Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack World HeadquartersMack Trucks, Inc., 2100 Mack BoulevardAllentown, Pennsylvania“The Truck Capital of the World”Construction on Mack World Headquarters in Allentown began in 1967 and was completed in 1969. Officially opened in the spring of 1970, Mack World Headquarters forever became a symbol of the company. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Plants – Plainfield, New Jersey The purchase of the Saurer Motor Company in 1911 by the International Motor Company (the holding company of Mack Brothers Motor Car Company) resulted in the acquisition of Saurer’s plant in Plainfield, New Jersey. The forerunner of Mack’s Hagerstown plant, Plainfield was a major production location that included assembly of AC engines, and was constantly under expansion from 1912 thru 1948. In 1926, the Mack rail car department was relocated from Allentown to a newly purchased plant in Plainfield where the production of gas-electric rail cars took place. The Mack Electronics Division, the result of the company’s 1955 acquisition of Radio Sonic Corporation and White Industries, was also based at Plainfield. This is not to be confused with the Mack Research Division, which from the 1940s, in addition to chemical, metallurgical and other testing facilities, included a special electronics laboratory for the design and manufacturer of most electrical testing equipment used by the company. In 1961, Plainfield was retired with the opening of the new Hagerstown plant in Western Maryland. . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Plants – New York City, New York The purchase of the Hewitt Motor Company in 1912 by the International Motor Company (the holding company of Mack Brothers Motor Car Company) resulted in the acquisition of Hewitt’s large plant located at West End Avenue and 64th Street in Manhattan. Hewitt trucks and Arco radiators (a subsidiary of the International Motor Company) were produced there, as well as Alco truck spare parts under contract for the American Locomotive Company (which had discontinued truck production in 1913) In 1913, the facility was enlarged to 200,000 square feet, with a garage capacity of 350 trucks, to serve as a factory service center. By 1914, both the corporate headquarters of the International Motor Company and Mack R&D center were located within the massive complex. The facility also acted as a parts distribution center (PDC) until 1920, with the opening of the New Brunswick, New Jersey, PDC. By the early 1930s, the factory service center had fully shifted to Mack’s massive Long Island City location, and the company’s corporate headquarters had moved downtown to the Cunard Building on lower Broadway (before relocating to the Long Island City plant in 1936, The Empire State Building in 1943, Plainfield, New Jersey in 1955, Montvale, New Jersey in 1964 and Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1965). Note: Legendary Mack chief engineer and vice president Alfred Fellows Masury was one of the founders of the Hewitt Motor Company 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Plants – New Brunswick, New Jersey In 1919, Mack Trucks purchased Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation’s engine plant in New Brunswick. The plant produced steering gears, transmissions, driveshafts and dual reduction drive axle carriers. In addition, the location’s foundry produced iron, bronze and aluminum castings. Most of New Brunswick’s production was relocated to the newly expanded Plainfield plant in 1950. . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Plants – Long Island City, New YorkConstructed in 1925, the Long Island City facility was located at the intersection of Anable Avenue and 34th Street. The largest of Mack’s factory branches, the massive complex took up an entire city block.Originally opened as a factory sales and service center, operations at the company’s Long Island City facility rapidly expanded to include the assembly of Mack’s custom fire truck chassis, and the manufacturing of spare parts for older model Mack trucks.All Mack truck bodies were built at Long Island City, which included extensive machine, sheet metal, wood working and paint facilities.Long Island City became the corporate headquarters of Mack Trucks from 1936, indicating the importance of the facility in the Mack world.During World War II, the final assembly of fire apparatus was transferred from Allentown to Long Island City. Allentown-produced chassis were shipped to Long Island City where custom-built bodies were built and installed (Production gradually shifted back to Allentown from 1951).Long Island City’s sales and service functions were finally relocated to Mack’s new Maspeth (Queens) factory branch at 58-40 Borden Avenue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Parts Distribution Centers – New Brunswick, New JerseyOpened in 1920, New Brunswick was Mack Trucks’ first dedicated parts distribution center (PDC). Prior to its opening, spare parts had been handled directly by the Mack and Saurer plants.Located on New Jersey Avenue, it was the former location of the Wasson Piston Ring Company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Parts Distribution Centers – Plainfield, New JerseyFrom 1927, the functions of the New Brunswick PDC were relocated to Plainfield. In those days called a general service parts depot, the Plainfield PDC was located in the former Niles-Bement-Pond Company complex. The Plainfield PDC was phased out in 1952 with the opening of a vast new 422,000 square foot distribution center in Bridgewater, New Jersey. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Parts Distribution Centers – Bridgewater, New JerseyIn 1951, Mack built a modern new 422,000 square foot parts distribution center (PDC) in Bridgewater, New Jersey off of Route 22 to replace the outdated Plainfield PDC. As America entered more deeply into the cold war, the PDC’s chosen location had much to do with our country’s civil defense strategies. To minimize the vulnerability of critical industries in the event of an enemy air attack, Washington was encouraging American companies to locate new facilities away from established industrial centers. Mack Trucks followed the policy and was subsequently praised by the U.S. government’s Industrial Dispersion Task Force for choosing the Bridgewater location, as well as for its convenient proximity to major highways and not being dependent on rail transportation. In 1966, Bridgewater received a 100,000 square foot expansion and a computerized inventory system was installed.http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/31969-bridgewater/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mack Plants – Allentown, Pennsylvania. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 As always... great info......Thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Many thanks.A little note - what's about Macungie plant?I think it's not the same as the Allentown one.Please correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Information I have been seeking for years, thanks for sharing. FW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Many thanks.A little note - what's about Macungie plant?I think it's not the same as the Allentown one.Please correct me if I'm wrong.You're right Vlad, it's not the same.Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 If you have an interest in the history of Mack trucks and the facilities they used to produce them I suggest you pick up a copy of John Montville's "Mack" published in 1973. It is an excellent book that does a great job of covering the formation and operation of Mack. 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...
Vladislav Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 If you have an interest in the history of Mack trucks and the facilities they used to produce them I suggest you pick up a copy of John Montville's "Mack" published in 1973. It is an excellent book that does a great job of covering the formation and operation of Mack.I have Montville's "The living legend of the highway" of 1979, brobably a different edition.Haven't read it completey though. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 It's easy to associate Pennsylvania and Maryland with Mack Trucks. But it's important to realize that the state of New Jersey, and its talented labor force, played a prominent role in the development of Mack Trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maxidyne237 Posted January 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 "It is the pride of Mack Service to boast of Parts for every unit built reguardless of age. No Mack vehicle ever became an orphan. No Mack vehicle ever wore out." These are three phrases that are not in the Volvo vocabulary, only "planned obsolecence" . It is a sin what has happened to this once great company. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It is truly sad what Mack has become in the past few years,i think the word I'm looking for is "figurehead" of what it once was?.......................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 How many Montville books are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I have 2 books. Maybe there are more?Mack, A Living Legend of the Highway copyright 1979.Bulldog, The World's Most Famous Truck also copyright 1979. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Bulldog, MACK: Greatest Name in Trucks, Mack: A Living Legend of the Highway and The Pictorial History of Refuse Trucks Those are the 4 that I have. Paul 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...
bulldogboy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I have "Mack", copyright 1973. It even came with a red/white/blue with stars dustcover. Probably could list this in the "Star Spangled Bulldogs" thread. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Mack Facilities, circa 1937.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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