Macktruckman Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 Ohh yeah. Im with you. Lol. I would definitely like to swap it for an E9!. Lol. MH or superliner! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Even just a picture of the R by itself is ok ... 🤠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktruckman Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 Joe I think maybe you’re just a bit like myself. Just rather look at an old R as anything else. Lol Josh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 A nice coat of paint and that'll be a sharp looking Pete. What else does it need other than tires? Does it have braided airlines or synflex? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 My brothers and I all learned to drive on my dad's 1979 R686ST. Video e it for 6 years while we built a volumetric mixer for a 95 RD688S triaxle we bought. Now I've been driving that for 9 years, and we're phasing the '79 into backup/retirement. I like R's. 🤓 Though I do like that Pete, that's the body style I'd chase if I bought a Pete. Though the hood fenders don't have good off-road clearance. Mack's were built for on and off road. Sat up higher. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Macktruckman Posted January 25 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 25 Joe im not positive but I think I remember braided lines. The R i use now which im sure you’ve seen pictures of here is a 686ST in fact. It started life as a R685ST. However when I bought it the EM6-285 was under the hood. The cab was rusted beyond repair so I replaced the cab with a junkyard unit that was a 686ST truck. So i call it a 686 now. Its my junkyard dog. Its built out of a handful of different salvages around. Lol. But I don’t think I could ever part with it. I got my start in macks growing up around the local concrete plant that was owned by my dads best friend. When i was a kid the mixer truck fleet was one old ford with cat 2 and a quarter V8 that everyone hated and one old B with a triplex, one 66 or 67 U or DM, i know it has the offset cab and it was naturally aspirated and also triplex I believe but the majority (4 or 5)were R models with 237 and 2 stick 6 speeds and they were the truck to be in. They didn’t have passenger seats so i rode along lots of times sitting on a rotella box. Tried a 5 gallon bucket once and that didn’t make it to the blacktop and bucked me off between the shifters. Lol. But that place made me respect macks. They would carry 7 yards of mud through stuff I don’t think a pickup could drive through. Lol. Later when i was grown he got 11 yard mixers. 4 valve E6’s. That old man and my dad always told me if you need a truck that lives off road and on both and can drag loads through the dirt you better get you a mack. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Macktruckman Posted January 25 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 25 The one with the blue stripe is mine and tbe solid white belongs to my dads old friend. He isn’t in tbe concrete business anymore hes 85 years old now but those old macks are still around and some still run. That white one was gold when i was a kid it was a tractor. Its a 1981 and has a EM6-300 with CAC and air ride cab. 2 stick six. It was never a mixer. It pulled a powder trailer. Still has a wet kit and a blower kit both. Now its a 15’ flatbed dump with guardrails for sides and he loans it to me when I need a bobtail for site work. My dad died of Parkinson’s and this old man just kept on helping me out. Like i said hes 85 and i hope he lives to be 105. Lol. theres my mack history. Lol. Josh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Oh, by the way that photograph deserves 20 likes ha ha happy Friday fellas … bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Id be fixing that motor asap, that's a nice R model. Great history, sorry to hear about your dad's passing, but glad you've got his friend around in your life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Macktruckman Posted January 26 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 26 Thanks guys I have been pretty fortunate to have some good friends. The folks on here are so helpful and informative. I really enjoy this place. I follow along here and there what others are doing. I love bobs DM project as well as others. Jojo and freightrain and more. Just love this place. Josh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Yes what he says I just assumed it was a while ago but when I lost my pop, it took a long long time to get over it. It was awful I was off over a year and thanks for your interest in my DM I’m going to be doing some serious grinding and sanding this weekend it’s supposed to be a great weekend for work my wife asked me to not sand or grind fiberglass in the garage… bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktruckman Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 I’ll be checking on it bob. Lol Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I’m still unable to post photos. I don’t know what’s up with that sometimes I send them to Joeys phone number and he put them on there for me. My God finally Saturday I thought this week was never going to end. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Yes Bob has sent pictures to me.. We are 'Kin' ya' know... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I’ve been able to post her lately, so Joey you are right shortly after I sent the bread all of a sudden they were downloading. Not sure if I’ll get too much done on it this weekend, but I’ll give it a really good shot went by local true value and bought some more sanding suppliesThursday,,, Saturday at last fellas yahoo !!!!!!!!!! .. and yes, I know this is a boring old people story that I’ve already told before, but I broke in on a R model trash truck 15, speed two stick… but did my class a training on a 15 speed U model 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 my "break in" ride looked just like this: fire engine red 49 international L-190 with the big 501 CID red diamond 6 cylinder gas engine and a quad box. 4 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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