james j neiweem

Dump the CH and bring over the Aussie Macks (Superliner/Trident/Titan). Keep the CXU, Granite and COE's. This would allow Mack to compete with Paccar, Daimler and Navistar.

You mean like Volvo getting their head out of their arse. No indication that will happen.

Can a Granite be spec'd to match a Titan. Minus the MP10 of course.

Looks like Volvo has pulled the rug out from under Mack's heavy haul business.

Beastly. I wonder what an 800 would look like with wide front tires.

Bynum tank lines seems to be IH and Freightliner now.

Western Star moving ahead with HD trucks to compete with KW.---Mack-ZZZZZZZZZ

Sweet. Enjoy

This is a good thread to revive since the E-6 350 is still popular and mechanical. I am sure there are many interested in 350 modifications for more power.

Volvo has never given Mack the option of using Cummins 15 liter in the past. Only the natural gas and diesel for the MHD. Again Mack on a short leash.

Good point Oso2. Would just like Volvo to give Mack a little more latitude like Renault or Mack Australia.

Volvo killed White and Autocar in one fell swoop. They are killing Mack one pin prick at a time. Possibly the only ace in the hole that Mack has is the MR/LE. The government made them sell Autocar because of a monopoly in the refuse industry. May be they will make them sell Mack in the same way. When Volvo makes a new cab over for the refuse industry you know Mack is done.

I think the last B made was a B-53 or B-57 cement chassis. I thought I saw it in one of my Mack books.

Now that's the way old working dogs should be treated.

Kenworth is finally making a good looking truck and it only took them about 100 years. Should give the Granites a run.

Nice capture good luck with it. The E-7 400 was a good engine as I'm told.

That big six looked like it was ready to go. I wonder who killed that (Renault)? I wonder if that was in the same time frame as the intro of the E-7. I know the E-7 got off to a rocky start(pistons rings) as I recall. This was about the same time Mack went to South Carolina. Was the E-7 a Renault design motor as some have suggested. That might help explain the big six never went into production. Too bad if so.

Also I believe the E9 didn't catch on as well as it could have because of less than stellar performance of the earlier Mack V8's. Also V-8's in general are a little shy on torque and rely on HP(RPM) to get the job done. If Mack had made an 900 plus cubic inch six cylinder engine using the Maxidyne principal things may have turned out differently. They would have been well suited to todays 1000-1500 operating range.

The red one above is a 9000 with the large A-car cab. The coup cab was pre A-car cab. So I guess the engine did tilt to the passenger side in the coup cab. Makes sense. I wonder how many other trucks had tilted engines.

That must have been a tight fit.

Ran into a Herb Holden CL 700 low boy driver. He said all the new dump trucks are Volvo. They have been Mack for years. Not good news for Mack.

I always liked the White 9000 coup cab. They were all over the place. They were a well thought out truck in the day. 92 in BBC, light weight, Cummins powered. I believe the 92 in BBC B-67 was Macks answer to this model. I think the B-67's engine leaned to the side for driver room. Did the Cummins powered White 9000 also lean over.

Why is Renault engineering allowed the freedom to design while Mack engineering is stifled.

Dejavu Renault/Mack-Volvo/White-GMC all over again

LMACK I agree with you Mack was headed downhill during the 90's with the CH and limited vendor options (Under Renaults watch before Volvo). Also I agree Mack should have stuck with the Mack Western concept. At that time Mack, White and IH (pre Navistar) were trying to move west all selling a wide variety of vendor options. Eventually they all gave up and failed. Paccar and freightliner were trying to move East and they stuck with it and succeeded. The present day Mack/V#### situation is more of the same as in the 90's.(Not enough options compared to the competition). Take the reins off of Mack----(Volvo). I am sure if they did Mack would out sell Volvo. Don't think Volvo would appreciate that.