Some pics for you all to look at.

[Mackman]

My truck at Venezia when i hauled DRY BULK.


My truck now


My name on the Door.


Brooklyn NY


The old azz loader at work.


The truck i drove at Aqua Wastewater.


Me drinking out of a brokin BUD bottle and cutting my lip.


JB Hunt pulling a dump trailer.


The 1st real truck i drove when i was only 18.


For my dads 54th B-Day me and my mom made this truck for him. It looks like his real one. We had 54 tires in the yard. It was cool when we got it all done.


My dad when we went to pick up his 1st brand new truck. I never seen him so happy in my life.


2006 Pete 357. My oldmans truck now.


2001 Pete 357. My oldmans last truck.


Me and my Dad. Working on his truck on a saturday.


The big azz hole at the quarry. Dont fall off the edge or your in trouble.

[Trukrswyfe]

Cool Pics Mackman....

But the broken bottle, OUCH! Have you heard of glasses?

[Windwalker]

Hope you used your teeth and what ever to strain the broken glass out of it.

[Mackman]

Cool Pics Mackman....

But the broken bottle, OUCH! Have you heard of glasses?

Thanks i was kinda loaded when i was doing that. I would have never did that sobar. I didnt want to waste the beer.

[CaliTrucker]

nice pics Mackman...I need to get a camera to take some pics of our equipmient and some of the interesting jobs we end up doing.

Dad's got some nice looking trucks 8) i wish i had a tarp set up like you've got...the one on the truck i drive now i have to climb up the front of the box, unhook the tarp, throw it out over whatever is in the truck (usually asphalt), climb over the back gate, latch it in place, then jump down and repeat on trailer box Still beats are old set up though of taking the tarps out of the sidebox, throwing them in the bed, and then having to go "play" in the hot asphalt. Found out what it feels like when the asphalt finds a way through the sole of a boot...NOT GOOD!

[DaveFromColorado]

Sup Mackman!

I gotta get a couple pic's of the crap I'm driving lately - I was probably gonna snap a few photos tonight actually.

so how ya doin' lately anyhow?

--Dave.

[Kranky]

Mackman wrote:



175 Michigan with an 8V53 or 8V71 Detroit.

I've always loved the sound of the V8 Detroits. 8)

[Mackman]

Mackman wrote:



175 Michigan with an 8V53 or 8V71 Detroit.

I've always loved the sound of the V8 Detroits. 8)

your good. I didnt think anyone on here would know that. Im not sure what model detroit is in it. But it is a v-8 2stroke and that thing is loud as hell. I love running that thing.

[Mackman]

nice pics Mackman...I need to get a camera to take some pics of our equipmient and some of the interesting jobs we end up doing.

Dad's got some nice looking trucks 8) i wish i had a tarp set up like you've got...the one on the truck i drive now i have to climb up the front of the box, unhook the tarp, throw it out over whatever is in the truck (usually asphalt), climb over the back gate, latch it in place, then jump down and repeat on trailer box Still beats are old set up though of taking the tarps out of the sidebox, throwing them in the bed, and then having to go "play" in the hot asphalt. Found out what it feels like when the asphalt finds a way through the sole of a boot...NOT GOOD!

Man you are tarping the old school way. I couldnt even tell you the last time i seen a truck with that type of tarp set-up. Tell your boss to stop being cheap. All i do is hit a button right from the drivers seat. :wink:

[Mackman]

Sup Mackman!

I gotta get a couple pic's of the crap I'm driving lately - I was probably gonna snap a few photos tonight actually.

so how ya doin' lately anyhow?

--Dave.

I been doing good dave. How is your dump truck thing coming along??

[DaveFromColorado]

Sup Mackman!

I gotta get a couple pic's of the crap I'm driving lately - I was probably gonna snap a few photos tonight actually.

so how ya doin' lately anyhow?

--Dave.

I been doing good dave. How is your dump truck thing coming along??

After pricing insurance, I was looking at a loose-loose situation for myself, until I had at least a year of experience driving the heavier trucks - so I found myself a pretty cake job driving a dump truck, pulling a street sweeper, and running the sweeper (although last night I was driving the roll-off truck, with a low-side debris dumpster loaded)

I'm gonna start a thread complaining about that truck in just a moment here.

--Dave.

[CaliTrucker]

nice pics Mackman...I need to get a camera to take some pics of our equipmient and some of the interesting jobs we end up doing.

Dad's got some nice looking trucks 8) i wish i had a tarp set up like you've got...the one on the truck i drive now i have to climb up the front of the box, unhook the tarp, throw it out over whatever is in the truck (usually asphalt), climb over the back gate, latch it in place, then jump down and repeat on trailer box Still beats are old set up though of taking the tarps out of the sidebox, throwing them in the bed, and then having to go "play" in the hot asphalt. Found out what it feels like when the asphalt finds a way through the sole of a boot...NOT GOOD!

Man you are tarping the old school way. I couldnt even tell you the last time i seen a truck with that type of tarp set-up. Tell your boss to stop being cheap. All i do is hit a button right from the drivers seat. :wink:

lol...i wish i had a magic button that made my tarps roll out.

yes the boss can tend to be a little on the frugal side, but as soon as business picks up and we need another driver, he is going to by a new truck, or at least newer than the one i have now. A few weeks ago one of our other drivers got fired and i got his truck, went from a 1990 Pete to a 1997 Pete 8) ridin' in style now

[Mackman]

what model petes??? are they tri axles

[JeffTheTerrible]

How do you like that Granite? I know a few of the small fleet owners were pissed about the RD series being discontinued, and I've heard conflicting reports about the CV713s. Some love them, some hate them.

[Mackman]

How do you like that Granite? I know a few of the small fleet owners were pissed about the RD series being discontinued, and I've heard conflicting reports about the CV713s. Some love them, some hate them.

It aint that bad of a truck. But as far as a tuff long lasting workhorse the RD has it all over it. The RD was a real mack truck. But i will say one thing i like the inside of my grantie better.

[JeffTheTerrible]

I never got to drive the Granite, so I don't know how it is from that perspective, but the insides I've seen certainly do look nicer than the RD series. My biggest problem with the RD was a lack of legroom, being 6'2, but, lo and behold, it seemed to me to have just as much as the Peterbilt 378/379 and 357 dumps I'd been in. Either way, it was still a pretty solid truck. Not flashy at all, but very functional.



I only drove that for a short while, before I got the heavy haul job. I drove an 02 International 9900i tri-axle for that, but I'm a bit embarrassed to show photos of it, because I wasn't very well disciplined when it came to washing it, and it looks quite dirty in all the photos I have of it.

I thought this was a cool photo. I took this during the two month period when I worked for Swift, at that truck stop near Vale, CO, just after coming down the Colorado Pass. The load looks small, but it was some 46,000 lbs.



The bent exhaust stack wasn't my doing, by the way.

[Double L]

Let's see the picture of the heavy hauler, don't be ashamed of it being dirty, it's a heavy hauler they are meant to get dirty! 8)

[RostyC]

Cool pics Mackman.
And I certainly don't blame you for sacrificing your lip for the last few gulps of beer. :wink: Sometimes we all have to make sacrifices.