Vintage Macks

sh0rtlife said:

please tell me youve got pics of the chain drive...course im betting youve got pics from the whole show

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Hears a few old chain drive pictures, might even be a Mack

i cant imagine how cool it would be to see a chain drive rollin down the road

Saw one in action 24 years ago in England. My spouse and I were cycle touring up through Oxfordshire - doing the back roads. This old cab-over logging truck with chain drive overtook us. Not going a great speed but still earning its keep. I'll try and see if I can find a photo of it.

I just realized there was a vintage Mack thread. In 1960 bought a 1952 Mack off highway truck. This was one of 6 trucks had rock boxes on in the iron ore mines in Quebec, the boxes were removed and truck were then driven out to B.C. and sold for logging it a long slow drive since top speed was only 25 mph. V-12 Cummings, Schiender-Westinhouse torque-converter, 4 speed transmission, plantary gears in rear ends, 16:00 X 25 tires. Norm lengthen the frame 4 ft so he could build and install a logging arch in order to skid logs.

He used a winch of a D-8 cat, Norm always went 75% more beef than most would, his moto was build it to last and make it strong.

Forgot to say that Norm Simmons logged in the Prince George area. of B.C. He told me that in the winter they would use the arch trucks and when they had a straight shot at the frozen lake just pin it and get out as far as posable, then when the ice went off boom they down to the mill. I can not remember the name of the lake.

Hears a couple of Mack pictures I found amongst some Hearsey Transport pictures.

69hayes said:

Hears a few old chain drive pictures, might even be a Mack

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Great shots of the chain drive sprockets & such, but those are NOT Mack. It appears to be Sterling,more detailed images would be needed & any data tags or casting numbers.

Ap40

Here are a couple of Currie and Son Logging in Princeton, I do not have any guess as to model or year??

motrack said:

Hey Excavator...... do you have any pics of that BCR? My granddad was a Mack dealer and I remember those back from my young days but have NO pic of any.

When the R models came out it was a cheap way to update to a R model and BCR kits sold well according to my grandfather.

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http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/bullnoze/greeley/2003/aths_1957_mack_bcr02.jpg

Here is a couple of vintage Macks for your viewing pleasure.

Here are a couple "Old Macks"


This first one is a M-30 quarry truck, late `60's vintage I think. This picture was taken the day it was leaving our plant after being sold on an Iron Planet Auction. I believe the main problem other than wear and tear was the flex plates attaching the engine to the Allison transmission either broke or the bolts for them failed. Spent many hours working on that one over the years along with several others of these from M15's up to the M65's we ran at various sites in New York State.





This one is a little older! It was a project the president of the company assigned to our shop. Really wish I had some before pictures! It was cut out of a hedgerow in western New York where it had been parked for many years. I could probably write a book on the project. The only original sheet metal left I believe is the hood. One of the shops welders used the rusted original pieces as templates and with little more than a jigsaw, torch, and a few hand tools made something that while not museum quality looks preety good. My self and another mechanic were tasked with making it run, it does still have the original 4 cylinder gas engine. We were lucky and our boss found a good used crank case and crankshaft that needed the bearings hand fitted. Other things were a little more of a challenge!

Great story to go with these trucks. Thanks for sharing.

Vigilant said:

Take a look at that old cabover truck (a mid-size International perhaps?) beside the red B Model in Post #55. See the cream-color paint showing itself under the blue re-paint? Now look at the truck used to tow the house in Post #347 of the BCFP thread, perhaps?

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The picture on BCFP thread posting # 347 was taken in summer 1961 it is a house from the old Harris Creek camp being moved across the South branch of the San Juan River ( Cove Bridge ) to Beach Camp . The house mover was Modern House Movers from the lower mainland area maybe Surrey . As the owner was an early developer of hydraulic's , this was to be one of his last projects , as he was going into perfecting his system of raising houses and patent it . If you look at the control bank for raising houses you will see the name Modern House Movers.

Borrowed from Facebook. Nice photo of an off-highway B Model.

Another off-highway B Model, taken at Weyco's Pe Ell camp, down below Vail.

That shape hood was from the B-80 family I beleive,I think the B-80 would be an 711 gas or diesel,the B-81 was a Mack 6 cylinder engine,the B-83 had a Cummins I think and the B-87 had the had the Mack 864 V8.It's been a long time and YMMV.Ron G

Truck 206 appears to be a Canadian variant based on the headboard, water tank and turned bunks.

I drove a 10 wheel dump with that style cab and hood. I'm pretty sure it had a Mack engine. Cab was tight for me at 6'4" and it had an air starter, it had to be pushed in the morning to start LOL

Steve Frazier said:

I drove a 10 wheel dump with that style cab and hood. I'm pretty sure it had a Mack engine. Cab was tight for me at 6'4" and it had an air starter, it had to be pushed in the morning to start LOL

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It has been said that you wear the cab of a B Model like a pair of pants. I feel your pain. We are the same height.

Art Nickerson Collection Not sure where this was taken , but it is an impressive stick of wood . Note the blocks on the bunk to prevent the log from rolling .