Trucks i liked the best were the R model Macks the L line of Ford and the top of the list were the long nose transtar Binders the top of the list of ones i disliked were the GMC's the K W s and Petes . I loved the R 700 Mack i ran hauling coal it was powered by a 318 Detroit with a 13 speed road ranger and would top out at 78 at 2450 Not that it ever saw that speed much and never loaded , Pulled a East 30x96x72 bucket with a lead air lift axle that by lifting it while loaded i could dump up to 30000 lbs onto the drives for traction . If i could shake a load loose and get into second gear it was coming out of mud or deep snow and never once ever had to have a helping hand coming up out of a strip cut with 40-45 ton in the box Coupled with them Armstrong drive lugs she was a tank . Then one day i drove a buddy's new I H 4200 with the same engine and trans set up and i was hooked on the binders . When i decided that it was time for me to become and O/O i i went truck shopping and i looked at the Mack's i looked at the K W's and Petes , looked at the L9000 and looked at the NEW 4300 I H eagles . I also wantd to get away from the Detroits and knew i did not want a Cat so i decided on Cummins as it was still a poor man's shade tree mechanic's engine So now it comes down to PRICE , I knew i wanted a Bunk house on the back for those winter days of Salt hauling when you got to a salt shed and the piler was not there and you might set and wait HOURS on them the napping over the steering wheel plum sucked and if you have never done this you do not know the meaning of true PAIN Well ya could get a new K W back then for 47500 out the door ready to work Pete was tryen hard to sell trucks and you could get one of them for 45500 out the door , The big Ford truck dealer in my area had a sharp L 9000 that they would put a bunk house on it and the wet line and upgrade the NTC 290 to a 350 for 44900 Then there was the as we called it the DOG pound , the local Mack dealer They had this sharp little R 600 with a 350 mack and a 13 speed with a bunk house already on it with polished alum. ft wheels and polished tanks BUT they wanted 56900 for it . The next stop was the BIG I H dealer and they had THE truck and i even liked the color BUT they were jerks would not even allow you to get up in it and set behind the wheel and they wanted 67800 . Told the salesman he was NUTS and told him what everybody else wanted and i would never darken his door again . On the way home i stopped by the little I H dealer here intown and he had the same truck as the big dealer had setting . it was a Thursday evening around five when i walked thru the door and asked Wild Bill HOW MUCH and he said have you driven and Eagel before i siad Nope just Big D's 4200 never a 4300 , He grabbed the keys off the board and handed me a dealer plate and said bring it back with some fuel left in it then we will talk. So i went for a LONG ride over every road in my area some smooth and some rough as a corn cob . THis truck rode like a baby buggy . I swung by a buddy's place and pulled in and like usual he was working on his two year old 9500 long nose as it was always breaking down . So he and i went out for another ride and he was driving now . It was getting on about 8:30 when he and i took it back to the dealer and he and i said at the same time HOW MUCH ready to work Mike wanted to trade the Lemon i was dealing straight . Mikes deal was 43500 and mine was 42500 then we had to decide who was going to take the first one . They were already speced to just what we wanted less the jake brake Mike took that one and i took the one that had not yet arrived Only color was different . i had to wait a week for mine to get there it came in Friday evening before labor day.
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