Popular Post Paul S Posted February 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2023 I first met my truck in 1978. My Father was a Mason Contractor, and would get reclaimed brick from a fella who would go into Brooklyn and bring about 8000 bricks to my house, in a 6 wheel Blue Mack dump truck and dump them. Of course it was my job to clean and stack them all. One day I asked my Father to just get the bricks delivered to the jobsite to avoid having to load the brick onto our F600 dump truck and bring to the job. We'll, that beastly Mack barely warmed up carrying those brick. He followed us in our empty F600, and never got off our tail. We got to the job and I got to sit in my first Mack truck. I remember like it was yesterday. Moving forward 11 years, I decided to look for my own Mack 6 wheeler. My brother and I went from Montauk point to NYC, looking for my truck. Anyone who has a 6 wheeler knows how hard it is to part with one. My truck parts supplier told me a fella was thinking of parting with his 6 and 10 wheel Mack, one town away from were I live. So I made an appointment to see his trucks, they were both red and black. When I opened the hood on the six wheeler I noticed a spot of blue paint under the red pant that chipped away. I asked him " where did you get this truck?"He said he bought from a guy who delivered used brick from Brooklyn to Long Island. It was the same truck that came to my house years before ! I bought it on the spot, and the rest is history. I've since retired the Old 6 Wheeler after 51 glorious years of service, and chose to a million miles on it. I have it 75 percent restored as of now. 8 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Welcome to BMT @Paul S. Great story and introduction - especially since you included photos! Looking forward to hearing more about your experience with the truck and your restoration journey. DavCut Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Wow, what a cool story truck looks excellent yes, six wheelers are hard to fine. Mostly used by road maintenance. I have a ball with it…. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) What are the specs on it? If my math is correct its a 1972? Looks like it may have been a road tractor first in life. Really short WB. I love the weed burner exhaust. Edit: I see the title says 1971. I clearly can't read titles. Edited February 22, 2023 by 67RModel Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Holly Chit!!! Now that is how you do a six wheel dump! (Honey! l'm going to go look for an old dump truck🏧) Welcome to BMT Paul S , as DavCut said great story and we didn't have to wait for pictures! .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Beautiful,I’m thinking 237 with a 5 or 6 speed.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Got story, the truck and the memories to go with it, how much better does it get Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebonnet Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 WOW, Love it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 beautiful truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 fantastic looking truck and story. that's better then finding an old girlfriend. at least when that truck "barks" it puts a big smile on your face. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 that might be a good title to a new topic;;; if you found the first truck you ever drove , what was it . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 22 hours ago, MACKS said: Beautiful,I’m thinking 237 with a 5 or 6 speed.. can't tell by the pictures if that's a silver or gold dog on hood and doors. front headlight insert has cut out for block heater. all in due time. hopefully we will see the specs. model/ serial # 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-525927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 5:36 PM, MACKS said: Beautiful,I’m thinking 237 with a 5 or 6 speed.. Yes a 237 with a 1076 transmission. Sorry for the long delay. My wife was very sick for a long while. Thankfully she's on her way to recovery. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-532641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Good to hear she who must be obeyed is doing betterer 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/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-532648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 God lover and yes, the boss has to be there to make everything right we all got one of those just ask mrs mack paul… Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-532684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Also, I don’t remember your truck being so clean sucker looks brand new. Doesn’t even look like it needs anything… Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-532698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Only thing we need...yep, you guessed it...is MORE PICTURES!!! Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-533060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Right ??? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-533117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 3:05 PM, 67RModel said: What are the specs on it? If my math is correct its a 1972? Looks like it may have been a road tractor first in life. Really short WB. I love the weed burner exhaust. Edit: I see the title says 1971. I clearly can't read titles. Yep, this Baby has been rolling the coal long before electronics ! Yes, it was a tractor for a very short time, nice eye! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 6/9/2023 at 7:19 AM, mowerman said: Also, I don’t remember your truck being so clean sucker looks brand new. Doesn’t even look like it needs anything… Bob Thank you! All it needs Bob is 4 cans of Maxidyne gold so I can repaint the engine. Any help finding that would be greatly appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 1:22 PM, doubleclutchinweasel said: Only thing we need...yep, you guessed it...is MORE PICTURES!!! I'll work on better photos! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 2/23/2023 at 3:49 PM, mechohaulic said: can't tell by the pictures if that's a silver or gold dog on hood and doors. front headlight insert has cut out for block heater. all in due time. hopefully we will see the specs. model/ serial # Yes a 237 with a 1076 tyranny. Chrome dog on the hood. I took The original dog from the hood, and made it into the shifter handle. The block heater is actually located on the driver's side. I just haven't gotten around to replacing the headlight insert with a solid panel. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Sorry, I can’t answer your paint color code but I’m sure somebody else can … good luck… Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paul S Posted July 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 12:48 PM, Paul S said: I first met my truck in 1978. My Father was a Mason Contractor, and would get reclaimed brick from a fella who would go into Brooklyn and bring about 8000 bricks to my house, in a 6 wheel Blue Mack dump truck and dump them. Of course it was my job to clean and stack them all. One day I asked my Father to just get the bricks delivered to the jobsite to avoid having to load the brick onto our F600 dump truck and bring to the job. We'll, that beastly Mack barely warmed up carrying those brick. He followed us in our empty F600, and never got off our tail. We got to the job and I got to sit in my first Mack truck. I remember like it was yesterday. Moving forward 11 years, I decided to look for my own Mack 6 wheeler. My brother and I went from Montauk point to NYC, looking for my truck. Anyone who has a 6 wheeler knows how hard it is to part with one. My truck parts supplier told me a fella was thinking of parting with his 6 and 10 wheel Mack, one town away from were I live. So I made an appointment to see his trucks, they were both red and black. When I opened the hood on the six wheeler I noticed a spot of blue paint under the red pant that chipped away. I asked him " where did you get this truck?"He said he bought from a guy who delivered used brick from Brooklyn to Long Island. It was the same truck that came to my house years before ! I bought it on the spot, and the rest is history. I've since retired the Old 6 Wheeler after 51 glorious years of service, and chose to a million miles on it. I have it 75 percent restored as of now. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Wow, nice work. Thanks…. Love the shifter Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/72530-1971-mack-r-model-six-wheeler/#findComment-534529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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