Hello, i am new here

[windwalker]

Hi, Every one i am new here,but not to trucking, 39 years in that business. I am an old school trucker ,loved to dress western style and keep up a great image of truckers,like they used to be.

(No cut-off's and tank-tops and flip-flip flops, for me,Sorry new truckers of nowdays) I retired in 05,and drove part time until 08,but none since and i do miss it.

I used to run a 1960 h-67 mack cab over,(flat floor) in the early eighties,it had a 673 thermodyne(205hp) with a turbo,( without you only had about 170-160 hp) and a 2 stick 9 speed tran.

I ran 21 states with that truck. it was looking great,silver and maroon,with a redone interior,a 28 inch,sleeper. it would hold about 55-60 mph,up i-95 with about 1700 watermellons on the trailer!

Not bad for 205 hp. It would run about 75,if you turned it up good.

I can tell you it was an easy cab over to get in also

I ave. about 7mpg and ran lots of watermellons in that truck.Sure wish i still had that one.I have also owned 3 b-61's to.

Only problems semed to want to blow head gaskets a lot,lol.

I love old trucks and cars,espically old trucks,and macks best of all. I do miss the old trucking days.,mine was from 1969-2008.

Look foward to this website.

[Olivetroad]

Hi, Every one i am new here,but not to trucking, 39 years in that business. I am an old school trucker ,loved to dress western style and keep up a great image of truckers,like they used to be.

(No cut-off's and tank-tops and flip-flip flops, for me,Sorry new truckers of nowdays) I retired in 05,and drove part time until 08,but none since and i do miss it.

I used to run a 1960 h-67 mack cab over,(flat floor) in the early eighties,it had a 673 thermodyne(205hp) with a turbo,( without you only had about 170-160 hp) and a 2 stick 9 speed tran.

I ran 21 states with that truck. it was looking great,silver and maroon,with a redone interior,a 28 inch,sleeper. it would hold about 55-60 mph,up i-95 with about 1700 watermellons on the trailer!

Not bad for 205 hp. It would run about 75,if you turned it up good.

I can tell you it was an easy cab over to get in also

I ave. about 7mpg and ran lots of watermellons in that truck.Sure wish i still had that one.I have also owned 3 b-61's to.

Only problems semed to want to blow head gaskets a lot,lol.

I love old trucks and cars,espically old trucks,and macks best of all. I do miss the old trucking days.,mine was from 1969-2008.

Look foward to this website.

Greetings!

Do you have any old photos to post? Especially of that H model - I am trying to buy one right now.

[slpwlker]

Welcome to the jungle

[umodelnut]

Welcome!!! Old pictures would be cool if you had any. H models are nice.

[Green Dash]

Welcome. I don't recall seeing many H's on the road in the 80's.

Were you an independant?

[JTFormula]

Welcome to the site. Like everyone said we would love to see pictures if you have them. Also and good road stories. That many years behind the wheel, you have to have some interesting ones.

[Bigdogtrucker]

Welcome,would love to hear more about the B's you had also!

[windwalker]

Greetings!

Do you have any old photos to post? Especially of that H model - I am trying to buy one right now.

Sorry,No i do not,i wish i had kept some but i cant find any in my old photoes. i gave$ 2,500

for that truck,and my first load paid me$1,050,lol

An my back haul was $500 in 1981,almost got my money back the first round trip.!!

[windwalker]

Welcome,would love to hear more about the B's you had also!

All my b-61's were day cabs,with the 673 thermo and 205 hp,and they had 10 speed duplex.

I ran local in and out of the ports of chas,and i ran to fla. to get mellons also and brought them back to sc.

One i had was only a 673 with no blower,and had about 160-170 hp,it was not to peppy,LOL

But the 205's did a pretty good job. for no more hp,than that.

Very tough trucks!!

[windwalker]

All my b-61's were day cabs,with the 673 thermo and 205 hp,and they had 10 speed duplex.

I ran local in and out of the ports of chas,and i ran to fla. to get mellons also and brought them back to sc.

One i had was only a 673 with no blower,and had about 160-170 hp,it was not to peppy,LOL

But the 205's did a pretty good job. for no more hp,than that.

Very tough trucks!!

Mack also made 711 engine,with 210 hp, but they had a lot of trouble with the engine not getting enough oil,somehow,and almost put mack out of bus there for a while till they corected it later on.

[windwalker]

Welcome to the site. Like everyone said we would love to see pictures if you have them. Also and good road stories. That many years behind the wheel, you have to have some interesting ones.

Oh yes i do,some great ones,i will post a couple,when i fig. out where to post them on here.

[windwalker]

Welcome. I don't recall seeing many H's on the road in the 80's.

Were you an independant?

Yes,I had my own trailer(45x96) produce van, and my exempt auth.I trip leased

for back hauls if no exempt loads were ava. I ran out of chas. S.C.

my wife rode in her first truck in that mack. we had a ball!!

She slept one way and i would turn the other,the sleeper was so narrow,haha

I went where i wanted and came home when i wanted!

We had ac on top of cab.

I hauled mostly for clear lake truck brokers,in orlando fla. 1977-to early eighties,But i then got a 77 cab-over ford.

But wish i had that mack right now.It cost about 10-15 gran. new in 1960!! can't make a down pym. now for that on a new truck.

Edited June 26, 2012 by windwalker

[Green Dash]

Sorry,No i do not,i wish i had kept some but i cant find any in my old photoes. i gave$ 2,500

for that truck,and my first load paid me$1,050,lol

An my back haul was $500 in 1981,almost got my money back the first round trip.!!

Would you mind telling how many miles that first run was? My Dad was an O/O back then and while he wasn't the most business savvy person I've met, he did well because he was able to get a good rate 99% of the time. He went all out and paid $5000 for a '70 Diamond Reo.

[Green Dash]

Yes,I had my own trailer(45x96) produce van, and my exempt auth.I trip leased

for back hauls if no exempt loads were ava. I ran out of chas. S.C.

my wife rode in her first truck in that mack. we had a ball!!

She slept one way and i would turn the other,the sleeper was so narrow,haha

I went where i wanted and came home when i wanted!

We had ac on top of cab.

I hauled mostly for clear lake truck brokers,in orlando fla. 1977-to early eighties,But i then got a 77 cab-over ford.

But wish i had that mack right now.It cost about 10-15 gran. new in 1960!! can't make a down pym. now for that on a new truck.

We were posting at the same time.

I remember things seeming more fun back then, but I was just a teenager so maybe I just didn't know any better. If this were 35-40 years ago, I would definitely give running my own truck a try, but I wouldn't consider it today.

[windwalker]

We were posting at the same time.

I remember things seeming more fun back then, but I was just a teenager so maybe I just didn't know any better. If this were 35-40 years ago, I would definitely give running my own truck a try, but I wouldn't consider it today.

Yeah,Things were a lot better back in those days,not as much dot crap,not as much weight stations,and fuel was cheap,truckers back then were very friendly to each other,and we had a lot of respect also from the public.

I loved it then.

I would not be scared to run my h today,but i would upgrade to a c-13 cat(it would fit in the h ok,and change the gear ratio to a 355,for fuel milage.and i would haul what ever i wanted to,but in a dry van area.

I wouldn't have a problem. but it cost a lot of money and now i am retired and not as much cash to spend on a big project. of coarse i would make money if i had the set up.

Cost to much to get started now.

[gvam]

Welcome to the site. As you can see we love to see pictures.