Truck Week EP14 - Mack B61
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Mack always did things its own way. The “camel back” tandem-drive rear axle on this 1963 B-61 ten wheeler demonstrates how Mack added a half-foot between drive axles for a 1,000 pound increase in legal weight loading. And exactly when did the famous Mack “Bulldog” first appear? Steve tells the tale.
The fact that a 51 year old truck is in such good shape is a testament to build quality.
61 years old boss
62 years old
Lol, thank goodness for die hard Americans with strong mathama-matics! Thank you for helping him! Lol@renaissanceman4054
Math matters.
@@nastybastardatlive Lol
Class is in session. Please take your seats.
Present ✋🏻
@@samholdsworth420and accounted for.
Junkyard is a classroom! Great ideology Steve!
My Dad worked for a company in,Kings Park, LINY. They had one of these trucks , the exact same color as the one in your video,with a dump body on it! Dad loved messing with me. When we got in the truck,he fired her up,built air pressure up, and began backing her up in under drive ,or deep reduction,and started shifting gears in reverse! He said, don’t worry kid,we got four more gears left!
We went loaded it , and I mean loaded it,with blue stone for my Uncle Willies driveway! That truck never missed a beat on the way home from the quarry! It was a thing of beauty, watching Dad operate those two sticks ,reaching through the steering wheel,
BIG OLD GRIN ON HIS FACE! I’d give anything to go back to that very day! He’s gone now!
I miss him, TERRIBLY!
He truly loved trucks!
Thanks, Steve! Once again your videos rekindled memories, I hadn’t thought of since the spring of 1975! Thanks again!
I hope your recovery is going well! I love the truck series of video’s!
I share in your thoughts of great memories with a dad. I lost my dad 13 years ago. Still have his one and only new car, a 1966 Dodge Coronet. Some of the best memories of my life were experienced through that car. Still living here on Long Island, too.
Steve is built like a MACK Truck 😊.
@Jim Great Comment showing us the junkyard in the winter time in the past in Massachusetts. You have to be built like a Mack Truck.
Mr. B. Here ! 😎👀👍 🇺🇸 as a kid in Brooklyn NY I saw these vehicles all over the city , beer delivery, coke delivery, etc . Very cool video Steve ! Good afternoon Steve Mag Fans !
Howdy-do Mr. B!
@@LongIslandMopars Mr. B. Here ! 😎👀👍. Greetings ! Enjoyed Professor Steve’s Mack informative ? Their very cool trucks .
@@debbiebermudez5890 I remember when it originally aired, too. Old rigs are very cool. We got to where we are because of vehicles like that and the men who drove them.
@@LongIslandMopars As kid to see in Brooklyn, then years later to drive them that tops a kids dream ! Before I retire last job was auto auction drove many vehicles , except the fire truck ! It was like being in the candy store ! 😎👀👍🍻
Rheingold beer trucks ...yellow and blue . They were EVERYWHERE .
🏆Steve 🏆 you're the 🍀man 😎✌️
Steve Magnate...built like a Mack truck !!
Keep on truckin', Steve. I hope that you have nothing but blue skies from here on out!
That extra tank is for hydraulic oil for the “wet” kit for hauling a dump trailer. You can see in the frame above the tank is the connection for the hydraulic hose for the lift ram in. The trailer
P.s steve this is unbelievable information on theses classic vehicles 💪✌️🤜👊🤛👍👌🇺🇸
Hopefully, you're continuing to be on the mend. As stated last time:
We have an antique B Series (a 1959 B-20) at my job, and as per Mack's Functional Museum in PA, it is a 1 of 1 truck. When I sent in the information on it for research, they were very intrigued about it. Yes, Mack was in Allentown and the door data plates in the past said, "Mack Trucks, Allentown, PA. Truck Capital of the World". Ours was sitting for a while and after filing the points, checking the fluids and adding fresh fuel the truck fired right up and ran like new. Mack Trucks were like the "Chevy 350" or the "Slant 6" of the truck world. They ran, ran, ran, ran, ran, ran, ran and ran some more. Even today, I'll bet with fresh fuel and some TLC, that old bulldog will fire up. The B Series Macks are highly collectable and sought after. They are striking and classic in their style.
Mack has always had the "canine" theme in their trucks. Their engine brake is called a "Power Leash", their engine protection system is called "Guard Dog", some interior options are called "Pedigree" and some floor mats have dog prints on them. They also had another motto, "No Mack Truck is an Orphan" because they always had parts support for their products. Even today, you could send the VIN of this truck to the Mack Museum and they will send you a full history report and build record for the truck free of charge. They will basically send you the "Pontiac Historical Services" version of the data on the truck, a valued piece.
Mack was also big into fire apparatus for years and their fire apparatus are well known to be extremely reliable and simple. That division was at one time headquartered on Sexauer Street in Long Island City, Queens. This was before NYC started using numbers for the various streets in boroughs like Queens. I am pretty sure I know exactly which building it was (it's now a warehouse).
The name "Bulldog Mack" comes from World War I when the British government ordered Mack AC trucks and were impressed with their performance and found them akin to their national mascot, the English Bulldog. Even today, the Mack magazine is called "Bulldog" and features at times owners and you guessed it, their English Bulldogs. The bulldog mascot was carved by Albert F. Masury, who was an employee on medical leave. In 1979, Mack the Bulldog got his tail and ears trimmed as owners and technicians complained of getting their clothing and jewelry caught on the ornament at times. Today that hood ornament is valued. A gold bulldog denotes the truck has a Mack sourced engine, transmission, and axles. A silver bulldog means it has components from other sources.
Of course, Mack is part of Volvo AB now, but for a time, Renault had their hands in Mack, around 1979 or so. That is incorrect---the Jacobs Brake (or Jake Brake which was invented by Clessie Cummins) was introduced in 1961.
The Bulldog had his ears trimmed because on the later "R" model macks with the fibreglass hood that tilted front to open, you would pull on the Bulldog hood ornament in the front and guys were hurting their hands on the pointy back edge of the ears, so they rounded them off. Do you know that because the Bulldog is facing forward with his rear end toward the driver and the driver looking at the back of the Bulldog, you have two a$$holes looking at each other?
@@tomkrisel4493 Those bulldog emblems are worth some money.
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you back in the Junkyard soon
Thumbs up great video, that rig is a beast
Another fun, fact filled episode of "Junk Yard Crawl". ( If you say this to yourself using the narrator's voice from 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' it sounds even better! ) Hope your recovery is going well, Steve !
THESE R BEAUTIFULL TRUCKS FIXED UP..
Here fpr Steve!
When my cousin was young he build highway tractor models and when winter came along even had chains to put on the tires talk about attention to detail.
Ole school equipment truck 🚚 👌👍🤛👊🤜✌️💪👷🤙🇺🇸
I enjoy learning about the history Thank You .
This Mack deserves restoration. I hope you are almost finished with rehab Steve
Back in the late 70s I used to do preventive maintenance to a 63 B-61 dump truck sand & gravel rig my neighbor used to own, I was 16 and got to drive the rig when the plow and sander were on the truck. 10 speeds in reverse was awesome cool out of the quad box. He also had à 73 R-600 that hauled a 39' sand & gravel trailer. These are good memories, thanks for reminding me of the good ol days Steve.
They certainly were the good 'ol days.
Great video once again, Steve! Hope you're feeling better soon! Billy Joel sang a song about Allentown, Pa in the early eighties referring to lost steel jobs there! Cheers!😁👍😄🔧🛠️
Nice B-61... PS - Jacob's Brakes introduced 1961 - not trying to knock the rust of an otherwise excellent crawl. Respect
This truck started my love for Mack trucks ❤ keep on trucking 🤓🇺🇲
@jarm I’m a Teamster Truck Driver for almost 27 years . We never had Mack Trucks in our fleet. But I liked the logo so much with the Bulldog. I bought a belt buckle. At the Del Mar fair years ago. They changed the name to San Diego County fair. But same location. 👍
Great news that you are recovering well!
Keep the truck content coming!
Man we are MISSING YOU 😢
I could listen to him all day....and that wouldn't even be a fraction of what is in his head. AMAZING!!!😮😮😮😮
The Stroehmann bread Co in my area had a whole fleet of these to haul trailer loads of bread to all points of central PA. One if these used to go up the highway every day by my parent's home about 4:00pm - rain, snow or shine.
On old Paxton st! My neck of the woods!
power steering by armstrong!
My grandfather started driving trucks like this in the 1950s. He would leave Memphis and go down Louisiana. All two lane bumpy roads. No air conditioning,no air ride seat. No power steering or radio. Just you and a giant steering wheel. It took real men to drive these. Not to mention it was way before the interstate system.
I'm not sure if it's still the case but, for many years, Macks could have either a gold or silver Bulldog. A gold dog was considered a "pedigree". Those trucks were spec'd with all Mack drivetrain and suspension. A silver dog meant that at least one of those things was supplied by a different manufacturer i.e. Rockwell axles instead of Mack units.
Gold is a Mack engine and silver is a engine from another manufacturer
I always thought the gold dogs meant a 300 hp engine and silver dog was the 237 hp engine, but not positive, now.
2 things. First - I'm not a huge Tractor/Trailer vehicles, but I would consider this a restoration candidate. Second - I loved how Steve just wiped the gear oil on his jeans. That's classic junkyard crawling at it's finest.
That cab on a custom frame would be badass!
I’ve always wanted to Z the frame and bob a b-model down to a single drive axle and have the cab corners scraping the pavement. That engine in the video straight piped with a Mack 5 speed would be incredible build.
Steve it’s great to see you back!
The B series Macks are very cool looking trucks
Glad you are on the mend. Missed the videos. Loving these truck videos. Thank you
Bmodel great. R the king..... love the Show.
I used to drive a 62 Brockway. Awesome trucks!
Steve is the Mack truck of automotive video personalities
Actually, the 'Thermodyne' name indicated the engine, gasoline or diesel, was overhead valve. 'Magnadyne' was the name used for Mack flathead gasoline engines. 'Maxidyne' was the high torque rise diesels commonly used with 5 or 6 speed transmissions as others have pointed out. The unusual top-load differential rear axles are worm-drive. The pinion gear is a worm at the top of the ring gear. Great video!
thanks from tennessee hope you git feeling better soon ! i’m old school truck mechanic from tha 70s up ! an your videos bring back memories 😎
Excellent work Steve! Lots of great information!
The 2 sticks: left one is straight 5 speeds. Right stick is high range, low range, and reverse.
Been a Mack tech for 18 years here. Seen quite a few B models myself. Worked on a few. The aluminum fuel tank is likely not original. The tank you called a water tank is most certainly a hydraulic fluid tank for running the plow or whatever other application the chassis was intended for over the years. Mack still runs an almost unchanged camel back rear suspension to this day including the top loader diffs. Volvo purchased Mack in the early 2000s and ruined a lot of what Mack was but also retained a lot of what Mack is. The truck didn’t have Jakes, you can tell by the valve covers. Mack did run Jake’s on most later E6 and E7 engines but also employed many variation of engine and exhaust brakes of their own designs. A true American legend. Like the Harley Davidson of trucks. Oh and Mack didn’t take on the bulldog status until the AC model was used in WW1. Mack also built several V8 gas and diesel engines including the ultimate E9 500 with 3 different injection pump variations, rotary, inline, and the latest most rare, v-platform injection pump. I’m a Mack nerd and have done just about everything a man can do to a Mack from the 80s Mack up to current. Some of their stuff is better left dead like the Renault inspired Mid-Liners, brought back in the current MD models. Also the Freedom series was trash. Their latest and worst blunder ever, under the lead of Volvo being the Mack BEV or Battery Electric Vehicle. Mainly for refuse applications. What a total disgrace to the brand. And anyone who thinks an EV is the future, do some research and look at one in person. Terrible terrible idea for our planet. Let the coal roll.
So good to know you’re on the mend.
What I liked about the Mack trucks was the bulldog hood ornament
Cool looking old truck
Closest I ever came to driving a Mack truck was driving my buddy's 1970 F250 2WD which had a Mack Bulldog hood ornament. (And Yosemite Sam mud-flaps!!!) I was mixing mortar for him as he built a brick mailbox on my street. After we were done one evening, he asked me if I could drive, (I was 14) and I said yes, so he said, "here, you drive my truck while I roll this joint!" I didn't smoke any. He ended up spilling a bucket of white paint in the truck bed, out in front of this lady's house, and it dripped down and left a 2' circle in the street. A few months later, they came and repainted the address numbers on the curbs, and added "714" to the white circle!😆😆 It was 1980, what can I say!!!
Did I miss something? What does the 714 have to do with it, is that the address where white circle of spilled paint is at? 🤔👍🏻🖌️⚪
@@tdotw77 714 was the number on a Quaalude, a popular pill in those days.
Ha,Ah 714 is a Qualude reference. Just say 'no kids" right? Thanks for writing and watching,,,-Steve Magnante
Its predecessor was the mack daddy🤓👍🥳✌️..get well steve !!
I worked at a Mack dealer back in the mid 80's they had a restored B model single axle with a flat bed on it and used it for their shop truck, was a cool setup! Great video and information Steve!👍
Rebuilt at many Mack rear suspensions in my time and they still haven't changed much. Looks like a 62-137 spring! Cool Beans
That's a beautiful hood emblem that the Mack truck came with. Saw one at a swap meet. Guy wanted 450$
Sold quickly 😂
Most of the heavy duty trucks back in the day did not have brakes on the steer axle, the theory was that in slick conditions you could maintain steering control. I drove a “75” Peterbilt that did not have brakes on the front!
I'm so glad more people have discovered Steve since this whole nasty illness started. A little bit of a silver lining in an otherwise large black cloud. I subscribed a long time ago and wondered why more people hadn't. Welcome fellow crawlers!
Awesome stuff,Steve ..love that truck too..
Steve, you're right about the Jake brake - it was patented by Clessie Cummins in '65, so by the time Jacobs got a license to make them, then tooled up for production...I'd have to guess '66 or '67 before they really started showing up in new trucks.
I got into trucking just as the B series was going out. It was replaced by the R and U models. Note that the truck doesn't sit on that "camel-back" rear suspension, it hangs from it. Those U bolts are big and long and had to go to something like 1250 ft lbs torque. It was a job, believe me, especially because when you started getting close, the bolts would start to stretch.
I love the B and R models.
What a beast!
Steve so awesome to see you getting back on your feet man, wow we were sure worried and praying for you. I got an idea for you for a video you could do from your rehab room, hearing you mention the awesome sounding "Jake Brake" you should do a video showing and explaining how those work. And how dumb No Jake Brake laws are because all experts agree that the sound of a Jake Brake outside your home is much quieter than the sound of a Big Rig driving through your living room wall lol.
I drove an exact copy for a Junk Yard in Lyndenhurst N.Y. on Long Island. It was a monster
I never realized how invested I am in your content until we almost lost you. Please take care of yourself. Go up to the mountains with your family and write a book or something. You are a national treasure.
When I was growing up in the 1950s-1960s NYC Metropolitan area the B series Mack trucks were everywhere. Iirc there was Cooney Brothers with a well maintained fleet of dark green dump trucks, some of them with gold leaf lettering on the doors.
This big truck series is great! Thanks
Great video
Great lesson. Dig the Macks
Always impressed with your incredible knowledge. The fact you picked up on the headlights being blocked for a plow truck is impressive.
I had both 4x4 Spicer unsynchronized boxes in a Kenworth, and I had the 5 and 4 in a Pete. Again, zero synchro's. Nobody wanted to steel those bad puppies ;}>
Thank you Steve.
that is a beast!
Just amazing! Thanks Steve.
Absolutely my favorite big truck from the past!! Thanks, Steve!!👍
Love these old trucks. You really need to see one in person to appreciate what beasts they are. Those fenders are THICK gauge steel. You can pound on them and nothing happens!
Thank you to Steve and Crew for their amazing work.❤
What a great looking truck and a great video Steve fell better soon so you can bring us more lessons from the automotive classroom.
Thanks Steve …
Awesome vid Steve 👍 very informative as usual 👌 Hope all is well with you !
Thank you Steve
I really love your truck series. I’m old enough to have lived through most of the cars you’ve covered, so I’m somewhat familiar with the cars. But your truck series is all new ground for me. Glad your health is improving. Good to see you back!
I've been enjoying the truck videos Steve! Have you ever thought about trying to track down the owner(s) to add some additional stories on the vehicles or better yet if they have pictures back when they had the vehicle showing them? Thanks!
Love B model Macks
I used to run a B 61 wrecker for small trucking outfit I worked for in the 80s ....Those guys put a turbo on the ole thermodyne...She had the twin sticks a 5 and a 3......let me tell you it would run the speed o out of the numbers.....Loved rowing those twin sticks...Thanks for memories Steve.
Great video,seamlessly integrating scale models into the story of Mac trucks
When I used to haul steel I put Mack tears and suspension in my Peterbilt
Need to fix "tears" !
Now that is a truck!!
The second tank was used for hydraulic fluid with a pto.
The longer spread of the rear axles was called a Canadian spread, I believe you could haul a 1000 pounds more. The last time I saw a Canadian spread was back in the 90s. Not sure it its legal now.
Sad to admit I have B model Mack stories. Lol
Are you back in action? It is great to see you dawg!
That beauty is worth saving …and I’m not a truck guy!👍👍
5:55 That axle housing is standard for "double reduction" differentials. I used to drive a Brockway with double reduction rears that looked like that, although they were made by Rockwell not Mack. Back then any ratio 6 to 1 or lower (higher numerically) would require that type of differential. In the Brockway I drove, the transmission was a double overdrive 13 speed to give a reasonable top speed. The big problem with those trucks was at highway speeds, the driveshaft spins so fast that it causes vibration and durability issues. These days I believe they have moved the gear reduction out to the wheel hubs on heavy duty trucks.
LOVE IT STEVE ! KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING ! ❤🍺😎
Get well soon Steve!!
Stemco brand hubcap, they are out of Longview, Texas, and still making truck parts.
Probably an oil tank for the snowplow, and possibly a sander.
The highlight of the camelback is flexibility. They'll go where other suspensions get stuck. Walking beams come in a close second in that regard.
Steve that is likely not a water tank but a "wet kit" tank. It held hydraulic fluid for a dump trailer that the truck probably hauled in its service life. If those old B models from that time did 75mph, they were going down a mountain pass fully loaded and the brakes were burned up and the driver was praying he made it out of this alive.
awesome ! thanks steve!
Fun fact: the fifth wheel (for trucks) was invented in Massachusetts.
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Thanks for sharing, greatest truck ever made
Those were always my favorite truck! Like you I also built a few of those in 1/24 and 25 scale, One was a dump truck and a cement mixer. Still have them. Wishing you well Steve! 🙏😎👍
Glad to see you're at a point where you are responding to comments, Steve!! Loving this back log of truck vids!
Actually kind of surprised that one is as complete as it is, knowing how popular those B series Macks are!! Here's hoping it gets saved.