Yeah your right in the virgin island we use straight old dogs aha Mack rd and stuff like that they pull loads like nothing they never die with out a fight !
My Granddad drove nothing but Macks, started off in a solid tire, chain drive, dual drive '26 AC. I have a picture from 1930 when the guys took fleet pics in front of the company trucks and one of my Grandma hamming it up behind the wheel. He thought they were the only brand of real purpose built trucks and called his own son a sissy for driving a KW, haaa! Thankfully he didn't live long enough to see automatics in Volvos or people washing their feet in rest stop sinks become commonplace, he'd have some choice words for sure.
Some of the best trucks I drove were Macks. Loved every one them. I miss the lights and hand signal days. Back when drivers were not afraid to help people.
tough old trucks. im working on a 75 autocar now.350 cummins, 15 speed, walking beam suspension. hope to have it on the road in the next few months. Also have a couple Diamond Reo trucks.
Cool video brother. Nice to see you in the black beauty. Dig that dog! Last Bulldog I drove was an Ultraliner for KAT out of Indiana in 88. Truck it safe.
Oh yeah, I loved the Superliner I got to drive, only had it 2 years until the company shit the bed financially. Nicknamed her Wondermutt, always wondered what it couldn't pull, the only Mack I was happy to drive.
Drove R-models for 14 years. Our 12 spds had a short stick for the deep reduction. I think they moved it up to the dash a few years after our newest R (86?). 350 & 12 spd was a good setup for flatbedding, I could almost keep up with the "big hammers" of the day. I especially enjoyed going up through the gears while backing up, proving what a big rigger I was...In '98 they put me in an air ride 454 CH, then I knew I was a big rigger!
Back in the day that was the truck to have,,,MACK it was literally your tough work truck,,,,they don't build them like that anymore,,,,,great video,,,,have a great day sir be safe out there
I'm from PA, and they use to make em in Allentown, PA, but ever since Volvo took over, it's sucked the toughness out of that brand. First company I drove for had a 2013 Mack that dumped all of its oil on the ground the first week I was in it. The second had DPF problems 2 weeks in a row. Finally they put me in a Kenworth with a cummins and that thing was much more reliable. Then the dicks took me out of that and put me in a natural gas volvo and that's when I quit to go elsewhere.
You can put a trip switch on the clutch pedal to kick the jake out without having to switch it off and on. I put one on mine 3 days after I bought it back in ‘89.
You should mount another engine brake switch on side of the gear lever so you can turn your engine brake on and off quicker and easier without having to take your hand off the gear stick and grope around on the dash for it. That way you can use it to decelerate the engine quicker in an upshift too if you want. Just run two wires down your gear stick and join them to the two wires at the other switch in behind the dash, so you have two switches wired in parallel. I drove a Mack with a twelve speed like that for years and it worked great. Our head mechanic worried if it ever shorted out and sparked on the gearstick it might cause arcing inside the transmission, so I made sure it was really really well insulated and I was allowed to keep it like that. When I left the company it only took me a minute to unplug my wires and remove my switch and the rig was back to its original condition again.
thank you for some more superliner action Mike, learn't so much from your vids which has made driving my 1942 Diamond T 980 so much more easier and enjoyable. specially opening the door to make better use of the mirrors that's helped hell of lot as roads are a lot more crowded here in the UK. can't wait for more Mack vids keep er lit!!!
I don't care what anyone says. I absolutely LOVE that Superliner, and I will gladly watch you shifting it all day long. I personally drive an '06 Mack Granite with a Mack T310 trans. Absolutely love it!
One of the first trucks I drove was a U-Model with a 711 and a quad box. It was geared so low you could put it in low from a dead stop without touching the clutch.
One of the best Mack drivetrains ever made. An E6-350 Mack & 12 speed Mack transmission. Put some 44K Camelback rears & you have one heck of a tractor for Dump wagons, Log Wagons & Lowboys.. Amen Mike on the Autocar's. That was my family's other choice of truck . Cummins powered Autocar's . Have a great one. Mack
Thanks for the shifting tutorial. Those Mack 12-speeds sure are a different animal. Buddy of mine had one behind an E9 in an '89 Superliner. Always thought it was interesting how they need to be split while making the shift, rather than pre-selecting like on a typical Eaton 13/15/18-speed. I think the reason a lot of drivers shift them with the jake brake on is to reduce the amount of time in between shifts...you can play a hand of cards or take a bite of your sandwich in between shifts, especially with the 5-speed Maxitorque transmissions...lol
Came home and had to revisit your video, BostonTrucker, for the "full effect" on my computer...cell phone on-the-job just not the same! Love that sequence beginning @ 2:30 with the CB chat backed-up with the Mack idle...n-i-c-e!! My first run with Sharkey was from Quincy IL (their home office) to Sacramento CA in their one-and-only Ultraliner...nothin' but trouble!! Back in Quincy, the only "other" ride they could offer me was -- again -- a "one-and-only" unit, a Superliner turned-in by a lease driver who hauled "swingin' beef" to the West Coast in the "Monfort" lane! I took it "in a blink"... Thanks, Mike, for always making my day (and night!!)...
Hey brother , I see you all the time on the road ! Im always on Rte 2 . Im in the black Peterbilt flatbed tow truck . You are a great motivation to keep my truck clean because your always shining ! Keep on trucking brother
12 speed is my favorite Mack transmission, I grew up on a 5+2 in old gasoline Ford's it shifts just the same. I drove the old JF White tractor, it was an 88 RD with a 2 valve 350 and a 12 speed. That old Mack would out pull the CH with the 427 Mack engine and an 18 speed. The puppy leash will either stall her out or do nothing, flip the switch expecting to slow down and you speed up ...
Mike been watching your channel for a while. I just watched the 717 w a little bit ago. It reminded of my hvac school days I worked as a lumper nights at a grocery warehouse, 1998-1999, SuperValu in Belle Vernon pa. Lots of guys in there every night with old school trucks guys from over in Bedford pa, carlisle pa, Harrisburg PA.
Mechanical Cummins are the same way with the jake, I usually just set my foot on the clutch just enough to keep the microswitch open when I know I won’t be stopped long.
Interesting to hear your view on running a Superliner! I remember you mentioning your Ultraliner cabover in an older video. My dad never drove a Mack during his driving career, but my grandfather used a B61 for much of the 1960s. Survived a nasty broadside in that truck by DUI driver one day as he was headed home.
I'm largely a "Mack guy" by circumstance (although I must have imprinted early because a photo of me from back when I was 11 or 12 years old shows me assembling an AMR "R685ST" 2/25 scale kit) because I did my commercial licence road test (Class A here in Ontario, Canada) on a late 1970's R model with the Mack 12 speed (and all-Mack powertrain including camelback suspension and top loader axles), then went on to drive for J&F Trucking which was a flatbed carrier based in Ajax, Ontario that ran an all-Mack fleet. Mostly R600's with a few F models and Superliners, one MH Ultraliner and later some CH series tractors. I left over the road trucking back in 1997 and went to work for a welding company, they had an F800 (Ford) and International S2600 boom trucks. But even they later added a Mack to the fleet - 2002 CX613 aka Mack Vision tractor!
@@TheBostonTrucker oh for sure the Mack 350 was definitely a great motor one that was like said in the video understated and could definitely run with a Cummins or Cat. Personally I'm a model R guy my great uncle had one and he hauled smelting coke with it too bad he rolled it though
Mack r model, ultraliner, superliner, there was one more but dang can't remember looked kinda like Andrew's mack... I drove 5 speed, 6 speed, 8 speed and a 10 in a mack now drive a 389 18 speed nice truck like the older ones...
I drove an ol DM 800 with a 400 BC3 and a 12 speed but mine had 2 shifters the small shifter was the deep reduction shifter but with 5:88’s under it I don’t think I used deep reduction. I went to dads truck driving school and learned to haul coal going around the strip job when I was 10 years old he said if you’re dead set on hauling coal no better to start learning than now in a 1988 RD800 with a 350 4/valve w/a 13Road Ranger. And I’d rather drive a RD 800 than any other truck I’ve ever driven and I think i’ve drove about every make of truck. That last statement got me 🤣🤣🤣
Hey BostonTrucker...on my break, checkin' out your video. Consider me a "Mack Guy"...walkin' 'round that LJ, you said it right..."Mack tough", to which I'll add, "is Mack love!". Other name for that "blue button" on the Suoerliner..."Tractor Protection Valve"...had one on my "one-stack" Sharkey Transportation Superliner! Thanks Mike...
Noice video. I practice this by pushing a piece of stick in the ground,this is for the shifter. Then I practice how to shift. I also do this too, to practice how to operate an excavator.
My favorite transmission,dad used to call them crunchy tough fuckin transmission, it's funny most drivers now look at that splitter and there eyes go crossed.i think your a mack guy lol
Ran with my dad in a lot of cool rigs growing up. Ltl9000 with a 400 cat, an A model kw with a 400 big cam, and a few others but the most memorable was an 89 r model with a 350 with a 12 speed. I wouldn't consider myself a mack guy either as long as its got that oldschool cool to it im in.
Yep the old school Mack guys and their sons and daughters are true Mack people. But they have to be before Volvo bought the Mack corporation. I grew up around the Mack trucks. My father drive one of those very old school Mack trucks for almost 30 yrs.
My Buddy had an R Model Mack .. He bought new Heavy Duty Michigan Special Type Mack .. He got ran over by his own Truck Last Summer.. No fault of the truck .. I was woring on it with a brake issue on the side of the road.. when it started rolling down the Hill he ran in front of it to try and stop it it ran over him.. He was 60 years old have a wife and 6 kids age 4 to age 15..
R models rule. I had 5 R models back in the 70s and 80s I quit trucking because it was too hard to get some of the contractors I worked for in a timely manner. After spending 30 years being an Local 150 Operating Engineer I retired. I still drive a 1985 R Model Mack for a local farmer hauling grain, pumpkins. sweet corn. and equipment. I would rather drive that old R model than any of the new fly by wire new trucks
Ha, you sure SOUND like a Mack guy! I drive a Pete now, but I used to own an '83 Cruiseliner, and I miss its solid, simple dependability. And I totally agree with your statement that Mack guys would probably "settle" for driving an Autocar. I've driven a lot of different trucks, but never an Autocar, and I hope I get a chance before I'm worm food. Love your videos, keep 'em coming. See you in Macungie.
Well the freightliner firetruck we had also staplled with the engine brake on found out the hard way as no one explained it to me.that s why FDNY had mack firetrucks alot got reporpused into other units after there te on the front line.
I started out in a 66 R model 237, quadraplex trans. 5X4 , rough riding, but could easily haul 90,000 pounds, back then the legal weight limit was 73,280 wasn't fast top speed was 62 mph
I love them bulldogs. My grandparents lived just up the road from a MACK dealer. Learned to drive stick in MACK and was hooked ever since. It’s just a shame Volvo owns them now.
No new work videos, what's up ?? On your old movie clips, what about White Line Fever where Jan Michael Vincent's cab over Ford drives thru the Glass House. What a scene!!!!! Hope to see a new work video soon. Safe Trucking Mike.
Hi Boston Trucker I'm from oz love your work and really enjoy watching your videos you make it look easy just noticed what you're driving at 0.18 in this video what is it and please do a twin stick video keep them coming bud
My GMC general ( Goliath) does the same thing if I don’t turn the Jake switch off. It will stall the truck out. And nowadays Volvo is Mack, or Mack is Volvo which ever way you wanna look at it.
One that know the PUPPIE DOG /MACK always was built to be a tough truck and take alot of abuse, And stand up well with that. PUPPIE DOG never was a pretty truck, But made up for that in been tough. I drove them and I did not like their 5 speed transmission they had in the later 70s. Mack came out with a nice truck in 1997 I drove one O.T.R. And that one had air ride it was nice to drive. What sucked when the government ran MACK OUT OF BUSINESS. I remember when that on the national news. At the time the Gov. Employees were wrong with their violations of U.S. Code Title 18, Sections 872, 873, And the goverrnment employees what they did was wrong from the start. Plus the violation of the federal document of ( the charter of freedom / declaration independence) the first 2 paragraphs, see on google to read that.
I would say or think the only truck a Mack guy would drive if he had to besides his Mac would be a Brockway Husky 360,361,761 and others the Superliner was originally Destined for Brockway but the Company closed their Company down so the Design went to Mack Brockway and Mack cabs were the Same
One thing you didn't mention is in the winter the splitter doesn't like to work until the trans warms up and we use to run it like a 5 speed until you got everything moving.
Old Macks are grumpy old tough dogs, they pull like crazy and bark more. Your true passion makes me smile, thank you👍
Yeah your right in the virgin island we use straight old dogs aha Mack rd and stuff like that they pull loads like nothing they never die with out a fight !
Then the thermodyne would haul all day and sip fuel.
My Granddad drove nothing but Macks, started off in a solid tire, chain drive, dual drive '26 AC. I have a picture from 1930 when the guys took fleet pics in front of the company trucks and one of my Grandma hamming it up behind the wheel. He thought they were the only brand of real purpose built trucks and called his own son a sissy for driving a KW, haaa! Thankfully he didn't live long enough to see automatics in Volvos or people washing their feet in rest stop sinks become commonplace, he'd have some choice words for sure.
This is great!
I love the saddle tanks on the old Mack. With my old rigs, they have really humbled me with the new trucks.
I'm with you on that.
Some of the best trucks I drove were Macks. Loved every one them. I miss the lights and hand signal days. Back when drivers were not afraid to help people.
I've never driven a bad Mack.
tough old trucks. im working on a 75 autocar now.350 cummins, 15 speed, walking beam suspension. hope to have it on the road in the next few months. Also have a couple Diamond Reo trucks.
Their is nothing like a Mack!! And your correct you gotta be tuff to be a Mack Man!!
Love drivin old Macks, I would be rollin in that Super Dog everyday grinnin like a mule eatin briars , c'mon. 🤣
Can’t beat a Superdog! Great video Mike
Thank you ☺️
Cool video brother. Nice to see you in the black beauty. Dig that dog! Last Bulldog I drove was an Ultraliner for KAT out of Indiana in 88. Truck it safe.
Oh yeah, I loved the Superliner I got to drive, only had it 2 years until the company shit the bed financially. Nicknamed her Wondermutt, always wondered what it couldn't pull, the only Mack I was happy to drive.
Drove R-models for 14 years. Our 12 spds had a short stick for the deep reduction. I think they moved it up to the dash a few years after our newest R (86?). 350 & 12 spd was a good setup for flatbedding, I could almost keep up with the "big hammers" of the day. I especially enjoyed going up through the gears while backing up, proving what a big rigger I was...In '98 they put me in an air ride 454 CH, then I knew I was a big rigger!
Back in the day that was the truck to have,,,MACK it was literally your tough work truck,,,,they don't build them like that anymore,,,,,great video,,,,have a great day sir be safe out there
I'm from PA, and they use to make em in Allentown, PA, but ever since Volvo took over, it's sucked the toughness out of that brand. First company I drove for had a 2013 Mack that dumped all of its oil on the ground the first week I was in it. The second had DPF problems 2 weeks in a row. Finally they put me in a Kenworth with a cummins and that thing was much more reliable. Then the dicks took me out of that and put me in a natural gas volvo and that's when I quit to go elsewhere.
Hands down my favorite model (R Model) we got a good much of them still in action driving round on my island definitely my dream truck
You can put a trip switch on the clutch pedal to kick the jake out without having to switch it off and on. I put one on mine 3 days after I bought it back in ‘89.
You're blowing my mind! Thank you 😊
You should mount another engine brake switch on side of the gear lever so you can turn your engine brake on and off quicker and easier without having to take your hand off the gear stick and grope around on the dash for it. That way you can use it to decelerate the engine quicker in an upshift too if you want. Just run two wires down your gear stick and join them to the two wires at the other switch in behind the dash, so you have two switches wired in parallel. I drove a Mack with a twelve speed like that for years and it worked great. Our head mechanic worried if it ever shorted out and sparked on the gearstick it might cause arcing inside the transmission, so I made sure it was really really well insulated and I was allowed to keep it like that. When I left the company it only took me a minute to unplug my wires and remove my switch and the rig was back to its original condition again.
I'm surprised it doesn't have the spring switch on the clutch pedal for the Dynatard. I thought that was standard stuff.
thank you for some more superliner action Mike, learn't so much from your vids which has made driving my 1942 Diamond T 980 so much more easier and enjoyable. specially opening the door to make better use of the mirrors that's helped hell of lot as roads are a lot more crowded here in the UK. can't wait for more Mack vids keep er lit!!!
Cardillo ought to sell that KW and make you run that Mack full time lol
I love the driving the old Mack!
I don't care what anyone says. I absolutely LOVE that Superliner, and I will gladly watch you shifting it all day long. I personally drive an '06 Mack Granite with a Mack T310 trans. Absolutely love it!
Thank you 😌
That Mack sounds too good! Great video and great shifting
Thanks Mat
that is a sweet looking MACK and i love my MACK
One of the first trucks I drove was a U-Model with a 711 and a quad box. It was geared so low you could put it in low from a dead stop without touching the clutch.
You don’t want to drive the new macks they are gutless pieces of junk
One of the best Mack drivetrains ever made. An E6-350 Mack & 12 speed Mack transmission. Put some 44K Camelback rears & you have one heck of a tractor for Dump wagons, Log Wagons & Lowboys.. Amen Mike on the Autocar's. That was my family's other choice of truck . Cummins powered Autocar's . Have a great one. Mack
I'll say one thing, this Mack rides tremendously!
Thanks for the shifting tutorial. Those Mack 12-speeds sure are a different animal. Buddy of mine had one behind an E9 in an '89 Superliner. Always thought it was interesting how they need to be split while making the shift, rather than pre-selecting like on a typical Eaton 13/15/18-speed. I think the reason a lot of drivers shift them with the jake brake on is to reduce the amount of time in between shifts...you can play a hand of cards or take a bite of your sandwich in between shifts, especially with the 5-speed Maxitorque transmissions...lol
Came home and had to revisit your video, BostonTrucker, for the "full effect" on my computer...cell phone on-the-job just not the same! Love that sequence beginning @ 2:30 with the CB chat backed-up with the Mack idle...n-i-c-e!! My first run with Sharkey was from Quincy IL (their home office) to Sacramento CA in their one-and-only Ultraliner...nothin' but trouble!! Back in Quincy, the only "other" ride they could offer me was -- again -- a "one-and-only" unit, a Superliner turned-in by a lease driver who hauled "swingin' beef" to the West Coast in the "Monfort" lane! I took it "in a blink"... Thanks, Mike, for always making my day (and night!!)...
I remember Sharkey and I remember their Ultraliners, green & yellow trucks.
I ran 85 mack triaxle coal bucket in the late 90's sometimes the engine would start running backwards insane
Mr Nice Guy--a 237/ 5 speed heavy loads & hills wore out ur right leg trying to keep the pedal on the floor !!!🤣🤣🤣
So true 🤣
Hey brother , I see you all the time on the road ! Im always on Rte 2 . Im in the black Peterbilt flatbed tow truck . You are a great motivation to keep my truck clean because your always shining ! Keep on trucking brother
Thanks I appreciate it! Was that you I was chasing today?
@@TheBostonTrucker yes it was hahaha I wanted to tell you I was one of your subscribers ! Keep up the good work buddy. Love your videos
I appreciate you ☺️
12 speed is my favorite Mack transmission, I grew up on a 5+2 in old gasoline Ford's it shifts just the same. I drove the old JF White tractor, it was an 88 RD with a 2 valve 350 and a 12 speed. That old Mack would out pull the CH with the 427 Mack engine and an 18 speed. The puppy leash will either stall her out or do nothing, flip the switch expecting to slow down and you speed up ...
Another great video mike love seeing the superliner one of my favorite trucks
Thanks Levi
Mike been watching your channel for a while. I just watched the 717 w a little bit ago. It reminded of my hvac school days I worked as a lumper nights at a grocery warehouse, 1998-1999, SuperValu in Belle Vernon pa. Lots of guys in there every night with old school trucks guys from over in Bedford pa, carlisle pa, Harrisburg PA.
One of very few places known by its area code for having the best trucks!
Back when they made REAL MACKS! All of the good Mack's are been shipped overseas.
Mechanical Cummins are the same way with the jake, I usually just set my foot on the clutch just enough to keep the microswitch open when I know I won’t be stopped long.
Thanks mike! I have a million miles on my 12 speed, I love it!!!!🇺🇸
😀😀
Another awesome video. I run a 81 359 every winter. But I dream of running a Super Dog.
I dream of getting back in a 359 so let's make a deal! 😀
Love to hear that super dog run bro!!!!
I do love that mack
Interesting to hear your view on running a Superliner! I remember you mentioning your Ultraliner cabover in an older video.
My dad never drove a Mack during his driving career, but my grandfather used a B61 for much of the 1960s. Survived a nasty broadside in that truck by DUI driver one day as he was headed home.
Your Grandpa got lucky that day! Same accident today I don't know.
I remember my Dad tellin me about the Jake killing the motor if you didn't shut em off...that's a gorgeous truck though
I'm largely a "Mack guy" by circumstance (although I must have imprinted early because a photo of me from back when I was 11 or 12 years old shows me assembling an AMR "R685ST" 2/25 scale kit) because I did my commercial licence road test (Class A here in Ontario, Canada) on a late 1970's R model with the Mack 12 speed (and all-Mack powertrain including camelback suspension and top loader axles), then went on to drive for J&F Trucking which was a flatbed carrier based in Ajax, Ontario that ran an all-Mack fleet. Mostly R600's with a few F models and Superliners, one MH Ultraliner and later some CH series tractors.
I left over the road trucking back in 1997 and went to work for a welding company, they had an F800 (Ford) and International S2600 boom trucks. But even they later added a Mack to the fleet - 2002 CX613 aka Mack Vision tractor!
We called the The Piano transmission in Puerto Rico, good for the hills of PR with 140,000 LBS of sand on the back.
I love that Super Pooch!👌
The Mack 350 with the 12 speed Maxitorque could run with a 400 big cam Cummins and a 425 Cat all day long
I think you're right. I'm thinking back to 425's that I've driven, they didn't have much more power.
@@TheBostonTrucker oh for sure the Mack 350 was definitely a great motor one that was like said in the video understated and could definitely run with a Cummins or Cat. Personally I'm a model R guy my great uncle had one and he hauled smelting coke with it too bad he rolled it though
Was the 425 kitty and the big cam missing a few injector lines ?? Wooof. Had my share of em all. I couldn't agree with the mack attack theory.
Mack’s power rating was to the wheels. That’s why you’d see 350 Macks running with bigger 400 hp engines
You may not be a Mack-guy, but I am :) Thanks for the video!
You're welcome
Mack r model, ultraliner, superliner, there was one more but dang can't remember looked kinda like Andrew's mack... I drove 5 speed, 6 speed, 8 speed and a 10 in a mack now drive a 389 18 speed nice truck like the older ones...
It's the valueliner
Totally not watching this during class. But you are definitely a Mack guy. They are the coolest trucks on the road besides the autocars
Remember when you use to be first?
@@TheBostonTrucker hahaha I’ve been busy and I haven’t been watching much of anyone’s videos
Lol I'm a Mack guy the last two I owned was. Macks they may bark and shit but they never been on a hook and never had a hill they wouldn't clime.
Wow, 21k moving up in the RUclips world. Finally a guy from boston moving up hah
Yet I still work 6 days a work! 😁 Thanks Brother!
I drove an ol DM 800 with a 400 BC3 and a 12 speed but mine had 2 shifters the small shifter was the deep reduction shifter but with 5:88’s under it I don’t think I used deep reduction. I went to dads truck driving school and learned to haul coal going around the strip job when I was 10 years old he said if you’re dead set on hauling coal no better to start learning than now in a 1988 RD800 with a 350 4/valve w/a 13Road Ranger. And I’d rather drive a RD 800 than any other truck I’ve ever driven and I think i’ve drove about every make of truck. That last statement got me 🤣🤣🤣
Hey BostonTrucker...on my break, checkin' out your video. Consider me a "Mack Guy"...walkin' 'round that LJ, you said it right..."Mack tough", to which I'll add, "is Mack love!". Other name for that "blue button" on the Suoerliner..."Tractor Protection Valve"...had one on my "one-stack" Sharkey Transportation Superliner! Thanks Mike...
It’s like shifting a super 10 with deep reduction on the dash like a old 15 speed Eaton .... I think 🤔
Awesome video. " When Better Trucks are Built, Mack Will Build Them "
Makes sense to me.
Ah' Volvo Guy 🤔 Good One 😆
😂😂😂
@@TheBostonTrucker I thought you said "vulva guy"
Difference between a Mack and a Volvo is the driver of the Mack knows which bathroom to use
🤣😂 that's a good one!
Noice video. I practice this by pushing a piece of stick in the ground,this is for the shifter. Then I practice how to shift. I also do this too, to practice how to operate an excavator.
That's awesome! I use to use the long roll from my mom's wrapping paper as a stick shift and big mixing bowl as my steering wheel.
Good video! SuperLiners are cool!
Mack ,Autocar, Sterling, built northeast AMERICA.
Old school Bull Dog Mack’s rule the road
😊
Great video as always!
Thank you 😊
My favorite transmission,dad used to call them crunchy tough fuckin transmission, it's funny most drivers now look at that splitter and there eyes go crossed.i think your a mack guy lol
🤫🤫🤫
Ran with my dad in a lot of cool rigs growing up. Ltl9000 with a 400 cat, an A model kw with a 400 big cam, and a few others but the most memorable was an 89 r model with a 350 with a 12 speed. I wouldn't consider myself a mack guy either as long as its got that oldschool cool to it im in.
Superliner, General, Marmon. My top 3
Interesting top 3 for sure, great choices!
Love the super dogs
Excellent !
Its essentially a super 10.
Yep the old school Mack guys and their sons and daughters are true Mack people. But they have to be before Volvo bought the Mack corporation. I grew up around the Mack trucks. My father drive one of those very old school Mack trucks for almost 30 yrs.
You're absolutely correct!
Mack Ultraliners with the big chrome grill! The air ride cab was smooth! It was a nice cab over!
Like riding on a cloud!
My Buddy had an R Model Mack .. He bought new Heavy Duty Michigan Special Type Mack .. He got ran over by his own Truck Last Summer.. No fault of the truck .. I was woring on it with a brake issue on the side of the road.. when it started rolling down the Hill he ran in front of it to try and stop it it ran over him.. He was 60 years old have a wife and 6 kids age 4 to age 15..
R models rule. I had 5 R models back in the 70s and 80s I quit trucking because it was too hard to get some of the contractors I worked for in a timely manner. After spending 30 years being an Local 150 Operating Engineer I retired. I still drive a 1985 R Model Mack for a local farmer hauling grain, pumpkins. sweet corn. and equipment. I would rather drive that old R model than any of the new fly by wire new trucks
Good Job I learned something.
Thank you
BROCKWAY HUSKIE
"BorinquenSpecial" 761- V8 my favorite💪
😱😳😁
Learned to drive in a 85 r model 300+ 5 and a 2
thank you brother good memories lots of stories in a r model
Ha, you sure SOUND like a Mack guy! I drive a Pete now, but I used to own an '83 Cruiseliner, and I miss its solid, simple dependability. And I totally agree with your statement that Mack guys would probably "settle" for driving an Autocar. I've driven a lot of different trucks, but never an Autocar, and I hope I get a chance before I'm worm food.
Love your videos, keep 'em coming. See you in Macungie.
Thanks Kevin
shifts like a super 10
Well the freightliner firetruck we had also staplled with the engine brake on found out the hard way as no one explained it to me.that s why FDNY had mack firetrucks alot got reporpused into other units after there te on the front line.
I started out in a 66 R model 237, quadraplex trans. 5X4 , rough riding, but could easily haul 90,000 pounds, back then the legal weight limit was 73,280
wasn't fast top speed was 62 mph
The dreaded 4th direct to 5th low shift.
😁
When you split gears it reminds of shifting a two speed rear end.
A real man’s truck that LJ
Yes 👍
Nice Mack👍👍👍👍
Awesome video BT!
I’d take a super liner or a r model over any truck on the road I love my r model
Best combo ever e6-350 with a 12spd best ever! Yes im a mack guy!😜
I love them bulldogs. My grandparents lived just up the road from a MACK dealer. Learned to drive stick in MACK and was hooked ever since. It’s just a shame Volvo owns them now.
It's a damn shame! Wonder if we'll see Macks in Europe soon.
@@TheBostonTrucker It’s rare, but I have seen a few videos of superliner’s in Europe and they have some pretty wild paint schemes.
Thaks Mike! I have a MIIion Miles on 12speed, Ilove it!!!!
Keep on truckin
Our friend Scott has a bit of a potty mouth.. I like Scott 👍
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Jisses ! It s Like an old tractor
No new work videos, what's up ?? On your old movie clips, what about White Line Fever where Jan Michael Vincent's cab over Ford drives thru the Glass House. What a scene!!!!! Hope to see a new work video soon. Safe Trucking Mike.
I'll have one tomorrow! I'm happy you want more!
Only first gear you use that low hole it’s like a compound stick but on the dash
Well at least you can go through the gears in Reverse in a Mack ..
Hi Boston Trucker I'm from oz love your work and really enjoy watching your videos you make it look easy just noticed what you're driving at 0.18 in this video what is it and please do a twin stick video keep them coming bud
It's a Mack Superliner. I'll do a twin stick video someday when I pull out 1963 Autocar out of storage.
Ok I meant what your actually driving at 0.18 it's part of your intro in this video it shows you briefly driving a twin stick.
Love the Mack
I will bring my 86’ R-Model up and haul with you if it makes it in a video E6-300 and a 9 speed T2090 but I wish it was a 12 speed
Got my camera ready!
Are all the Cardillo trucking companies owned by the same family? There's one on Shun Pike in Johnston Rhode Island.
Not the same.
My GMC general ( Goliath) does the same thing if I don’t turn the Jake switch off. It will stall the truck out.
And nowadays Volvo is Mack, or Mack is Volvo which ever way you wanna look at it.
I shift the splits with engine brake it makes them quick that why I do it
One that know the PUPPIE DOG /MACK always was built to be a tough truck and take alot of abuse, And stand up well with that. PUPPIE DOG never was a pretty truck, But made up for that in been tough. I drove them and I did not like their 5 speed transmission they had in the later 70s. Mack came out with a nice truck in 1997 I drove one O.T.R. And that one had air ride it was nice to drive. What sucked when the government ran MACK OUT OF BUSINESS. I remember when that on the national news. At the time the Gov. Employees were wrong with their violations of U.S. Code Title 18, Sections 872, 873, And the goverrnment employees what they did was wrong from the start. Plus the violation of the federal document of ( the charter of freedom / declaration independence) the first 2 paragraphs, see on google to read that.
I would say or think the only truck a Mack guy would drive if he had to besides his Mac would be a Brockway Husky 360,361,761 and others the Superliner was originally Destined for Brockway but the Company closed their Company down so the Design went to Mack Brockway and Mack cabs were the Same
Good video mike
Thank you 😊
One thing you didn't mention is in the winter the splitter doesn't like to work until the trans warms up and we use to run it like a 5 speed until you got everything moving.
Never heard this before. I've only driven two trucks with the 12 speed but neither one has had Winter issues.
@@TheBostonTrucker When it's really cold at least the many 12's I've driven would take a while to warm up so we would just straight stick them.
My dad drove a mack superliner one of the first that was in southeastern ky. Haulling coal I have pics you do a he'll of a job stay safe
Nice looking truck
5 reverse gears come in handy at times