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| At Richland Center Wis truck show In Oct 2006 with the Mack and Nash on the back |
At Rockford Sand & Gravel hauling ag lime |
At the farm with the 64 B Model and 49 Nash |
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| Front view of Cassidy Conveyor Mack at Del Webb |
Me driving under the conveyor at Vulcan Sycamore |
Me dumping into Cassidy Coveyor Mack at Del Webb Huntley IL in June 2006 |
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| Me hauling my 1964 B Model and uncle's1949 Nash tow with Lenzini's 64 Pete, Ernie's 71 Pete, and Al's 57 BCR Mack |
Waiting to get loaded with ag lime |
This is my Dad's 94 Pete. It is a 378 with a 425 CAT, 9 speed Eaton and a 36 inch bunk. Here he is delivering for DFC Transportation. |
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| Dad's 2000 Pete with older Dieter trailer |
Here I am at a park district show in Barrington IL in July 2006. It was 100 degrees that day. |
Here is Dad leased to DFC Trans. from Huntley IL |
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| Here is my Dad again next to Dieters new day cab in Belvidere IL. Dieter has 2 day cabs and about 20 to 30 sleeper trucks. All 379 Peterbilts. |
Here my Dad and I are looking at my new 1964 B-Model. It has a 673T and triplex trans. |
A week later I was back to pick it up from Ken Taylor in S. Elgin IL |
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| This is my Dad's new truck loading trees in Indiana in the spring of 2006. This truck is similar to the old one. It is a 379 with a C-15 CAT,18 speed Eaton,and 3.55 rears. |
This is my truck when my Dad owned it. He is leased to Dieter trucking in Naperville IL. |
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| Al in his R-Model six wheeler with Lake Michigan and Zion power plant in the background |
Dad and Al dumping gravel on the shore of Lake Michigan next to the Zion Il nuclear power plant. |
Dad delivering trees to a ranch in Pampa Texas. |
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| Dad in his 94 Pete getting loaded at Meyer Material in McHenry IL around 1995. |
Jim in his 359 Peterbilt waiting to get loaded at Meyer McHenry. |
My Dad and Kevin on their way to Texas with a load of trees after getting stuck in a snow storm. |
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| This is a R&D Thiel trailer with a pre-fab house that was dropped in a bad spot at Del Webb Huntley in June 2006. |
This is the township snowplow crashed into my folks front yard. |
The road grader came to save the day. |
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| Here is a rear shot of the Value Liner. The truck in the backround is my Uncle's. |
Here is Dad delivering to a dog food plant in Jefferson Wi for DFC Transpotation. |
Here my Dad is getting loaded underneath the auto loader at Meyer Material in Carpentersville Il. |
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| Here is Maggios towing picking up Dad's truck after he fell into a washed out road at 5 o'clock in the morning. One more truck and several cars also fell in the hole. |
The frame rails were bent and front end was misalinged. The road had just been redone when he hit the hole so the road builder had to pay for all damages. |
This is my Dad's 1987 Mack Value Liner. It had a 350 Mack with a 13 speed trans and later he added a 36 inch bunk. It is brand new in this picture. |
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| This is my Uncle's 1986 R-model Mack with a new frameless Dorsey dump trailer. |
This is the National Lease Super Liner my Dad used while his blue Mack was being repaired. |
This photo was also taken at Meyer's in Carpentersville. This pit is out of gravel and is now a huge neighborhood. |
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| After my Dad sent the Fruehauf back he went out and bought a 22' frameless Dorsey. He sold this trailer in 1995 and the new owners still run it every day. |
Dad delivering a concrete section to a building on River Rd in Rosemont Il in the mid 80's. |
Here is my Uncle's 86 R-model mack. It had a E6 300, with a 6 speed. It has since been sold, painted grey and converted into a six wheeler. |
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| This is a Woodstock ready mix International about to pour a foundation in Huntley Il in 1986. |
This is Knock Out Concrete's Mack conveyor getting set up to pour the foundation at my parents house around 1993. |
This is my Dad's 84 R-model. This truck had a 350 Mack with a 13 speed. |
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| This is the new Fruehauf trailer my dad ordered in 85. The factory put a 5 stage ram in the trailer and it about flipped over backwards when my dad raised it up the first time. |
Woodstock Ready Mix was bought out by Meyer Material and then closed. |
Dad and another truck are being escorted by the white pickup. Notice the plane wing on the left side making its turn to the runway. |
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| Dad getting ready to leave with a load of concrete beams. |
Here Dad is moving a golf cart bridge for Poplar Creek Country Club in Hoffman Estates Il. |
Here is an unknown Meyer owner operator leaving O'hare after dumping. |
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| Here is another Huntley Il International 4x4 fire truck fighting a small grass fire in the early to mid 80's. |
Here is my Dad with a rented trailer helping my grandparents move. This was taken in 85 or 86. |
My dad and another driver are waiting to be escorted across a runway at O'Hare Airport so they can spread gravel for a new runway. This was taken in the mid 80's. |
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| This is the Huntley Il Fire Dept with a COE International fighting a controlled barn fire in the mid 80's. |
Dad getting loaded at Meyer Material in Carpentersville Il in 1984. |
Dad's 84 R-model pulling a 22ft aluminum, frameless Axle dump trailer. |
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| Here Dad brought the new Mack home on a test drive. Notice no visor, 5th wheel, fenders, stack, and steel battery box covers. |
These are some Meyer mixers at their Streamwood Il plant. This shot was taken around 1985. |
This is an ugly Huntley Redi-Mix White-Freightliner. They were bought out by Harvard Redi-Mix who was then bought by Meyer Material. |
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| This is Bakely Const. from Huntley Il giving away free sand for sandboxes in town. I'm the little guy in front waiting for sand. |
This is me standing in front of a FWD ran by Floit Redi-Mix from Sycamore Il. Floit was just recently bought by Ozinga Redi-Mix. |
This is my Dad loading grain out of a field around 1985 or 86. |
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| A COE Kenworth for DFC Transportation parked in their main yard in Huntley IL during the early 80's. |
A Peterbilt COE getting put back together after being repainted at DFC's shop. |
A side shot of the Peterbilt. |
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| Another shot of Sonny's truck. Notice no bird on the mail box on the side of the trailer. |
Here is a nice looking COE Freightliner. This was also an owner operator. |
This is a photo of my Nylint Freightliner tanker and Winross Ford with Dean Foods logos. |
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| This is the driver of the Kenworth and I am sitting with my Dad in the drivers seat. |
This nice looking Transtar and trailer belonged to Sonny Reeves. Another DFC owner operator. |
This truck belonged to Harry Hughes from Huntley, a DFC owner operator. |
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| If anybody has pictures,info,a PTO or a T-97-1 Transmission for these trucks please call Dale at 630-201-7569. |
Nash tow trucks were only for dealer use and were not for sale to the public. |
The Nash pictured closest here has an Ashton wrecker body and is from O-Neill Rambler Inc. in Sioux City Ia. |
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| The truck on the left runs and drives but the truck on the right has a huge hole in side of the transmission. |
These are my Uncle's 49 Nash tow trucks. The one closest has a Holmes wrecker body and is from Frontier Motors in Durango Co. |
A nice new quad axle Kenworth at Rockford IL Kenworth. |
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| Here I am getting loaded by Hager Excavating's 325 CAT at Del Webb in Huntley IL January 07. |
Here I am hauling a military surplus forklift for a local tree nursery. It was about 5 degrees out that day. |
Here I am parked in front of the WA900 for some size comparison. One of the Euclids it loads is on the left side of the picture. |
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| It's not a truck but it's big. This is a WA900 Komatsu used to load Euclid haul trucks at Vulcan Materials Sycamore IL pit. |
New Mack Granite's at Rockford Mack. They look like they are going to be ABC supply trucks. |
Some new MBI trucks waiting to be delivered . |
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| These are some Meyer Material Mixers waiting for orders at their Des Plaines IL yard March 07. |
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