Popular Post Superdog Posted June 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2013 Got this home last Sat.,still on the trailer for now.Has a 220 with a turbo,Quad. and 6:34 rears.Looks like it was somebody's baby at one time,dual stacks,horns,spots,chrome hubcaps and wheels covers on the steer,cap and bands on the air cleaner.The frame kinda has me wondering.I've never noticed a B 70 anything that had a "fish belly" frame.It's kinda hard to see in the pic but this one does not have staight rails all the way thru. 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Nice one, Mike! I would have figured a western truck like that would be geared up a little higher. Reckon it pulled a little oilfield duty back in its day? Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Good score Mike... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Lookin good Mike. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Nice!! We had a 59Brockway with a fish plate frame that looked just like the one on your new Mack, no bolts it was riveted to the frame from the factoryBULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 that's a real fishbelly frame, not a fishplate like some B models used. that's a frame like a later B53 Series or early DM. kinda odd to see that on a B70 Mike. I liked that truck when it was first for sale but the truckin to Ny would have killed me. nice save Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Those hubcaps have to be getting pretty scarce! Nice old period correct truck accessory! That metallic green B753 that Jack Hess sold a few months back had the same frame also.Nice truck,Mike! 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/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Mike, I was looking over Dick Lein's B73 at the Baraboo show yesterday and remember noticing how wide the frame rails were right behind the cab. Think they may be like yours too. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Now that is a score!Very interesting about the frame. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Yes I've seen that frame before. There was a small fleet not too far from here that had saved a B75S that was originally a concrete block & brick delivery straight truck. There must have been an option for the heavier frame, maybe part of the B7?S spec vs B7?ST spec. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have several B7O's series with that frame. In fact it seems to me out west here I have seen very few without it? perhaps logging specified the heavier frame. What I have noticed is that the 5 hand hole wheels sure look different? or is it just the distortion of a picture but the holes look awful small. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have a brochure for a B75LS showing a 10 1/2 tall frame at the rear of the truck and 12 1/8 dimension from the back of the front springs to a couple of feet behind the cab.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Looks like a decorative cover over a steel wheel? Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I guess it would be like a DM (dumper mixer) set up ! WOW! Whoda thought back then!BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have several B7O's series with that frame. In fact it seems to me out west here I have seen very few without it? perhaps logging specified the heavier frame. What I have noticed is that the 5 hand hole wheels sure look different? or is it just the distortion of a picture but the holes look awful small.I wish they were real 5 hole wheels,Dan,these are just chrome wheel covers.Of course if they were the real deal,my luck they'd be all blistered on the back side. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Guess I'll have to look over my other 2 over closer,but this is the first frame like that I'd noticed.that's a real fishbelly frame, not a fishplate like some B models used. that's a frame like a later B53 Series or early DM. kinda odd to see that on a B70 Mike. I liked that truck when it was first for sale but the truckin to Ny would have killed me. nice save MikeThe trucking to Iowa about killed me,seems me and my hauler had a little mis-communication on the deal. Plus they had it at Yakima and didn't register it for the show like I asked.From now on,if I can't pick it up myself,I'm going to make sure the guy is a Mack guy,sure can't count on PACCAR folks. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 looks good,,,have a ball with it...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 nice truck Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Very nice Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milaca Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Awesome truck! I love the B-70's with the L-model cabs. At first glance I thought it was a single axle. Did all B-70 series come equipped as tandem axles? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 no,they made alot of single axles too. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Guess I'll have to look over my other 2 over closer,but this is the first frame like that I'd noticed.The trucking to Iowa about killed me,seems me and my hauler had a little mis-communication on the deal. Plus they had it at Yakima and didn't register it for the show like I asked.From now on,if I can't pick it up myself,I'm going to make sure the guy is a Mack guy,sure can't count on PACCAR folks. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 One chance that i insisted on taking care of the sleeper. I told them that it was very very important to not damage the truck..they loaded it on the wrong side, they drove it this way from california to new york... Paccar way, and then the mack guy way. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Mikenice truck, what its story? Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 One chance that i insisted on taking care of the sleeper. I told them that it was very very important to not damage the truck..they loaded it on the wrong side, they drove it this way from california to new york... Paccar way, and then the mack guy way.you lucky son of a gun,was that truck as decent as it looked in the pics????I never did get a response back from the seller. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31678-nevada-b73/#findComment-190858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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