1979 R model tractor.

[hicrop10]

This is a one family truck with only 76,000 miles.There is absolutely no rust or frame spreading of any kind.It has 300 motor with 285 hp,12000 front axle,38,000 rears.5 speed with hi- lo.New tires.$40,000

[70mackMB]

Is there a reason why the whole truck was painted red?    .....Hippy

[hicrop10]

That the way my father brought all his trucks.He ordered 20 of these r models and that how all came from the factory.

[67RModel]

What's the story on why this one essentially sat unused for all these years? Just curious.

[hicrop10]

Dad brought 45 Mack that year for a job we had to do.20 r models,15 dm600 triaxles,10 umodels.Once the job was done u models were gone,dm we kept them,r models were parked and tags removed.They were only used very rarely,then parked again.