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For those who like old Macks

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Great looking classic Mack. With that long wheelbase it would look great with an similar timeline Barko loader on the back setup as a shortwood hauler. Just an old lumberjack dreaming out loud.
 
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Took some more photos today-his dad used it to move his D-7 in the sixty's and seventy's.

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Now that's a new one on me! Five speed with High/Low plus a three speed aux! Bet that would scare the heck out of some new guys to look down and see three shift levers. But with those old engines you needed all the gears you could find.

Can't read the fine print on the five speed diagram, guessing says something like "Use Low Range in 1st or Reverse Only".

And that crop of wasp nests would have my former boss and the working group leader running for cover, both very allergic or just plain scared of those critters. I always told them "You just have to rub them behind the ears and everything will be fine!"
 
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Mack called it a 9 Speed Overgear main box. The small print says {Do Not use 5th in Low**. And those yellow jackets had only set-up light house keeping. It's just
starting to get hot, 98* today. When July rolls around those jackets will be pretty mean by then:avid

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Don't know the year, but looking at the style and features I'm guessing late 1940's.
 
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That is a great find. I missed a b65 single axle dump in Pasco a few years back. Bummed me out still! Eastern Washington has a number lurking around. There is one up the Methow I keep wanting to check out.
 
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I'm guessing 1951 based on the old truckers in the coffee shop when I showed them the picture. None of them were sure though. Them old wheels appear to have the double lug nuts where you had to loosen the bigger outer nut to turn the square headed inner wheel nut. A real pain after changing a tire to keep loosening the outers to tighten the inner and then a few more bouts tightening the outers. Then when they both turned trying to take the wheel off you had the little short wrench that held the outer nut and hooked into the spoke so you could turn the inner bolt/nut back in to seperate that bolt set. Ah, The good old days. Not!
 
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Labparamour said:
Great find!
Hope you're able to bring her home.
I guess I need to visit the east side more often.

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Thanks, I have kept an eye on this 71 for eighteen years. And never said anything about it till now. I keep a book of places where old trucks are setting that covers a 200
mile radius. There are over 80 entry's in that book. One of them is a 47 KW, rough but it's pretty much all there.

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old-iron-habit said:
I'm guessing 1951 based on the old truckers in the coffee shop when I showed them the picture. None of them were sure though. Them old wheels appear to have the double lug nuts where you had to loosen the bigger outer nut to turn the square headed inner wheel nut. A real pain after changing a tire to keep loosening the outers to tighten the inner and then a few more bouts tightening the outers. Then when they both turned trying to take the wheel off you had the little short wrench that held the outer nut and hooked into the spoke so you could turn the inner bolt/nut back in to seperate that bolt set. Ah, The good old days. Not!
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OOPS, My 1951 guess was the Mack posted by the original poster. The one grandpa posted must be a bit older.
 
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