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daniel_leavitt2000

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Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« on: December 10, 2012, 05:33:31 PM »
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Athearn has put the Mack R tractors anounced in 2011 to arrive in May. There is a God!
http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=ath_nmrt&CatID=TNV

Previously, these were listed as TBD.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2012, 06:01:46 PM »
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Yep.  I've got a use for those.

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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 07:27:55 PM »
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I have 6 of those on pre order..
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 08:05:38 PM »
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Am I right that the price is for 2 tractors?


Hmm... not if they're
John Deere tractors....


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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2012, 08:47:28 PM »
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Single tractor only. They are expensive but oh so nice.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2012, 08:51:19 PM »
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Very good news indeed. The red ones will help plug a hole named Saia in my scenery.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2012, 09:55:42 PM »
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To rich for my blood.That price is insane.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2012, 10:09:30 PM »
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They are pricey.


But looking at larger images of them-- the detailing is outstanding.

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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2012, 10:17:59 PM »
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Well maybe it's a trial balloon to see if we are serious as a market.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2012, 10:53:14 PM »
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Announced in 2011 and available in May? Of what year?  2015?  :trollface:
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2012, 09:18:37 AM »
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Announced in 2011 and available in May? Of what year?  2015?  :trollface:

Ahh, the manufacturer's slight-of-hand...  'Bout time, if it means 2013.  Now how about some Ford Cs and that F850 I've been craving (yes, never satisfied, I know...)
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2012, 10:18:20 AM »
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So, Daniel, what's your first firetruck kitbash going to be on this platform?
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2012, 11:18:34 AM »
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Ha! None actually, I need them for the Cerestar corn syrup plant in Framingham. They used a red single axle Mack R to move trailers in the lot.

I'll grab a few more in green and white. I can always use a few extra. I just wish they hade made some in Roadway.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2012, 12:01:47 PM »
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The part I don't get on the Athearn pricing is this...you can buy a Tow Truck or Cement Mixer for the same price as a plain Tractor. 

That is the route I always choose to go.  I can always scratch build a fifth wheel and use the Mixer body on a GHQ Pete or some other Tractor.
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Re: Reason to live #1000: Mack R cabs due in May!
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2012, 09:05:12 PM »
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Very nice looking trucks! I will go for a few.
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