mechmagcn Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Here's a pic of my current 59 F600 winch truck and a pic of an old Diamond Reo which will eventually become the current winch truck. Without these trucks, I wouldn't get much heavy work done around my place! Quote 1971 Mack R600 Toterhome "Superdawg" living the life of leisure pulling 1999 NuWa Snowbird 34+2 SE102 "Dawghouse" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 That F600 kinda reminds me of Tow Mater! Nice pics... Quote Barry - Watt's Truck Center Parts Manager and BMT Webmaster...1-888-304-MACK Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-10873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 The ole D.R. Reminds me of a buddy of my granddad & great uncle who they bidded a lot of jobs together with he a couple of D.R's that was that style 1 was a tractor the other was a Dump truck (w/ large brush type dump body ) the ole D.R ARE RARE AROUND HERE NOW But they are some tough ole trucks later Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-10947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 That's a nice Diamond Reo. I think it's a DC-101. The tilt hood was an option for that model you don't see much. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-17516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackDm800 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I know a guy from down south and his family owned a farm so his first truc k was an autocar with a 220cummins with a 13spd so he drover that to his familyies farm and he went to a truck dealer and saw a diamond reo just like the picture up top and he asked the guy about it and the guy said that somebody put a down payment on it so they built it and the guy never picked it up. This truck had a v8 cat with a 16spd spicer. So they guy traded his autocar for that truck. Today he has an rmodel mack dumptruck Quote real trucks have to sticks Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I know a guy from down south and his family owned a farm so his first truc k was an autocar with a 220cummins with a 13spd so he drover that to his familyies farm and he went to a truck dealer and saw a diamond reo just like the picture up top and he asked the guy about it and the guy said that somebody put a down payment on it so they built it and the guy never picked it up. This truck had a v8 cat with a 16spd spicer. So they guy traded his autocar for that truck. Today he has an rmodel mack dumptruckIf he traded an Autocar with a 220 Cummins for a truck with a 3208 Cat, I'll bet he was sorry he ever did that!!!!. Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrem Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 If he traded an Autocar with a 220 Cummins for a truck with a 3208 Cat, I'll bet he was sorry he ever did that!!!!.Hopefully it was a 3408. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hopefully it was a 3408.I doubt they would have put a 3408 against a 16 speed Spicer from the factory, those transmissions were only a single countershaft design, and had trouble staying together even behind a 318 Detroit. That was the clue that made me think it must have been one of those little "throwaway" 3208 Cats. Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrem Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I doubt they would have put a 3408 against a 16 speed Spicer from the factory, those transmissions were only a single countershaft design, and had trouble staying together even behind a 318 Detroit. That was the clue that made me think it must have been one of those little "throwaway" 3208 Cats.You are probably right then. The 16 speed Spicer is kind of before my time, so I didn't realize it was a single countershaft transmission. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 My first ruck was a '73 Diamond Reo with a 350 cummins and a thirteen speed. I totally rebuilt the truck one winter. New cab panels, air ride from a Pet. buds all the way around. I use to pull a lowboy. (35 tons) and a dump trailer. I am sorry I ever sold it. It was strong and fast. I sold it to buy a new Superliner, and had nothing but troubles with it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 My first ruck was a '73 Diamond Reo with a 350 cummins and a thirteen speed. I totally rebuilt the truck one winter. New cab panels, air ride from a Pet. buds all the way around. I use to pull a lowboy. (35 tons) and a dump trailer. I am sorry I ever sold it. It was strong and fast. I sold it to buy a new Superliner, and had nothing but troubles with it.Sorry to hear you had trouble with your RW series. Highly unusual, but anything can, and does happen. Generally those were very tough trucks if spec'd correctly for the task assigned. Just a regular R model with a lot more cooling capacity, and room for a lot of ponies to me.An early one is on my wish list......... sometime........., (prolly AFTER I'm divorced). If I bring another truck home, I'm sure to be that way.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackDm800 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 You are probably right then. The 16 speed Spicer is kind of before my time, so I didn't realize it was a single countershaft transmission.the guy said he loved that truck but he missed the autocar he hauled a lot of stone out of the quarries with that D, R Quote real trucks have to sticks Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2223-a-few-old-trucks-in-my-stable/#findComment-38529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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