huppypuppy

TITAN is a true Mack name if you ask me. Chevy titan? Yea, sure, what ever. Nissan Titan....WTF! Mack TITAN oh yea

Now all we need is the Bigfoot!

Thad,

The Bigfoot is staying in Australia - that truck is the Mack version of the Kenworth C510/540 down under!

Joe

Are you looking for the H-61 spec sheet? I will look to see if I have it. Doug

Doug,

Is there much difference between the H-61 and H-67??? The H-67 is what I need! I have attached a photo of the truck for ya to see!

Joe

Doug,

Do you have the spec sheet for the "Cherry Picker"??? I need the specs to complete a page on one from Australia on my website!

Joe

If the truck is built to Euro standards it should be very safe. The trucks front A pillars have to take a hit from a 1000kg weight that is plowed into the windshield area of the truck at high speed. The standard was defined by Sweden I believe with the help of Volvo and Scania. Supposedly the Argosy met those standards.

Thaddeus,

I believe the Euro test for the cabs is the ECE 29R test!

Joe

I would like to learn more about model B's does anyone have any suggestions on books or websites that have information on them? Anyone know of any model b's for sale?

G'day Ossablt,

Try http://www.oldmacksrus.com/ - owned by two of the most knowledgeable blokes in the Mack game, Dallas Fabian of Mangrove Mountain, NSW Australia and Tom Gannaway of Vinton, OH, USA!

Joe

any idea on what drivetrain components will be available? I assume the mp10 is priority motor was wondering about trans/rearend and supesion choices.

hotdog,

You fellas over there get the best engine, the Mack MP10 - the best engine!! We get Cummins engines only in our Titan!

Joe

Hi there,

thats me, Ralf Koch from Germany.

No, such trucks was never in operation in Italy.

I was several times in Iran and I know the machines and the heavy hauling business very well.

The shown Macks are in use at Unitrans, Iran Dena, are two F 997SX, built in 1975 for military operations.

The Iranian engineer told me that this two units was part of a series of propably four units, built for the military application at first.

Only this two tractors are known in civilian use now.

Both 6x4 trucks are powered by the E9 V8-engine and 500 hp, manual gear boxes and planetary axles.

Iran Dena is one of the major companies in the Persian heavy hauling business.

More information about this tractors and many other impressive Mack trucks, stories and background information you can find in my book about this business:

It is a book about all heavy transport companies in Iran and about the equipment of each company

About 650 pictures in color, starting from the history with Mack B87SX up to the oversize RD800SX or DM800SX on planetry axles.

Different units was deliverd as customized prototypes, so many models you have never seen before, for sure!!

Check the preview picture to get a feeling about the working condition. Up to 7 tractors, 500hp each, pulling a heavy load!

Other transports have to cross rivers of 5 feet water! ... and most of the tractors are 30 years old!

Heavy Hauling Iran

www.truckbook.de

Best regards

Ralf

Guten tag Ralf,

Thanks for correcting me - it was an Italian mag the pic came from so I assumed they would have been there! I was surprised when I saw your post telling me they were in Iran!

Joe

old girl

For those who aren't familiar with Australia, where Barry took this photo is the eastern end of the Nullarbor Plain - nothing for almost 2000km, not even a tree! The word "Nullarbor" is a Aboriginal word for "no trees", hence the writing on the bottom of the sign!

Joe

Hi Mark,

Just after some ideas of where I might need to begin to look for the parts or kits mentioned above - I haven't got the truck yet because it is on a friend's property at the moment! I need somewhere close to town where I can send someone in for the stuff and are able to get the truck pulled apart and not have it everywhere!

The people who have it can help me lift the cab and bonnet off with their big Ekebol-bodied underlift tow truck because it can be used as a crane too!

Labour is the easiest part - I have a rellie who is a mechanic and he has contacts for all the repair work - fuel system is easy too as we have a good diesel shop in Dubbo - where I am - and the guys who run the shop are really good and knowledgeable!

Joe

I don't know if it was a 71 or 92 didn't realy care. I wouldn't put a GM in anything. I had a 8V71T

in a white 4000 for 8 years and when i bought the econodyne it shaved over 1/3 of me fuel bill.

REpowering a truck with those series GM's now is well and truly out of date. dinosours

Well, let's stay on the topic of engines!

Why don't we repower our trucks with 's very popular and famous Econodyne engine??? Man, saw a magnificent R772RSX ValueLiner the other week which belongs to one of the popular soil yards in Dubbo! Mated to the T2090 9 speed gearbox, the Econodyne would have been the best engine bar none!

For those who don't know what the R772RSX looks like, go to: http://www.macktrucks.com.au/index.cfm?Men...mp;ImageID=1194

Joe

Joe my boy The gold dog and the silver dog might have been right when it came in the box 20 years ago

after 5 owners and 3 re builds you gota be careful on betting any dough whats under the hood today.

We had a crowd down the coast here that had one with a V12 71 under de hood. Went well though.

I think from memory it went that well they smashed it up in the end.

McOZ,

If I were to do the 12V71 Detroit Diesel re-heart, I would not use the 71, I'd go the whole hog and chuck a 92 in! This is off topic but I have read a article in Truckin' Life last year... the truck also appears on this year's Kenworth calendar.... who put a 12V92 Detroit into his Kenworth hauling rocks and sand all up the east coast of Australia! Even went as far as putting KW1292 on the number plates!

Joe

Mackpro68 I do not think any Brockway 400 series came with a Scania Engine. The Scanny was offered in the low cab coe MB Series,I never saw a Scanny in a F Model Mack that is not to say it was not ever offered.

Hi all,

Please don't forget who provided with their V8 engines!!! Scania did!

Joe

Plus a heavy vehicle first: power assisted rack-and-pinion steering!

That green Chevy is owned by Dan Renovetz(junkmandan), here in Ohio. That ol truck has been around the world a bunch of times.

Freightrain,

That isn't junkmandan of DetroitDiesel Yahoo! Newsgroup fame now, is it???

Joe

I was wondering if I should try the local Mack dealer, Hi-Torque Truck Spares, first???

I agree with you, that story is a MUST READ for Aussies !!!!

You are correct, Cyril Anderson was sharp enough to see the diesel age coming in the very early fifties. (As a kid in 1956 I hung out in a yard with four B43's that came from Toowoomba assembly) He put knock-down kit B models together originally at Toowoomba and then down in Brisbane. The Leader truck came out of Cyril's inability to get Mack to agree to produce a "mid range" truck for Aussie conditions and he was losing sales to lighter rigs in the construction and earth-moving arenas. Paradoxically he ended up also building those great big WB (Wde bonnet) models to go up above 130 tonnes.

As I understand it, you are correct, the first Leader was mostly put together in the Brissie factory but was finished off at Toowoomba. The cab was originally a phantom of the F model cab with a bit deeper space. Again it was Cyril's original resistance to fibreglass that shows his flexible mindset when he decided to beat the Fraser Island "rust bug" by going plastic. I believe he went to Melbourne for the early cabs and had some kind of proprietorship over them.

ThermodyneHuey,

G'Day from Dubbo - I haven't been on in some time so I am catching up!

You are correct regarding the cabs from Melbourne - the company Cyril approached was Reinforced Plastics, the same company who did the cabs for the International-based Atkinsons! There is a photo of a RP cabbed Atki in the book!

I wonder if RP is still in business???? Thanks be to Google for the ability to find out!

Joe

Hi all,

I am in the process of purchasing a Mack R-600 "Flintstone" tow truck with a Maxidyne engine in it - I am just curious as to where I might be able to get engine parts, eg. engine rebuild kits, fuel system parts (injection pump and injectors or rebuild kits), transmission rebuild kits and radiator bits and pieces... any help here would be much appreciated!

I prefer to obtain the parts in Australia because the way things are with the financial crisis, it would cost more to buy from overseas - but if they were unobtainable here, I would be more inclined to grab them off Barry and the crew at Watts Mack!

Joe

Avid nut

Almost the owner of a R-600 Mack!

Grant,

If you can afford shipping, give Allan Brinks at Orange City Truck Wreckers a call on 02 63614690 - he should be able to help you or point ya in the right direction! Otherwise send Barry Kitto (Basil700) a PM and he should be able to help you as he is closer than I am to both of you!

Joe

An R611 would have originally been equipped with an ENDT673C Thermodyne @ 250H.P.

The outward appearance of the ENDT673C is identical to the ENDT675 237 H.P. Maxidyne, except that the ENDT673C would have been a light greenish blue color, and the ENDT675 would have been Gold.

(edit to add: Also look at the top of the valve covers, back then they were marked "Thermodyne" or "Maxidyne" on that flat area on top. That could tell you what it is, unless someone put different valve covers on it at some point)

HK,

I can also tell you that the colour of the bonnet bulldog has a thing or two to do with that as well! If it is a Maxidyne engine, the bulldog would be gold while the dog on the Thermodyne engined trucks would be silver!

Joe

Is your R-600 fitted with the MaxiDyne 237 engine???

trucks are tough and reliable!

They also opened up the rugged parts of Australia to road transport - I suppose I should say that if it wasn't for the rock solid build and reliability of the B-Model , Australia would still be in the dark with regards to the road transport industry!

Just my 2 cents worth,

Joe

If anyone wants to see a "Flintstone" R-600, visit my gallery and get your temporary fix til McOZ posts the photos of his! The Flintstone there should be very similay to McOZ's one - but mine has the original MaxiDyne 237 and 5 speed gearbox!

Howdy el Senor Kitto,

Nice to see ya in here! I haven't been in here for a while so I am catching up with all the new stuff!

Knobby, a member who has posted here, lives not far from me - he lives at Walgett and I am in Dubbo so it is a 3 odd hour, maybe 4, drive from Dubbo to Walgett!

Joe

tell me whats your favorite track loader

Jocko,.

Mine would be the 977 - very similar to the 955 you posted but with a slightly larger engine and gearbox!

Joe

There was a guy around here that was running a Diamond Reo dump truck with that cab & hood style and believe it or not, the truck had an air cooled Deutz diesel engine.

Do you know if it is still around??? Man, I would love to have a photo sent to me for a mate who is into the old Magirus Deutz brand in the UK!

If you can find it, get me a couple of clear 3/4 front shots and a shot with the hood tilted and I will forward them to Roland for his website!

Joe