Mack Trucks
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In the early days, Mack was the workhorse. It wasn't the prettiest or the most comfortable but it got the job done and was a bruiser doing it. It was the neighborhood bully among the rest of the trucks and the rough and tumble attitude of drivers went along with the Mack reputation.
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
I was in our silo yard today getting loaded I never seen one but CAT has their own brand of ready mix trucks and semis I'm look more onto them
I know the Macks with a gold dog ornament have all Mack components. I've only seen one of these. It was a beat up yard dog at a Tyson plant. Until I was 13 years old I thought the only trucks made were Mack cabovers. Every male member of my family owned one. Another reason you never see them OTR is that they are very heavy and today's companies prefer trucks with higher MPG.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Lots of Macks in LTL. Linehaul drivers with UPSF and ABF drive them.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Caroll Fullmer fleet is mostly Mack but they're a South East Regional Company.
I've never driven one so I have no performance opinion. They look very nice, alot better than Internationals IMHO.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
I'm not sure if Mack makes a full sleeper cab truck. There are a lot of them in the more rural areas of the northeast but I always see them as daycabs or straight trucks.
Mack Pinnacle - they're actually pretty nice. I've been in one, not driven.
http://www.macktrucks.com/trucks/pinnacle-series/
Rick
I'm not sure if Mack makes a full sleeper cab truck. There are a lot of them in the more rural areas of the northeast but I always see them as daycabs or straight trucks.
Mack Pinnacle - they're actually pretty nice. I've been in one, not driven.
http://www.macktrucks.com/trucks/pinnacle-series/
Rick
Yeah I said that last night and while I was sitting here at a shipper what do I see pull up? A full size sleeper Mack lol
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Built Like a Mack Truck was part of post WWII Americana. I am a fan of all Macks, but most notably the B, R and F Models and my personal favorite the Cruise Liner. I drove an early 60's B-61 10-wheeler dump once (in a yard),...had a steering wheel about 3' wide; duplex transmission, two people in the cab rubbed shoulders. A real sardine can. For a company with humble beginnings manufacturing horse carriages and then passenger motor coaches, they left an indelible mark on both the heavy truck industry and fire fighting apparatus. And yes, at one time they also had a 1/2 ton pick-up in their catalogue, mid forties I believe.
In many ways Truck history is very similar to the Automobile industry, 70 years ago there were many, many manufacturer's brands and models to choose from eventually being whittled down to only a select few. Two of the most iconic American truck brands; Mack (Volvo) and Freightliner (Diamler) are no longer American owned. For you history buffs, Freightliner was originally a company that got their start exclusively manufacturing trucks for Consolidated Freightways (CF) in the early 40's (CF was an LTL that went belly-up in the 90's). Their first truck was called a Bullnose (KW, Mack and Peterbilt had a Bullnose model as well) and was a hy-brid of sorts; a cross between a cab-over and conventional. Freightliner was eventually sold to the White Motor Truck Company, and became White Freightliner. In addition to Freightliner, White Motor Truck also had in their stable (pun intended, they had a truck called a Mustang) White, Western Star and Autocar brands.
Sorry, my "truck geek" is showing. 
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Very cool G-Town, love the history lesson.
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I'm not sure if Mack makes a full sleeper cab truck. There are a lot of them in the more rural areas of the northeast but I always see them as daycabs or straight trucks.