Very popular, not only for tippers though
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anorak:DEANB:
…Heres some Mack adverts .
2…This backs up the Truck magazine test result, which gave the Mack a decisive fuel consumption advantage. Maybe I am an old cynic after all, doubting the accuracy of Truck magazine! Does anyone have a copy of the Euro Truck Test mentioned in the Mack advert? It would make very interesting reading.
Given the Mack’s clear advantage in fuel consumption, it is surprising that so few found a home in tight-fisted Britain. Maybe a day-cabbed version with the 237bhp version of the Maxidyne engine would have suited GB better? Whatever- hats off to the great engineers at Mack, who led the world with their invention of the “high torque rise” engine. Maybe that gives a clue to the F786’s success in those roadtests- Mack had been building such engines since 1967, while the likes of ■■■■■■■ and Berliet were just starting to dabble with the concept in the mid-'70s.
Pretty sure there was a Euro test with a Mack in it, will see if i can find it and post it.
ChrisArbon:
This R600 is the only Mack we have in the Flying Eagle yard at the moment. Last year’s city truck but now relegated to yard shunter.
DEANB has found some great Mack stories for the thread; I wonder if he could find the one where Truck sent a man to Cuba to do an article on a still-working AC?
Heres that article.
Click on page to read,and click again to magnify.
Thanks DEAN for digging out that Cuba story. I wonder if those AC Macks are still around. They would be over 80 years old by now.
I stumbled across a 25 year old R-688 the other day, just retired from Fire Dept duties and with just 22,000 miles on the clock. I thought it might make a nice motorhome conversion.
Mack used on highways constructions in north of France.
