Used to drive a MR model packer with that 237 and the extended range 6 speed. Great set up, ran the same empty or loaded to the gills. 0 to 60 in about 5 minutes
Brother I walked the dog for a few year’s hauling coal in the mountains of SE Ky, beautiful scenery and taught me some real driving skills. One mess up could be the last on those roads. The coal business dried up but I still miss it, 17 and driving that big ol DM800✌️🇺🇸
The camera never does a hill justice, that ol girl is pulling hard, that’s a good little grade right there. I can’t wait for more vids like this where they work hard.
Is that a em6 237 there great million mile engines drove many configurations all Mack models R-DM 685-686 5 speed 6 spd mud stick and 7 speed you ain’t gonna go fast but they got a lot of low end grunt great engine great sound also
Hell yeh brother, typical Mack, underrated and overbuilt. They didn’t win any comfort or speed contests but by hell they ran and ran. I went places in a DM800 coal truck you wouldn’t think a dirt bike could go.
I drove a lot of these 237s, 250s, and 300s! Drove a lot of the old thermadine engines with the douplex trans, triplex and quaderplex 18speed. I love the old Macks!!!
Heck yeh we ran a 300 plus in a 76’ DM800 Tri-Plex 15 spd #65,000 bogies, she was a real truck. Hauling coal in SE Ky those mountains broke many a lesser truck. 👍🇺🇸
You are like my Dad, as a little girl I would be in the thermodyne; b-61 while Dad would go get a bulldozer " Dad only had Caterpillars, The best he could buy. My Dad would go get his old cable dozer and loaded it. Those gear shifts would be moving and making grinding noise's. I was scared the Truck would take off with me in it . He had a old lowboy that he would use back then. I never told my Dad about being scared. He would have been disappointed in his girl. I got a whipping on the d8 one day. I thought we were going to go straight through the horse fence. I was little, but I hold all my time with my Dad and the Macks very dear. In 1978 I turned 21 and had my own Dm600 dump truck. I was raised in the shop and loved everyone that worked for us in my heart like family. I was taught every safe possible way in the truck. I loved seeing the black smoke as my truck was climbing out of the sand pit. She was pulling like the dog should, always. Dad passed away in 1985, the happy days were gone . My truck still sits proudly at our farm, so does my 46 Willy's jeep. Dad gave it to me. I still prefer trucks and all the Tomboy stuff. I am 67 now. Dad's last new truck was a 1977 Superliner. God, she was tough! When Dad was away I always got to drive her home, only if the lowboy was empty. I miss those days so much!❤🥸💥😈😈🤓🕔
@@NancyTaylor-n3hsame here, back in the day we rode with good drivers and learned way more than these driving schools teach. I miss my uncle Charlie, he was one the best drivers to,ever hold a wheel. I learned in a DM800 300plus 15 speed Tri-Plex and #65k bogies. 🐾✌️🇺🇸
@@deborahchesser7375you are just like me, we learned from the men that were true and tested. I'm sorry you miss your Uncle Charlie, I understand that well. No other could replace my Dad😂
@@roscoepcoltrane5499 the roads this guy is on is where I learned, tiny steep shit, scared me a few times. Coming down dozer road off a strip job and it started raining, I had my door open ready to do a dismount lol.
@@deborahchesser7375 LOL!!! sounds to familiar, although these Mack R models WELL THE ONES WITH THE 237 were under powered so i never really got up to speed before the next light changed hahahaha! how ever i drove a Kenworth for a towing company for a short time, the first time ever i was towing a dump truck, the K whop had more power than i was used to, i would say i was thinking the same as you.
One of the best videos on RU-vid of an R model pulling hard! Anyone that has ever stared at a Bulldogs ass has scrapped a gear on those up shifts on hills because you can’t wait on the revs to fall before you lose your road speed! Good job!
I thought this might just be your average NPC trying to drive a mack but he rode it out on the grade didn't try and upshift and totally crap the bed..... at a boy.. he knows the secrets of the Bulldogs his kungfu is good!
What a hill ! Wow. Real nice little narrow country lanes too ! Not exactly user friendly when you're in a big truck ! Love this video. Great country roads and scenery plus a nice truck working hard too !
@@sonicboomer859 my kin live in Knox Co, a pretty good ways down there. I grew up riding coal trucks on those little roads in a DM800, I sure miss it and my and my uncle Charlie. Love that Bulldog brother
This is super highway compared to some of the places I’ve been in a Mack coal truck, look up “hauling coal in SE Ky” you don’t make too many mistakes and live driving those mountains.
