Shout Out to Ray @mack mhe9 for hauling my 1974 White Road Boss home

[67RModel]

This post is more of a shout out and/or review of Ray Sidella's @mack mhe9 (on the forum here)  antique truck transport services. I was in a bind because I found a truck I have always been after, however, it was two states and 300 miles away from me. All my typical resources were either tied up and/or couldn't get to the job for quite a while. I tried UShip but had zero confidence in any quotes I received from them. I started reading through some of the threads on the Transportation section of the forum here and kept seeing Ray's name come up. I contacted him through PM and got an almost immediate response. I told him the particulars of the job. He gave me a very reasonable price and a fairly firm timeframe that I was comfortable with. I never met this man before but after the two phone conversations I had with him setting up the details I knew he was the guy for the job. He was very responsive, communicated at every step of the process, and did exactly what he said he was going to do.....and at a phenomenal price. I would recommend him to anyone who needs a truck or piece of equipment moved. From what I gathered he is from East-Central Pennsylvania and mostly runs the mid Atlantic States. If you need something transported in these areas he is the guy to contact. He also runs a cool old Mack MH cabover to boot. I attached some pictures of his rig with my truck for reference. 

[h67st]

It's great to hear about someone helpful like that. Nice road boss...290 Cummins?

[67RModel]

1 hour ago, h67st said:

Nice road boss...290 Cummins?

It has an 8V71 Detroit and a 13 speed. Hendrickson walking beam suspension. All original unit. Will be getting a complete restoration and a period correct Rest Rite sleeper installed on it

[mowerman]

right on man,that thing looks flawless,,,,,great memories in one i was driving for nissens bakery in the 70s...great choice..bob

[mowerman]

and i bet it sounds heavenly lol bob

[Vladislav]

Great to hear Ray is in contact and continues providing transportation services. He used to show up on here regulary but seems plenty of time passed by since.

White looks really nice, congrats on the purchase! Is the cab similar to what was used on some Brockways and Autocars?

[67RModel]

On 4/2/2022 at 11:27 AM, Vladislav said:

White looks really nice, congrats on the purchase! Is the cab similar to what was used on some Brockways and Autocars?

I am no expert at all on Whites (or Macks for that matter) but I understand the cab is or is a version of the Autocar "Driver's Cab" developed in 1950. When White acquired Autocar they began using this cab on Whites as well as Western Stars. This cab was replaced with a completely new model when the Road Boss 2 came out in 1976 or 77. Volvo acquired the rights to it when they purchased White Motors in the early 80s and was used up until the late 90s or early 2000s. I think the Autocar Driver Cab was still used to some degree well into the 1980s with the White AT64 and possible some other Western Star models. Information of White Trucks is almost non existent and their forum is all but dead last I checked. For a company that was so big information on them is very hard to find. I don't have any knowledge of where Brockway sourced their cabs prior to Mack buying them out.  After that they used versions of Mack cabs. 

[Vladislav]

1 hour ago, 67RModel said:

I am no expert at all on Whites (or Macks for that matter) but I understand the cab is or is a version of the Autocar "Driver's Cab" developed in 1950. When White acquired Autocar they began using this cab on Whites as well as Western Stars. This cab was replaced with a completely new model when the Road Boss 2 came out in 1976 or 77. Volvo acquired the rights to it when they purchased White Motors in the early 80s and was used up until the late 90s or early 2000s. I think the Autocar Driver Cab was still used to some degree well into the 1980s with the White AT64 and possible some other Western Star models. Information of White Trucks is almost non existent and their forum is all but dead last I checked. For a company that was so big information on them is very hard to find. I don't have any knowledge of where Brockway sourced their cabs prior to Mack buying them out.  After that they used versions of Mack cabs. 

Well, now I understand I saw similar cabs on Western Stars of late 80's. Thanks for the detailed explanations, interesting.