"Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that'd haul that tankaa. You wanna get outta here? You talk to me."

As kids our favorite Mack expression was, "It looks like it got hit by a Mack truck!" when seeing something that had been utterly destroyed. Mack probably appreciated the publicity of the unofficial slogan anyway. 🤔

My Dad had a 66 DM mack with a log loader on it. I rode many miles on that dog house. I was amazed at how my dad would shift gears with 2 sticks. He'd put his left arm through wheel and run main stick and use right for the secondary. Amazing stuff. I learned how to drive a rig in that Old Mack. It had a PTO and he'd climb on loader above cab and he'd tell me which way to go when we sorted logs. Pull up, stop, clutch, PTO let oit set throttle at around 1500 and pit out riggers down and load up Walnut and then drive up or back and unload. That was his only loader 30 years ago so I'd run saw to cut up trees into logs, load the best, junk, blocking, Amish etc, sort out, load freightliner and log trailer. Alot of moving slowly but I can say that I've driven that Mack with almost a entire load of logs to fit a 40 foot trailer, and she would just GO. Mud, rain, snow she went. Wed sometimes take it in the woods down log roads a truck had a hard time and it was like a tank. I was upset to see her go. I had a huge place in my heart for her. It was weird looking, ugly green, but it held so many memories with Dad.

When I was a kid in the 70s, my uncle Frank drove for St. Johnsbury in Maspeth Queens. He drove a red Mack 600 with the "side winder cab",as he called it. He would bring it around to visit my grandmother during the day. If us kids were there, he would take us for a ride around the block with it. I remember thinking WOW this is great! I can see in my mind until today, how he worked the shifters. Then one day he came by and he had a new Ford 9000. It didn't have duel stick shifters. It had a single shifter road ranger. He eventually taught me how to drive that road ranger. I still remember, I am 60 years old now, and I have very fond memories of my uncle Frank. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, aunt Mary and uncle Jr. They left my life one by one, but I can see them all clearly in my mind.

keep showing these heavy duty trucks. we need to preserve their history just as much as the old cars of the past.

I grew up 1/4 mile away from the Allentown plant as a kid in the 80s it was a thrill to see the rows and rows of new trucks lined up outside the factory, they also would display a few custom or special build tucks outside the headquarters building.

Interesting as always but I couldn't keep my eyes off of the 1st Gen Charger in the background. We picked up a 66 Charger last year and hopefully before long I'll be bringing the disc brake conversion to my channel.

Not long ago, i would have bet you good money that nobody would ever find these old trucks interesting enough to make/ watch a video about them- in a junk yard no less. Given how quickly this world has gone to shiit. I cant get enough of these types of videos and the memories they bring back- of much better and simpler times. Cheers to anyone who feels the same.

I am a recently retired p and d driver [pickup and delivery]. We are the unsung heroes of truck driving as we only drive local or regional; but handle every kind of freight imaginable in every kind of driving situation! Tight city streets, horrible loading dock areas in old brick inner city mill buildings, house deliveries down no truck streets in the middle of nowhere. Lots of fun! Anyway Steve you didn't mention the duplex transmission [twin sticks]. I started driving a 1971 Mack U model in 1982. No power steering, no air conditioning [you were lucky to have a dash fan!] and two shift levers! A ten speed manual. A five speed [closest to driver lever] coupled to a two speed taller lever closest to the passenger. No it did not require shifting with two hands as all you would do [especially when you're light] is skip gears. However when running heavy or starting up hill, you absolutely would have to use two hands. And to do this correctly, the non-synchronized transmission would require double clutching. A three ring circus going on in an already tiny, cramped, off center cab! Great video as always!

As a teenager, I spent a good amount of time at a G.M. and Mack dealership where my late father was employed. Good memories. Thank you, Steve. Someone step up and save that Charger!

I've been a Mack truck mechanic since 1997 and when I started my first job they were begining to phase out the U's and DM's in their fleet. I really loved the R model but the U and DM were almost impossible for me to drive comfortably being 6'2" tall. The R, U, and DM may have been slow by todays standards but they could pull just about anything. I've worked on quite a few million mile Mack's over the years. The new Mack's are OK but in my opinion, Volvo (parent company now) is slowly killing the nameplate. There is almost nothing "Mack" about a Mack truck anymore. Modern Macks are alot more comfortable and easier to operate going down the road but they have to be since the quality of truck driver's is not what it used to be. Most truckers I work with can't even operate a manual transmission anymore. Alot of states have amended driving regulations and now impose restrictions such as if you take you c.d.l. driving test in an automatic truck, you will be restricted from driving a manual unless you take a seperate test and get a manual transmission endorsement. Before I retire, I'll probably be replacing more battery packs and electric motors than diesel engine's and Mack will have to use a separate compressor and pump just to honk the air horn.

We'll try this again, as the post keeps dropping out... No, Mack was started in Brooklyn, NY in 1900 and moved to Allentown, PA in 1905. The bulldog emblem came about because of WWI and the British said the truck's front end looked like a bulldog and was just as tenacious as one. The bulldog emblem was designed by a Mack employee on home recovering from a surgery. A gold bulldog indicated/indicates a Mack engine and transmission, a silver with components by others, and copper for electric powered, but there are exceptions. Mack's motto was also, "No Mack Truck is an Orphan" because they believed in keeping parts and service alive for older models. They had "factory branches" in principal US cities which would also act as modification centers. I know of several in my area and my job has a facility right next door to a former one. Some became actual truck dealerships. Another was up the block from where I work now. Mack also has a service called the "Functional Museum" where they will do research if you give you a VIN number and give you production records, line sets and other interesting data on your vehicle. I wrote to them about 1959 Mack B Series that we had (one time in service, now a parade vehicle) and Mack was very interested in it saying it was, "Only one of one we ever built and where did you find it?" That old Mack was in storage for years and fired right up with fresh fuel, a new battery and cleaning the points (it's a gas engine). It's also a sharp looking truck. We have a few B Series trucks, they are all antiques now. They are a bygone era and a work of art. For a time, Renault owned Mack as did the Signal Companies, but eventually Volvo got involved and owns them now. Mack's HQ is in Greensboro, NC, but they still have production facilities in PA, including the Macungie, PA facility. We know this truck is pre-1981 as it doesn't have a 17-digit VIN number. I would have been interested to have seen the upfit decal on the door jamb area if it still existed. That would have give you a clue as to its former life. Mack was also known for fire apparatus and their CF chassis were legendary. They ran forever, required no more than basic maintenance and they were powerful and fast. The window regulator was a leather strap with holes in it much like a belt for your pants. The strap would be put into a notch depending on how far you wanted the window down. The engine tunnel threw enough heat to keep the cab warm. I still speak to some retired people I used to work with and they were all huge Mack fans and never really had an ill word to say about them. The expression back then was, "It's built like a Mack Truck".

I remember those trucks well. I worked for Cumberland Farms in their dairy and beverage processing plant over 30 years ago in Florence NJ and they had a bunch of those R and U models. On really cold winter days when the trucks would come back from their workday, they would not plug in the block heater. Instead, they would leave the trucks running at idle all night/day while they sat in the yard. Idling like that would not hurt a diesel and it made sure the engine was warm and cab as well by running the heater. That way when the driver came in to start his day, it was ready to go. That truck in this video was likely set up as a cement mixer or dump truck. The short exhaust pipe curving out like that gives you a clue as to what it did. It needs to be short like that to clear a dump bed or cement mixer body.

My brother and I used to count these trucks on the way to vacation through Route 22 in Allentown Pennsylvania. They Looked cool and we always wondered why they were offset. Thanks for the very informative video!

When I first got into construction work at the tender age of 18 in 1985 I drove a 1966 Mack dump truck just like that, red with black interior & it was a great truck the 3-4 years I drove it plus pulling a backhoe & trailer ✌💖☮

Everyone screaming "What about the Charger!?"...lol

MACK makes a complete truck. The Gold bulldog means Every component on that truck is made by MACK. MACK, one of the Great Truck manufacturers.

Poor old Bulldog. She did her job, and now her work is done. Still sad to see her that way, though. That's a really decent XJ settin' there, Steve. Wonder what the rear frame rails look like. Might be saveable.

Hey Steve,do one on that white Jeep Cherokee next to the Mack truck.😁👍👍

Many worked long ago at the Hayward,California assembly plant. My father and uncle were among them. Great memories ,sad when they closed.

When I was in trade school, we got an old, tandem axle, R-Model. It had 2, 500,000 miles on it. It still ran strong. Macks used to be built to last, before Volvo took 'em over, and, ruined 'em.

I used to drive a DM series just like that when I Was a roll off refuse driver back in the early nineties. That truck was indestructible!

I owned and drove a U model Mack for years. I really liked that truck, the visibility out of the cab was really good. I pulled a lowboy loaded with over width equipment, I could see behind the equipment without putting on wider mirrors. But I did not like working on the engine, two cylinders were under the hood, two were under the cowl and two were in the cab. We now have four R model Mack trucks still running and one spare.

Gotta love the depth of Steve's reference materials!!! You never know what Steve and super Shane are going to throw at you on any given day!! Great Stuff guys!!!!

I remember seeing those offset cabs everywhere as a kid. Never knew exactly why it did it, I figured it had something to do with maneuverability. And now I know, thank you

Oh I made my bones in a 66 Mack R190, that was a six wheel straight truck, with a 140 hp straight six Scania Diesel, feeding a Mack 5+2 twin stick transmission, that once proficient at shifting would require two hands to split shift, except for going from 3rd high to 4th low, where the shifts were side by side and you grabbed both together in one hand, never getting your fingers between them! The shoving them both together and going forwards into 4th low. At that time and up to the mid 80 s or so a Mack truck was the only totally integrated truck, meaning it was totally built my Mack, except for the tires and small accessories, like bulbs and radios. But engines, trans, axles, bodies and chassis all built by Mack.

that truck is a recent addition to the yard, or it was moved. When the video on that 67 Charger was made 6 months ago, a red wrecker was in front of it.

Nice overview on the 'U' model Mack. But I gotta say, I used to love reading all those stories in Overdrive Magazine back in the day. I owned/operated a 1972 Peterbilt 352 from 1977-1980, and can remember diesel priced at $1.00 a gallon. I can't imagine filling up a rig at today's prices.

Id take a vacation to burnadston just to walk around that yard LOL 😎👍

Always liked that style mack truck. Miss seeing them on the roadways

A cement company called Lafarge had these in Quebec. It was so weird to see the offset cab as a kid. Some of them are still running despite our northern climate!

Thanks Steve for the heavy truck videos. As an ex truck driver, I love to see the old trucks that I used to drive and hear about.

Thanks , didnt want to know, but dangit, you educated me anyway! Again, huge thanks for passing on knowledge. A preciouses yet still free commodity these days, I wont turn any of it down. I grew up next to a salvage yard. Watching seeing you move about through the lot and all the ancient relics stirs powerful old memories from my childhood! ( all positive :) Except the first time i tried to push a screwdriver thru my hand, and of course the forst motor i built that thru a rod cause i left the oil plug out when changing. Now that was sadness! My dad walked out took one look said, "you know, crankcases arent supposed to have windows, now clean up this mess" and left me standing there dumbfounded. Best wishes.

Always loved the Mack DM & U models! They were designed for inner city & site work/tight quarters, with excellent visibility! Both models also came with V8 options, on the DM-800 & U-700 chassis too. Great video Steve!

Finally! I've learned the purpose of the offset cab! 😊

My mother (yes, mother) drove a 1976 Mack U model with the Mack-so-dyne V8 and Maxi-Drive triplex transmission when I was a kid. Three sticks coming through the diamond plate floor, with rags wrapped around them so they didn't rattle against each other in high,high,high gear. I was almost born in the sleeper cab, but we just made it to Hanover General so I wasn't quite born on the road.. I remember sitting on the dogbox at about three years old waiting for my lunch to warm up on the engine, and shifting gears for momma while she worked the pedals and got her down the road to the next stop. those were the best damned hot ham and cheese sandwiches I've ever had, bar none. I miss it. bad. I love you momma.

Steve was the Mac Daddy on this one.

Interesting, provocative, well seasoned

From the old trucker song Hello, I'm a Truck..."Runnin' hills with shutters open, my stacks are blowin' flames". My dad and grandpa were both truck drivers as well as farmers. The farm is long gone but today, I'm an owner operator like they were. I was raised on the old trucker songs and still enjoy them now. Our "heavy duty" farm truck was an R model with a twin stick. That's the one that I learned in, dad said if I could drive it, I could drive anything. So far, he's been right. These a REAL Mack trucks, not Volvos in disguise!

I drove a 1979 R model that was 100% disc brakes from the factory. They were troublesome and eventually changed to drum.

A gold bulldog signifies all Mack drivetrain, a chrome bulldog means it has components supplied by other manufacturers

I like the red charger behing the corvette anyway. Always à pleasure to listen to your quality contents

Anything good enough for Mad Max is good enough for me. My local VFD in NY had a 51 Mack 10wheel tractor and a 30ft tanker what a cool truck Thanks Steve

Great Video Steve,.I have worked on alot of Macks of various models my years as a heavy truck mechanic. I found them to be the easiest trucks of the fleet to work on. Every part and component that required routine maintenance was well positioned. The oil filters were all acsessable one one side and while standing up, the main wiring junction block was right on the cowl The more you worked on them the more you got to appreciate the engineering that went into enabling maintenance and repair. Mack also used truly heavy duty parts from the dah switches ti the block every part was carefully speced. It is a shame that because they could not meet the emmision standards that Mack had to sell to VolVo. Just like Caterpillar they left the market. The companies are left have struggled to meet the burden. I like the way you are introducing trucks into your videos Alot of people dont have exposure to them but find it fascinating

I remember those when I was really little in the late 80s early 90s. Pretty intresting how they did that!

So, now we've got a 1+1 truck. Nice.

We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon

Great video,that thing is a real workhorse beast, always enjoy the walk-around

I used to work on and build crane trucks, moved lots of Mack trucks around. I remember the passenger door on a lot of them don't open very far, because of the air cleaner. And figuring out the shift patterns on a two stick transmission 😅. They last forever, especially if you need to drive on a job site that's unfinished.

MPC/AMT have a good model of the DM-600 tractor. It's been out since the 70's but still holds up well today.

Mack was the first truck company to have their own engine transmission and differentials and it's a twin stick

Very nice Steve, I saw one of these as a 10 wheel water truck a few years back in my neighborhood. Always found the U type asymmetry to be really neat, even if it threw me off at first!

I always appreciated the quirkiness of the offset Mack cabs.

And great camera work!

I still see DMs every once in a while, typically the slightly redesigned hood version from the 1990s. Usually around here they're configured as roll-off dumpster haulers, I imagine having a shorter cab helps with backing into spaces to pick up containers.

Nice to see you doing something else with your time. Correct me if I'm wrong but you were the voice and face for many episodes of barret Jackson I remember watching.

Hi Steve, great video of this once awesome MACK truck. Probably the most famous MACK truck was a 'Triple Black' 1970 Mack RS700 driven by Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald. But in the close up shots a 1977 Mack RS712LST is used. There was actually 4 different trucks used in the movie. If you are familiar with the movie, the overturning of Widow Woman's truck wasn't supposed to happen and was subsequently written into the script after it occurred. I had a couple of uncles that drove over the road. Both drove Peterbuilts 1 was a cabover almost painted up like BJ and the Bear's K-Wope. That uncle ended up marrying a high executive at Kenworth. The other uncle drove a big long nose Pete and he married a woman trucker and they had 2 trucks. Both long nose Petes. They had it set up where 1 truck would run 28 days (not sure why 28) while the other truck would be getting serviced and any repairs needed. They run the truck 24/7 each driving there shift daily. The trucks had names but I forget them now. This particular uncle lost his left eye due to a large bird of some kind crashed into the driver's mirror and this particular time he had his window down with his arm propped up on the door. The glass from the mirror and the mirror itself smashed up against the door of the truck sending glass into his eye. They were in the Dakotas or Wyoming and if you know that area of the country there's a whole lot of NOTHING on the interstate. So the story I got was dude had to wait until the next town some 30 or more mins away before any medical attention. I can only imagine the agony that was endored. I know for a fact after they retired they were multi-millionares from driving both trucks in such a way. They mostly hauled furniture and produce. The furniture came out of NC and the produce came from Cali. They are both gone now and I pray for their soul. I don't miss them at all tho. Both had bad tempers and both chain smoked KOOL cigarettes which is probably what killed them. The one with 2 trucks came to my grandparents one day and I was told to go eat somewhere else. The kitchen was needed for something I forget what it was. So when my uncle found out I wasn't eating in the kitchen he had some sort of conniption fit about it. He went outside and cut up my grandfather's garden hose. Brought a piece about 3ft long into the house and came to the room I was eating in. He told me to stop eating and get into the kitchen where you were supposed to eat but I refused because my grandma had sent me out. Well next thing I know he throws the hot bowl of soup in my face, followed by a rubber hose across my nose and a couple more across the face before I could get myself off the chair. He was 300lbs+ I was 13 at about 140lbs. When my grandfather heard stuff being broken he ran in to see me on top of my uncles shoulders pounding him in the head with both fists just as hard as I could throw them. We tore up the room breaking what-nots, picture frames etc. Eventually I was pulled off my uncle and he stomped out of the room. My face was covered in blood my nose wasn't completely fractured. Monday morning in school I had plenty to talk about (like I need a reason 🤣) with my black eyes and swollen nose. But I used this as an opportunity to get sympathy from the ladies 😎and it worked out definitely in my favor. It also did something I didn't know at the time and that was I received a rep that I was somekind of Bada$$ and the real tough guys didn't push me around as much anymore. I wish I had known that at the time I would have collected some of that change that I was strong armed out of.😂 Well that's WAY off the subject of today's Junkyard Crawl video. Sorry Steve. 😞 Remember never trust a man standing in front of you while eating, holding a cut off piece of garden hose. 🤣 Y'all have a blessed day everyone 🤙🏼 Namaste 🙏🏼

I drove school buses for 16 years. Some hame had the tilt front end. Mad it easier to clean the windshields. And do the pre trip inspections.

Don't forget the DMM 6X6 CHASSIS worked at a cement company for many years they were unstoppable off road beast.

Mack,although owned by The Volvo Group. ( no relation to the cars now a days. ) All Mack trucks sold in the North American market are built in the states. All heavy trucks are still built in Pennsylvania. And the new medium duty Mack MD6 and MD7 are built the Carolinas. New England is still Mack country. The company I work for has a fully restored R model tractor that I bring to local shows.

Mack has its own distinct sound- hey its a mack truck!

White for one built either offset or narrow cabs for hauling long items such as steel beams.

I remember seeing quite a few of those offset cabs around. Concrete trucks were some of them around here.

We ran a lumber yard not too far from Allentown. I can't begin to tell you how many loads of lumber, cement, drywall, etc, I unloaded that were pulled by an R-Model. My friend's dad moved equipment with a Rogers lowbed behind a U-Model. With a little pump work those Maxidynes could really make some power. I knew many folks who worked for Mack, including a cousin who was a draftsman there.

Y to see some of the rust free stuff in that junkyard. In Michigan they'd be top dollar.

Man Mack trucks always been my favorite trucks since childhood! As a matter of fact! I still have my models I built of them truck from way back in the late 70s to 80s. I built a dump truck and a cement mixer of that truck model!👌😎👍great video Steve!

My back still regrets my years in a DM 600 with 50’s in the rear ouch

As a vo-tech student in the late 70's, we took a trip to Allentown (about an hour away) to tour the Mack plant. It amazed me the variety of trucks built on the same line. The most memorable truck was a bright red fire tanker. While we were there, a guy was applying gold leaf to the lettering and striping. Fascinating! I never knew that Mack, or any other truck manufacturer, would do that in-house! On the way out, we went by a souvenir shop in the front lobby. I was sorely tempted to buy a Mack Bulldog hood ornament for my beat-up old '65 Chevy II 4-door!

awesome video,your overall knowledge of older vehicles is impressive.

Cool color. Kinda reminds of Pontiacs Orbit Orange. Thanks Steve :-)

Had a 1973 mack R 688 full size hood and 250 hp mack 5 speed it was originally built for yellow freight lines and sold to a friend of mine in late 1975 it didn't have factory air conditioning. He had a 1962 mack B71 it had the longest hood on the B series truck. It was originally a Scandinavian motor truck with the 18 speed duplex transmission and in 75 he was using the R model it was replaced with a 400 big cam Cummins and at that time you could order a bell housing and motor mounts for this motor swap from Mack trucks. The R model pulled a 22 foot dump trailer made from a 1948 ice trailer because they had the biggest frames. It hauled mica 7 days a week except Christmas day and Easter day it hauled from 1975 until 1999 when the Franklin mica plant sold out to over sea buyers from India. The truck then hauled from a wast water plant in Georgia and hauled construction equipment on a lowboy trailer. It was converted into a short 12 foot dump truck with dual axle still . It was traded to a company in Charlotte NC that does gold course paving in very tight places. We were using it for the same reason it was swapped even for a 1987 mack R model dump with a 19 foot dump bed and not sure about if it is still working today but it was still working 10 years ago.

Great video! I'm not into big trucks but you always make it interesting! Now hurry up and get to that '67 Charger behind it, lol

DM= Dump Mixer chassis

Thank You Mr Magnante 👍 these trucks worked hard building/maintaining our country & had no 'quit'...the 2 stick '1 Sided Macks' (what we called them) had tandem drive axles with camelback leaf springs & I'm here to tell you they were as tough as they come...the gear stick close to the driver had 5 gears & the other stick (close to the passenger door) had 3 gears - high & low forward & low reverse on an 'h' pattern

The sweet twin stick transmission Steve surprisingly didn’t mention it

Steve you didn't even so much as mention the fact it has Mack's Twin-Stick in that thing, what a shame. That is part of the reason those things will pull a house off its foundation and MAYBE notice the house is hooked to it.

A guy in my local area still runs an offset cab Mack dump truck I see fairly often to this day. It didn't make sense to me why it looked so goofy with the offset cab but now it makes sense. Thank you for sharing!

While at USC Engineering school, I toured the Mack plant in Winnsboro SC. I remembered by throughly impressed with both the trucks and the assembly processes

I still drive a 97 Mack RB All mack except a Eaton 8LL transmission. Quad axle straight truck. Full locking rears . Its one hell of a great truck.

Drove a mack dump truck, loved driving it.

You can break one but you cant wear one out! Great machine. Thanks Steve

Love Movin On! This seems to be a Dodge charger and a Winnebago next to this thing. Two more shows?

First big truck I ever drove was a DM 10 wheeler doing job site work huge property it was tough took my abuse first time doing this couple months in we were in tune loved that truck.

I've see the offset cabs , didn't know it was for length . Ford and GMC leaned the engine away from the driver for packaging .

Love the big truck videos!❤❤❤

MPC and later ERTL made a nice model of the DM Mack in the '70's. I built 4 or 5 of these as a kid and still have an un-built one in my huge stash of kits.

The block heater keeps the oil warm, not the block. Semantics perhaps. Love the twin sticks.

Back again. Gotta keep Steve's bills paid until he gets back!

Damn look at that charger! Oh yea great video Steve 😅

I had a 67 RL 700 with aluminum frame. The DM and U models are seriously cool.

My nephew still works there Layne Reinhardt /Layne is built like a mack truck

Excellent video, Mags!

Cab-over trucks looked cool.

First time I got out of one of those I almost faceplanted. Its like a cliff with resest steps. The ones I delt with never had a passenger seat, very simple to work on. Later we had CH612 &613s,different animal, but some of those went a millon plus with no major repairs.

Where's the bulldog hood ornament?🙃

Another reason for the offset cab is visibility. Much easier for backing.

Fascinating how the front drum brake shoes , are exposed without a backing plate Sweet 66 - 67 Dodge Charger in the background 👀

Great episode, Steve. Thanks for all you do.

From 1985-1992 I worked at a place called Transport Body Thero-King and we were a truck trailer body shop and Thermo-King dealer. We had an R-400 yard tractor. Single axle with a Scania engine. It was a bear and was already beat when we got it to replace the B model diesel that was beyond old and beat. It was a great tractor. We ended up getting rid of it and getting a Midliner series made by Renault. The reliability of those old Macks is legendary.

I absolutely love all the showcasing you do on trucks Steve thank you so much I appreciate everything you do