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A few weeks back I went to a truck show in Ontario, and after the show I decided to cruise past Amrep's manufacturing facility just to see what was new. In there I saw 2, possibly 3 brand new Mack MRU Amrep front loaders painted up for Anderson, and knew that if I was going to find one of their Able Body's , I had to go soon. Fast forward 3 weeks, Alex and I found ourselves here in Simi Valley doing just that. It ended up being one of those days where things just fell into place.
Right off the bat we saw this truck, a beautiful example of just how good these "broad radius" front load bodies look, especially paired with all of the sharp angles of an old Mack MR cab. And thanks to an awesome driver, we got to get a great video of this truck in action. Extremely quick cycle times, often as short as 15 seconds and a packer speed to match made for quite the entertaining morning.
The opening clip features 2 trucks, the one in the back not operating is the Able Body, only missed getting that cycle by a second or two so I started as the second truck pulled up. The truck in the foreground was a slightly newer version of the Able Body, an older model Bridgeport also on a Mack MR which is essentially visually identical aside from it not having all the extra vertical ribs on the body. It was neat to see them both next to each other, even though you cant see much on the video :P
There's just something about seeing an old west coast front loader driving with non-adjustable "bottom pocket" forks just inches off the ground like at 10:05 in this video.
Anyway, enough rambling from me and enjoy the video if you havn't yet watched it, and if you have I hope you liked it. Comments are always appreciated, especially because of how tough it is to make videos of commercial trucks, especially when you have to follow them/stay out of their way for 30 minutes just for there to be enough sunlight to begin filming :D
This was the first video shot with the new-to-me camera I just bought, and it was mistakenly shot in 720p. Other than that, I'm very happy with how it turned out