leversole Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I wish I had a way to get this one back to Milton! It is in Monticello Indiana!http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-Mack-Truck-B61S-RARE-Twinscrew-/140735075036?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item20c476d2dc Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Cool! Looks like an awsome restoration project, it appears to be pretty solid.Ben Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Pretty straight - That is a tall fifth wheel and I can't put my finger on it, but the frame does not look like the back of a tractor? Is the front half of the tandem a drive axle or a tag? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Olivetroad I thought the same, in one of the pictures shows a pto on the dash and lever on the floor, looks like it may have had dump on it. Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Something had been removed fairly recently off the very back of the frame. I see the PTO knob now on the dash as well.- as soon as I saw it I threw a compliment in your direction - just like in the duck blind - GOOD EYE! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Something had been removed fairly recently off the very back of the frame. I see the PTO knob now on the dash as well.- as soon as I saw it I threw a compliment in your direction - just like in the duck blind - GOOD EYE!Most of the "S" series trucks were built as dumps, mixers, or straight trucks. A good portion of them were double framed. They could, or could not be tractors. My "Yella Dog" is a B61S with glad hands and was a dump trailer hauler in Chicago.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/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Looks to be in pretty good shape. What does the "S" mean in B61S? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Looks to be in pretty good shape. What does the "S" mean in B61S?I believe "severe duty" at least the "SX" was. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Hi Folks, I'll put in my .02 on the subject.T = tractorX = heavy dutySW = six wheel or tandem straight jobP = single axle straight jobS = six wheel or tandem straight jobST = tandem tractorLST - light weight tandem tractorLT = light weight single axle tractorSWX = tandem heavy dutyThere are more too.All info is worth exactly what you paid for it. Mack did love alphabet soup!Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks guys, the ones I knew were T and ST. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 looks good,,,but whats so rare about it??????bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Hi Folks, I'll put in my .02 on the subject.T = tractorX = heavy dutySW = six wheel or tandem straight jobP = single axle straight jobS = six wheel or tandem straight jobST = tandem tractorLST - light weight tandem tractorLT = light weight single axle tractorSWX = tandem heavy dutyThere are more too.All info is worth exactly what you paid for it. Mack did love alphabet soup!JimIs that the same for the R models too? I knew it went for B models but I didn't know about other series.Ben Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Hello Bob,It isn't a rare truck compared to how many Mack built in my opinion. I think the seller should say that it is a rare find in the sense that it is not beat to snot and would be a very good candidate for a rebuild or restore.For that matter, it looks like with just a little tinkering you could get it on the road and have a little fun with it just the way it is.Jimahhhh,gotcha,,,yes it does look that way,,,looks like its had all easy miles,,with good drivers.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Hey Ben, Some of the designations carried into the R models but not all. I think the use of the letters W and P got dropped.Others will have to jump in to say for sure, but that is how I remember it.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Ya, some carried into R's and U's and other models. For example my U model is a U685ST. ST means tandem tractor, and mine was a tandem tractor. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I wish I had a way to get this one back to Milton! It is in Monticello Indiana!http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item20c476d2dcA thermos full of coffee,2 packs of cigarettes (a blank check) an i'll have er' back early sat. morning!!!!!!...............................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 A thermos full of coffee,2 packs of cigarettes (a blank check) an i'll have er' back early sat. morning!!!!!!...............................................Markyou da man.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Blaylock Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 The serial number listed in the description says it is a 861st must mean B-61ST the back off that frame looks like it has had the rear crossmember replaced with a homemade one because the trailer kingpin hit the original one time two many Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 A thermos full of coffee,2 packs of cigarettes (a blank check) an i'll have er' back early sat. morning!!!!!!...............................................MarkHow about a bottle of Jack, two six packs of Coke, and I can certainly give you a blank check! (just dont try to cash it!) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 A thermos full of coffee,2 packs of cigarettes (a blank check) an i'll have er' back early sat. morning!!!!!!...............................................MarkSounds like Jake an Elroy in the Blues Brothers Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24326-i-like-this-one/#findComment-112597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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