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GraniteFan713 wrote:ap40rocktruck wrote:
On a recent tour of the Macungie assembly plant, only saw one all mack chassis, at least the basics. Mack axles, Mack steel springs, and six spoke wheels. All the others were a mix of axles, on a variety of air suspension, Ridewell, Chalmers, & Hendrickson. Allison & fuller transmissions, mostly Volvo motors, with a few small Cummins here & there.
Ap40
Just as a note, those Cummins engines you saw were Cummins Nautral Gas engines. And I don't believe for a minute that Mack's will "evolve" into Volvo's. Volvo has done a lot of things, but they aren't that stupid. They know how important the Mack name is to the construction industry. We must also keep in mind, that if Volvo didn't buy Mack, it wouldn't be here today. Even though the Volvo and Mack engines are built in the same plant and share the same engine block, they have their unique differences. Here's another pic of that Titan show truck.  Dave, I agree with you. Our entire fleet of trucks & tractors are all Mack, in 2008 we bought 3 brand new Pinnacle CVH-613, heavy spec low bed tractors. We have always run Mack, and always will. Just saying the days of the pure bread are gone forever. Ap40
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EliMax wrote:Can we all agree that this should be a SWORD? Sorry, I'm praying for First Gear.  (I like my models affordable, lol.)
-Dave 
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