U....I should just go over there and buy as many as I can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rich Reinhart Posted January 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2013 I dont think I`d go to Haiti for any reason.. 3 Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I dont think I`d go to Haiti for any reason..I agree 2 Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I watched these a few days ago....Really is hard to see them in action over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel25 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I have a few old r models. The exporters are always trying to buy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reinhart Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I`m sure there is no Mack network there, since Haiti is the poorest country in the world..so I`m sure there parts department is taking one truck off the road and stripping it.. Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I`m sure there is no Mack network there, since Haiti is the poorest country in the world..so I`m sure there parts department is taking one truck off the road and stripping it..dont they steal them off the road? Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I had Papa watch them. He thought it was sad. It's just sad. Fenders broke layin on the tires, fuel tanks in the ground. Ugh!!! Makes me mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I had Papa watch them. He thought it was sad. It's just sad. Fenders broke layin on the tires, fuel tanks in the ground. Ugh!!! Makes me mad.We sold an old oil truck to a guy from africa he said 30 years from now it will still be running but it will look nothing like it did Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Vin, I never saw so many R and U models in one video. Those trucks are worked hard! Ben and I were wondering what those trucks smell like inside.TimSmell like ganga, mon 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 How about someone runnin a 700 V12 Brockway down there in Jamaica Man? Try and find one in the states? Yet some icehole corksuckin bastage exporter sent one down there!! It just don't add up sending a 2.5 mpg truck to a country that pays about $8. per gal??? I know how ya feel kid! It just tears the heart outta ya!!!!BULLHUSK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 How about someone runnin a 700 V12 Brockway down there in Jamaica Man? Try and find one in the states? Yet some icehole corksuckin bastage exporter sent one down there!! It just don't add up sending a 2.5 mpg truck to a country that pays about $8. per gal??? I know how ya feel kid! It just tears the heart outta ya!!!!BULLHUSKYet they probably don't know how to drive so they probably blew it up Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 If I had to go over there it would be cool to have a Detroit with big pipes and a jake, I think people would get outa the way!!! I know a CH that went over to Africa. I wish I never would have found these videos. It just makes me sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reinhart Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 If I had to go over there it would be cool to have a Detroit with big pipes and a jake, I think people would get outa the way!!! I know a CH that went over to Africa. I wish I never would have found these videos. It just makes me sad.Trust me, they won't move for that Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'd end up running them over. I'm sure nobody would mind or notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Haiti? looks like a real shithole! i almost thought it was Detroit,till i saw the blue sky! guess the guy with the RD-Model is some kind of king or emperor?............................................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Haiti? looks like a real shithole! i almost thought it was Detroit,till i saw the blue sky! guess the guy with the RD-Model is some kind of king or emperor?............................................................MarkQuite a few of them trucks have a lot of stickers and weird visor stickers all over the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Smell like ganga, monwe talkin long hair jamaican here or the local haitian stuff? Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Life of anything means little to the "Barbarians" of the world,be it a living thing,or something mechanical. 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Lots and lots of Macks!Great company indeed.Too sorry about their shape.Perfect demonstration of reliability. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post farmer52 Posted January 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2013 I get upset when I see all these Macks being exported. The exporters and people who sell to them are just out to make a quick dollar! (and these trucks typically go to third world countries that beat the livin' $hit out of them). This drives the prices up and makes it more expensive to purchase a truck (collector or user). If nothing else, these trucks are a good source of parts for restorations or to keep other old Macks on the road working for a living.My mini-rant of the day. 4 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I guess I see things a bit differently. As mentioned Haiti is among the poorest countries in the world, a few years ago devastating earthquakes added insult to injury there. I have a couple friends who perform missionary work to Haiti from their church in Tampa, FL several times a year. The pictures & stories that they bring back will make you cry and turn your stomach at the same time. The simple fact that these trucks continue to do what they were built to do makes me happy, There is probably just barely enough money to keep them running and no where near enough to maintain them. Had they never been exported they would have been scrapped. Everyone on this board and several other boards want every truck saved. Can't do it, there isn't enough disposable income in our society with the current economy so the next best thing to happen to these trucks is for them to live on doing what they are suppose to do in these less than desirable situations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Most of those trucks are owned by the government,how come no kw or pete's in the video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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