Its was cold this morning

[lmackattack]

Felt like -10 with the wind this morning. not our coldest day this season but it was pretty harsh. Had to start the old dog up for its weekly drink and to circulate the fuel so it dont gel up in the lines. Its been parked for the year as the economy is very slow for construction.

 

[UP2CSX]

Trent, why the mud flaps on the front?

 

[lmackattack]

Trent, why the mud flaps on the front?

I have 5 reverse gears

seriously tho

I pull an end dump trailer,Its Just to keep the mud splash off the front of the truck when running the haul roads in the dumps . At Some of the dumps and rock pits I go into I have to travel about a mile down wet muddy dirt roads. you can safely do about 25-30 MPH on the haul roads and the mud will splash up on the front,hood, and windscreen. they guys that have bumpers lower to the ground are safer but they get hung up more often and still have much dripping of the grill after they leave the pits... alot of the guys that run the high speed road trains in the out backs of Austraila do the same thing to keep rocks and mud on the roads where they belong.

Trent

 

[bigford]

trent
very nice r-model i miss hauling sand,but work
on long island has SLOWED down too

 

[lmackattack]

Thanks Ford..
Long Island... I have only been there once and that was when a friend and I drove his Day cab R model from Chicago to LI and back. talk about cramped for space over the 2 day trip LOL. Never did I think I could sleep in the jump seat of a moving Mack with spring ride. but we made the best of it..We had Nice views from the highways of winter in NY.

Heres another shot of the truck
1977 RS700L