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kcm.MN · Jan 14, 2020

SVcummins · Jan 14, 2020

jeffcat · Jan 14, 2020

MACK AC Bulldog. Low geared chain drive, and Armstrong steering like you
wouldn't beleave. Remember this. If that truck is rated at 7 1/2 tons that
means it can be over loaded to 7 1/2 tons. Full load is close to 15 tons. Back
then they didn't mess around. The truck my dad had, belonged to Sterling flour.
Hope that is correct. Up in NYC. I will need to pull the photos out someday.

fastfarmall · Jan 14, 2020

I like the no flat tire aspect of it !!

Angle Iron · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 23:14:37 01/13/20)

It looks like a cable connected on the front each side for an assist pull on the front for that heavy load.

showcrop · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 05:06:45 01/14/20)

(quoted from post at 23:14:37 01/13/20)

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It looks like a cable connected on the front each side for an assist pull on the front for that heavy load.

Angle iron, I see one on the rear too. I am not familiar with assist pull. They look like just plain old load securement to me.

JimS · Jan 14, 2020

What's the puddle under the cab?

Throop · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 09:42:52 01/14/20) What's the puddle under the cab?

I am betting it is NOT from the air conditioner!
Rich

big tee · Jan 14, 2020

Overload?--Perhaps--I've saved this picture for years--Neat---Tee

Same model...

warbaby · Jan 14, 2020

Either the driver got out and relieved himself while the photographer got a picture from the other side, or its that rear-mounted radiator taking a leak?

showcrop · Jan 14, 2020

Big Tee, that is a good one!!! I have driven Mack dump trucks quite a lot. They can probably haul more than a "Pete" but the problem is to get it where it needs to go.

JMOR · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 09:42:52 01/14/20) What's the puddle under the cab?

utdoor Men's room.

Angle Iron · Jan 14, 2020

Showcrop I was looking at the front of the truck just forward of the head light on the tow ring where a normal front bumper is today. Not the trailer load if that was what you were referring to.

showcrop · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 10:48:02 01/14/20) Showcrop I was looking at the front of the truck just forward of the head light on the tow ring where a normal front bumper is today. Not the trailer load if that was what you were referring to.

OK, I see those cables, and now I know what you mean by assist pull. It must mean that they had to pull a hill somewhere ahead. 15 years ago a transformer twice as big as whatever is in the pic went through my town. They had three tractors on it and probably three hundred tires.

IaLeo · Jan 14, 2020

Did those guys on top use those planks to lift hot electric lines to get under?

Where is the YT DOT????

Leo

showcrop · Jan 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 13:08:03 01/14/20) Did those guys on top use those planks to lift hot electric lines to get under?

Where is the YT DOT????

Leo

Leo, if you are out on the road much you will see plenty of over height loads with boards secured low at the front and bent up over to run the wires up and over.

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