Popular Post j hancock Posted December 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 Heavy Duty Hauling. 4 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterwelder Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Underdog Posted December 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 Growing up in NJ in the '70s these were all over. Once in awhile us kids would get a thrill and see a 20 or 25 year old B81 still working.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Typical northeast heavy hauler; the only thing missing is the big air piston on the front to raise the snow plow.Nice pic. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Typical northeast heavy hauler; the only thing missing is the big air piston on the front to raise the snow plow.Nice pic.Yup! These and B81's were all over in the "80's when I was a kid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Back in the 50's and 60's in Illinois B-61's dominated the construction companies. Hendricksons, Autocars IH R-210-30's and White 9000's took up the slack. Can't say I ever remember a B-81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Hmmmm..... In my neck of the woods, the B-81s were a common sight right up into the early 80s, and a few of the large construction companies ran them until they were just plain worn out.When I was about 10 or 11, sewers were being installed near my house by VJ Paolino Corp, and all summer long, I'd talk a couple of the dump truck drivers into letting me ride with them for a few hours at a time in both their B81s, and at about the same time, Cardi was constructing a bypass route near, me, and their fuel guy would let me ride around with him when he filled up all the equipment with diesel, and he had a fairly new R-Model. That's when Cardi was phasing out most of their B-models, and was running mostly a fleet of Rs on this particular project. I have some fond memories of riding around in those rigs.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOG Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I drove a B81 in 1977. Robert T. Winzinger, Inc. had a bunch of them. Not many were still tagged and on the road then. They were tough, and the DM800 that replaced them was just as tough. I have owned 4 DM 800's. at one time. A B81 would be a nice toy or hobby, but I would not want to try to run one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 OJO Trucking in Sayerville NJ still runs 5 DM800 tandems.oldest is i beleive an 83, newest is a 88.i remember one of the guys that parked in our yard back in the late 80's had a first year DM800, it was on a B81 frame. big old tank, but you could not get it stuck with the automatic trans that was transplanted in it.i want to say it was a 1966, but not sure on that. 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 We had 3 of them as tandom dump that were real monsters,and then we had 2 as tractors that pull our lowboys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I'd run a B81/DM800 full time in a heartbeat if given the chance 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 We had 3 of them as tandom dump that were real monsters,and then we had 2 as tractors that pull our lowboys.back in my lowboy piloting days, all i ran were DM800's, and they all had 237's and mud stick transmissions with 12X24 rubber, . trailer was an old Rodgers 100 ton unit with 10 X 23 deck, and it ran 14X24 tires on the tandem axles.i would move anything with that rig, including 14 foot blade D8's and 245 excavators.never worried about speed because with something that big i never went over 25 MPH.with the "S" tags, i was legal for 225,000 lbs, and regularly hovered rite around 200 to 210k lbs..when not in the lowboy i was usually in a 73 DM with 237 and a quad box.until they finally bought me a brand new 1988 R model with 350 and mud stick trans tandem dump. 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted December 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2015 This DM still runs Asphalt every day at 46 mph in Glen Cove 6 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 TJC,who did drive for?We were based out of philly,but worked a4 state range.Our last DM tractor is supposed to be in the MD area roaming around as a tow truck.I've through about finding it and try to buy it back and make it back as a tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 TJC,who did drive for?We were based out of philly,but worked a4 state range.Our last DM tractor is supposed to be in the MD area roaming around as a tow truck.I've through about finding it and try to buy it back and make it back as a tractor.Selective Materials, which was a side company of Joe Defino Trucking 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Big old Binder with a big old air piston.If you weren't running an old LJ or a newer B-81 chances are you were running one of the IH 220's with a Cummins.They were everywhere in New England in the 60's. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PANELIZER Posted December 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's tough to beat a DM800 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblin-Goblin Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 All of them were before my time, but I've heard plenty about how tough and rugged LJs were, followed by Bs (especially B81s for construction purposes) being even more so, and finally the DMs being as rugged as they come. LJs were long gone by my childhood; I never saw one on the road. When I was young, there were a few B models still running, but they were mostly B81 dump trucks. DMs were plentiful right up until my teens, but like I said, by the time I was old enough to drive trucks, even the DMs were in the process of being phased out.To this day, my favorite trucks of all time are B81s and steel nosed DM800s. R models would be my #3 favorite.Hard to believe Mack could dominate trucking like it did right up to the R model and then wind up where it is today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdudebrahx Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I drove a B81 in 1977. Robert T. Winzinger, Inc. had a bunch of them. Not many were still tagged and on the road then. They were tough, and the DM800 that replaced them was just as tough. I have owned 4 DM 800's. at one time. A B81 would be a nice toy or hobby, but I would not want to try to run one The same Winzinger that still runs in Philly and Jersey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philatruck Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 AP Construction in Blackwood, NJ has a bunch of DM800 tamden dumps. They use them a lot in the winter for snow removal. Quote -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdudebrahx Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 AP Construction in Blackwood, NJ has a bunch of DM800 tamden dumps. They use them a lot in the winter for snow removal.I saw a few of them cruising down broad street last winter while I was at my girlfriends house. Couldn't get the phone out in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted December 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2015 John Laceys DM800started life as a V8 truck, he swapped in a 350 and 8ll trans 10-15 years ago. still runs i talmost every day. 3 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rich Reinhart Posted December 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2015 5 Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Had been a mixer and is now a tractor. 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Had been a mixer and is now a tractor.Rich has some beautiful trucks. I think he is still using an LJ for occasional rip-rap hauling. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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