"Mack" by John Montville

[Maxidyne]

Unless you're willing to pay for an aluminum frame on that KW, there's no reason Mack can't get within 200 pounds of a comparably specced KW's weight.

[kscarbel2]

On 11/11/2017 at 9:41 AM, mackdaddy said:

last year an employee  sat next to a man on a plane out of Medford, OR. In the conversation he learned that the man.......named Nick owned a trucking business based in Medford. My guy Walt told him about my passion for Mack and the collection of trucks I had and to his surprise Nick told him that his last name was Hewitt and that his grandfather sold his company to Mack. Well needless to say Nick and I met up and he brought a stack of Hewitt Motor papers with him including a copy of the stock transfer when Mack bought the company. He received all of this during a visit to Mack several years ago. He said they treated him like he was royalty. Now you got to ask how could that be his grandfather after all of these years? He told me his father was in his early 60's when he was born. He also had a lot of history about a very large estate that the Hewitt family owned in New Jersey. He started his driving career for an outfit out of Virginia. I will get the company name and update.

He knew nothing about us nuts that restore old trucks and he quickly became a fan and has gone to a couple shows with me. He loves mixing the sticks as he started out in an F model with a tri plex..............sadly he has a fleet of KW's.

The Organization behind the Product

When the internal combustion engine was rapidly developing from an experiment into a practical power plant, the Mack Brothers applied it for the first time in America to commercial highway transportation. The manufacturers of the present-day Mack are the oldest builders of motor trucks in America.

For some time prior to the production of the first Mack, Adolph Saurer, of Arbon, Switzerland, had been making motor trucks in Europe. The Saurer has long been recognized as the finest of European motor trucks and is still being manufactured in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria through its original founder. The first Saurer was built in 1894.

Shortly after the Mack truck had established itself in the American market, the Hewitt Motor Company was founded by Edward R. Hewitt, an engineer of international fame. The first Hewitt light delivery truck was delivered in 1901, and the first 5-ton truck was delivered in 1905. The largest motor trucks ever marketed in America were the 10-ton Hewitts.

A consolidation of Mack Brothers, Saurer and Hewitt was brought about for the purpose of combining the best features of their respective products in the manufacture of a finer motor truck than existed at that time. All of these vehicles were pioneers in their field and had long records of service behind them, both in America and abroad.

By combining the outstanding features of these three trucks, and applying the same engineering genius and skill, the modern Mack truck has been evolved. The company now building the Mack truck was incorporated as the International Motor Company in October, 1911. More than one-third of the employees at the time of the consolidation are still with the present company.

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39989-mack-rail-–-the-rail-cars/?tab=comments#comment-289625

 

[39 Baby Mack]

On November 4, 2017 at 10:28 PM, yarnall said:

My father has a binder full of B model spec sheets that he got from Mack as a kid.  I wish he had kept the letters that came with them.  

This is one of my favorite keepsakes from the past,

Can you imagine how excited this eleven year old boy was!

[Vladislav]

Absolutely heartbreaking!

It seems to me though you made a really good job writing the initial letter to the company.

[fxfymn]

Items like this is an example of why Mack was so successful during Mr. Hanson's tenure. I'm sure the letter was what we called a "blah, blah"  letter and was done by a secretary, but it was Mr. Hanson who set the policy that he could be contacted directly by a customer and that any contact directed to him would be replied to. That is quite a contrast to most corporations today where absolutely no contact information is provided for the "great and near great" of the company and they seem to have no concern about the average customer.

When the boss pays attention to details and puts customers first a company succeeds. Folks like Mr. Hanson understood that if they made a good product and treated customers well, profits would follow. I today's world it seems that the bottom line is more important than the products that are produced at many companies.

[41chevy]

12 hours ago, fxfymn said:

Items like this is an example of why Mack was so successful during Mr. Hanson's tenure. I'm sure the letter was what we called a "blah, blah"  letter and was done by a secretary, but it was Mr. Hanson who set the policy that he could be contacted directly by a customer and that any contact directed to him would be replied to. That is quite a contrast to most corporations today where absolutely no contact information is provided for the "great and near great" of the company and they seem to have no concern about the average customer.

When the boss pays attention to details and puts customers first a company succeeds. Folks like Mr. Hanson understood that if they made a good product and treated customers well, profits would follow. I today's world it seems that the bottom line is more important than the products that are produced at many companies.

One of the few companies that still does that is Checkers Restaurants. My wife a few years ago posted on the Checkers site her opinion of the  one in Shirley N.Y. We got called by the owner to ask what was wrong and what she thought would make it better. Sent her $100 in free meal vouchers and called a month later to ask if she noticed the changes.  Rare in this day and age.    Paul

Edited November 15, 2017 by 41chevy

[macks in nigeria]

On 11/8/2017 at 4:55 PM, james j neiweem said:

KS: Don't forget we are waiting for your book on Mack. May be you and John could collude. Vlad I hope things keep getting better and better in your homeland. The left in our country is trying to do the same thing in our country that the Bolshevics did in yours in 1917. Instead of using guns and bullets they are using corrupt anti American politicians. (Socialists, Democrats, Progressives , Communists and Rhinos. Instead of bullets they use corrupt laws to strip us of freedoms. Hopefully Trump can pull the plug on the swamp.

That book will be well received.

[macks in nigeria]

10 hours ago, fxfymn said:

Items like this is an example of why Mack was so successful during Mr. Hanson's tenure. I'm sure the letter was what we called a "blah, blah"  letter and was done by a secretary, but it was Mr. Hanson who set the policy that he could be contacted directly by a customer and that any contact directed to him would be replied to. That is quite a contrast to most corporations today where absolutely no contact information is provided for the "great and near great" of the company and they seem to have no concern about the average customer.

When the boss pays attention to details and puts customers first a company succeeds. Folks like Mr. Hanson understood that if they made a good product and treated customers well, profits would follow. I today's world it seems that the bottom line is more important than the products that are produced at many companies.

I don't think this was a"blah blah"letter. The details are too specific and also don't break the kids heart.

[fxfymn]

13 hours ago, macks in nigeria said:

I don't think this was a"blah blah"letter. The details are too specific and also don't break the kids heart.

Probably right; we used the term for any correspondence that went out as a reply to a non-business request. The format was the same even if the contents differed.

Ron is way too old to have his heart broken now, so I think I'm safe.

[james j neiweem]

May be you have to be more creative at trimming weight than the salesman.