Popular Post hicrop10 Posted Monday at 03:21 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 03:21 PM I walked into the house from working on my Mack,and was greeted by this.My son got it for me.I was blown away. 10 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Nice. I'd have it hung on the wall of my office 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-566991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 03:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:57 PM that would look right nice hanging in my garage..bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-566995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted Monday at 09:12 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:12 PM You can get one at the Mack store online. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Tuesday at 03:47 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:47 AM ,Here is a similar Philly area truck 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted Tuesday at 12:56 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 12:56 PM Wonder which quarry that was,he had mostly 88B’s in them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Tuesday at 05:38 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:38 PM 4 hours ago, hicrop10 said: You know this guy? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM 4 hours ago, hicrop10 said: Wonder which quarry that was,he had mostly 88B’s in them. I'm not sure. Is Jimmy still alive? Bob Forepaugh used to have a pretty good relationship with him. He got lots of scrap from him. At least until the accident in Telford in 2003 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted Tuesday at 06:25 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 06:25 PM Yes that was my family business.Mr.Morrissey is still active in the business,I believe he is in the mid 80’s.I just retired from them on Nov.8 2024.I ran the old D8L’s they had. Great outfit to wok at.What happened in 2003. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Wednesday at 04:36 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:36 AM (edited) 10 hours ago, hicrop10 said: Yes that was my family business.Mr.Morrissey is still active in the business,I believe he is in the mid 80’s.I just retired from them on Nov.8 2024.I ran the old D8L’s they had. Great outfit to wok at.What happ Bob Forepaugh, his nephew George Frederick, and Danny Evans were taking down a batch plant in Telford for Jimmy. Bobby was running an old Bay City with a magnet on it loading scrap. Somehow he was moving the lower and the the boom hit a 7,200 volt PP&L line running along the property. Danny and Georgie were burning with torches and must have heard something. The lower cab was on fire and Bobby was laying on the ground. I don't think they had any idea what happened so they ran over to help him and one of them touched the outrigger box and they all got electrocuted. They burned on the ground for at least 1/2 hour before PP&L got the power shut off. It was really horrible. My mom called me on the phone and said something bad happened to Bobby Forpaugh and it was on the news (We were all close friends). I started calling on the Nextell and the only answer I got was Danny's uncle and he told me how bad it was. Quote The head of a family-owned demolition company was electrocuted and two of his employees died after running to his aid when the boom of a crane struck high-voltage power lines at a concrete plant in Telford on Thursday morning. Owner Robert Forepaugh, 68, of Robert Forepaugh Excavating, was operating the rusty red crane when its arm touched a power line at the JDM Materials Co. plant just after 9 a.m., ejecting him from the cab, Telford Police Chief Doug Bickel said. As electricity coursed through the metal frame, Forepaugh’s 41-year-old nephew, George Frederick, and 29-year-old Daniel Evans, both of Philadelphia, tried to save him. Bickel said it was likely one of the employees began giving Forepaugh mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, while the other called for help on a cell phone. https://www.mcall.com/2003/08/22/3-electrocuted-when-crane-touches-telford-power-line-driver-68-is-thrown-by-the-shock-two-others-died-coming-to-his-aid/ Edited Wednesday at 04:43 AM by Joseph Cummings 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Wednesday at 03:01 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:01 PM That sucks… bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted Wednesday at 04:32 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:32 PM 46 minutes ago, mowerman said: That sucks… bob Oh yeah it was horrible. Danny's Mother and Father were in Florida visiting friends along with Danny's daughter who was like 8. His mom called me and was trying to get them all on a flight back to philly and said to me "Talk to him". All he could do was freak out and scream. They were all great people and good friends. I took Danny for his driver's test when he was 16. Bobby Forepaugh was my Neighbor and he was a great guy. Lend me any of his equipment whenever I needed it, cranes, backhoes, roll off truck. I rolled a dump trailer and an R Model on a job one time and he sent his son with a 950 Cat loader to set it back on it's wheels. Never charged me a dime for anything. He was a big player in the Demolition Business in Philadelphia. Did lots of work for The Budd Company, even took down Midvale Steel's mill. He was a descendant of Adam Forepaugh Sorry I've taken this way off topic Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75030-look-what-my-son-got-me/#findComment-567312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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