607t1173 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 My father in-law had an H-67 with factory air ride steering axle.Anyone ever seen one? I know that he really liked the way it rode and handled,it was powered by a 673P,9speed overgear with an Olen Granning tag axle and I know that he had it till about 71 & then sold it to a produce hauler in Florida. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I would have to see it before i belived that. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-160980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanscottbuilders Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I know GMC had a front air suspension system used in a very few tractors at that time. I have never seen another truck from that period with one either. But - we learn something new every day. Is it possible for you to find out any more about the truck? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-160987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I had an F715ST spec sheet from '62 (first year of the F),and an option listed was "air ride steer axle suspension"! Later spec sheets revealed,it maybe didn't go over too well. Petercar bragged about the offering on their 362 in like '86-7. I said,"Hell,MACK offered that in '62,where where you then,Peterbilt"? Was not aware of it on the H model.But,like the aftermarket kits available now,(Donvel) I'm sure some fabricator out there said,"why couldn't you have an air-ride steer axle"? 1 Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-160996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Certainly a new one on me. It would be interesting to see, that's for sure! Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-160998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Certainly a new one on me. It would be interesting to see, that's for sure!Me too,Jake! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 It was factory and was not aftermarkeThe truck was a 62 Model and was purchased originally to haul explosives (blasting caps,dynamite,ammunition). I actually went with him to pick it up when he purchased it from the original owner,a man in Va. Who had 5 H- Models and it was the only one with this option.which he assured us was original. This truck had notebooks that went with it that documented every thing including the date of all repairs and went beyond normal maintenance records and were so comprehensive that they had a record of every fuel purchase as well as mileage and repairs as inconsequential as an 1157 bulb.Based on his meticulious care of his trucks I tend to believe he knew what he was talking about!IT WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND WAS AN OPTION IN 62 I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS OFFERED PRIOR TO THAT. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 607t1173 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2013 in answer to Vanscottbuilders,my father in-law passed away a few years ago.THE TRUCK WAS SOLD IN '71 but I give that truck credit for my interest in H-Models and my father in-law credit for my lifetime of trucks and trucking.Years ago people would laughingly ask me what I would have done with my life if Mack had never made trucks?Maybe to some it is a hobby, but to me it has been an obsession since '69 The year I came home from Viet Nam and bought my first truck a 65 F Model ser#F607T1173. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 If you have the serial number...send it to the Mack museum. They will tell you how it left the factory. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 People still ask me that same question and I just say thank God I never had to find out. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 The truck was sold 42 years ago finding the serial # now would be next to impossible.That's why i posted it here trying to find someone else who had seen or heard of that option. I was offered the truck before he sold it,but I couldn't bear to give him what he asked for it ,because I watched him pay man he bought it from and knew what he paid for it. He asked me almost double what he had paid,and I was his son in-law and I had driven the truck home for him when he purchased it for FREE. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Superdog,have you read my post on Mackdaddy's topic of H-Model posted 2Or 3 days ago, you of all people can probably appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 H-models are awesome, it would be very nice to find out any traces of that one. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It was factory and was not aftermarkeThe truck was a 62 Model and was purchased originally to haul explosives (blasting caps,dynamite,ammunition). I actually went with him to pick it up when he purchased it from the original owner,a man in Va. Who had 5 H- Models and it was the only one with this option.which he assured us was original. This truck had notebooks that went with it that documented every thing including the date of all repairs and went beyond normal maintenance records and were so comprehensive that they had a record of every fuel purchase as well as mileage and repairs as inconsequential as an 1157 bulb.Based on his meticulious care of his trucks I tend to believe he knew what he was talking about!IT WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND WAS AN OPTION IN 62 I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS OFFERED PRIOR TO THAT.Interesting to say the least.Thanks for sharing this information with us.Being that the last year of the H was '62 and the first year of the F was '62,that maybe a spec that was overlapped from the H to the F.Thats what so great about this forum,you learn something every day! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 in answer to Vanscottbuilders,my father in-law passed away a few years ago.THE TRUCK WAS SOLD IN '71 but I give that truck credit for my interest in H-Models and my father in-law credit for my lifetime of trucks and trucking.Years ago people would laughingly ask me what I would have done with my life if Mack had never made trucks?Maybe to some it is a hobby, but to me it has been an obsession since '69The year I came home from Viet Nam and bought my first truck a 65 F Model ser#F607T1173.Thank for your service to OUR country! 1 Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 607t1173 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2013 I am pretty certain that alot of young guys came home from war and with determination and the desire to be truck drivers and O/O'S. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING (at times) WIFE WHO WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE TO HELP ME ACHIEVE MY DREAM.ALSO CHILDREN WHO OFTEN DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEIR DAD AT THEIR BASEBALL FOOTBALL BASKETBALL GAMES LIKE THEIR FREINDS.BUT OF ONE THING THAT I KNOW WHEN ASKED WHY THEIR DAD WASN'T IN ATTENDANCE THEIR PROUD REPLY ALWAYS WAS "MY DAD OWNS A TRUCKING COMPANY" AS IF THAT WAS ALL THE REPLY NECESSARY. No thanks for my service in Viet Nam needed cause I got to live the American Dream and many boys of my generation never got the chance to do the same. But thank you BCR for your reply! 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-161298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackdaddy Posted February 9, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2013 I finally got around to digging this out.H Model Air Ride.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I finally got around to digging this out.H Model Air Ride.pdfVery interesting,thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Very interesting,thanks for posting!NO F-----G S--T! that's pretty neat.Thanks for posting!Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thats a new one on me! thanks for posting! yet another one of the things i like about BMT!.............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I finally got around to digging this out.H Model Air Ride.pdfThanks,Dan! Very cool! 607t,never doubted you,just thankful someone had the brochure on it.You ain't gonna get this stuff anywhere else but BMT! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks! Interesting information. I need that on the back of my MH. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Maney Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I finally got around to digging this out.H Model Air Ride.pdfYou beat me to it Dan. I was going to post the same thing. Quote Interested in Old Trucks? Check out: www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Another first! Wonder if Petercar ever was slapped for using the name Air Leaf? HMMMMMMMMMM? Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29724-h-model-factory-air-ride-steering-axle/#findComment-163365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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