70mackMB Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Wow, that was pretty good thanks ward bond of all people made it way more interesting Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-561058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 Great old film there.wish we still had some of the trucks in it.they'd be great to see....and hear.the opinions expressed in it are all still true today.... Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-561252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 I saw this a couple of weeks ago A great old film Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-561256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperB Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 I liked when he said "nobody drives an old truck just for fun!" I guess he's at least partially right, it's not ALWAYS fun...... 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-562417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 My wife used to run of pizza joint and Truckee, California a lot of times they would run out of supplies customers complaining my wife would tell them that’s because the highway patrol holds trucks and heavy snowstorms on donner pass and lets the cars go through so you were able to get here but not the supplies OK why are we not letting the trucks through and hold the cars? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-562421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miami Cossack Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 I grew up in Soviet Union and the big difference was our leaders banked on a rail system. America invested heavily on the highway system and people using cars, their own cars. Trucks, buses. America got it right. That allowed the country and society to grow and prosper. It's more than just moving missiles and tanks. To this day, the extent of the highway system impresses me 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-562424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperB Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 It's so nice to hop in the old Mack and go for a ride now, and so many people enjoy seeing it. That makes it even better. I can't imagine what it was like doing it for 8 hrs (or more) in the blazing heat or freezing cold. And back then, there was nobody giving you a thumbs-up, they were probably all using another finger as you tried to climb a hill all loaded up, LOL. Seeing the footage of the guys driving the trucks when they were building the Hoover dam is pretty incredible. I wish there were more videos showing the old truck assembly lines and manufacturing plants. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74693-the-mcgurk-way-1952-history-of-freight-and-trucking/#findComment-562430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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