Metal front end

[ppsyclone]

Is the Granite or any other Mack available with a steel front end?

[Maxidyne]

That's what the MR is for.

[david wild]

I thought the MR was a low entry cabover, where's the steel hood ? unless it's the 4 to 6 inches in front of the windshield where the dog sits.

[Maxidyne]

Pretty much the whole cab is steel.

[storkmack]

I would have to think that they are asking about a new granite style replacement for The RD800’s. Of coarse I’m assuming.  

[Maxidyne]

Just kidding, a lot of the market for "Flintstones" Macks has gone to the MR, and fiberglass hoods have improved to the point where steel is a less attractive alternative.  Steel hoods are aerodynamic disaster areas too, and one of Mack's advantages in the vocational market is the rounded more aerodynamic hood of the Granite. A lot of vocational trucks put on a coupe hundred highway models a day, so an aerodynamic work truck has a big advantage over the primitive designs of some other truck makers.