Story Told By The Original Owner

[Dale Hamilton]

Regular readers will recall the story of the resto of my 1964 B67 tractor and its re-introduction to the original owner. Well, the original owner, who lives in the next town, has kept in touch with me. In fact, the other night we had dinner together. The truck of course, was our conversation. He told me he once had a contract with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, to move a piece of rail equipment over the road from Nashville to Etowah (Chattanooga)- and it weighted 180,000 pounds. The Mack had a turbocharged 673, the original duplex and a 450 ratio in the live axle rears. He was a young trucker at the time, and the trip over Monteagle mountain must have been a harrowing affair. He made it without incident and the old truck never complained- moving like a glacier. I guess I probably lost touch with the fact that this was (is) one hell of a hard-working truck. They all were- earning their keep before the days of 500 hp motors, sophisticated transmissions and creature comforts. God bless the guys who preserve this heritage. Well worth the doing.

[Lmackattack]

great story Dale. I to have seen pics of the trucks of yesterday. My dads friend has a few pics on the office wall of some B61s and B81s moving dump trailers with the dirt falling off the sides. altho theres no hills here in chicago the dirt fields and rock pits were hard enough on the trucks empty let alone overloaded. A old guy that drove trucks before my dad was around once told me he never saw a Mack that couldent move what was loaded on its back.

Trent

[Freightrain]

I've been bugging the towing company for some "working" pics of my B. Back in it's heyday...the two owners were the main drivers of my truck.

Since they moved to a new facility this winter....alot of stuff got shoved away and sometime I'll get them so I can post it.