SAC B52

you know mark i grew up pretty much the same way as you did,,third generation driver,and nowadays you cant even get anyone to key up on the cb,and say anything anymore,,out here,and everyone snubbs me in the truckstops...was wondering if it was the same way,back in the east coast...i mean not a friggen peep all nite on that radio..bob

Yeah mowerman, you're right. Most of the drivers are Knuckleheads.. Try geeting someone to give you the lights when you pass them.. It's nearly impossible. Over here in Jersey half of them look like they drive for Taliban Transport.

I looked in my oldest photo album and found these bad pictures of Transtars. That's what H.H. Moore mostly had, with a few KW's and Macks. Later he went to mostly Kenworth K100s. These pictures are old, some are polaroids and they just don't age well at all, and I just couldn't take a decent picture then apparently.

This is the first truck I drove for H.H.Moore,a 1974 Transtar with a VT903 Cummins and 13 speed direct trans. The 13 speeds i'd driven before were overdrives, much more common, and this transmission took a little while to get used to because the splitter worked backwards- direct was in the same place but when you moved the button clockwise it went to underdrive, which was a down shift.

The first picture was taken at the old Ponderosa Truckstop at the bottom of North Mountain, near Clifton Forge, Va. I was either on the way to Covington with a load of chips or was empty and on the way back to Dillwyn.

I drove the International until I got this '77 F-model.

F-model with a chip trailer and my brother's combine.

This was a nice Transtar Eagle with a 350 Cummins and 13 speed. The driver that wrecked this truck only lives about a mile from me now.

Wow! great photos gentlemen, Thanks Terry T, yours were great too!... They were really cool trucks.

Your right! I actually got out of driving and I'm working in supervision now. I miss it some days, but not very often.. I still love trucks and that's why enjoy a site like this with people like yourself and other good guys, who remember the way it was.I keep my CDL cause sometimes I take some of my friends trucks for a little spin, just to stay sharp!I would love to pick up an old H-67 or a nice COE Transtar just to have fun with..Maybe even an Emeryville?

Gotta love these old pictures! i really enjoy seeing pictures from other trucking "families" lotta memories wrapped up in them for sure! heres one of my dad with his new IH CO-4070 circa 1966.............Mark

You're right Vision 386! Alot of memories indeed. Dad and I were just talking about that today, he came over after Church to see the kids. I always was proud of my Dad, he's my hero and I always tried to be like him. He was from the "old school" of driving. He said he always dressed clean and acted like a gentlemen. He use to say, just cause you've been on the road for 9 days doesn't mean you can't comb your hair and brush your teeth.. lol

I've been trying to dig up old pics when I get a chance to. This is one of my favorite's of my Dad. He had just pulled in on this summer afternoon with a new Transtar II. Needless to say I was the proudest kid on the Block!!!! I remember it was white with red interior 350 Cummins and 9 speed. I always loved these Transtars, they had such a cool look to them. His last run in this truck was to New Orleans out of Newark N.J. running flatbeds.. a long time ago. Sorry the picture is so worn out.. I've had it on every visor of every truck I drove.

Before the building went up in Allentown in 1971, Plainfield, NJ was Mack headquarters. The engine plant was also there prior to the Hagerstown facility.

Gregg

That's great info Underdog! Thanks, I would love for someone to have assembly line photo's of some H's coming down the line.

ya,,man.driven quite a few of those freightliners out here,i actually liked them..out here lets face it,you just have to get used to other makes..like almost nobody buys macks here..bob

I hear ya mowerman, they were great for tank work in the tight city areas because of the tight turning radius. you could overshoot a gas stations' driveway to make more room for the trailer to clear the pump island or whatever. Out west the gasoline stations generally are more thought out and easier for deliveries. 2am in the morning on a city street in Newark is a pain in the you know what, with cars all parked all over the place, theirs no room for the tractor much less the trailer.LOL

SACB52

There is a nice H67 single axle available for sale here in PA. runs good,has a good body and interior, needs paint, was a originally from a southern trucking company (virginia maybe) I can get pictures if interested. I think the original color was red, however now looks like it could be either red or green.

Firemack

Thanks for the info Firemack..... If interested, I will sure get a hold of you.

I did not know Mack had a Piscataway location? I have seen Plainfield & Somerville NJ, an did they build trucks there??

Ernie

I'll have to try to find the picture, I have it somewhere? you may be right! It may have been Plainfield.

I've driven quite a few trucks like alot of you guys, been trying to dig out some old pics. Here's the 112 Freightliner I drove for Mobil Oil Corp. I have to find a few more around. I also have a real nice pic of an R model tanker special I think they called it. They were lightweight for gasoline hauling,I'll try to find it.You guys may have better knowledge than me on them. It had a 350/ mack 9-speed all alluminum package wheels/tanks etc.I also ran lime with that (freuhauf dry bulk) out of Armstrong tile in Reading,Pa. What a sweet riding truck.

I posted in introductions that I would post a cool pic of an H-67 tandem i found back in the 80's If anyone has seen this truck outside of Minot, N.D. Chime in please! I would love to hear whatever happened to it. I love these H-63's & 67's I also remember a Brown COE Emeryville sitting near it with a lowboy. The inside door of the H-67 said Mack Trucks Piscataway N.J. if I remember. I will try to find the pic of that also.

Hi all,

Please look at the following pic. Is this sensor in my R688RST sump a oil temp sensor???

From what I can see, It does look like an electrical sending unit oil temp sensor. If I'm wrong someone please correct it!

well thats quite an achievement,,,we,ll all proud of you,,,bob

Thanks again! and bigen that CH is real pretty! I love that shot of the mountains behind it. I have a real cool pic somewhere of a H-67 laying in a field in North Dakota when I was there in the 80's I 'll try to find it later. And off topic again, mowerman i'll try to dig up pictures I have of a inflight refueling mission high over the Sierra Nevada range about 40K feet if i remember. Pretty neat stuff, we were on our way to a bombing competition at Mather AFB outside Sacramento. I was in the KC-135 Tanker getting pics of my B-52 getting refueled.Here's a shot of me (on the left) and my two buddies after we landed in Sacramento. We left North Dakota it was 4 degrees out and landed at Mather AFB and it was 65. The troops at Mather had jackets on, they were laughing at us in our T-shirts.

Welcome aboard! always glad to have another "Jersey Guy" as a member,spent many a summer at Raceway park in my younger years,good friend of mine ran a 68 camaro in SS/F 396 four-speed,quite a handful! neat lookin' ford btw,but personally ida went with a small-block chevy LOL! (yep,i'm a GM guy) good bunch of guys on here,a lot of fun,just remember to keep the peterbilt references to a minimum! LOL! and you'll do fine! i also appreacieate your service,my mom's father was a right-door gunner on a B-17 1943/1944,fortunately made it home in one piece,but he was a tough old bird!.................Mark

Yeah, I noticed that P#TE#B!L$ stuff is pretty bad! I'm sorry for any offense. It's all ok though, us Jersey guys have pretty thick skin, it's from drinking all the Mercury in the water when we were kids.

How-dee, welcome aboard, and pleased to meet you! As Hatcity said, thanks for your service.

Thank you both for the kind words, I would have to thank my country and veterans before me, to have the honor to serve this great land. Please remember all the fallen and wounded who have made the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial day. I have to say it was the way I was raised.We all served in my family and my Dad and both Grandpa's and Unncles the list goes on. We basically have one Uncle left,from WW2 who flew as a B-24J liberator top turret gunner out of Wendling England. Another Uncle was lost at age 18 when his B-17 was shot down over Germany. My little girls remember them every night at dinner time when we are together as a family.

hey welcome aboard,,i saw the sac,and thought i had a new neighbor,,,not to many of us mack fans this way,,hehe..nice pickup,,,have fun...bob

Thanks Mowerman! Yeah SAC stand for Strategic Air Command, I used to be a B-52H Crew Chief up in Minot, N.D. Thanks for the Compliment on the Truck.

That is a sweet looking ride. Atleast you kept it all Ford and not kill it by putting a Generic made chevy motor in it.

Thanks alot! Yeah, it's pretty basic just brute power no chrome or fancy paint. I get a ton of compliments for a primered old Hot Rod. I can't believe how many college age girls go crazy over it. My wife say's this old truck gets too much attention!. It's alot of fun, my four kids fight to drive around in it but you can only really fit two people in the cab, it's very small.

I seen that. We all make mistakes in life. It's how we learn from those mistakes and lessons that makes us what and who we are. Sounds like SAC learned rather well of trying to operate one of those things and has discovered how easilly the negative experience is left behind.

Welcome to the new member.

Rob

Sorry Gentlemen, I figured it out! I put a little more info in there. I don't own any Semi's, just drove a few. I do however have a cool little 47 Ford pickup with a 500HP 472 Big Block Ford, that will haul some you know what!

Just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself to the forum. I'm a former driver now working in a different field. I've been around semi's my whole life minus my time in the Air Force, because of my dad, I fell in love with them when I was just a little guy. He use to drive an H-63 and 67. He later changed jobs and drove a 63' Emeryville COE.I've driven F's-R's-U's and Superliners during my carrer along with KW'S COE and Conv, Freighliners COE and Conv, Pete's both COE and Conv. My favorite trucks to be around are any but I really love H-67's especially tandem!. I always liked the way they sat high on the frame. My dad brought home a new 1978 Transtar II Cabover when I was younger and I loved the way they sat high on the frame also.Anyway, fun to be aboard!