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#21

11-29-2006, 01:20 PM

NascarFan

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What Macks lack in refinement/smoothness they make up in robust construction and durability. It's not uncommon to find lots of 20, 30 year old Mack R series trucks still making a living.

Mack was the truck of choice for the post Apocalyptic world of "The Road Warrior". :lol:

I drive for a local concrete company and we still have several 20,30 year old macks. They are junk and wore out but they are on the road every day.

Then they are not wore out. They are wore out when they look like this.

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11-29-2006, 01:24 PM

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Sometimes I wonder if a Mack can be beat offroad, have yet to get stuck, hauled sod out of Belle Glade or lumber out of some mill in the woods, or slate out of a quarry, she just chugs along.

I love Petes but everytime I see one in a truck stop trying to fit in a tight spot with that long hood I love my Mack even more.

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11-29-2006, 01:41 PM

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I drive for a local concrete company and we still have several 20,30 year old macks. They are junk and wore out but they are on the road every day.

Then they are not wore out. They are wore out when they look like this.

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I wouldn't say that. Our dump truck driver was delivering a load of sand and when he pulled onto the jobsite the front spindle broke. Lucky him! Had it broke going down the 2 lane at 55mph hauling 16 tons it might have ended up looking like that or worse. A collision with a 4wheeler would have left only a greasy spoy in the road.

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11-29-2006, 10:24 PM

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that thing looks like it fell off a cliff or something, look at that big chunk of dirt stuck over the bumper.

and macks are great trucks, used to get lots of money for fixing them :lol:

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11-30-2006, 05:53 AM

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ct77, are you a sod hauler? Me too, and the CH600 i drive chugs through those long rutted out sandy roads in and out of the fields we go in to with relative ease. We haul a lot of bahia, so i don't see too many well maintained farms, but every once in a while i'll go to Greenbriar in Lake Placid, and they have a nice set up, sod gets brought out to you, and loaded, and you just tarp, strap, and you're on your way. Anyway, good to see another driver on here hauling "grASS", good luck out there, and don't get stuck...

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11-30-2006, 08:40 AM

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They don't make that bad of looking trucks.

Them trucks where made after volvo took over. They should have never stop making the r model. It may not be the best looking truck but looks dont get the job done.

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#27

11-30-2006, 12:24 PM

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Are Macks only available with the Mack engines and trannys or are Cat, Cummins, or Detroits also available? 8)

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#28

11-30-2006, 12:40 PM

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I think only in the CL's you can get cummins but do not hold me to that.
Besides the CL;s you can only get mack motors and trannys.

#29

11-30-2006, 01:22 PM

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not full time, usually out of Belle Glade, Fl whenever I am down there.
Seen two tornadoes, tons of Gators, millions of gnats or whatever those bugs are, and sod all the way to the horizon. Will try and post some pics.
You are right about getting miles off the pavement blew my mind the first time.

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