LowBoy, Were you on I-95 South today moving a crane in Florida?

LowBoy, Were you on I-95 South today moving a crane in Florida?

Sean

Well later that day I saw a simular truck with a artic truck on the back going east on I-4 in FL. Dout it was the same truck.

Yellow and black Pete, alum head board, pulling a trip low boy.

Sean

DirtySouthTruck said:

LowBoy, Were you on I-95 South today moving a crane in Florida?

Sean

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It may very well have been me, Sean. I crossed into Florida at around 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday 10/17, southbound on I-95. The weighmaster made it be known that I had a 1/2 hr. of daylight left to go before I'd be shutting down for the evening. I don't know what the big deal was, I was only 10 and a half feet wide, the weather was nice, and I was minding my own business. Had I not gotten his verbal warning, I most likely would have made Riviera Beach that night.:naughty

That said, I had to detour onto I-295 and get a $125.00 motel room. Kinda nice though. It had one of them bathtubs that was smack dab in the same room where you sleep, which I thought was kinda odd. (Not used to all these fancy accomodations up in the mountains here.) The tub, once filled up, had a button you pushed and made a serious amount of turbulance in the water. (Kinda like home, after a good feed of those homemade baked bean suppers we have around here about twice a year.) :OMG

After unloading the crane I had on at the Viking Yacht company, and teaching the new operator how to run it, eek I headed down to Opa Locka Airport for the next mission. An Air Force fuel truck from there, up to Eglin AFB in Pensacola. You'd have seen me coming up from Miami back up to around Jupiter, then up Florida's Turnpike to Wildwood with that rig.

Post another pic of your rig, and I'll keep an eye out for you when I'm out and about Sean.

Thanx.

I think I had this Mack on the back going to Port Jax when I saw the crane.

I remember seeing that Mack on that trailer thinking, "hmmm, should be the other way around, but if the guy's like me and hates Macks, he doing the right thing..."

MACK? where do you see MACK? the truck in the pic is an ACK!

Good eye, nedly. Actually, that's the very word I utter to myself whenever I sit in behind the bulldog's rectum...."ACK"... Slang for "YUCK".


Here's a REAL truck...

I'll have to remember to keep it quiet if we get another MACK:beatsme

ANOTHER Mack? You mean there's TWO of them somewhere?:beatsme

Good eye, nedly. Actually, that's the very word I utter to myself whenever I sit in behind the bulldog's rectum...."ACK"... Slang for "YUCK".

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Lowboy,

Trucks we agree on. When I drove mixer for Griswold that was basically all they had and then, they where getting old and worn out. Even when they bought the newest trucks, which where the "Granite" series, they still were not up to the comfort and power that the other brands of trucks have.

Now, Do you know why they put a dog on the hood?







So, one ******* can look at another.


But, I will give them credit, because even for as old as some of those Macks where then, they still ran, most everyday and with the quality and amount of different drivers they had, those trucks held up really well. As a personal truck, I wouldn't own one, but as a fleet truck that could possibly be run buy god knows who, I think that I'd give them some pretty serious consideration.

It's just my twisted sense of humor on the Mack issue, the unecessary opinion of one, that's all. It's another debate...Ford vs. Chevy, Case vs. Cat (no arguments there, ) Husqevarna vs. Stihl, on & on & on... No denying the fact that Macks have taken more abuse from wanna-be's and vereran terrorists alike that never really perfected their craft even after an entire carreer cycle.
The fact that so many DM's and R-models still exist lends to their legacy of toughness. You don't see near as many fiberglass and aluminum component trucks around from the early 70's & 80's as you do Bulldogs, especially up around here with the frostheaved roads and everything.
It's just a matter of the application they're in also that determines whether the operator will learn to love or hate a Mack. Mixers, dumps, vocational uses, they seem to prevail every time. But take a man who cut his teeth in Peterbilts, KW's, certain Freightliners, etc. and strap him into a Mack and send him around the country like a lot of us have to do, and I'll be willing to bet most of them will want their previous rides back.
They've never been ahead of the curve in comforts. They're trying to keep up with the big dogs now with the Vision and now this new whatever-it-is that just came online, but it's a little late for most seasoned guys.
Oh well, 'nuff said.

95zIV said:

Lowboy,

Trucks we agree on. When I drove mixer for Griswold that was basically all they had and then, they where getting old and worn out. Even when they bought the newest trucks, which where the "Granite" series, they still were not up to the comfort and power that the other brands of trucks have.

But, I will give them credit, because even for as old as some of those Macks where then, they still ran, most everyday and with the quality and amount of different drivers they had, those trucks held up really well. As a personal truck, I wouldn't own one, but as a fleet truck that could possibly be run buy god knows who, I think that I'd give them some pretty serious consideration.

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I'm not sure if it is a Griswold truck or not (I'm pretty sure it is), but there is a concrete company up in Champlain that runs a '73 DM, 237 2 stick 6 speed.That truck came from a big concrete outfit in VT, and it was either a Griswold truck or an Ireland truck. It looks perfect, there is just one older gentleman that runs it and he is quite fond of it.That truck defines Mack to me. We had a mack for a few years, and it was getting pretty whipped. It got red-tagged every time it went through DOT, so we decided to sell it. I would not hesitate to have another Mack. All trucks are essentially the same, so basically it just depends on who you talk to. Macks have definitly proven themselves throughout history.

I drove that exact combination with a 12cy mixer on it for years.I cannot think of anything I would rather have in that application.
I also drove that same chassis with a 250/Quadruplex for years before I was "promoted" to the Maxidyne and I really appreciated being able to drive with one hand on the wheel for a change.
Mack pioneered the low torque rise concept that really caught on in the industry and the 237 was their first entry into the market.
It certainly is no powerhouse compared to todays engines but back in its time it was a leap forward when compared to the other engines on the market such as the 238 Detroit etc.
I could outpull it with my 250 just marginally if I happened to catch one with the same load going my way but it was a lot of work and if I missed one shift it was all over as there was no hill long enough to make up the little advantage of 13 horsepower I had over them.Meanwhile the Maxidyne driver was just smiling with both hands on the wheel.Ron G

LowBoy It's just my twisted sense of humor on the Mack issue, the unecessary opinion of one, that's all. It's another debate...Ford vs. Chevy, Case vs. Cat (no arguments there, ) Husqevarna vs. Stihl, on & on & on...

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Now on the equipment and trucks they all do the job, but dont get me started on Stihl Vs. husquvarna,or echo for that matter, nothing can touch the Stihl.

pwrstroke6john said:

but dont get me started on Stihl Vs. husquvarna,or echo for that matter, nothing can touch the Stihl.

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Agreed. opcorn

LowBoy said:

...Ford vs. Chevy, Case vs. Cat (no arguments there, ) Husqevarna vs. Stihl, on & on & on... .

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You see the way he slipped that...almost subliminal Hi-Jack in there...crafty dog he is ...LowBoy HEF Hijacker

ultimatley there is no point anyway ...everybody knows the Husky will blow ya "Still trying to start the damn thing" away.

Broke again

Well Thursday I was in Lagrange Ky to move our 345 Cat trackhoe.Keeping in mind I drive a 92 KW T800,11 liter Detriot with a 9 speed.Whats wrong with this picture already? Not a tri axel truck either,pulling a 55 ton dropdeck lowboy trailer.So get loaded chained down and off we go,escort in front cause its a 2 land counrty road.Things are fine till granny coming at me refuses to get over.No problem,except I was on an uphill pull.So I have a choice,hit granny or come to a dead stop up hill with 107,000 pounds behind me.So I stop,granny goes on by,back into 1st gear and ease off the clutcvh and it happens.Any one care to guess?Yep,twisted the drive shaft.Bd bad day. I need more truck.:Banghead

Squizzy246B said:

You see the way he slipped that...almost subliminal Hi-Jack in there...crafty dog he is ...LowBoy HEF Hijacker

ultimatley there is no point anyway ...everybody knows the Husky will blow ya "Still trying to start the damn thing" away.

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Boy Squizzy, you're a regular Sherlock Holmes me boy!!! My Husky 266 is over 15 yrs. old, came with a mankiller 42" bar....but I quickly changed that to a normal one. It has cut some timber in it's time, let me tell you, and still remains to me to be the best saw that I personally have ever owned.

My cousin is a Jonsereds fan, and I'm thinking he's rightfully so. I ran one of his all day years ago, (forgot what model by now,) same size as my Husky, but a few pounds lighter, and that thing really ripped some wood in a day.

Dad was a tree surgeon when he was alive, and owned a collection of saws for every application. Started to switch to Stihl in the 60's, from Homelite and McCullough. I still have one of his old direct-drive Homelite stump saws here. What a beast that thing is.

Jonsered and husky are the same saw.Husky makes them both.

LowBoy said:

Boy Squizzy, you're a regular Sherlock Holmes me boy!!! My Husky 266 is over 15 yrs. old, came with a mankiller 42" bar....but I quickly changed that to a normal one. It has cut some timber in it's time, let me tell you, and still remains to me to be the best saw that I personally have ever owned.

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Not much slips be a reformed Hi-jacker......

But to complete the Jackery; I have always had a good run with the Husky. I have a 125cc Qwik Cut...something akin to your old widow maker. They recently bought out Partner and released this saw which is basically the Husky/Partner power head with a 16" diamond chain for cutting stone.....lotsa brass though.....$$$$.....

http://us.husqvarnacp.com/node1552.aspx?nid=6066&pid=10747