A couple of pics
I really like those older Cat loaders. The Mack ain't bad either!
That Mack is awesome looking! What year is it?
Thanks guys, the Mack is a 1982 model.
Where you at in NC? I'm In Raleigh.
I am in Germanton, about 10 miles north of Winston-Salem.
Good looking truck especially for an 82. What motor and tranny and axles?
Nice!:drinkup
It has a 300 Mack engine, 15 speed Roadranger(deep reduction), 38000 lb Mack rears, I do not know the ratio but will run about 78mph on flat ground:cool2
That 82 looks in great shape and 78 mph on flat ground ain't nothing to sneeze at lol
Hey Red Bank, I was right. I thought that was an R model in that small pic of your avitar (so as not to confuse other readers, this is a response from a different thread, don't like to highjack other threads with subject change). The 300 Maxidyne is a tough engine. The last R model I drove had a 300 with a Maxitorque main/aux trans and 46,000 rears. That thing could pull anything. I can see you have the exhaust rigged the way we used to do Mack coal trucks back in the 70s with a piece of square tubing across the frame rails and the stacks coming off the square tubing. Cool truck.
Thanks for the compliments, I was not to sure about running the exhaust that way, it was my father-in-law's idea, but after we removed the factory stack and bracket I am glad because the stock one was heavy and the new setup is a whole lot lighter, and remarkably quieter than the stock stack, hard to believe. I had stainless steel simulators on the rear, but after one of them ate through a valve stem I pulled all of them off. I hate any kind of a cover, now I am waiting to try to score a deal on a full set of aluminum wheels, and I am on the lookout for aluminum fuel tanks.
Hey, like I said, we were doing Mack coal dumps like that back in the 70s. Sounds like your father-in-law's got it going on.
By the way, why ain't you done a paint job on that 955K? That ain't a bad looking old tractor. Nice/straight body panels and sweeps. A paint job and decals on that old beast would look good.
I just got it in October, in the pictures I am clearing off a building pad to build a shed for the toys, but now with the rain I am at a standstill and now have planned on building a shop! I am in a holding pattern with working on the loader, I want to paint it, but for now I am waiting until I can work on it inside , should make life easier!
Mack There are only two types of trucks in the world...A Mack and another Mack. Nice looking unit,bet it sounds also.