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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 1:59am |
The Mack Trucks of Jones Transport
One thing about a cab-over truck; if anything happens, you are the first one there.
KY Hwy 80 East - Columbia - Adair County - Kentucky Tuesday_25-February-2025
Jones Transport 1976 Mack F-700
Although every one I ever saw was a F-700, there are also F-600, F-800, and F-900; I have not as yet been able to find what makes a F-600 different from a F-900 and etc.
Although the cab-mounted placard will only ever display an even "hundred" "00", various 1st and second digits following the F-X?? denote the actual model number and denote various options and equipment.
Look laying on the dash in the corner of the windshield if you want to see some history.
If you were tough enough to smoke those old filter-less Camels, then you were too tough for cancer to get you.
I bet that pack of cigarettes is older than the truck.
Edited by BuckSkin - 28 Feb 2025 at 2:04am
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 5:47am |
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Worked at Mack STL 1977, F600 was the least optioned as well lowest HP and Single Axle, 700 was highway service qualified inline 6, modest truck, Single or Tandem axles. F800 basically top of Line highest HP and greatest options pack, only difference to F900 was V8 Diesel or alternate engine producer equipped.
Drove Midwest Transport Leasing F700 to CA and Back late 1977, 3 trips, miserable old monster beat you to death as wb shorter than most pickups and tough spring ride suspension, could sleep in bunk yet was small and not well insulated or appointed, very similar to the old IH 4070 A&B cabs.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 5:57am |
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'camels' ??
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 6:00am |
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Worked at Mack STL 1977, F600 was the least optioned as well lowest HP and Single Axle, 700 was highway service qualified inline 6, modest truck, Single or Tandem axles. F800 basically top of Line highest HP and greatest options pack, only difference to F900 was V8 Diesel or alternate engine producer equipped.. |
Thanks; you have said more useful information about the differences in that single paragraph than in all the internet searching I have done; thanks again.
You should edit that information into the wikipedia F-Series page.
Edited by BuckSkin - 28 Feb 2025 at 6:01am
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 10:46am |
Camel cigarettes! Lol. 
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 12:43pm |
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Yep also smoke Pall Mall cigaretts back in the day. Quit smoking in 1986
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 2:22pm |
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Smoked nearly every Non Filtered brand cut, quit myself in 1996.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 5:15pm |
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i smoked the lucky strike shortys for 25 years then i quit in 2004 but nice looking cabover
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 6:21pm |
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I got a picture of Allis Chalmers line up of 22 Macks with the Big Al engines in their parts distribution operation, gotta find it
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 7:22pm |
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It's been quite a long time ago the Jones Motor freight was on the road, I seen to remember that their colors were green and either white or eggshell white. The colors on the Mack pictured remind me more of Mason-Dixon fleet. They also ran a bunch of F model Macks.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 8:34pm |
PaulB wrote:
It's been quite a long time ago the Jones Motor freight was on the road, I seen to remember that their colors were green and either white or eggshell white. The colors on the Mack pictured remind me more of Mason-Dixon fleet. They also ran a bunch of F model Macks. |
The pictured truck is Jones Transport and they are still very active today.
The founder bought that truck brand-new.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 9:46pm |
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Amazing how much it looks like my old 79 4070B in style and shape.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2025 at 10:47pm |
The Mack Trucks of Jones Transport
KY Hwy 80 East - Columbia - Adair County - Kentucky Tuesday_25-February-2025
Jones Transport 1978 Mack Cruise-Liner
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 6:20am |
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Is still a shame Mack got gobbled up by Volvo, will not ever be the same. They ate White and GMC as well.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 6:46am |
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Is still a shame Mack got gobbled up by Volvo, will not ever be the same. They ate White and GMC as well. |
I absolutely HATE a Volvo and refuse to drive them; if a man can't come up with something decent for me to drive, I will just look elsewhere.
Now, I have driven a few White/GMC, all mechanical, that have the Volvo hood and grille but don't say Volvo on them anywhere; but, it was always sort of an embarrassment.
Everyone around here call the Volvo/Macks "Jap Macks"
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 6:56am |
Must be a different Jones Motor freight.
I was wrong about Mason-Dixon, their cabs were red. I know there was a Virginia bases company that had dark blue/lite blue paint schemes on F model Macks some 40 years ago
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Real pullers don't have speed limits.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 7:12am |
UPS might have the largest fleet of F model Mack (brown  ) tractors.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 8:23am |
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Jones Transport, Different than Jones Motor Freight.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 10:37am |
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That cruiseliner looks like a 9670 Int
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 1:34pm |
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The Macks actually predated the 9670. IH did not start until 81, Mack line the Cruiseliner in 77Ish, Series was a WS
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 1:51pm |
DMiller wrote:
The Macks actually predated the 9670. IH did not start until 81, Mack line the Cruiseliner in 77Ish, Series was a WS |
Mack Cruise-liner released in 1975, overlapping production of the F-700 by 7-years.
Crusie-Liner is WR-Series.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 1:56pm |
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WR for Fleet Non Sleeper, WS for Sleeper cabs at least when I worked on them in 80 at Feld Rental.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 6:44am |
DMiller wrote:
Smoked nearly every Non Filtered brand cut, quit myself in 1996. |
Good on ya, still a 15-20 a day smoker here. Currently on "Riverstone" roll-your-own as it's cheaper than most others whilst still doesn't put hairs on your throat. Like a cigar now n then too. Maybe quit one day but need something to keep me sane for the moment!
That '78 Cruise-Liner would be just the ticket though, love the stacks & the color scheme!
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 7:43am |
My own habit 'Back in the Day' when was wielding wrenches and busting knuckles was 3-5 PACKS a day. Wife found the habit disgusting as she smoked eight to ten Cigs per day, I would be lighting Number one up as feet hit the floor off the bed, and ground the last one out just as slipped under sheets. Chain Smoking had a New Meaning as to how I always had one on a lip. When Cigs hit $1.50/pack in cartons I gave it up, threw three packs two new and a partial had in pocket in the trash and not ever looked back. Substituted Coffee and eventually food for the need to have something In Hand as worked. Do not care for Gum or Mints so not used those either.
Bag of chips or crackers, always sitting on tool box to snack upon until got used to no smoke. Still find the need to tell myself No Smokes today, EVERY Day so always day one of quitting every morning.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 8:13am |
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My father, so I've been told, smoked Camel cigarettes until he met my mother back in the 1940's. She wouldn't have a smoker so he quit cold turkey. Never smoked again. They married in 1945 after the war.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 8:46am |
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Never picked up that habit. Couldn't get my wife to stop till her dad developed emphysema which eventually killed him.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 8:58am |
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So, it's true 9 out of 10 men who tried camels preferred women! Joke told to me by a Mennonite in the 70's
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Yep, but their sheep are still scared.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 9:42am |
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They mark the ones that kick or bite with an X
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