The truck i just purchased today...

[BKrois]

My friend is a mobile mechanic and told me about this truck a few weeks ago as it was owned by one of his customers. We looked at it a 2 or 3 weeks ago and after seeing how good shape the truck was in, i could not let it pass. There is no rot or rust, the paint is bubbled up on three small spots on the doors the size of quarters.

The truck is a 1967 Mack R611T. It has a 673T (Turbo) with a Quad Box transmission. It is a heavy spec tractor with a 29k lb rear end. The truck was owned before by a company out of Southport (now gone) called Frank B Dawid. Dawid had many older trucks still in use when they sold off their trucks/equipment around 1999 or so. This tractor used to pull a 1968 tandem axle dump trailer.

Today, we went to get the truck running and make the sale. We pulled the truck is lo split in 2nd gear and the truck fired right up. We drove it around a little, made the deal and then drove it to my other friends shop. I'm still up in the air wether to make it a dump or leave it a tractor, but for now i'm going to put some new batteries in it, clean out the cab (damb mice and wasps) and clean the motor/cab.

In a few months it might be seen at a truck show near you....

[atgreene]

Nice! Good luck with it.

[snowplowjay]

Nice older R model!!!

Definitely a truck with some potential. Make it a shorty dump :D


Jay

[Honest Mike]

Not bad, but I think it will be slightly longer than a few months before you hit any truck shows with it...:p Mike :wink

[mdb landscaping]

looks nice bryan. have fun with the resto. post some pics of the progress.

[Crash935]

With a Quad box tranny no less, that will be fun in the city!

Looks like a fun project though, wish i had time for something like that.

Keep us posted with pics.

[Pelican]

What ever happened to the old B you bought?

[BKrois]

What ever happened to the old B you bought?

I still have it, we use it as a site truck at a local antique equipment show.

[crashz]

We have a 68 U model that my father rebuilt into a short single axle dump, well before I was born. About 15 years ago we rebuilt it again and she still looks and runs great. Ours has a 237 Mack and RoadRanger. Easy as a Honda civic to drive!

[Ole JIM]

I Like THAT!--especially You crashz carrying ON your DADS!--LOVE for that Ole MACK!--as I*M an Ole Truck lover!--I*M a Retired Trucker & me & my Son just bought a 1972 Kenworth Wrecker while on a Family trip to Cape Cod!--as We went BY--& noticed It--sure looked SAD just sitting there!--Stopped & chatted--w/the onwer--& went on our Way!--on the return trip! stopped Again--Chatted & ****rerd!--& Bought IT & I drove it HOME!--ran Good--but--had Brake Problems!-Locking UP--I assumed the Brake Return Springs--from Sitting--Rear Maxis--as it had been Sitting over a Year!--didn*t get very Far!-pulled over & got some Penitarting oil & Grease--& took the Rear brakes appart & freed E*M UP--they worked Good after THAT!-now HOME--all New Complete Brake JOB all Around!-- My Sports CAR?--Ole JIM--

[T-Zab]

Nice trucks guys, an excavater I work with has a couple ol Mack six wheelers he rebuilt. Nice old trucks that run every day.
Todd

[crashz]

Thanks guys!

My father still runs this truck daily. Its really a God send, because 90% of the time a one ton is just too small. This truck is light, small and can still carry 6 ton legally.

To make it related to this site, 3 (thats its number designation) has plowed for years while we had the airport contract. It pushed an 11' hwy plow and plowed the runways and ramps. A quick story about me, this truck and an emergency:

In 94 I was a senior in highschool and my father became really sick with an inner ear infection. We got a call at our house because the Medivac plane had to airlift someone to Boston that night and the runway needed to be cleared for take off (yes the airport was so cheap that they would only call us when absolutely neccesary). I raced to our shop and headed out with 3. When I arrived the airport manager gave me a radio and told me what to do. The plan was to make one full pass down the run way with the plane right behind me and I was to drive straight off of the runway as far as the truck would go. The plane would be right behind me and lift off right over head. The plan played out flawlessly, and the plane took off only feet above the truck as I went flying down the embankment. Never have I been anymore scared and proud at the same time.

[Snowboy]

the plane took off only feet above the truck as I went flying down the embankment. Never have I been anymore scared and proud at the same time.

I would have clobbered the idiot that told me to do that. Did u get hurt at all? What did you do when you got up from the embankment?

Dave.

[snowplowjay]

Never have I been anymore scared and proud at the same time.


When did you realize there was a Baby Ruth Bar in your Shorts??? :D


Jay

[Ole JIM]

Crashz--You know Ole Trucks & their drivers have many TRUE Stories to Tell!-that DAY YOU most Likley Saved a LIFE?--& YOU should be Proud!--I attend Ole Truck Shows & in Chatting w/ Ole Drivers--the Tales are Un-Beleivable? as they Tell of their Experances of years gone by!-Here Locally We had a Man Named --Uncle Earl--that back during the War yrs!--Plowed w/ Two 34 Ford 1-1/2 Ton Dump trucks--useing a 10 foot V-plow & two 11 Foot Wings--the Front Ford was Driven Full Bore & a Push Pole between the second Ford--which was Driven Full Bore--Pushing the First ONE!--NO Radios--NO Phones--just Hand Signals--from the Front Truck!--Earl in the First & His SON--in the Second--Iremember as a young Feller--Hearing them as They Went BY--just a Cloud of Snow--& the Roar of those Ole Flathead Engines just Screaming!--I was at our General Store! & One Ole GUY!--stated He could Now Go Home as Earl & His Son had Cleared the Road--& You will all Laugh at This?--many yrs Later!--when I first started Plowing--the Road Commiss--walked US New Guys around al the Plowing Equipment--& as We came to those Ole 34 Fords--now w/ Windows Broken & One New Guy asked?-what about those Cabs?--as Were going to get WET!--the BOSS told HIM NO Problem!--& when WE finally went into His Office!--He Threw a Rain Coat off the Clothes Rack to the New Guy that Had asked the Question!--& informed HIM--Earl nor His SON never Complained!--& YOU don*t Need Windows as They Drove all Night w/ those windows Down!-- & He Remembers both Earl & His SON--Shoveling out those Cabs many Times!-during Storms!--those Ole 34 Fords are Parked in the Connors of the Garage--just as they were Left!--many yrs AGO!--& Earls Gloves are Still Sitting on the Seat!--right Where Earl Left Them!-- Snow Plowing LEGEND!--Two Men & their Machines!--& just Last Winter while a Crew was Fueling UP!--One Mentioned He had a Weird FEELING?--Warm & Nice?--NO Problem!-thats EARL--Hes Looking out for US!--& Tears appeard in His EYES!--as HE is Earls Grand SON!--& as WE drove Away & Dropped the V-Plow--He asked? Was Grampy really that Good?--YES! Earl was the Best We have ever seen!--& Your DAD will tell You So if You ever Ask HIM--You are too young to Remember the Bad Storm of 52!--when Mother Nature Dropped 50 Odd Inches of Snow On US!--& Earl & Your DAD kept all our Roads Open--w/ those Two Ole 34 Fords--three Days & Nights they Both Plowed w/ out any Break!--I was at the Garage when They Finally came IN--the Exhaust Manifolds were Red HOT--& those Cabs were Full of Snow!-as they Left Imprints of their Bodies as they Got OUT!--the Hoods & Firewalls were Clean as in Summer time!--& I remember noticing that Push pole was Bent!--a Thick Wall 4 inch PIPE!--I have Plowed for over half a Century--& can*t even Imagine??--Plowing in Ither Truck?--the One in Front Being Pushed by the Rear ONE--& Plowing 2 Feet of Better?--& I assume? at Times--Plowing at 35 MPH or Better?--thats how LEGIONS are MADE!--& You may think? I*M Nuts?--but--Next time YOU Plow by the Graveyard where Ole Earl is Burried--Blow your Horn & Wave!--& Watch the Tack-as its All Up Hill & a Hard PUSH-when your Headed West!--as My Tack will Climb a Couple of 100 RPMS w/ It right On The floor Boards--& that Warm Weird Feeling?--You experanced Fueling UP!--try it next TIME!-- & let Me Know?--what Happens!--as We now have modern Equipment--& still Can Not DO? what the Ole Times Did-- YEH! theres a lot of Things?-We Really Don*t Understand??--as We live in a Three Diamention World! as We look over & Wonder? Ole Equipment--You can FEEL--that Wonderous Feeling?--as Something? attempts to Tell its STORY!--MEN & Machines are NO GOOD w/Out One Other!--but--When Man & Machine Become ONE!--LEGIONS are Born!--GOD Bless ALL!--Ole JIM--

[crashz]

Snoboy - I had lifted the plow and just cruised right off the runway. No damage, not even an abrupt stop. However I was stuck in a snow drift and had to get the loader to pull the truck out.

Jay - The plane overhead wasn't such a big scare, but on the long full pass I could see it taxi down the runway behind me. It turned and I still had a 1/4 of the way to go or so. All I could think of is "Please don't run out of fuel!!!". I was also worried that the path that I was cutting was perfectly straight, because on the right side it was pushing up a nice little windrow. Those puddle jumper Medivac Planes have landing gear that folds on heavy impact, and a windrow is enough force to either slow the plane down too much for take off (ie smash into my tailgate!) or fold up the landing gear. Oh, and since there isn't any de-icing chemicals used on the runways, the pilot literally had one shot to get it right. All these things ran through my mind as I was driving, so I kinda freaked myself out.

Thanks for the story Old Jim! Its nice to hear the stories of past and how people got by with old technology and ingenuity.

BTW -sorry about totally hijacking this thread.

[Ole JIM]

Snoboy - I had lifted the plow and just cruised right off the runway. No damage, not even an abrupt stop. However I was stuck in a snow drift and had to get the loader to pull the truck out.

Jay - The plane overhead wasn't such a big scare, but on the long full pass I could see it taxi down the runway behind me. It turned and I still had a 1/4 of the way to go or so. All I could think of is "Please don't run out of fuel!!!". I was also worried that the path that I was cutting was perfectly straight, because on the right side it was pushing up a nice little windrow. Those puddle jumper Medivac Planes have landing gear that folds on heavy impact, and a windrow is enough force to either slow the plane down too much for take off (ie smash into my tailgate!) or fold up the landing gear. Oh, and since there isn't any de-icing chemicals used on the runways, the pilot literally had one shot to get it right. All these things ran through my mind as I was driving, so I kinda freaked myself out.

Thanks for the story Old Jim! Its nice to hear the stories of past and how people got by with old technology and ingenuity.

BTW -sorry about totally hijacking this thread.
crashz NO Problem--as theres a lot of interesting stories out there & I enjoy reading them!--Ole JIM--

[SIPLOWGUY]

Cool trucks! Good luck!

[BKrois]

Now that my thread was hijacked, i'm going to get back to the topic i orignally posted about, which is my truck.

Today i changed the fuel filters in the truck. Tomorrow i'm going to drain both tanks to get the old fuel and sediment out, and refill them both with some fresh diesel. After that i plan on using my friends steam cleaner and cleaning the rear end, frame and engine.

Hopefully next weekend my friend can wire brush the frame and paint it and then start on prepping the cab.

[Pelican]

After all these years Bryan, you still haven't learned anything about tact.......:beatsme

[BKrois]

To any moderator who reads this thread, can you please delete it. :notworthy

[crashz]

Well Bryan I apologize for thoroughly hijacking the thread. Didn't mean too.

Hope the truck is coming along nice. Please keep posting pics and let me know if you need help with anything. Also if you need parts, let me know. We have a parts truck (tandem tractor about the same vintage) with more interior and exterior trim intact.

[Honest Mike]

Crash, I see no reason for the apology, I personally dont think you did anything wrong. Sometimes a topic drifts off a little because we all have basically the same interests and have something we wanna add to the thread to keep it going. This is a very friendly forum, with everyone sharing their information and stories, and because of this, a topic can drift off a little, but in a good way in my opinion. I see no reason for the thread starter to get mad...:waving Mike :wink

[Pelican]

No, crash did nothing wrong. Bryan just suffers from a case of hoof in mouth disease now and then. It's been going for quite some time now, hopefully he'll grow out of it.......someday:beatsme

[Newtownsnowplower]

Being new hereand not trying to step on toes, but a member on many other forums, I can only think that maybe Brian wanted to run a thread that documented the progress on his truck. I have seen other threads on this site and others with this theme including those started by moderators. It would then be understandable to me why he might have gotten a bit upset. If this was true I would encourage him to start a new thread titled "Mack Restoration" or something similiar.

Moderators: Not trying to step on your job, we all have a case of hoof in mouth disease somethimes. Better to correct then insult I always say.

[Pelican]

Many of the threads on this Board tend to drift slightly from the title subject, yet offer information that would be of interest to those attracted to the thread. Bryan has been with us long enough to know this and often interjects with his own input about his equipment on threads started by other members.

If we were to limit the threads specifically to their title content, not only would the Moderators be extremely busy in making adjustments to the Board, but also the Members would have an undue number of threads to sift through.

We appreciate your input just the same.

[Newtownsnowplower]

I certainly hope this is not like the plowing forum I just came from. I am a bit nervous now.

[snowplowjay]

I certainly hope this is not like the plowing forum I just came from. I am a bit nervous now.


HAHAHA thats funny.......

You are dealing with 2 different animals...... The best I can describe it would be to say that as in baseball there is the MINOR LEAGUE (A, AA, AAA) and then the MAJOR LEAGUE............


Well the site you came from was like playing A ball........You moved right up from the bottom straight to the top and are now in the Majors here at Lets Talk Snow.........

I don't see how anyone could even think of comparing this site to that crap hole........


Jay

[chipsearthworks]

HAHAHA thats funny.......

You are dealing with 2 different animals...... The best I can describe it would be to say that as in baseball there is the MINOR LEAGUE (A, AA, AAA) and then the MAJOR LEAGUE............


Well the site you came from was like playing A ball........You moved right up from the bottom straight to the top and are now in the Majors here at Lets Talk Snow.........

I don't see how anyone could even think of comparing this site to that crap hole........


Jay


Wow :zoinks :zoinks Tell us how you really feel do not hold anything back there buddy ;) :D

But I will agree with you though.

[BKrois]

I've started a thread on a mack related site about my truck, i won't be adding anything here because it seems like people would rather argue about my "tact" than discuss the topic i originally posted about.

[Newtownsnowplower]

Brian.

I for one am very interested in old iron. I would very much like a link to the site to follow your progress. I have been wanted to find an old truck and restore to a worker but have yet to find the right truck and motivation. I look forward to seeing your progress.