carlotpilot Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 SOMEONE POST A PICTURE OF AN MB OR DESCRIBE WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE. ARE THESE THE FLAT FACED SHORTIES THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE HAD SO MANY OF? THX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Here's a cab. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 This MB was just on ebay. EX Overnite. Post Office had a bunch of them.http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Mack-MB600-Cabover-/251597948330?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3a946805aa&item=251597948330&pt=Commercial_Trucks Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 THX OD ITS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS WE HAVE ONE SITTING IN OUR YARD HAVE`NT LOOKED AT IT IN YRS I NEED TO SEE IF IT STILL RUNS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Might be thinking of an MR?, USPS had a ton of them!.........................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 OK!! What is the difference besides newer, with bigger windshields, and grille??? Did the R stand for Refuse?? Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 OK!! What is the difference besides newer, with bigger windshields, and grille??? Did the R stand for Refuse??Yes,when Mack first replaced the MB,they did so with 2 models,a MC and MR,the C was for city use,R for refuse,basically identical except for chassis specs and the MR had sliding side glass,were the MC had roll up windows. Eventually they phased out the MC,leaving the MR to fill both city/shorthaul tractor duty and refuse/construction chassis' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 MikeThanks for the info.. My Bulldog lesson for todayBrocky Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Someone on here just bought an MB....cannot remember who???? Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoClueJoe66 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Someone on here just bought an MB....cannot remember who???? 84Superdog I believe Quote This message was brought to you by Hargraves Potted Meat Product. Chopped full of "Peckers & Lips" since 1933 - John Boy & Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 According to John Malecky in his book, "Mack Tilt Cab Fire Apparatus" (I seem to quote this book a lot), the window mechanism on the "MC/MR" was not an indicator of the model. Rollup or sliding windows were available on either chassis. My city's "MR" front loader rubbish truck has rollup windows. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Here's a cab.dscn2408.jpgdscn2407.jpgTHATS A GOOD LOOKING CAB IS IT YOURS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 According to John Malecky in his book, "Mack Tilt Cab Fire Apparatus" (I seem to quote this book a lot), the window mechanism on the "MC/MR" was not an indicator of the model. Rollup or sliding windows were available on either chassis. My city's "MR" front loader rubbish truck has rollup windows. bulldogboyThat's good to know,I was only around 3 MC's and 1 MR. Did they all have fiberglass doors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 THATS A GOOD LOOKING CAB IS IT YOURS?No, I saw it sitting in a lot in Roanoke. It's on Industrial Drive, just off rt. 11. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 From the 2015 ATCA Western Mass. chapter show, ex-St. Johnsbury yard horse. Is (was?) for sale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Wow is that SHORT! It looks like it might tip onto the front bumper if you stand on the brakes too hard. I remember the St Johnsbury name but don't recall seeing this style of truck in the fleet.Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Ex Plymouth Rock tractor. My friend still has it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB DINGSDALE Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 we had some MB400S here in port as chip trucks. Had the SCANIA diesel which should have been a boat anchour. Short haul from pulp mill to saw mill about 4 miles round trip 24/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted October 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2015 NY Port Authority Tunnel wrecker / fire suppression Unit. 97 inch wheelbase 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 blast from past that st johns red one is same as we have .it still runs and i think it has 2 transmixer sticks even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Old timers at the Postal Service told me some of the early MB tractors had only a 90" wheelbase. By the time I started there the MC and later MR single axles had 110" wheelbase and the tandems 135". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Mack Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I recently bought an MB with an additional new cab. Looking for some odds and ends.Twin shifters and linkageAir cleaner assemble, style that has a snorkel that mounts behind cabDecent steering wheelMirror brackets/framesFuel tankI'm located in South FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 there is an overnite MB on craigslist somewhere with a single axle lowboy behind it. I know I have seen it in the past week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 That MB that you saw Maddog on craigslist in VA is now in my door yard here in NH. My father and I are putting her back to her glory one thing at a time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 always liked them,,,drove one in the 70,s a trash truck....excellent...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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