M818

I've done this before with slightly bigger stuff but not on main roads. I wasn't sure where the B75 was before but it turns out it is too far away from the storage yard to move it without heavier equipment. There is a professional that will transport it for $300 and that seems like the best thing going at this time. The M818 no longer has a pintle but it would have easily moved the B75 anywhere. I gave up the M818's pintle in order to add the lift gate.

OK, looks like this weekend my brother and I will try to recover the 1958 B75. There will be a lot of images taken, and posted.. Can anyone say how much a 1958 B75 single axle tractor weighs in stock form? What are the tie down points on it (if any are specified) for trailering? Is it a complete idiocy to trailer it slowly on flat Texas roads with a dodge 1500 pickup truck or can that be accomplished? I'm skeptical because I've seen what can happen and the pickup has little weight/traction in the rear. (I am not in charge of this! but I seek wisdom coming from experience)

Maybe this weekend we can recover the Mack. If so, lots of good pictures will be taken, etc. I'm going to start a topic on it.

Thanks for the welcome and good remarks! I'll have some vid later, at the beginning of October is an air show I've been asked to bring the green truck. Military may be off topic here. Do yall use steelsoldiers.com?

The M818 is a Kaiser. My brother has had some stuff come up and will be getting the Mack moved to a pre-paid storage. Then I think he has to sell it. Short story! he's looking for a triler to put it on, and will move it. He asked if I want it.. Geez I got already the M818, a new E150 cargo van, and a 74 Dodge Dart.. no room! The city will get on me. Is it likely that Mack will run 70MPH before hitting the redline? I'm told they are geared low for pull and don't have the HP and torque like a 'new' tractor.. Where can I find a list of options for the 1958 B75 with a END673, and could someone direct me to info about the 2-stick transmission and the differential? Can a driver with a gut fit in the thing? (an issue with military trucks, let me say..) Anyone air conditioned one of these? Still no pics, soon!

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I have to agree that the hood looks wrong. It also seems strange because when one opens the hood, what is there? The engine is under the floor. The finish on the vehicle is very nice, I just don't like the shape.

I've only seen a very bad cellphone pic of the Mack. It's a couple hundred miles away and might be a couple weeks until I get to really see it, and at that point I'll take lots of pictures and one of us will start a topic. Thank you for the friendly welcome! We'll be grateful for the help. Don't worry about pics, I got a habit of posting good large pics of stuff and an almost unlimited website at bunkerofdoom.com for stuff that is too big like videos or accounts of an epic nature. Thanks, please give me a couple of weeks. In the meantime I'll enjoy reading everything I can here, and if there are any manuals for the END673 and the drivetrain/chassis, etc, I'd like to read them too.

I signed up here because my younger brother just bought a 1958 B75 with a END673. Soon as he can get it transported, we'll have a look at the engine. I'm familiar with some Diesels: 1968 Hercules Multifuel in an M35 1970 Cummins NHC250 in an M818 - current project truck pictured. Lister trailer mounted 8KW generator Perkins stationary 40KW generator I'm new to Mack so I hope to find advice on it, but we don't know if it runs or not. I've advised against turning it over in case it would start and run away. It's been sitting for many years so it might be stuck. No way to know yet. Here is a picture of the customized M818 I am working on now. The entire M818 truck tractor was remanufactured in 1990. I tried 52" 16.00x20 tires on it, but I felt it was not behaving safely on the highway so I traded back for the stock setup. To get the speed up from a 52 MPH redline, I swapped the transfer case from a stock Rockwell T-138 to a T-1138 with a 0.73 OD. Redline is now 69MPH, but I like to run 60MPH to keep up with traffic. The NHC250 is at its limit on power and there isn't much to to improve that as it has no piston cooling jets. The yellow box on the side is an onboard 6KW Diesel generator. More has been done there for that enclosure. It's from a lighting trailer, so the enclosure is being adapted to this application. The body on back is from an M109 2.5 ton truck. It has a 2500# lift gate on the back but it can't be seen in the picture. The electrical system is 24V and I added a 12/24 battery equalizer to power any 12V accessories. There is also a RADAR set, two 9000 BTU military a/c units, and collapsible 27 FT antenna mast to be installed after the rear body gets some sheet metal work. The cab and chassis are in green CARC. I would like to air condition the cab. It's in Texas so it does not get driven much. I drove it from Illinois to Texas in January 2010. That was an interesting trip, cold starting out. Texas heat, plus the heat coming through the cab from the engine, makes it a little unpleasant. It will take about 30,000 BTU to cool that cab.