Popular Post j hancock Posted September 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2017 Very nice example on display at Ballston Spa, NY 2017. I like that it features a "duplexer" transmission. 6 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post B-42 Posted September 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) First driving job I ever had was for this company, Alnye (known as Aldrich and Nye in those days). I was 19 years old and had no idea what I was doing. It took 15 hours to do the milk run and I remember it paid $23.50. Should probably have given a little more thought to my career choice right then and there. Edited September 28, 2017 by B-42 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-380877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 That 8.97 ratio is wild! That's twice what my H67 has... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-380954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 It is a killer gear! With the trans. OD, it should be about a 6.90 in high fifth which isn't too bad for the higher rpm gas engine. Would be good in the hills but you won't win any races on the flat. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-380955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Nice.looking.old truck!,I like the original style mirrors! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post B-42 Posted September 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2017 On Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 8:48 AM, j hancock said: It is a killer gear! With the trans. OD, it should be about a 6.90 in high fifth which isn't too bad for the higher rpm gas engine. Would be good in the hills but you won't win any races on the flat. Not a lot of flat ground in that part of the finger lakes where this company hauled milk. Most of the cows on the dairy farms they serviced had two legs longer on one side then the other from standing on the side hills. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Could ya see a newbie driving a 160 hp truck oh boy lol 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 most of our trucks are automatics now....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 2 hours ago, mowerman said: most of our trucks are automatics now....bob All our new ones are too. In our specific operation we "only haul bread" so they try cutting ours back to 160hp. Atleast that's how they run anyway. It does pull a little better then my B but nowhere like they should. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I used to drive for an nissens bakery in 70s and they were very low powered.... now our latest rigs Kenworth 2015 to present. The company has them all choked off they won't pull the Hills like they used to so don't feel alone. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 We used to run the T 800s split windshield they had 460s and they weren't cut back at all I don't even know what size I got now but has no where near that pulling power...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 me an a buddy of mine were saying,,,,the other day to weed out the jackasses thier always hiring,,,,they otta roadtest all the new hires on a 2 stick,,,,but then i rethought it and decided,,if they did that,,they would never find anyone to come to work here lol.bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 my boss is a different breed of animal. my current T800 has a 475 C13 with an eaton 8II trans. the low boy is a W900 with a 500 C 15 and 18 speed. the T880 has a 550 cummins with auto . and the new T880 he just ordered to replace my T800 is getting the 550 Cummins and auto trans too. he knows larger engine uses less fuel. one of the guys we run with has a T880 with the 370 paccar engine and auto trans, it will not get out of its own way empty. and only gets 3.5 mpg. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 4 hours ago, mowerman said: I used to drive for an nissens bakery in 70s and they were very low powered.... now our latest rigs Kenworth 2015 to present. The company has them all choked off they won't pull the Hills like they used to so don't feel alone. Bob Bob did you drive for Nissen in Ma.? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Ya I was outa lynn Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hobert62 Posted October 4, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2017 On October 2, 2017 at 3:50 PM, mowerman said: me an a buddy of mine were saying,,,,the other day to weed out the jackasses thier always hiring,,,,they otta roadtest all the new hires on a 2 stick,,,,but then i rethought it and decided,,if they did that,,they would never find anyone to come to work here lol.bob I often said a B with 2 sticks, Armstrong steering, and a contour cab like mine would be a good road test truck. Then I realized the way a bunch of our new people smell I wouldn't want to be in there with them. If for some miracle they could even fit. My run is down to 11 stops a night it used to have 17. 99% of the people would quit if they had to run it. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 32 minutes ago, mowerman said: Ya I was outa lynn Used to live about 5 houses from Nissen in Brockton Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 i used to go there all the time....my cousin and his parents ,,,my aunt an uncle.....live near there as well....stougton dont know if i spelled that rite.....brockton used to take alotta bread.good ole days was a real good job....got laid off right after deregulation....moved west in 1980......had enough of shit weather.....grew up in madison NJ...then most of my upbringing was in peobody.......bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 was kind of a weird spot....rite in the middle of a residential area...lol..also used to deliver alot in ware ham and new bedford.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 theres someone on here from chelmsford.....i used to stop for coffee there..at dunkin donuts...alot on my way to worcester....i think....its been alotta years....but i do remember skips restaraunt across the street from dunkin,,, had the best corned beef hash known to man.....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 im sure you remember,,,brockton wasnt a bakery it was just a distribution point and thrift store....i used to have to go there sometimes on a saturday with an empty just to bring back empty baskits whole 45 footer full of them back to lynn....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Empty baskets in a 45 footer da big heavy load lol 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 51 minutes ago, mackey58 said: Empty baskets in a 45 footer da big heavy load lol Atleast he said a full load. I do store delivery with a 53' trl and I brought 15 piles of empty bread trays home Tuesday morning. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 6 hours ago, mowerman said: im sure you remember,,,brockton wasnt a bakery it was just a distribution point and thrift store....i used to have to go there sometimes on a saturday with an empty just to bring back empty baskits whole 45 footer full of them back to lynn....bob When you took a left off the main road and then a right onto Foster St. which Nissen's was on my house was the second one on the right but I didn't buy it until 1989 long after you left. When I bought the house, my mother commented that there were tractor trailers going up and down the street. I was like aaand? whats the problem? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 well we used to be running in there all hours of the night,,,,i used to try to drive at low RPMs thru there....come to think of it,,,,,we had the same problem here recently...i used to drop freight out here middle of night same situation residential area bishop california they recently moved out of town ....i dont go there anymore....but now our drop dock is way out of town..away from houses......bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51167-1950-mack-lft/#findComment-381684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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