Popular Post Coenut Posted October 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2017 11 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Oh yeah nice Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Man that’s a hefty SOB I like it bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Man, those RM series are one tough a$$ unit!!! 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaican Bulldog Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 The town of Greenburgh NY still has some great running manual shift RM sanders and plows. They also sound great and driver that does my street prefers it over the newer trucks they have. I look forward to hearing them whenever we have snow because I know that its only a matter of time before they are all replaced. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstaples Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Boy not many of them left like that one!! I just bought a what I would call really clean 1991 RM6904X, EM7 300, 5 speed, top speed on the governor 38 mph, but its nothing like that! TF Green Airport in Providence is selling their fleet of RMs on publicsurplus.com, I've heard the trucks are very nice due to no corrosives being used at the airport. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Pics please lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-381846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstaples Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-382748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstaples Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 The cornbinder isn't mine...I would never have such a thing!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-382751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reinhart Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Carr and Duff has this ex PPL one too Edited October 24, 2017 by Rich Reinhart 1 Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I believe that is a DMM,Rich. Equally as tough and cool,though! 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/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 23 hours ago, Rich Reinhart said: Carr and Duff has this ex PPL one too Now that's something I could really use. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 45 minutes ago, 66dc75 said: Now that's something I could really use. Me too! Maybe I would finally cave in to my kids and hang Christmas light on the outside of the house. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reinhart Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, 57 bcr said: I believe that is a DMM,Rich. Equally as tough and cool,though! Al Yeah it is a DMM...ex PP&L I believe the green RD came from PP&L too, thought they went together well... Edited October 25, 2017 by Rich Reinhart Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 10/17/2017 at 11:53 AM, cstaples said: The cornbinder isn't mine...I would never have such a thing!! LOL. I have a small fleet of those thirteen letter $&it spreader plow trucks!! They do a nice job, run cheap, and parts are only 18 minutes away. But yes nothing like that cool Mack Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted October 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 10/23/2017 at 8:27 PM, Rich Reinhart said: Carr and Duff has this ex PPL one too That is a pretty interesting, and expensive, piece of equipment. Bronto sold a few of those as fire equipment, but they were pretty rare. They are unique in that they have the ability to put the basket below the truck as well as up in the air. I have never been up in one, but one of the bases I taught at had one and the members told me that it was quite thrilling to be 100 plus feet in the air suspended by a single boom. Not for the faint of heart or the loose boweled. 3 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 The real fun with a boom like that is being full extended and hit the down lever a little too hard, which makes the basket bounce which in turn pushes your hand into the lever harder which compounds the fun. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 We had an electric man lift at work a few years back being used by a contractor and I borrowed it to put a new bulb in the parking lot lights. It was only like 40ft up, but it would not quite reach the fixture. I had to kinda reach over the railing and unscrew the lens and replace the bulb. With the wind blowing a bit, then the control buttons were basically "Up" or "down" and it would not move smoothly. Ugh, I don't do heights well to begin with and THAT did not make it much easier on me. Mind you I was in full OSHA fall gear(NOT). LOL!! We bought the fall gear, only problem is they make me wear it when working in the shop. The only problem is the cable is longer then the fall. WTH? Ain't gunno do me much good I think. But it make the bosses happy to see me wear it. It is not a ratchet style cable, it is just bundle up in a little baggie. The fall is 15 ft and the cable is 20. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 You should have put a stepladder in the basket to climb for the extra height. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I have worked in bucket trucks and 85'ladders , had a ride in one of those 100' hyranger fire trucks , It was kind off cool the lower half would clear the power lines and we could stretch out the upper half across the road but at 90 degrees like that the platform would really move . but when we stopped you could watch the boom sections twist.That was my last ride. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Older round tube sign cranes had ladder sections bolted to brackets on the tubes, you would climb up the ladder (each section as narrower than the one below so the rails would ride inside each other so the higher you went the narrower the ladder) and stick your legs in between the rungs and stand on the greased round tube and squeeze the rungs with your knees and start working. No harnesses this was before fall protection, I never felt all that intelligent up there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hobert62 Posted October 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2017 But remember to be old and wise you must first be young and stupid. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51283-steel-nose-r/#findComment-383561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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