MACK B81 Walk Around & Driving/Shifting
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2023
- In this video I am showing you around a friend of mine's B81 Mack dumptruck. Enjoy the ride along footage and if you like this truck please subscribe because there will be more to come of it on the channel. I hope you enjoy watching!
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Great video, this took me back! I drove a B81 with a 711 in it in the late 70s. It had the quad box as well. Those were the best years in trucking in my opinion. For a young fella, you have a lot of experience with these old rigs, you should be very proud brother!
I really appreciate that! I am very lucky for the ones I had show me the ropes and I've been in love with the old rigs since I was a little kid! I appreciate you watching and that comment means a lot to me! That makes me proud!
Beautiful Mack, can't wait to see what you have for us in the future.
Thank you! I appreciate that and excited to show you!
@@Only4Trucks Yeah! My grandfather use to drive one of those old Macks got into a bad accident he was untouched but the whole cab was ripped right off the chassis. He passed away two years ago sadly.
@@Parker343 wow I'm sorry to hear that, your grandfather was a real driver! Back when men were men!
@@Only4Trucks Yeah, amen to that!
You're a truck driver. Born truck driver. That's a compliment. No coincidence you have a family like you do. Grew up with the passion that you have for trucks and all the construction equipment and people who are in both.
I greatly appreciate that and it means a lot to me! I agree with you 100% we share the same values
Thanks for this video. I grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts and these Macks were everywhere. Either concrete trucks or hailing sand and gravel to extend the runways at Logan Airport Mack trucks were there.. These are the trucks that built Boston and the surrounding suburbs. Thanks for sharing. I have a lot of fond memories of these beasts.
A beautiful truck that can perform in the toughest job conditions.
It's great to see these things are still around and well cared for.
I remember watching the shifting video years ago for the first time and being amazed.
I'm looking forward to more videos in the near future.
Thank you I really appreciate that!!
Definitely can’t text and drive with that old girl! If you can your a freakin magician
I agree! Thank you for watching!
You did a heck of a job shifting that twin stick Mack, I use to drive a Auto-car with a 318 and a twin stick. The channel is awesome.Take care and stay safe out there.👍👍
That's awesome! Thank you and I really really appreciate that!!!!
My first job out of driving school was up in Plymouth Meeting
pulling 35' dump trailers with an old red R models.
A buddy of mine Gary, went to work for Tony De Paul, so we saw each other a lot.
I hauled stone and sand into De Paul's Philly blacktop plant, and their main yeard.
Gary's first day a Friday, he got a triplex, 3 stick, B model.
He called me, and we went thru it all over the weekend, and got him running. 3 months later they bought like 300 new R models dumps (Rizzo Money, lol). Gary did great there. (he was Italian, so they loved him)
Always fun see nice old cared for rides, here.
Stay safe out there.
That's so awesome! Love the local history!
Beautiful old work horse.
Thank you!
That truck is BEAUTIFUL ! NICE TO SEE REAL PHOTOS! My farther drove one of those for years and I would go with him 50 yrs ago. Coming out of a gravel pit LOADED with sand low gear floor boarded . The truck he drove looked Exactly like the one you have . S. East Ma. He shifted All Day long. I love mack trucks.
There will be plenty more to come! Thank you for that and thank you for watching!!! I love them too!
Back in the early 1970's I drove one of the 81s, same set up. I hauled 12,000 gallons of heated bunker C to pulp mills in eastern Maine. With all the hills my arms had a workout. The truck had a drop down flag on top of the windshield for low air pressure. I lost air going down a steep hill going into Ellsworth and went through downtown and stop sign at about 55-60. Managed to get it back in gear going up hill after downtown got it stopped on level ground and found the leak. Just thanked God that it was 4:45 am, and know traffic. As an add on the trailers were non baffled and the ebb and flow of the oil was hard on things.
going into downtown
Play it's wicked cool I like dump trucks
Learned how to drive stick on a B-61 thermodyine and it had three sticks and Armstrong steering ( so called air assist) steering and you had to be careful going around corners and hitting the brakes because the wigwag would pop down and swing back and forth to alert you that you were low on air every thing ran on air pressure even the wipers. Good old days retired now but really enjoy your channel you show the real nitty gritty of driving for a living. Good Luck to you and everyone involved in making your videos. Keep the sunny side up and the dark side down!!
I loved reading that and that's back when you guys were men! Real trucks for sure. I am glad you enjoy my videos and I'll do my best to keep the best videos coming! Keep on trucking!
Glad I stumbled on this channel..All the trucks are awesome.
I'm glad you did too! Thank you!!!!!
I ran an ol R model years ago , Slow , and steady is the name of the game ,they get the job done fer sure !
Yes sir! That's the way it was
Vary cool old truck
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Can’t wait to convoy with you to Macungie 🤘🏻
Awesome Mack, very cool.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
What's up driver another great video my friend. My brother has a 1963 Mack B 61 tractor, it has pretty much the same as that old girl. They were the stuff back in their days, pull anything and haul anything. Don't find too many of them around anymore. It's definitely an art driving them old truck's. That's truck driving. Stay safe out there my friend and keep the videos coming and always travel safely catch you on the next one.
Thank you! I appreciate that and wow that's awesome! I agree they are getting harder and more expensive. And I'll do my best! Excited to see a comment on the next one!
Very cool old machine
I agree! Thank you!
Awesome job of gear swapping my brother👍👍👍
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Love the old iron!
Thank you!
That’s awesome! Didn’t get around to seeing this at the show this year. Awesome that you guys were able to work it until a few years ago. Only a handful of b models still out working in New England. We ran out b61 6 wheeler until the early 2000s.
Dude, when i graduated high school i was going to go on vacation with my boys and my dad got me a job with his friend that owned a construction company. I had to choose job or Florida. I chose the job. I didn't know it but they had a bet on how long i would last. I proved them both wrong. Started out on the construction crew occasionally driving a small dump with regular manual gears. no problem. One evening they told me to bring one of the big Mack dump back to the shop and everyone left and i got in the truck out in the middle of no where not realizing it was so different. No cell phones back then. I might have got it to move 10 feet before figured i was going to ruin the thing so i turned it off and I sat there for a few hours praying someone would come back. Eventually, someone did come back and got me. I was embarrassed but i shouldn't have been!
That was a great video. I can tell you are the real deal especially that back up video in NY. Btw. I worked there three summers and the last one i ran my own small concrete crew. Best thing i ever did and i recommend it for any young man starting off so they don't go through life stupid.
That's awesome to read man! I'm proud of you and glad you stuck with it! Prove them all wrong! As long as your happy that's all that matters! I appreciate the kind words and I'm grateful your watching!
Beautiful, durable and strong. Mack is the best.
You have my subscription…keep up the good work
Was an survey engineer in the early 60's and the company I worked for in Conn ( O& G Industries) had a fleet of 10 B-81 Macks and let me tell you, they were awesome. I road in then occasionaly back anf forth to our borrow pit---the driver I road with was very good a shifting the 20 speed quadraplex---just about the same as you were shifting, only differance was that he reached thru the steering wheel rather around it. The B-81's were running with the new Ford 534 ci gas V-8's and they were pretty equal as to the time it took from the pit to the job site!!! Just a great time in trucking history and I was there to witness all the good stuff. KEEP ON TRUCK'IN!!!!
That's awesome and I couldn't agree more! I appreciate you sharing your history with me and I enjoyed reading! Keep on trucking!
Forgot to say to you in my first comment that I’m proud of you. You brought that Bulldog back to life. Pay it forward. Best way to learn is to teach!
Ah, the memories. I drove a B-61 Thermodyne/Triplex hauling steel out of US Steel's Fairless Works in the mid 70s. I've driven everything from Maxidyne/5 speed to Cummins/Cat/Detroit/18 speed and the old B-61 with the 15 speed Triplex is still my favorite.
Love Mack trucks along with the hood ornaments. Very tough looking trucks.
That’s pretty cool, fellow truckers in my home town would let me drive there trucks when I was a kid as they knew I could drive if always jump
I’m passenger seat and ask for a drive on private road, one of my favourites is an old white 9000 671N tri axle dump truck had 13sp later got swapped for a grader and then turned into a prime mover but towing 65,000lb + off road in tri axle side dump road rebuilding she lacked powered and got replaced with FL112 freightliner with 60 series 450hp ex sheep truck you could still smell the lanolin in the interior for years afterwards, the owner sold his business and kept the 9000 and semi retired it to the farm he bought and then it dropped a valve years later and I believe it’s in pieces
In the 70s drove 66 Mack B61 with a quad ,4:11 twin screw . This brought back memories.
That's awesome! I'm glad you found the video and enjoyed re living the memories!
That footage makes me miss englishtown. Cant wait to see that b model at macungie this year
I agree! Really miss is and awesome see you there!
Dam nice ride man 😊
Thank you!
I remember seeing this truck at Macungie in 2017. Great video, keep em coming.
That's awesome! Hoping to get it there this year! And thank you I really appreciate it!
Great video and pictures. I had two buddies who had 58 B models(single screw) and spent a lot of fun times riding in one. I got my start driving a 5+4 over fifty years ago and came love the twice sticks. Good luck at the show.
That's incredible! Thank you I greatly appreciate it!
Wow RED MACK IS BEAUTIFUL😀😀😀
Thank you!
Truckers 4 Hope, Mill Hall,PA!
Only thing missing is the plow rack. That was on all Mass Macks that had the contract for State highways. Thanks again for taking the time to carry on the memories of a time gone by.
I hear that! That's awesome, thank you for the history, and I appreciate that and I'll be doing my best!
My uncle treasured that truck😭🤍 I'm happy to see that the truck lives on🥹
That's so awesome! It definitely does and this truck means a lot to me as well. I'll be taking care of it and enjoying it any chance I get. So glad you watched this and got to see it! That's awesome
Hey Bud,Hru? I just watched ur New York trip where u met a Fan;Fan got to met u really...Lol Good Stuff bro I just saw this vid. Never realized it be4 but so...Cool dude love that old Mack,there is a Guy in Rocky Hill CT. JVIII Construction his Drivers used to bring me Loads of Process,materials for Grading ect. He has a couple these old B-Models that are all real nice condition..Idk the owner but his Driver even used to run a older Mack hauling materials..The Pictures and Memories u have and I never heard u talk bt. your Father be4 so I bet this was Cool,idk mine.Funny enough I wrote u a other comment and that Boss,Friend was like a Guy i really looked up to as a Younger Man& taught me alot ways to better my Driving/Heavy Equipment skills. Great Story and you did work it,weird cause even u said 10yrs ago or so u were recording urself and stuff then so this side Gig w/YT I think was meant to happen too..Have a Great rest wk. Brother and Keep it Up I enjoy the vids and u have a Good Vibe urself 👍🏻We did our 95'Ford all red too..some Black here there and a lil Pin Strip in rymes lil stuff but alot Red..Thanks for showing it..and again Pic. Book man i Love having Memories like that.. Take Care Pal 😎
Hey man that's so awesome to read! I always heard of a lot of those b models and other macks up north. They always had the fancy paint and pinstripe. I really appreciate all of your kind words and I agree 10 years later it's like the videos all are coming full circle. I'm glad you found my channel and you enjoy it! Thanks for watching! I'm excited to keep bringing you great trucking content!
Wow! Great video! If you can manage a B81 Mack with 20sp Maxitorque Quadruplex, loaded 65-70K in City/ Urban with no p/s, no engine brake and can control the beast! Then you can drive anything.
Thank 🏗ckn god you didn't paint it 💩y blue.
Perfect color looks great 👍.
Thank you! Back then it was only red or green from the factory, why change it!
That is some REAL accomplished truck driving for sure steering wheel holders please leave the garage
That really means a lot! I appreciate that!!!!
I’m a tremendously huge fan of Bull Dog Mack’s since I’m a little boy I drove R models tin nose RD 800 and DM 600 & 800 models dumps mixers packers rolloffs
That's awesome! You and I both!
Very cool truck, would not want to do much city driving with those twins tho hahah talk about having to work to drive that thing
I hear that hahahah
SuperNice I L❤VE THOSE B MODEL
Me too!
The Christmas truck parade was the 92.5 XTU toy truck parade in Hatfield. I believe it was 2015. I ended up parking behind you guys. I think I have some pictures of the dump truck and the purple r model somewhere.
I ended up remembering after I re watched the video lol but that's awesome man! I'm glad you found the video that's so cool!
My older brother had a 1961 B81 however he sold it about five years ago.
I hope it comes to Macungie, hope to be there and see it.
It will be sure! Be sure to find me and talk to me!
drove GMC 9500 series back in the 80's twin stick garbage truck don't think i could remember how now
Hahaha
I drove them you can keep them in the museum too much of a hassle !😆😆😆
Dam I would like to drive that Bad boy l never got to drive a B81 10/4
10-4! Thank you for watching!
Whats up Palka? I remember Mikes old Mack. Almost certain you were the only one allowed to use it for work. Maybe your pops was too.
DePaul?
Anderson?
Old Gus Proper truck?
Did you put the telescopic cylinder in the Cresci body?
I do not have the brain power for those twin sticks, the double handed shifting is just fucking insane to me.
You know there are triple sticks!
Hahahaha I hear ya
I'm assuming that gets a lot of attention on the road. Looks sharp.
Definitely does! Thank you
I think EVERYBODY got kicked out at first,I know I did!And to top it off,it still took me about a week and a half to learn,after that;I was KING-OF-ROAD!
That's so awesome!!!!!! I love it!
I drove a 1964 b81 sx tandem dump for 3 days in the blizzard of 96 here in NJ it was the best time I had me and a buddy switching every few hours endt 673 18 spd quad box I would love to come see that ole girl send me an address I’m in NJ
That's awesome! Definitely be going to shows this year! You could meet us and check it out!
@@Only4Trucks which shows gearhardt McCungie those shows
red truck
Oh yea lol
They could clime a tree and plow thru two ft of mud… 😂