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1992 John Deere 690 D late last fall digging a pond in front of my house. It also worked good for skidding trees out of the swamp this winter.

A green semi-tractor mentioned previously has been relisted on E-bay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-C600-Mack-Tractor-Limited-Edition-/290920473308?pt=US_Heavy_Equipment&hash=item43bc3622dc

Why are these allowed on public roads when they dont have front fenders and turn signals up front? It's one thing to haul it to a show on a trailer but I dont understand why law enforcement doesnt ticket the driver's of these when driven on the road.

Nice photos, ugly trucks!

The glamour shot of the R model reminds me of a large Freightliner calender (2 ft X 3 ft tall?) I had as a kid back around 1981. Large glossy photos of the new trucks with lots of stainless steel. I think my dad got the calendar from one of the mechanics at Land 'O' Lakes back when he drove bulk milk truck for them. Did Mack offer large glossy calendars back then too?

Great photos fellas. Any photos of C-600's from back then? Photos of these seem to be scarce.

If you find any items for a C-600, I may be interested. My hood ornament is broke off, the grill badge is broken and I am missing a C-600 badge and bulldog emblem for the side of the hood. If you have a rust-free cab for it, I may be interested in that too. Oh, I have an outer door latch handle broken off the passenger door and am missing an inner door latch handle for the driver's door too if you should find one. Just be careful where you step.

I have long thought that it's odd that the cab appears to be too wide for the hood on the Generals & Bisons (whereas the Mack cab & hood are the same width like other manufacturers). GM could have tapered/flared the rear of the hood to match the cab, but instead they morphed the front of the cab to mate to the hood. It's unique.

Sweet looking truck. Any truck with a box & hoist should easily bring $500 dollars, the truck being a Mack is a bonus. It surely must have sold by now (hopefully not for scrap metal).

That is a great photo. Loading a gravel truck with that shovel would work better if the truck was backed up inline to the shovel, then the truck wouldn't rock from side to side while being loaded and the dirt wouldnt spill over the side. I learned this from loading trucks many times with a hydraulic excavator.

I like it! That's one mean looking truck.

Just thinking out loud for a moment here, but if one were to install a 5-speed main transmission and a seperate 4-speed auxillary transmission behind it, but mount the auxillary transmission backwards (mount the 5-speed output shaft to the 4-speed auxillary output shaft, thus making the 4-speeds original input shaft into an output shaft) you would then have 3 overdrive gears. The auxillary 4th gear would still be direct but 1st gear would be your 3rd overdrive gear. Has this ever been done? Any reason why it couldnt be done?

I like the stub-nose look of the C-600's, reminds me of a bulldog. Isn't that ironic.

By the way, mine was originally a tractor too.

The one in Colorado looks like a good deal. Must be loaded heavy as the tires look like they might rub.

Found a C609ST while searching tonight, serial # 1497:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-C600-Mack-Tractor-Limited-Edition-/290886803691?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ba3460eb

I was loaded by this old machine yesterday. It had a 6v detroit in it, more noise than power!

I havent seen a GM Terex loader being used in nearly 20 years. The local gravel/concrete plant used one for decades which I believe they bought new back around 1976. They ran International trucks with Detroit diesel power exlusively for many years. They now use Caterpillar loaders and I think they mostly run Cummins diesels in their trucks.

Wow, it even has electric start! My dad's 1948 B has flywheel hand start as electric was an extra cost option (John Deere was behind the times as I believe all other manufacturers had electric as standard). Are you sure that isnt an A John Deere? The photo may be deceiving me but it looks a bit larger than a B.

You are fortunate to have video of it, especially from that time period. Makes me kind of sad that of the many decades my dad has been excavating and the decade or more that I worked with him, we dont have any video, we barely have any photos either. I guess when you are busy, one doesnt think about documenting it until it is too late, though I have learned from it and have been photographing the work I do on my pond with his excavator and my old Mack.

Just like Mack, Michigan is owned by Volvo and the Michigan name is no longer used on equipment (as far as I know). My dad owned a Michigan 125A with a 3-71 Detroit for many years and the machine had the same tire size as many road graders (13.00 x 24.00 if I recall), and it didnt have working brakes. That 3-71 was the strangest sounding engine I have ever heard. Whenever he would drive it any distance, he would drive it backward as it was easier to handle being it was rear steer.

I have a 1953 Minneapolis-Moline RTI (R industrial tractor) with a Lull loader which had evidently belonged to a municipality at one time as it is painted orange. I intend to repaint it but cant decide on the MM yellow & red or the Omaha Orange.

I bought a new 1996 Ford F-150 in January of 1996 and the Motorcraft battery that came in it is still in use! That's 17 years of service! I put the battery in a 1970 International Scout with snowplow and sold it a couple of months ago. Aside from that, I have been pleased with Interstate batteries.

Looks like an early 1950's Allis Chalmers HD-9 with a GM diesel, perhaps a 4-71. My dad once had a 1957 AC HD-9 with a 4-71 but it had hydraulic lift and the blade was manual angle and tilt (pull pins for adjustment). It was a bit of a light-weight machine as compared to a Cat.

I would guess that there were about two-dozen snowmobile manufacturers in Minnesota back in the late 1960's-early 1970's, now I only know of two (Arctic Cat and Polaris). I have a 1971 Scorpion (also a MN made snowmobile) in the shed, Scorpion also made parts for other manufacturers like Massey Ferguson and Sears before being bought out by Arctic Cat in the late 1970's. As a kid, I had a 1969 Polaris Mustang 440 with an all steel chassis....VERY heavy! Got it stuck in the woods once and it took me an hour to get it out.....good times.

If I ever sell my Mack, I would prefer/hope that it would remain local but I wouldnt refuse the money from a reputable person in another country. I have a few Studebaker cars and I watch the U.S. market on these and have seen several very nice examples come up for sale within the last 3 or 4 years only to see them sold to customers in Australia. I hate to see them leave our shores but I have seen the Aussies either restore or maintain these cars and show them at their local car shows with great pride. Not many people care about Studebakers in this country so it is nice to see people in a foreign country value them so highly.

With that said, let's try to keep all of the C-600, B-75 and L-series Mack trucks here at home.

I like it! Power steering would be appreciated on my truck, but the existing steering gives me good exercise.

Interesting location for the air cleaner (between the bumper and fender). Certainly made it easy for servicing.