Popular Post kscarbel Posted February 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 The off-highway truck business, not unlike the municipal bus and fire apparatus sectors, are extremely challenging. Over the last 100 years, the off-highway business required very unique individuals with the rare ability to make money in a seemingly impossible environment. Mack Trucks was a leader in the off-highway business for almost 50 years. Many other names are also no longer with us, including Euclid and Autocar. American companies in the business today include Terex, Electro-Motive Diesel (now a CAT subsidiary) and Caterpillar. Unfortunately, foreign companies like Komatsu and Liebherr have taken a large market share. From Mack super-duty APs at the Boulder Dam to FCSWs and NWs at the Panama Canal, many of our country's greatest engineering achievements were carried on the back of Mack off-highway trucks. Personally, I regret that Mack wasn't in a position to launch the next generation of off-highway product that would have replaced the M-series range.Let us never forget.Note the international presence of Mack Trucks (on page 10). But not today. Volvo has reined in Mack, as Volvo feels their brand is the preferred global brand. Volvo doesn't want the Mack brand competing with the Volvo brand in most global markets. Mack is now but a nameplate, a Volvo Group brand, used as Volvo sees fit.. 11 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Nice brochures! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel Posted February 28, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 The MP-404X "Mack-Pack", a 4x4 articulated bottom dump, was an interesting diversification for the Mack off-highway product range. . 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I would love to see some of the guys I work with,shift a duplex or even the 6 speed trans' shown in our off-road trucks,today! Still wish they'd get me one! 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/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel Posted February 28, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 Allentown, PA - The Truck Capital of the World! . 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Observing an M-50AXT in action was an awe inspiring sight you'd never forget. . 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Are there any Mack Packs around today? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackmb212 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Where were these trucks built? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveigou Posted February 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 Rudy, M-series were built in Allentown, Macungie and Oakville, Ont. I hauled some of these, despite their balky size, they were easy to load and haul. I don't have any pictures of one on a trailer, but we either hauled them on an I-beam, or backed them on a deck, and stadled the deck with the front tires to get the height down.Pictures taken at Gerharts, sometime mid / late 1070's 1 5 Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 From Pit & Quarry magazine November 1971 Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Rudy, M-series were built in Allentown, Macungie and Oakville, Ont. I hauled some of these, despite their balky size, they were easy to load and haul. I don't have any pictures of one on a trailer, but we either hauled them on an I-beam, or backed them on a deck, and stadled the deck with the front tires to get the height down.Pictures taken at Gerharts, sometime mid / late 1070'sDave,Thanks for the pics! BTW I don't see any trees in the background in some of the pics. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackMann85 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Did Mack make the dump bodies for these too? If not, who, and were they installed in the factory? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Those are SICK. I want to get one some day with a 12V92TTA in it. The biggest problem with having one as a show truck is that you have to haul it wherever you take it. But I still want one.Ben Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackmb212 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 From Pit & Quarry magazine November 1971 Dave thoses 2 dumps that my b81 was sitting in between those were both M model macks right, may be a little smaller then the ones in your pics above. Thanks for sharing those. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Dave thoses 2 dumps that my b81 was sitting in between those were both M model macks right, may be a little smaller then the ones in your pics above. Thanks for sharing those.No. One was an autocar AP-15, the other is a Mack LR (15 ton). By the way, the MB fire truck is back here if you want to see it.The bodies for the Mack M's were built by others, mostly Heil. The smaller ones were assembled at the factory. The largest ones were likely shipped to the end user and assembled on site. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Don't forget the CL350 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Someone check on Rick (ap40haultruck),he's probably overwhelmed by the contents of this post! This stuff is his specialty! 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/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 There's an M model dump up here by me sitting in a field behind a house . It's yellow and single axle. I have a picture somewhere. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackniac Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 what a nice back in time trek ! thank you for sharing Quote Makniac , collector and customizer of die-cast model in 1/50th scale Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackmb212 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Rudy, M-series were built in Allentown, Macungie and Oakville, Ont. I hauled some of these, despite their balky size, they were easy to load and haul. I don't have any pictures of one on a trailer, but we either hauled them on an I-beam, or backed them on a deck, and stadled the deck with the front tires to get the height down. Pictures taken at Gerharts, sometime mid / late 1070's Dave that Orange color that these dumps are painted is that a Mack color because that's the orange I want to paint my truck. Rudy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Did Mack make the dump bodies for these too? If not, who, and were they installed in the factory?Most of the off highway dump bodies used on the M series Mack's were built by Heil. There were a few specialty offerings for the coal industry, but Heil was the norm.Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Where were these trucks built.Macungie Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Someone check on Rick (ap40haultruck),he's probably overwhelmed by the contents of this post! This stuff is his specialty! Nice thread, Yeah man, 57BCR! not overwhelmed, but certainly enjoying the heck out of it all. Sorry, been very busy in my shop with work for clients, other wise i would have been all over this one from the beginning. The M series was the last of the Mack mining line. Now lets see the predecessor of the M, the LR! The LR chassis replaced the FCSW & FK, FW, with both single & tandem drive units. The LR's also introduced Mack's new "Planidrive" axles. Models included: LR, LV, LVX, LVXT, LRX, LRSW, LRVSW, LYSW.Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Here's the one I found. Can anybody tell me the specific model it is? I know it's an M model. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Here's the one I found. Can anybody tell me the specific model it is? I know it's an M model.Hey Vinster,At a guess, a M-30X or M-35X. Not big enough to be a M-35AX (they were fitted with 18:00x33 tires, 12v71 road oilers & a bigger rad), and too wide in the front to be a M-25X or smaller.Rick 1 Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30224-your-mack-off-highway-truck-line/#findComment-168834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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