Pulling a trailer with 237 HP

[Red Horse]

To add to the chorus, 237's were for sure a standard in the bulk transport industry where max loads were every load. When they came out 73280 lbs was max GCW on 5 axles but when law went to 80,000 on 5 axles plenty of those 237's were still running. My guess is the fact its a 10 speed says it was altered-here in US if it was a Maxidyne it was a 5 or 6 speed. Perhaps you should get the build sheet from Mack Museum to see just how the truck is built.

[other dog]

To add to the chorus, 237's were for sure a standard in the bulk transport industry where max loads were every load. When they came out 73280 lbs was max GCW on 5 axles but when law went to 80,000 on 5 axles plenty of those 237's were still running. My guess is the fact its a 10 speed says it was altered-here in US if it was a Maxidyne it was a 5 or 6 speed. Perhaps you should get the build sheet from Mack Museum to see just how the truck is built.

Lots of companies around here ran 237 Macks. It's all Jamerson Brothers ran for a long time, and H.H.Moore still ran some hauling chips to Covington- very heavy loads, and you pretty much have to cross the mountain to get there.

A fellow named Leon used to drive the switch truck for H.H. at the woodyard in Dillwyn, Va. It was a 237 R model, daycab. He got paid by the hour to switch trailers all day, then he'd load the last load and take it to Covington himself, in that switch truck. A load of chips to Covington only paid $30 then.

A story "lone wolf" told-

He used to haul pulpwood, the 5' billets, from a woodyard in Appomattox that used to be where Appomattox Hardware is now. He pulled for Jamerson Brothers and ran to Hopewell, Va.

He had an old Emeryville with a 220 Cummins and a 10 speed. One time his truck was broke down so Herbert Jamerson told him to drive one of his F models to run a few loads.

So he did, and he said that 237 had so much power he just couldn't drive his Emeryville any more, so he just kept on driving a Jamerson Bros. truck and parked the Emeryville.