Superdog Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There used to be a boatload of these floating around after Roadway traded them.Anyone know if any still survive?They were '77's if I remember right,model U773T,8v71 Detroit engines,10 speed,air start,fixed tag axle,and 11:24.5 budd wheels.Roadway also ran a later batch of U models but they were U626's with 6v92's and 9 speeds. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 i have no idea where they went but when i was on hanks truck picture there was pictures of u700's and it said they were ex roadway trucks. I would sure like to find one of them to come along with my u model!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-98968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Roger Gerhert has a restored U700. I don't know if it was a Roadway. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-98977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Roger Gerhert has a restored U700. I don't know if it was a Roadway.I think his is a U795 with a V8 Maxidyne,if it's the same one I've seen pics of. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-98982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I saw a boatload (literally)of ex-roadway Macks,Whites,and Fords up at Port Elizabeth (NJ) about 10 years ago,all had there decals removed,were waiting to be loaded on a ship for export to who knows where. Never really saw any of the U-models around after that, New England Motor freight also had a bunch of U-models which i still see on occaision............Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I Remember the RoadWay U Models running round the Memphis area when i was a kid . & hear both the 6V92 & 8V71 (318) Screamin Jimmy Detroits in them .I've always liked my screamin Jimmy motors but when i 1st herd a W/ a detroit in it , it just didnt sound right to me . I Guess to my family owning :Pure Breed Bulldog's is the reason why it just seemed strange to me . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I think his is a U795 with a V8 Maxidyne,if it's the same one I've seen pics of.It's a Cummins, I think either a 290 or 300, not sure, looks decent and roadworthy. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s. Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The company I work for had one of these for many years. It was really ugly. The last I knew the 318 was installed into an old Michigan loader, and the rest of the truck was scrapped. They still have an old Roadway Mack, if it didn't get cut up yet. It has a 300+ Mack engine in it now, but I was told that it had a Detroit when built. It is a U model , but the hood is not as high as the truck in your picture. It does have a Hendrickson suspension with a dead axle. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The company I work for had one of these for many years. It was really ugly. The last I knew the 318 was installed into an old Michigan loader, and the rest of the truck was scrapped. They still have an old Roadway Mack, if it didn't get cut up yet. It has a 300+ Mack engine in it now, but I was told that it had a Detroit when built. It is a U model , but the hood is not as high as the truck in your picture. It does have a Hendrickson suspension with a dead axle.do you have any pictures of them u models or history on them? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 They were in a class of their own in the looks dept. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 It's a Cummins, I think either a 290 or 300, not sure, looks decent and roadworthy.An 855 in a short hood? Number 6 must be under the heater motor. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 An 855 in a short hood? Number 6 must be under the heater motor.They put them in the U700's.i know Doug Maney has a U747 with a 290 in it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 The company I work for had one of these for many years. It was really ugly. The last I knew the 318 was installed into an old Michigan loader, and the rest of the truck was scrapped. They still have an old Roadway Mack, if it didn't get cut up yet. It has a 300+ Mack engine in it now, but I was told that it had a Detroit when built. It is a U model , but the hood is not as high as the truck in your picture. It does have a Hendrickson suspension with a dead axle.The 300+ powered one must have been one of the later U626T's that had the 6V92. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 They put them in the U700's.i know Doug Maney has a U747 with a 290 in it.Roger's is also a U747(ST), transmission is 9 or 10 speed RR, and rears are 34k, definately an NT Cummins, and you're right, #6 is under the heater motor. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Maney Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Mine was a Ryder purchase when new, 1 of 44. Quote Interested in Old Trucks? Check out: www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Making the O's is your job. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 first truck is also an air start.gg2 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22782-roadway-u773ts/#findComment-99208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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