Bigblue250

There is a guy by me running a damn good looking B81 dump everyday, that I beleve to be original. On the front bumper he has painted "Slo Motion". It's sister truck is "EZ Doze It". Nice looking B's red cabs, black bodies and, chrome nuts on the spoke wheels.

KWs and Peterbuilts were designed to be lightweight showtrucks. Freightliners were designed to be lightweight, period. IH, Ford, etc. were designed to be cheap trucks. All of the above were designed for nice smooth highways that barely stress anything.

Macks are designed for the worst roads, and even no roads at all. In some ways a Mack is wasted on the smooth, flat interstates that are the natural environment of other trucks. As the old Mack ad showing an R model storming down a desert dirt road says: "Where only the strong survive, Macks thrive".

Not to start a fued, but IH were cheap and durable. MD was IH trademark, when you needed HD you bought a MACK. A Ford MD/HD was junk(better than GM). I love old Mack's and IH's, Loadstars for MD trucks and Mack R,DM and U's for HD trucks. I just have a soft spot for the old IH trucks because my grandfather had so many of them.

Beast is a relitave term, I love old trucks Macks especially. This is a little off of this topic, but my buddy has a 73' DM. The oldtimer driving it told everyone " this truck will push down trees". No one belived him. Well he put the old girl in first gear, LO, butted the bumper up against a tree and let the clutch out. The old Mack dug in and pushed the oak tree damn near all the way over. This is a 36 year old truck that works everyday hauling 20 ton of asphault, fill, and anything else it needs to. The old saying" A Mack will wear out 5 drivers" is true. I want to buy the old girl off of him when he is done with it, it has a 300 Mack engine, 5 speed tranny, 2 speed box, and 58k rears.

Well I don't own a Mack yet(I want an old B for the ultimate welding truck )but I have worked on a just a few. My cousins had B models , and my buddy has a 73' offset cab DM, and an 82' R model that I work on. I am located in esatern MA and love old Macks, if anyone needs any welding done just PM me. Thanks, John.

DM895SX

What year is the old beast?

I got my pickup lettered and striped by an old timer that does travel. He is up here in MA but will go just about anywhere. PM me for his number. check out the pix of his work. I don't have a pic of the front clip with all the scroll work and striping, but will try to get one up.