M54A1 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I am looking at buying a B-71 with a 200Hp Cummins and a 10 speed roadranger. Everything seems original in that the truck hasn't run in about 20yrs, and the trans is covered with as much grease and dirt as the rest of the truck, and the owner said the trans was original. I have checked at the old macks site, and while this transmission wasn't listed, there is a disclaimer at the top of the page stating that not all transmissions and models may have been listed. There were only 522 B-71s made from 1953-58. could this be a custom ordered truck or was the roadranger just swapped in. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 might have come in it, get the build sheet from Mack museum that will tell you exactly what it was ordered with, I have seen B61's with the old style roadranger that they came with. terry Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/#findComment-42243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I am looking at buying a B-71 with a 200Hp Cummins and a 10 speed roadranger. Everything seems original in that the truck hasn't run in about 20yrs, and the trans is covered with as much grease and dirt as the rest of the truck, and the owner said the trans was original. I have checked at the old macks site, and while this transmission wasn't listed, there is a disclaimer at the top of the page stating that not all transmissions and models may have been listed. There were only 522 B-71s made from 1953-58. could this be a custom ordered truck or was the roadranger just swapped in.The reason you didn't see that transmission listed on the OldMacks site is that a Roadranger is not a Mack transmission, it is a Fuller transmission (now known as Eaton Fuller).Yes, it's possible the truck was built with a Fuller transmission if someone spec'd it that way.. Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/#findComment-42244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockmen027 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Back in the day, my Father would haul a load of cement every now and then on a saturday for Schwerman Trucking. He would say of the B-models, that they were the only Macks that he ever saw, that had Roadrangers in them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/#findComment-42251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
M54A1 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thanks for the insight, I didn't know of any B-models with anything but a Mack Trans. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/#findComment-42283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Anyone remember the Carolina Freight B-67's with 10 speed Roadrangers in them and the cast radiator. There was one near my garage but not there anymore. Joe D. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11135-b71-transmission/#findComment-42597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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