Pete

The Mack plant was on the north side of the QEW just west of the on ramp from Royal Windsor past the terminal that used to be the Bond Shed but before Trafalgar Rd. there are newer buildings there now

Pete

There was a guy there that owned a 1985 R688 that had been an Active truck.It turned out that the one I bought new was on the same order 1 digit different serial number

Pete

Are you the owner that I gave a build sheet for a Mack that was 1 number different from mine

Pete

I worked for Grant 2007 to 2009 might know you too

Pete

Kent Lister.I bought 3 Macks 2 from John Dowler and 1 from Dave Curran. Might know your Dad

Pete

That is a good posibility too.My friend said he heard Evans Ave location .I asked if it was Sottegraf or Performance he said heard MACK Corporate was the rumor thru his grapevine.He worked at the old branch till it closed and retired from Mack Sales later and keeps in touch with other guys.

We will see

Pete

A retired Mack sales man I know has heard that Mack is going to build a new Mack only company owned dealer in Toronto near the area the old factory branch Kipling Queensway was located ,Be interesting to see as the old factory branch was the last one to be closed.

pete

A retired Mack sales man I know has heard that Mack is going to build a new Mack only company owned dealer in Toronto near the area the old factory branch Kipling Queensway was located ,Be interesting to see as the old factory branch was the last one to be closed.

pete

Brings back memories ,Canada Diesel (Can Car) with Leyland Diesels .Sicards from Quebec and Scots from the east coast

Name: Brockway N361 (1971)

Date Added: 04 January 2009 - 07:55 AM

Owner: Pete

Short Description: Tandem tractor

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I sold my 96 CH 427 18 speed,38 rears all Mack front to back 198 wb 42"bunk good shape 840,000 mile $12000.00 in March 2006

Pete

were brockway trucks part of mack trucks my friend has one hes parting out and the cab looks just like his r model mack doors and everything mount just like it would fit on the mack. joe

Brockways used vendor parts no Mack stuff to my knowledge.It was a wholly owned subsiduary run seperately.The late Brockway and R cabs look the same but they are not.There are differences in the cowls and maybe the doors.this was discussed on the Brockway site a while back.I don't know if the entire cab would fit on a R model.

I think the Brockway cabs were made by Budd.Scheller Globe my mistake

pete

A friend of mine had a B 42 with a 413 in it from the factory early 60's not sure of year of truck.

Pete

Check out truck exhaust specialists.There are couple around here,they make the stuff while you wait.

Pete

Nobleton truck wreckers Nobleton ON been inbusiness since the 60's.Brooks Truck Parts ,Freelton Truck Wrecker ,both in Freelton ON which is on Hwy 6 between hwy 5 and 401.

Pete

Both my R models ,85,86 came like that.Up here nearly all trailers except for a few fleets were spoke wheels, a lot of guys changed there own flats,so you carried one spare as we figured the chance of getting a flat on the steering was a lot less.They put discs on the steering so as they ran truer,so they said .Back then getting a Budd wheel flat changed was a bit of a hassle especially in smaller places.Alot of guys had to use those gear wrenches to change them .As hub pilots got more popular that all changed.They used to bring alot of them in with low profile radialls on the steering,standard on the rest.My 86 I told them I wanted standard all round ,we used to cap our tires an lo pro casings were useless to us and had not much resale value.

Pete

There were some B42's in Canada that had Chrysler (Dodge) truck 413 V8's.A friend of mine had one,he bought it used around 63 or 64.I think it was 2 or 3 years old when he bought it.

Pete

How about some numbers on the fuel mileage difference in comparably equipped trucks. Also how does the auto perform compared to standards on climbing a long grade. I'm sold on the auto just dont want to lose big mpg.

Since my other post our assistant manager told me that they figure 1 MPG less for the automatics they use a formula to figure how much time is spent pumping.

Pete

How about some numbers on the fuel mileage difference in comparably equipped trucks. Also how does the auto perform compared to standards on climbing a long grade. I'm sold on the auto just dont want to lose big mpg.

I have no idea about fuel mileage on our trucks .I don't get the same truck every day,we do alot of short haul but we use the engines to blow off the loads (2 hrs) per load ,2 or 3 a day.I had one with 129000km,80000 miles and it had around 3500hrs on the engine so fuel economy in our operation is almost impossible to figure out.

Pete

My employer has Eaton Auto shifts 10 speeds in all our newer Macks.We have a clutch for start up and PTO's.They work OK but off road they are't so great.We haul dry cement up to 139000# gross.They take a little getting used to.I usualy use the manual buttons up to 5 or 6,sometimes they don't want to shift in 2or3 ,go to top RPM and if you back off they slow right down and bounce around like you don't know what you are doing.It seems the older ones don't do it as much,maybe they wear in or need adjustment.

Pete

Do you think Volvo's purchase of Mack Trucks a good thing or do you think Volvo will end up destroying the Mack Brand? Lets hear your thoughts on this subject, but please...keep it civil!

My employer has new Macks pulling 132,000 gross that seem pretty good.

But here in Canada they trail Western Star in sales and are losing some of their former stangle hold the mixer market to WS.Mack dealers have Volvos on their lots except in places that there were already Volvo dealers.

It does'nyt look good to me.

Pete

I work for John Grant Haulage a bulk cement hauler in Mississauga On,a Mack customer since B61 days.We have new Macks with Semi auto 10 speeds(visions).They are nice trucks with big bunks and pull well.We gross 60,000KG(132,270#),they pull it well.

I had a 96 CH613,427 and 18 speed (all Mack) till 2006 when I sold it.A great truck.

A lot of the companies that started in the50's that used Macks then are still around,some of them still Mack customers.

Pete

I remember seeing black CH's with KAT on the door hauling vans around the Chicago area.They were the first ones I ever saw and no body else seemed to have any.I always wondered if they were some kind of final preproduction real world testing or they bought the first ones .Thi was 90 or91 if I remember right.Anybody know?

Pete

That is similar to the check engine light in your pickup or car,it can be for all kinds of stuff.My 96 it would come on once in a while stay on for a while and then go out.I had dealers check the fault codes and it would show nothing.One common thing is a slightly low A-freeze level that will trigger the water level sensor.It does not have to be down much,sometimes all it takes is to warm up a bit ,the a-freeze will expand from the heat.A quick way to check this is to pull ahead up to 4 or 5mph and hit the brake hard,if that all it is the light will go out fr.om the A-freeze sloshing around in the tank.

If you haven't had the truck long get the codes checked to put your mind at ease.If all your gauges are showing normal temp, oil pressure,and there ar no wierd noises coming out of it your chances of doing serious damage are almost non existant.

I ran mine for 10 years and nothing ever happened.

Pete