kmeitz Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Saw this ex UPS painted primer gray on the hook going down the Blue Route(476 PA) this morning. You could still see the UPS logos through the primer. The wrecker was from Denton, MD Quote Keith http://www.flickr.com/photos/40978025@N04/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thats one thing with UPS it has to be painted grey within a couple hours and cut up soon after Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_kelly Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Southbound below Broomall, right? Might have been a Willow Grove terminal "retiree". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Damn shame....always wished I could have got my hands on one of those single axle MH's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REOGasMackDiesel Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I don't think those get cut up, Its the delivery vans that get cut up. They also run the delivery vans for 25 years than they cut them up. I some how don't see that as being a 1988, Looks more like a 90s rig ? ! Auctioned off maybe ? !OrDo these also get cut up too ? ! Must replace them sooner too ? !Mike Quote 1953 REO M48.1962 GMC 3000.1969 AMC AMX-390.1983 AMC Eagle SX/4.1988 AMC Jeep Comanche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Pop used to have a buddy who owned a truck lot & salvage yard in Memphis years ago .Pops buddy used to buy a lot of the old UPS Bulldogs & as soon as he got the MH & F Model Macks to the yard he had guys cutting the cabs into . 1st time I seen that happen I was 10 yrs old & balled like a baby over seeing a perfectly good Truck being cut up because of UPS Rules & Regulations . I THOUGHT IT WAS THEN & I STILL THINK IT'S TO THIS DAY !!! Sad just sad to see a perfectly good bulldog cut up .later yall 1 Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I don't think those get cut up, Its the delivery vans that get cut up. They also run the delivery vans for 25 years than they cut them up.I some how don't see that as being a 1988, Looks more like a 90s rig ? ! Auctioned off maybe ? !OrDo these also get cut up too ? ! Must replace them sooner too ? !MikeNo UPS requires the trucks be cut up. They sell them after 1,000,000 miles 1 Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Pop used to have a buddy who owned a truck lot & salvage yard in Memphis years ago .Pops buddy used to buy a lot of the old UPS Bulldogs & as soon as he got the MH & F Model Macks to the yard he had guys cutting the cabs into . 1st time I seen that happen I was 10 yrs old & balled like a baby over seeing a perfectly good Truck being cut up because of UPS Rules & Regulations . I THOUGHT IT WAS THEN & I STILL THINK IT'S TO THIS DAY !!! Sad just sad to see a perfectly good bulldog cut up .later yall You sound like me when you were 10. im still like that And I'm 13!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977vega Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What's theyre reasoning behind cutting them up? That's some dumb shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 They don't want anybody to make money off them. Also if you sell or buy vehicles from them you cannot be seen with the person in public and when that person retires they can't talk to those people they dealt with for a couple months. For a small company that started in Colchester, CT they sure make some stupid rules. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 To keep someone sinister from impersonating UPS and stealing freight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted April 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2013 They evidently don't cut them all up,a friend of mine has a ex-UPS MH6122 4 wheel drive tractor.bought it in Colorado.Still has "Custom built for UPS" tag on the dash. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 They evidently don't cut them all up,a friend of mine has a ex-UPS MH6122 4 wheel drive tractor.bought it in Colorado.Still has "Custom built for UPS" tag on the dash.All of them are suppose to be cut up. They want pictures to prove it and everything. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 You sound like me when you were 10. im still like that And I'm 13!!!!I've always hated seeing a perfectly good running truck cut up for parts or scrap . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Never been too sure how long they keep the small delivery trucks,i think they call them "package cars" but i saw one not too long ago,and it had a Diamond-Reo horn button on the steering wheel. Personally,i never seen a used ex-UPS truck,but not saying they don't exist. One thing that stayed with me,made me think twice about UPS,was years ago i saw a very bad accident envolving a UPS MH and a bridge abutment,UPS's "safety guy" was spraypainting over all the lettering/decals etc. and they had'nt even gotten the guy out of the cab yet,more worried about bad publicity then their driver? kinda pissed me off when i saw it,have'nt used UPS since.......................................Mark 2 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 All of them are suppose to be cut up. They want pictures to prove it and everything.That's a rare breed for sure Mike!I've got the Fleet Owner Magazine around someplace with the article about them.Some day I'm gonna find someplace and post some of this stuff!One thing I remember them saying in the article which I thought was strange was that they might make the 4x4 available to the general public!!!At the time I couldn't understand why don't you guys make an "MH" with a setback front axle, Freightliner was making them. IH had the 9700 series why don't you guys make one--something that a lot more people would be interested in buying than an "off road" "MH"!!!I think the first two I built I would have given to J.B. Hunt and Schneider to try out, might have even given one to Builders Transport!!!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I saw a UPS truck on the hook once and they had the name covered with cardboard and duct tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Never been too sure how long they keep the small delivery trucks,i think they call them "package cars" but i saw one not too long ago,and it had a Diamond-Reo horn button on the steering wheel. Personally,i never seen a used ex-UPS truck,but not saying they don't exist. One thing that stayed with me,made me think twice about UPS,was years ago i saw a very bad accident envolving a UPS MH and a bridge abutment,UPS's "safety guy" was spraypainting over all the lettering/decals etc. and they had'nt even gotten the guy out of the cab yet,more worried about bad publicity then their driver? kinda pissed me off when i saw it,have'nt used UPS since.......................................MarkThere was a guy that was going back to the yard in a snow storm and went of the road into a ditch. UPS never even questioned where he was or what happened to the truck. Finally a week later the family went looking and followed the truck tire marks going down the bank and found him. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 i never cared for ther looks of the Ch Macks period but theres something about a UPS Ch with blacked out wheels and no Mack logo that just looks badass. always wished i could get my hands on one of those single axle tractors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Set back front axle MHs: IIRC, the british magazine "Truck" has a picture of an MH with set back axle, reportedly it was headed to Australia.UPS Survivors: The only ones I've seen in recent decades are MHs- perhaps the scrappers aren't interested in the Maxiglas cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Here in TN they dont paint em they haul em to CI in Nashville and cut em there with a guy waiting to sign the paperwork, Yard dogs too, last time I was there they had two UPS Ottawas and 4 CH's all cut behind the cab but still brown. It sucks, I tried to buy a CH from TCI by getting the front half and another back half and then putting it back together but he wont sell em like that, I need a straw buyer to get half the truck for me then Ill apply for a rebuilt title. 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...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I hears in the garages only drivers can walk in between two lines, mechanics the other two lines, and supervisors the other two lines and if they cross you get in big trouble walking in somebody else's area. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzlbudman Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Well. I work for a Mack I can tell u there rebuilding the older ones. Putting reMack engines and trans,rear ends. Just depends on the conditon of the truck. Down here in TX and OK there clean. Worth rebuilding.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Oh yeah they rebuild em here too, id say most they scrap are on the second or third drive train. I looked at one that was a 98 with a remack etech new in 2010 sitting there cut in half, made me tear up a little. 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...
grayhair Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Lawyers are why they are scrapped. If someone buys one of these things with a million miles on it and then has a wreck, chances are they will sue the "deep pockets" party claiming they were sold something that was known to be defective, subpoening service records, deposing maintenance shop mechanics, etc. Or some guy driving one that is pretending to work for UPS. For the releativley little bit of money they would get for a used tractor - just isn't worth the risk. Same two reasons that every piece of perfectly good food machinery that leaves a Frito Lay plant is cut up. No sale - ever. I saw a dozen brand new Ford cars being cut up one time because the rail car carrying them tipped over. The yard doing the cutting wouldn't even sell me an engine. They had to be destroyed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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