New Mack Anthem

The Century was plenty. But those little posts and round fender mirrors were something I could not live without on the cross bronx. Even the cabover had a special mirrior bolted above the pax window for me. Saved me a few times, and when I never looked specifically at it, I hit cars...

 

Lets put it this way, in my Cascadias that are a 60" sleeper I have a fridge, wall to wall overhead storage, two full length floor to ceiling uprights TV/Micro cutout, and wall to wall under bunk storage. In a 60" Pinnacle you get underbunk storage and a shelf! I could be wrong, just seemed like a lot more storage in the freightshaker.

 

The only "aerodynamic" truck that I thought looked even halfway decent is the Granite. Just has that serious "let's get to work" look to it. I could do without the "soft" edges or "friendly" appearance most of these alleged trucks have. I don't want a "friendly" truck. I want one that gets the job done. This new one just looks ridiculous...more like a Disney character than an actual truck.

 

A poster on TTR talked about his small Mack and it turned out as best as I could figure it was a Granite. Probably cab and frame etc built first sold to state for further addition of work related body stuff int he back. I thought it looked rather nice like a working truck. Maybe it shouted work more than nice to me. Makes sense?

Our Century had about a thousand over tare weight for the two of us and our stuff. FFE was nice about it provided we made sure to burn a little fuel when loading to 80K against certain scales.

I keep going back to that durn century, it did everything we asked of it even on top of a landfill. It's not much of a truck but it was almost perfect. We could use a bit more space, a little more floor insulation (We had two carpets on there that fixed that....) and missed the old double pin diamond interiors we used to have long ago) And maybe a little more speed. 63 was still making us late, even as a team. We had a occasional question from dispatch are we gonna make that time appt on the dot? 4 minutes here, 7 minutes there to the good. But I suspect some dispatchers ate antiacids waiting to see if we made it on time that far... all they have to do is up the speed #### it LOL. sheesh....

 

No one is buying that 48 flattop come on. what is the matter with them? That's like freaking 1978....

 

You do know that KW has a new 40 flat out? And it is small! lol

 

*Bangs head on desk, you got me. Im thinking in terms of driver comfort. Once the industry finally got past the 60's they became castles back there...

 

I want a "Yes" or "no" answer.. No debate,No "I dunno" No explanations..

Just Yes or No.


ARE MACK TRUCKS MADE IN AMERICA?? And I Mean Complete units like they were in the 60's............