1957 Mack LRVSW

[j hancock]

Marino Crane (now Barnhart) had this big dog moving electrical gear in to Northfield Mountain during the Fall of 2012.

[HeavyGunner]

What a beast. I always enjoy seeing those heavy haulers. Do you know the specs by chance?

[davehummell]

Now that is cool thanks for showing it

[j hancock]

2 hours ago, HeavyGunner said:

Do you know the specs by chance?

This truck has had some changes over the years.  The 12 cylinder (400 HP  1,486 CID) NA Cummins NVH diesel has been replaced with a newer 6 cylinder Cummins.  Not sure which one.  600 HP?  It still appears to have the torque converter and automatic trans with an aux. trans.  Mack Planidrive axles out back.

[Hobert62]

Almost 2 years Barnhart had it locally for some extra traction moving electrical stuff for a power plant.     They only used it one time though.   It had a KT cummins in it and the transmission controller look like something from a boat.  I had a post at the time, but i don't  remember   what it was called.     That truck is a beast, I bet the frame rails where 3/4"

[Truck Shop]

                                            H62-I see the two main job foreman were keeping an eye on the situation😊.

 

                                            Truck Shop 

[Hobert62]

1 hour ago, Truck Shop said:

                                            H62-I see the two main job foreman were keeping an eye on the situation😊.

 

                                            Truck Shop 

We watched a lot of the loads, the guys prob recognized us.   

[gxbxc]

back in the early eighties when Gerosa still owned the tractor I had a chance to play with it, Con Ed was a heavy user of their equipment,.there are pictures around the internet with their M 50 at Indian Point station .

[terry]

A definite horse!!

 

[j hancock]

11 hours ago, gxbxc said:

back in the early eighties when Gerosa still owned the tractor I had a chance to play with it, Con Ed was a heavy user of their equipment,.there are pictures around the internet with their M 50 at Indian Point station .

KooL!  Must have been an interesting experience behind the wheel.

[james j neiweem]

That Marino LRVSW was painted Marino colors about 20 years ago in Portland Ct. Actually there were two of them being painted.

Edited May 16, 2018 by james j neiweem

[BOB DINGSDALE]

james j neiween; wasn't one of them a big autocar?

[james j neiweem]

They did have a big Autocar an AP-19 I believe. That unit pulled our retired many ton steam generators out of our Nuclear plant in Haddam Neck Ct. to a railroad siding in Portland Ct. If I remember right there was a Western Star pusher. Marino is still in Middletown Ct however it was bought out by Barnhart. Marino did a lot of work for Northeast Utilities( now Eversource).

I saw the two Mack LRVSW's being painted by the Flannery brothers in Portland Ct. Barnhart still may still have one and the other one may have been sold.. I thought I read that one of them did some work in the Carribean islands. Autocar had big plans for the AP's but there production facilities just couldn't support manufacturing them unlike Mack with the LR and M models. Then the dumb asses sold out to White. White never pursued the AP's as far as I know.

Edited May 17, 2018 by james j neiweem

[j hancock]

Looked on the web and found this photo of the Marino Autocar and Mack together.

[HeavyGunner]

1 hour ago, j hancock said:

Looked on the web and found this photo of the Marino Autocar and Mack together.

You mean there was a picture of a big truck that you didn’t have?! 😁

[gxbxc]

If I remember right both of those trucks were red,green,&white  before being just plane old red

 

Edited May 17, 2018 by gxbxc

[j hancock]

21 hours ago, HeavyGunner said:

You mean there was a picture of a big truck that you didn’t have?! 😁

Yeah, sorry about that.

So many trucks....  so little time...

[james j neiweem]

Beutious  beasts. 

[h67st]

That's a big hood on that Autocar! Shouldn't be any problem to keep the engine cool.

[mowerman]

nice,,,,thanks for sharing...bob

[Chuck P]

I remember seeing the AP-19 at the Greensboro National Convention that coincided with Autocars"s 100th anniversary.  That truck was massive.

I found this shot on the web from that event.

[Red Horse]

On 5/19/2018 at 10:06 AM, h67st said:

That's a big hood on that Autocar! Shouldn't be any problem to keep the engine cool.

Makes you wonder-with that big radiator on the A-car, and the Mack was doing same work??  wonder how the temp gauge looked in THAT truck!

[j hancock]

The 1964 AP-19 had a 12 cylinder 525 HP Cummins under the hood and certainly had more water capacity than the Mack.