10-4 Magazine August 2024

60 10-4 Magazine / August 2024 family was represented well with two red Superliners, an R Model, and a U Model Mack. The DePaul’s have been great friends of mine for years, and Anthony always has a project going. Manchester Brothers always brings cool trucks from both their locations in PA and CT. One of my favorite trucks to see year after year is Matt Landis’s Mack DM886SX, in its original Bethlehem Steel livery. Matt saved this truck from being scrapped by the nearby Bethlehem Steel Plant. Bollinger Acres, local to me, brought out a beautiful Brockway dump truck that had only been finished up a few hours before the show! Livengood Excavators, a contracting company also in the local area, brought out three of their beautiful Ford trucks. As many know, I work full time for a large construction and materials outfit in PA. The co-founder, John B. Haines IV, has a jaw dropping collection of trucks and equipment at his museums, located only a half hour from the show grounds. John’s most recent project is a 1919 Mack AC, which at some point made its way to Denmark from the US. The truck is lettered in its original name, Aarhus Oliefabrick A/S, which started in 1871 as a palm kernel processor, and grew immensely since then. This truck was brought back stateside and traded hands a few times before my boss, John B. Haines IV, purchased it and then had it restored – and this rig is beautiful. There were so many cool trucks to see during the course of this show. If you haven’t been to Macungie, PA, I highly recommend making the trip. The show always falls on the Friday and Saturday of Father’s Day Weekend, so it’s hard to forget the dates. And from the pictures here, it’s not hard to see why it’s one of the coolest shows in the world. Come out and celebrate Father’s Day Weekend 2025 with your dad (or son) in style – I promise, you will not regret it! n