GearheadGrrrl Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 What's the oldest working (hauling loads and not just driven to events) Mack? I'm sure there's some Bs still working, but are there some working older Macks out there? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue250 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 There is a guy by me running a damn good looking B81 dump everyday, that I beleve to be original. On the front bumper he has painted "Slo Motion". It's sister truck is "EZ Doze It". Nice looking B's red cabs, black bodies and, chrome nuts on the spoke wheels. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKrois Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) My friend has 8 older Macks he uses for snowplowing, some are B models. Theres photos of some of them in my pictures in gallery. Another one is a B81 tractor used daily to move machines in mid connecticut. High Point Garage in Jersey runs a B model 6 wheeler mono rail wrecker daily i believe, the truck runs all over the US. At a truck show i go to in Hudson, Mass. there are always a bunch of B model dumps there with current mass Commercial Plates Edited February 28, 2007 by BKrois Quote BryanMy Photo Albums Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 there is a B75 That pulls containers to the railyards down round in Memphis & also just across the "oldman" river to Marion,Ar to the U.P. RAILYARD later Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Mines not daily, but every weekend it's out doing it's thing! Be it 50 miles or 500 it's running down the highway pulling my trailer to the races. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackaholic Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Out here in Northern CA there are several LT's that are used regularly. One pulls a lowbed hauling dozers and excavators. The other pulls an end dump. It's great to see them coming up the road at you. The lowbed tractor still has a supercharged cummins. Ever better than seeing it is hearing it coming! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy2all Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Ours is a 1956 B63 Mack....we use it to haul tree length timber for distance of 25 miles....It is used every winter for this job....We have a picker mounted on her and use it to load& unload....also to sort the logs and carry them to our sawmill.....Shes one great girl.....ThanksJoyce Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-10985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCDriver Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Lets see some pics to prove it...LOLI just want pics. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy2all Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 hey there Truck nutI put a few pics up in my album.....I'm not sure where you wanted the pics put.....LOLThanksJoyce&John" Where ever our Mack goes its safe for a D7 caterpiller" Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 cool looking good 2 see him still working hauling & loading logs & to bmt too later Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmartyn Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hi Guys, This topic came up a while ago. My 1961 B61 is so good on fuel and reliable, I wouldn't think of retiring her. I bought that truck in '83 and sometimes wonder how many '83's are still on the road. In 24 years of faithful service the only time I couldn't drive it home was when I was in an accident that would have totalled a lesser truck and gotten me killed. I get a lot of smiles, waves and phone calls for work from people seeing the number on the door and when they call they remark about seeing that old truck still working. I don't intend to stop using "Baby Skiddle" until I pack it in myself. There's some more pictures in my gallery, Bob Quote Ain't a Mack? Take it back! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris88 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Nice truck, I cant belive how long jimmy ran that B for. He said he stopped running it like 10 years ago. If you talk to him tell him everythings going well, shes running great and I've already started gathering parts.There are people that complain about driving an RD or an older pete and here you are using a 61 B model. there arent many people like that out here. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmartyn Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Nice truck, I cant belive how long jimmy ran that B for. He said he stopped running it like 10 years ago. If you talk to him tell him everythings going well, shes running great and I've already started gathering parts.There are people that complain about driving an RD or an older pete and here you are using a 61 B model. there arent many people like that out here.You're right Chris, They gotta have power ash trays, power sun visors and everything else. Me, I like a dependable truck that'll get the job done and make some money. A lot of pride in owning and driving that old "B" too. I shudder to think of what a hired driver would do to it. An outfit I worked for years ago had a '60 B61 tandem dump ,that was tough as nails & wouldn't quit so what did they do to it? Ran it (loaded) off an embankment to flip it over and destroy it. Broke my heart to see it and actually, that was the original "Baby Skiddle", the name I gave my truck. Glad to hear that you''ve got your B running and are making progress, I'll let Jimmy know when I see him. BobPS - Baby Skiddle may be working in a cemetary but ain't ready for one yet! Quote Ain't a Mack? Take it back! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKrois Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I was at work waiting to dump a load of debris in stamford and the B model headed past me down the street. It was also followed by an R model tractor owned by the same company. The B model has been modified a little, but sure what motor it has, but it has a quad box with another aux. transmission behind it. The owner told me a baby could crawl faster than the truck in the lowest gear. This is the first year the B model has had a wetline on it, so they're using it locally to deliver mulch/etc, normally it pulls a 48' box trailer. Quote BryanMy Photo Albums Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostickmutt Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I was at work waiting to dump a load of debris in stamford and the B model headed past me down the street. It was also followed by an R model tractor owned by the same company. The B model has been modified a little, but sure what motor it has, but it has a quad box with another aux. transmission behind it. The owner told me a baby could crawl faster than the truck in the lowest gear. This is the first year the B model has had a wetline on it, so they're using it locally to deliver mulch/etc, normally it pulls a 48' box trailer.is that al russo's "B" from danbury? Quote and remember "PREFORMANCE COUNTS" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2209-oldest-working-mack/#findComment-11909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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