Now I want one !!

[K9Unit]

Just found that this was auctioned off fri. went for 7,000.00 and shows only 629mi. I can kick myself now !!

 

[K9Unit]

Any details on the era of this mack ? did they have mack rears as well as a mack powerplant ?

 

[K9Unit]

Def. made to pull something !

 

[K9Unit]

wonder if its really the acutal hrs or if it was after a overhaul.

 

[FreightTrain]

That is a M123 10 ton Tractor.Either had a 855 cube Le Roi V8 gasser or a Big Mack diesel.that rear winch will pick up about anything!45,000Lbs of actual pull!

 

[FreightTrain]

oh,made to haul the M60 tanks.50s or 60 era.Rated in Gallons to the mile but there is nothing and I really mean NOTHING you can hook it up to that will stop it!They are used mostly in really heavy logging or moving houses now days.

 

[K9Unit]

Its funny you should say that, I saw just that last yr on one of the disc. channels. Pulled that and a few barns all at a idle. If I have learned anything about macks that would be it !

 

[FreightTrain]

actually,that truck was built by mack but if it was an early one it had a Le Roi V8 gasser.Later ones were mostly mack with V8 diesels.I want a gasser.Oh,the trannies are crash boxes too so you gotta learn to drive without sycros.Float and double clutch.

 

[WillWagner]

They were also powered by Cummins V8 300's. And yes, they are difficult to shift, but could get used to it!

 

[Lifer]

Crash boxes are NOT "difficult to shift." We who learned to drive in the '40s, '50s, and '60s dealt with them every day if we drove a truck (even a pickup). That's when they still taught kids to "drive" instead of "pointing the car where it's supposed to go."

 

[hippiedude]

So true lifer so true !!!!!!!

 

[FreightTrain]

Lifer,it is for todays generation of automatics and powersteering.Have you seen that manual transmissions are an OPTION when buying new vehicles?Standard trannies ain't even standard anymore.Even military stuff is all going automatic.

 

[alphadeltaromeo]

I like an automatic and I like a stick. Sometimes I just want to get in and press "go" and then sometimes I like the engagement of doing something. Balance for me.

Andy

 

[Offroadfabworks]

Lifer,it is for todays generation of automatics and powersteering.Have you seen that manual transmissions are an OPTION when buying new vehicles?Standard trannies ain't even standard anymore.Even military stuff is all going automatic.

You can thank the "equal, and I can do more than you" cry of women for it all. That and city slickers.

That is a very nice truck for the price it went for

 

[joeM62]

how much did it go for and what auction was it at just wondering? nice truck by the way