Mike Blais Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I picked up a 1959 Michigan 75 A a few years ago. I wondered if any other forum members use something like this. If there's any interest I could put up a pic or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Pics!!! we want pics! Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Pictures are always welcome! no telling what memory you might spark and start a whole new whirlwind of jokes, lies, stories, and just all around general fun-nin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampat Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 well i cant seem to upload the photoi want to but i have one of me standing infont of a 475b michigan wheel loader as my facebook profile pic but cant get it up here. spent many hours in a 275 b or c when i worked at the gravel pit heading there tonight i try to get some pics of the beast for you probably a little newer then yours. i always have had an intrest in this big old heavy iron for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 well i cant seem to upload the photoi want to but i have one of me standing infont of a 475b michigan wheel loader as my facebook profile pic but cant get it up here. spent many hours in a 275 b or c when i worked at the gravel pit heading there tonight i try to get some pics of the beast for you probably a little newer then yours. i always have had an intrest in this big old heavy iron for some reason.Keep trying with the pics -We had a 150 Hough loader - that thing was a beast - the people we got it from had removed the old IHC diesel and replaced it with a 350 cummins - that thing had plenty of power but not a lick of brakes. You had to always know where something was that you could run the bucket into to stop it as needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) O.K. Here she is on the day I got it. Pretty rough shape, any moving parts were worn out, especially the engine. Edited February 8, 2012 by Mike Blais 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I like that!Is the high rise fire hydrant for a really big dog or deep snow? Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Close up shot of the seat. Fred has good taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 As a boy I ran one just like this pushing up silage.....no brakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well the seats sure perfect being a Mack. Looks like a great machine! Whats your plans with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I like the blue painted hubs - does it steer front and back and also crab sideways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I cut the bulldog out of one of them Mack seats. Believe me if the truck was not in rough shape I wouldn't have done that. The sad thing was that it was a u model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampat Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 well i gave up on trying to post pics it says i have allready used 10.2 mb of my 10 mb limit and i havent tried to upload anything yet dont kow what im doing wrong made them all diffirent sizes still wont work so i put a few pics in my gallery of some of the loaders i used to run hope you enjoyhttp://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/member/7464-b813sam/ should take you right there.thankssam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Here's one more shot. Right now it's being worked on at a local shop. The engine, a Waukesha 190-6 has been totally rebuilt. We gave up trying to fix the torque converter and got a used newer type that doesn't use a sprag clutch. Hopefully they can just re seal the tranny and it will be good. Where the rear wheels pivot the bearings were totally gone, one wheel was at an angle. They have to make alot of the smaller parts, you can't find thm any where. The counterweight was hanging by two bolts. They got it off and used a 50 ton press to get the bolts out. That was expensive but I thought the machine deserves to look respectable. We're still talking about a paint job since the machine is apart, now's the time to do it. Edited February 9, 2012 by Mike Blais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 First loader I ever ran as a kid was a Cat 950 with no brakes and a stiff throttle. That will make an operator for. 8 years I ran it. finally got on something with brakes and didn't know how to act. I'd just as soon have one without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Well the seats sure perfect being a Mack. Looks like a great machine! Whats your plans with it?you're right. thought it was a Cat seat at first. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted February 9, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2012 That style machine always scared me. Stick your arm out and get it clipped off by the loader arm!!!! Especially the smaller versions with open cab. Wondered what OSHA would think of something like that today? It would have to have a cage or laser screen to shut machine off if you stuck your arm out.That seat picture just goes to show..............a cat and dog CAN sleep together LOL!!Here ya go Sam.......I got it posted here for you 3 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 O.K. Here she is on the day I got it. Pretty rough shape, any moving parts were worn out, especially the engine.O.K. Here she is on the day I got it. Pretty rough shape, any moving parts were worn out, especially the engine.Saw on just like this one for sale today in Jeffersonville, Vt. I think the sign side $5000.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thanks for the info. If you can get me a phone # I'd appreciate it. I'm always looking for parts. There's a huge Michigan boneyard near Syracuse, that's a day's drive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 there is actually one just like that by me. i think its a gas motor in it though. its also been sitting out by the road for about 2 years now and hasnt moved an inch. i am going by it tomarrow and ill tell you guys what kind it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 That thing looks like a real bitch just to get in and out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyp Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 When I was a kid, there was an old man round town here who had a big Michigan rubber tired dozer. He coudnt trailer it, just drove it all over the place doing dirt work for people. It had a detroit engine with twin stacks and you coould hear him coming several miles away. It was old then. He ran it like that several years, just driving around doing all kinds of odd and end dirt work, even saw him going right through middle of downtown several times. The blade was super wide and he had to be careful and dodge all kinds of stuff with it. This day in time, they prolly would put him in jail for that now. He is still alive, in his late 90's. Bout 2 years ago, his wife died, they both still lived at home, poor old man couldnt afford to bury her, just boosted an old backhoe he had sitting out in his pasture and went out back on a hill on his farm and dug a hole and buried her himself. He did it before anybody knew what he was doing. A lot of people found out about it and offered to pay for exhumation and buy a coffin and plot and help him but he wouldnt have it any other way. Needless to say, he was super "old school". I like those old loaders of all kinds, but they can sure turn out to be money pits. I ran a cat 992 a lot in strip mine, dern thing was like driving a house! randyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 When I was a kid, there was an old man round town here who had a big Michigan rubber tired dozer. He coudnt trailer it, just drove it all over the place doing dirt work for people. It had a detroit engine with twin stacks and you coould hear him coming several miles away. It was old then. He ran it like that several years, just driving around doing all kinds of odd and end dirt work, even saw him going right through middle of downtown several times. The blade was super wide and he had to be careful and dodge all kinds of stuff with it. This day in time, they prolly would put him in jail for that now. He is still alive, in his late 90's. Bout 2 years ago, his wife died, they both still lived at home, poor old man couldnt afford to bury her, just boosted an old backhoe he had sitting out in his pasture and went out back on a hill on his farm and dug a hole and buried her himself. He did it before anybody knew what he was doing. A lot of people found out about it and offered to pay for exhumation and buy a coffin and plot and help him but he wouldnt have it any other way. Needless to say, he was super "old school". I like those old loaders of all kinds, but they can sure turn out to be money pits. I ran a cat 992 a lot in strip mine, dern thing was like driving a house! randypGood for him - an employee of mine just lost his mother, and to have a wake, a simple funeral, and have her cremated cost over $7000.00 that he and his siblings had to borrow to get it done. What a joke - what happened to earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust? Gather up however many pieces I am in at the time and lay me in a cardboard box in the ground so I can add to the tilth of the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Around here in the Millington Area (NW Shelby Co) we are 4 miles South from the Tipton Co. line there are 2 funeral homes here in NW Shelby & South Tipton Co. 1 of the 2 funeral homes has 2 locations 10 miles apart.& it is 2 out of 3 brothers in a family who i grew up around & are like family to me , that still live here in the Millington area that deal w/ death every day around the Millington & Tipton County area .The Youngest Brother is the UnderTaker for the local funeral home that has 2 locations . the older brother is the Grave Digger. Grave digger used to put in septic lines w/ my family years ago & dig footings & do all kind of backhoe work. along w/ digging graves .The Grave digging got to profittable for him & keeps him busy so much that he had septic tank license for as long as i could remember (& im 36) he let those go bout 10 yrs back. traded his Case & New Holland backhoes in for a New Holland Mini Excavator (not sure of the size but its a bigger one w/ cab,A/C & Radio ,Back fill blade & Rubber Tracks) & pulls it w/ a F550 Ford 6.7 Powerstroke. he has all but 1 cemetery in the area. not too bad the only reason why he doesnt have the 1 grave yard is because that is the other funeral home here in the area . he had it too for a long time till they bought a 310 John Deere backhoea few yera ago.My Saying for the 2 brothers is if you live in the Millington or South Tipton Co area Chances are Good The Pike Brothers got ya in the end .I Told my friends & family When i pass yall make sure i have Gold half dogs on the side of the coffin & a Gold Dog On the top of the coffin & Mack hood scrips on the side . My boss laughed & asked me where did you get this idea .? i said you anit never seen the movie Convoy have ya ? he said nope. i handed him the dvd told him what scence it was & told him to study it lol.. he trold me the next day @ work that was a trip to see how they tricked the coffin out & said that would be somthing i would do . As for R.T Loaders . my 1st R.T Loaders was a 530 I.H. & 950B Cat. hardly any brakes on either 1. MyPop's ole partner in crime that he sub contracted for ALOT Had a 45C Michigan w/ a 453 Detroit . used to like operating it just because of the Screamin Jimmy motor . Though it didnt hardly have a lick of brakes on it half the time either although they tried to keep brakes on it . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 well guys i looked at that one by me and it is a HOUGH. its pretty rough too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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