storkmack Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I-80 west bound between Ottawa and Utica this afternoon passing a speed bump. Now if I could turn the clock back 40 years and see a Circus Wagon closing in on me. -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Real sorry about the upside down pic. The I-pad keeps doing that. -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Good day for a drive. Where's all the snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Wife came in and asked why I was holding the laptop upsidedown...lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 OH my neck hurts. Who turned the world upside down?mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 The rain took care of the snow. It was a good day to be working. Had my foot in the dog's ass hard today. Between that and the cold only pulled 4.95 MPG. - Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Wife came in and asked why I was holding the laptop upsidedown...lol.Maybe someone here can help? When I select the picture to post, it is right side up. Then after it loads, it's up side down. What gives?-Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Try posting when your standing on the ceiling?Let us know how that works out for ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Apparently an I-pad (I-phone or other new gadget) is NOT a good thing to have when it comes to pics. Just sayin' Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Try posting when your standing on the ceiling?Let us know how that works out for ya... I tried that. Hurt my head. -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 ....My chiropractor bill will be sent to Railroad St.! 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...
Green Dash Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Good day for a drive. Where's all the snow?It probably fell back into the clouds since snow doesn't actually stick to the ground.Thanks for the pic Brad. Australia's highways look the same as ours.Thus ends my upside-down picture jokes. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 . 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Otherdog saves the day! -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 If you were driving a Mack In '73 chances are the Monfort lane was foreign territory to you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 If you were driving a Mack In '73 chances are the Monfort lane was foreign territory to you.HA,HA! You got to NYC too,just not as soon as those guys did! 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 If you were driving a Mack In '73 chances are the Monfort lane was foreign territory to you.Dad pissed off alot of the "big boys" with his '72 V8 F model,especially in the hills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Dad pissed off alot of the "big boys" with his '72 V8 F model,especially in the hills.I've had V 8's and I've also had 1693TA's and I loved the sound of the V8 but I really loved the torque and pulling power of the 1693, just not the 3/12 to 4 MPG.I remember an old man(or so I thought at the time) from Pa., who had the best running V8 equipped F Model that I'd ever encountered, so I kept track of it and bought it from him when he retired. Although with the right driver(it had a triplex) it could run & hide from 335's 350's and most other engines of that era it couldn't pull with my 1693 TA when we got into the mountainsI remember in the early seventies when all I could do in my F models was say"WOW" when those Monfort (Circus Wagons) blew by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Think by the mid 70s Mack lost out in big parts of the O/O market. Even when they tried to get in out west with the big V8 they were still making mostly 62MPH trucks with small cabs . The maxidyne and R cab was and still is great for Construction,east coast and midwest but when a big cat or cummins could get you over the hills faster mack needed to stay on par with other truck engine mfg. To bad because they made one of the best trucks and still do but when drivers wanted cab space and HP mack dropped the ball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted February 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 i'm pretty sure they new what they were doing in the '70's,they had the 865 and 866,plus any other engine made by Cat,Cummins and Detroit.The F model was about the best cabover to drive as anyone ever built,the 86" cab was pretty much standard with every other COE built at the time.The big bunk trucks were staring to appear,but were very few and far between because of the length laws at the time.The R model had just as much cab space as a 359 or W900,but the conventionals weren't near as numerous back then either because of the length laws.When I was a kid riding out west with Dad,95% of the trucks running the interstate were single bunk COES.Plus,the owner operator market wasn't near as big in the '70's as it has been since deregualtion.Mack had a huge market share in the '70's because of fleets like UPS,Roadway,Overnite,Matlack,Smith,Garret,Mushroom,etc.,they all loved the Maxidyne,and the F,R,and U models,but deregulation killed most of them off. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 i'm pretty sure they new what they were doing in the '70's,they had the 865 and 866,plus any other engine made by Cat,Cummins and Detroit.The F model was about the best cabover to drive as anyone ever built,the 86" cab was pretty much standard with every other COE built at the time.The big bunk trucks were staring to appear,but were very few and far between because of the length laws at the time.The R model had just as much cab space as a 359 or W900,but the conventionals weren't near as numerous back then either because of the length laws.When I was a kid riding out west with Dad,95% of the trucks running the interstate were single bunk COES.Plus,the owner operator market wasn't near as big in the '70's as it has been since deregualtion.Mack had a huge market share in the '70's because of fleets like UPS,Roadway,Overnite,Matlack,Smith,Garret,Mushroom,etc.,they all loved the Maxidyne,and the F,R,and U models,but deregulation killed most of them off. That pretty much sums it up. -Brad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I remember in the early seventies when all I could do in my F models was say"WOW" when those Monfort (Circus Wagons) blew by me. And WOW again later that day when the same truck passed you heading the other way on it's second Denver-Hunts Point trip of the week.I read an article recently and the subject was a Monfort W900 with a 425 Cat and an Allison. That particular team deadheaded from NYC to Chicago for a load west but often times they would run empty all the way home to grab that second eastbound load. The article might be in one of those Overdrive scans. I'll look for it this weekend if I get a chance. I'd do it now but the sun is coming up and me lids are gettin' heavy. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I remember as a Kid all the Local trucks Dump, flat bed, tanker, etc were Mack and all the nice over the road trucks were KW, Pete, FL.always wondered why until I spent a full day sitting shot gun in a R model cab and later in a big KW with a big bunk. that KW had alot more room, at least it seamed that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 607t1173 Posted March 1, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2013 i'm pretty sure they new what they were doing in the '70's,they had the 865 and 866,plus any other engine made by Cat,Cummins and Detroit.The F model was about the best cabover to drive as anyone ever built,the 86" cab was pretty much standard with every other COE built at the time.The big bunk trucks were staring to appear,but were very few and far between because of the length laws at the time.The R model had just as much cab space as a 359 or W900,but the conventionals weren't near as numerous back then either because of the length laws.When I was a kid riding out west with Dad,95% of the trucks running the interstate were single bunk COES.Plus,the owner operator market wasn't near as big in the '70's as it has been since deregualtion.Mack had a huge market share in the '70's because of fleets like UPS,Roadway,Overnite,Matlack,Smith,Garret,Mushroom,etc.,they all loved the Maxidyne,and the F,R,and U models,but deregulation killed most of them off. When Jimmy Carter got on TV and announced deregulation, I turned to my wife and said...."There goes trucking as we know it"The length laws and the inconsistent and arbitrary laws from state to state dictated that most fleets run cabovers, the F Model was one of the most prolific of the fleet trucks.You couldn't travel anywhere in this country, on any highway or Interstate, and not see either an F model or a Transtar was the most common class 8 truck in use.Thru the years I've had more than my share of both Transtars and F Models .(more F's than Transtars)Even today when I see a good looking decked out cabover it brings back fond and nostalgic memories of those not so distant " good old days" of the past.When most any truckdriver could tell you, not only the type of engine, but also the rated HP, the series and model of transmission and sometimes even the rear end differential ratio, of the truck that he was DRIVING (as opposed to sitting in and holding the steering wheel) like most, but not all, of todays " so called drivers. " 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Deregulation ruined trucking and the good old days of making a decent living as an independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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