Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Years ago the gentleman I worked for bought a white single axle cab over at an auction. We used it as a yard donkey. A very short frame air start detroit and you could connect a "jif" under the frame for transport. Crazy hard to see out of no power steering truck that someone behind a desk ordered Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 White Road "commode"? Air starter, and JIF lock. Sounds like a former Roadway unit or some other freight hauler. Roadway loved those air starters. When I was at Parrish Leasing/Brothers Express and both companies were experiencing growing pains, we aquired various odd trucks and partial fleets to keep everyone going. One kinda odd (too us anyways) was an IHC 4200 Transtar with a 6V DD and an aluminum frame. Another was a S/A IHC S model, model unknown, but it had the IHC "Fleet" design paint scheme, but had been hit front and the hood replaced with the incorrect model S model hood. The hood was more than an inch wider on either side than the cab! An over site as it rolled thru the auction line with the hood tilted forward (suppose the owner was the one who tilted the hood and stayed near?). We had some tandem GMC Brig's talk about sitting on the floor. I think I know where Pete owners buy their seats. We did end up with one "special" truck during a growing period. Parrish bought a Freedom Edition MH which was sold only a few years ago to a company in Lima, OH who is in the process of running it into the ground.Terry Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtiebulldog Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Here is a good one for you.An old friend of my dad's had a reefer company and he only bought glider kits. Back when the T-600 first came out(early 1980's) he bought a T-600 aerodyne glider kit and put a 300 Mack engine in it. That truck ran everywhere. It was very neat to watch that truck go down the road and listen to it at the same time. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtiebulldog Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Oh yeah, almost forgot,Another friend of my dad's has aold R Model (1968 approx.) with a box sleeper,250 Thermodyne with a quadraplex. He has a straight pipe mounted through the hood! It comes out in front of the windshield near the center on the pass. side. That truck has been like that for at least 25 years! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 need to see a pic of this Mack!!! you don't have the choice to find one for me... and the MH freedom too... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 White Road "commode"? Air starter, and JIF lock. Sounds like a former Roadway unit or some other freight hauler. Roadway loved those air starters. When I was at Parrish Leasing/Brothers Express and both companies were experiencing growing pains, we aquired various odd trucks and partial fleets to keep everyone going. One kinda odd (too us anyways) was an IHC 4200 Transtar with a 6V DD and an aluminum frame. Another was a S/A IHC S model, model unknown, but it had the IHC "Fleet" design paint scheme, but had been hit front and the hood replaced with the incorrect model S model hood. The hood was more than an inch wider on either side than the cab! An over site as it rolled thru the auction line with the hood tilted forward (suppose the owner was the one who tilted the hood and stayed near?). We had some tandem GMC Brig's talk about sitting on the floor. I think I know where Pete owners buy their seats. We did end up with one "special" truck during a growing period. Parrish bought a Freedom Edition MH which was sold only a few years ago to a company in Lima, OH who is in the process of running it into the ground.Terry←It was a commode alright! I've driven a couple brigs. too sit you butt on the floor for a punishing ride and how about some of the old Reo's,trying to see over the wheel and little round mirrors that you had to bring up your rpm's so you could see because they shock so bad Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b61mack Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Those early S model internationals would get the ugly truck award, i saw one with a sleeper, short wheelbase, it looked about as wide as it was long. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtiebulldog Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 need to see a pic of this Mack!!! you don't have the choice to find one for me... and the MH freedom too...←Which Mack do you want a picture of? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostickmutt Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Which Mack do you want a picture of? ←send us both Quote and remember "PREFORMANCE COUNTS" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 I have seen a few of those KW with the engine under the single seat cab. the cab was off centeredwerid looking truck?? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 I have seen a few of those KW with the engine under the single seat cab. the cab was off centeredwerid looking truck??←Trent, those are some wierd looking kenworths. I drove a crane carrier triaxle dump before. It was one of Roncarri's old trucks, boy that was pretty stange too.Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linrick1 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Yeah, that was the old Kenworth CBE, my Dad ran one of those for Yellow way back in the sixties, had the sleeper laid out behind the cab and the engine compartment, single axle with a JT175, 5 speed main box with a cable operated two speed rear end, geared for 53 MPH but rarely went that fast....nasty truck according to him..... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Which Mack do you want a picture of? ←humm the one with the hood pipe first. if you have some of the Mh freedom i'll apreciate Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 Yeah, that was the old Kenworth CBE, my Dad ran one of those for Yellow way back in the sixties, had the sleeper laid out behind the cab and the engine compartment, single axle with a JT175, 5 speed main box with a cable operated two speed rear end, geared for 53 MPH but rarely went that fast....nasty truck according to him.....←How things have changed over the years. You put a young person in one of those trucks now a days and they would laugh at you. The new trucks have got stuff the guys who started over the road and construction would have never dreamed of,Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-2995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Doctor Jr. Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 MY DAD HAS AN R MODEL WITH THE STACK OUT THE HOOD, HE PUT THAT STACK THERE FOR TRUCK PULLIN. IT ALSO HAS ONE OF THE RAREST MACK TRANSMISSIONS TOO. IT HAS REV. AND 1-5 ON ONE STICK AND ON THE OTHER STICK IT HAS DIRECT OND OVERDRIVE .HE SAID IT IS THE HIGHEST GEARED TRANS EVER MADE .60 IS THE FINAL DRIVE. THE TRUCK RUNS 73 MPH @ 2500 RPM THEN U PUT IN OVERDRIVE AND IT DROPS BACK TO 1200 RPM THIS OLD MACK HAS BLOWN MORE PETERBILTS TO THE WEEDS THAN I CAN COUNT.LOL. ITS A BLAST TO DRIVE. WHEN U GET THAT THING ON THE ROAD THE C.B. SOUNDS LIKE YOUR AT AN AUCTION. JOEILL GET SOME PICS FOR U GUYS. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 The Mack T200 series, 5,6,7,and 8 speed are .60 to 1 overdrive. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Looking at a B 73 with a duplex and a Mack 3 speed Aux box that hangs off a couple of factory cross members behind the cab!! If two sticks don't mess you up, try this one with three!!! Quote Keep a clutchin' Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Looking at a B 73 with a duplex and a Mack 3 speed Aux box that hangs off a couple of factory cross members behind the cab!! If two sticks don't mess you up, try this one with three!!! Quote Keep a clutchin' Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Looking at a B 73 with a duplex and a Mack 3 speed Aux box that hangs off a couple of factory cross members behind the cab!! If two sticks don't mess you up, try this one with three!!! Packer Quote Keep a clutchin' Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Oops!Two many buttons, and not enough sense!Keep a clutchin'!Packer By-the -by, that's the first time I got any pictures to go!! :-)You all might get more than you can stand now!! Packer Quote Keep a clutchin' Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Looking at a B 73 with a duplex and a Mack 3 speed Aux box that hangs off a couple of factory cross members behind the cab!! If two sticks don't mess you up, try this one with three!!! Packer←I once saw this same setup in a B on ebay a long while back. lol 27 foward and 6 reverse speeds to choose from. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 I once saw this same setup in a B on ebay a long while back. lol 27 foward and 6 reverse speeds to choose from.←The coolest tranny I got to run was in a P&H 140 ton crane. In the lower it had a 400 cummins and a 20 speed spicer. Boy that thing could climb out of any hole!Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtiebulldog Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 humm the one with the hood pipe first. if you have some of the Mh freedom i'll apreciate←All right. I drove up to where the hood pipe R Model is and took a couple of pics. I will get them on either tonight or tomorrow. I will let everbody know Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 Looking at a B 73 with a duplex and a Mack 3 speed Aux box that hangs off a couple of factory cross members behind the cab!! If two sticks don't mess you up, try this one with three!!!←In dec. issue of Overdrive there are a bunch of odd trucks of which I've never seen before like the Strick cab-under....wow different,Tim Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/627-odd-trucks/#findComment-3105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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