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I am in the process of restoring my 1964 B87,that has been in the family since new.I pulled the seats out of it today to see how bad the floor was.I was told by the last old timer that is still around that we had repaired it sometime ago.I can see that the front cab mounts have been welded up with a support to hold up the front of the cab.My question is ,does anyone have a picture of what a cab floor should look like.My two rear mpount I will have to repair.Are there any floor panals out there to be had or do you have to make your own. I will keep you all posted on how it going.I will take a picture of my floor on Thursday,didn't have the camera with me today.Thanks for any help.MIke Durkin

Where di d Anderson go with the waste dirt off that job.It looked like most of his milling machines sat all summer,I guess the city didn't do much milling this past year.

Rich,yes they still have a few R models around.Someone told me H&K have around 200 or more trucks now.Not that they are all running,I think most of them are parked,they have a company valled Stone Express out of Delaware that would run sand from Del and take stone back with them,nowadays I don't see hardly any of those trucks around It just a sign of our great economy.Construction work here in and around PHilly is almost dead.There are two large jobs going on one by Welch out of Chicago,and Anderson Construction out of Philly.Both job are on the cheap side,Welch left 25 million on the table,his job is a 220 million job but that extra 25 million would look awful nice on his side of the table.

You guys have me thinking with the few brain cells I have left.I will go and visit the State Police and see just what they think.

Bigdogtrucker,to answer your ? I would say they disappeared sometime in the late 80's.We still used afew bmodels for water tankers but that was about it.JDM had a shit load of b models mixers,dumps running.I guess what really got them to all disappear were the DOT boys.There are a few township down on the outskirts of Philly that are inpossible to deal with. Rich,H&K has up dated their fleet to mostly Granaites and a few DM.Any of the older trucks are the ones that came with the companies they brought.I don't see the numbers of trucks running around hauling stone and fill like it was back 3-5 years ago.The quarries around here have cut back on their times they are open and really have cut back with the amount of truckers they used.Where did you see that B81 in Sellersville I would like to go and see it,maybe even make a offer on it.Mike

At one time it was loaded with old B models.We had somewhere around 15,JDM about 50 maybe more,Glasgow about 15+,and all the other moms and pops that had 1-2 trucks.There were more B61 than were B81 dumps around here.

I guess if I ever want to see anything older than trucks from the early-mid ninties I will have to move up to your parts of the world.Down here in Philly I can probley count on both hands how many old DM,B models trucks are still around.I'm not talking about trucks that are still being used,but trucks that are parked in someone yard. It's may be for the best because if they were around I would most likely be going after them.I know of just one B81 that is sitting in a fellow yard,that is just rusting away to junk.I talked with the owner this past summer and he is not about to sell it.He told me that he was going to restore it.That will happen when pigs learn to fly.I guess I will have to keep looking.

daveigou,you bring up a good point.You say that we can still pull trailers,I was always told that once you put antique tags on your tractor you could not pull trailers anymore.I have the antique tags on my 79 R-model but I still pull trailers anyways.I just keep my toes cross when I get stop.My insurance company is ok with pulling trailers as long as it not for work,play only.Mike Durkin

I brought a antique caterpillar tractor from a fellow up in MA. a few years back that had a B81 tandam dump restored in his garage.His name was Louis Iaruzzi.He wasn't to far from Boston.

That is a nice r-model,here's another nice one.It a 79 model with only 72,000 orignal miles.Not as much chrome but it just the way we brought 45 Macks that year just for WORK.

They would cut the balls off your bulldog if they caught you driving with a camcorder in your hand down here in Philly.Hell they fine you a $100 if you even have a cell phone in your hand.I saw one jackass get pulled over for talking on the phone and when the officer walk up to the car she just kept right on talking.

Welcome,I'm from Philly,where are you from?MikeDurkin

I sent you a PM.Thanks Mike Durkin

Paul,try talking to Matt Phall.He has a 1958 B873SX that was once one of our trucks.It is a heavy spec with a winch on it.We brought it new in 58.The only problem is over the years we had replaced the cab with one that was concaved in the back.I have the sister truck to that one,my is a 1964 model of the same spec.Good Luck Mike Durkin

I would be interested in the radiator shell if you still have it.I would be comming down from Phila.PA so if anyone north of here wants some parts I'ld could bring them up to philly for you.Thanks Mike Durkin

I posted in parts wanted that I am in need of 2 b model radiator shells.I am looking to build myself a patio bench out of them.My wife says I spend to much time in my garage so I throught i'ld spuce up the back yard.Thanks Mike Durkin

I am looking for 2 used radiator shells from B models Mack.Would like to try and made some sort of a work bench.It would be best if they were painted and not chrome.Thanks MIke Durkin

JTF,just my 2cents worth about the seller.I have brought many antique Caterpillar tractors to restore over the years,and beleive me when I say that some of those owners were just as bad as the one your are dealing with.They tell me that it was a running working tractor back when.Sometime before I was throught about.But yet they still think in therir heads it's still that.Most times it is just better to walk away and forget about it.I love it when they say I don't have to sell it,well then why are you trying to sell it in the first place.Good luck in your endeavors.Are you anywhere near Great Adventure,I restored a 1956 Ford F600 that I brought in from Montana and I would get parts from a guy up there.Now that guy I dealt with was up front about the truck.I saw the truck when me and my wife and some friends were out there.I did the whole deal over the phone and the seller told me just what the truck was.The only thing he didn't tell me was that the exhaust was bad,no problem quick trip to NAPA and problem fixed.

Th would be for the tow pin in the front bumper.

I was told today by the last old timer that is left,that they did this due to the cab floor rusting out and the cab wouldn't stop leaning forward.I am going to take a look at how bad the floor is.Are floor panel still to be had or do you make your own.

Here are the two pictures of my cab mounts on my B87

If I had to make a guess I'ld say that was one of our old B models.My father brought 6 of them.That one was a dump first then we made it into a tractor,then we put it back to a dump and that the way it was when we sold it.

Thanks Guys for the info,will check out on Monday.Can anyone post a picture of the left side front mount.Mine has been worked on over the years.Would like to put back to orignal.Thanks MIke D

Are the mounts for a B87 the same as a B61 and so forth.Next are they still able to be had new.Does anyone have a picture or drawing of what the mounts look like.My B87 on the right side had some repairs done to the cab and mounts.Would like to put back to what it was.Will post a picture of what it looks like on Sunday.

I did a google search of them and that how I found about their problem.Seems like they are working way to cheap like everyone else.Last year they did about 550 million in business and walk away with less then 1.5 percent profit.That is just the reason me and my brothers walk away from it all back in 2007.We didn't owe anyone any money all the equipment was paid for so we said that it.