Ha. I literally was chatting with him the other day at Phesants Nest in NSW. Top bloke. Cracking truck still with the air start and still hauling timber around. I was on my way to Port Kembla to load steel.
A few B model Macks are still in use in the USA and some have been nicely restored and seen at truck shows everywhere. I love this as I don't care for museum pieces or other non operational things.
Where I live near Baltimore, B model Macks would haul containers between ports and railheads near my house. Even as late as 2008 and 2009 it wasn't uncommon to see a B model with a container or two in tow. I still see them every now and then, I even caught one on I-70's frontage roads a few years back.
Yes I like those old trucks IAM from the u s of A .. those old trucks got us where we are today . With that said I sure liked the super liners be of 1987and up . Came with a different steering than the older super liners And came with air ride cab . When we haulded coal back then the suspension had to be heavy duty
What mighty, mighty old trucks the B models were. When they came out with the Thermodyne engines and the old quad boxes, they pretty much defined Australian long distant transport, from the overnight nightmare that was the Hume Highway of the times to the incredible hardship endured and inventiveness shown by the truckies who plied their trade throughout the back blocks of Western Australia and the Northern Territory and Queensland. Back in the days when being bogged on the black soil plains translated into, "You better have a full tucker box, son." As the truck driving son of a truck driving father, I saw all sorts of makes and models of trucks passing by in my life and most of them were up to the job in the tough, unforgiving world of being a truckie in Australia. Makes such as Foden, ERF, Atkinson, BMC, Austin, Kenworth, REO, Diamond T, Ford, Federal, White and many more were up to the task, but none of them held the imagination as much as a Mack B61. To me, they defined the transport industry in Australia.
Learned to drive truck behind the wheel of a B Model with a duplex transmission. Got to admire a fellow who’s still making a living with one. No easy road.
That's a real truck... I really love mack trucks specially Super Liner. .I remember my first truck. .a Bradway 361... Right now is millions of drivers ,but only few real truck drivers....at least the old school truck drivers know any problems in their trucks and fixed and keep going...the new generation of drivers the only they know is going forward...because they not even know how to back in....they call the road service truck because they can't change a head light bulb....I really love back in the days mechanical engines...so simple and powerfull... I'm always be proud to be a tractor trailer driver ....old school never die... KEEP ON TRUCKING....GOD BLESS ALL FALLING TRUCKERS. ..It's a honor to be a truck driver....
What a Hay burner!.. Love this old bastard still showing the youngun's a thing or two! My father used to cart timber and wheat out of the South West WA in the 50's Different tru ks But I do remember when I was a whipper snapper he had a Chevrolet Maple Leaf and it was a Burgundy colour!
Great to see, I used to live near the start of the western freeway in Brisbane in the 1990s , off Milton road. I used to lie in bed at night listening to these things as they came off the freeway and headed towards Lang park, xxxx factory etc This video is great.
Thanks for the interesting video from the life of Australian truck drivers. I recommend watching a selection of photos from the life of Russian truck and bus drivers on your channel.
The 50 dislikes must be environmentalists on the extreme case, that Mackie, she's a beauty. A connection of mine drives a '61 Peterbilt cross country and she is his pride and joy... So long truckers...
Gotta love the Leo Wanker Bull Bar,on that classic B model.Drove one,twin sticker for many years back when,for Mayne Nickless,out of Sydney,just sayin'
Great ta see the Ol Girl still on the beat. I first saw it out North of Adelaide when I used to do the North Adelaide run. Awesome, I love the Old B Jack's & old trucks in general. Great clip, well done.
That's all great and all those supertruckers can call me what they want, but I enjoy air conditioning when I'm working 14 hour days. There's no shame in that
@@thomasdaniels6824 that is true, more than 10 hours without air conditioning with almost 30°C outside would be horrible, but if you open the window your neck starts hurting. Respect to the old truck drivers that had to deal without it.
@@Gabriel-he6ih more like 40°C+ in australia in some places. And driving this thing all day will smash your back I guess. Those supertruckers will be crushed when they retire, while new truckers will enjoy their retirement.
I saw a B Model Mack at the Flying-J truck stop here in Idaho a few weeks ago. It was on a late model air ride chassis with a Cat. Talk about stand out in the crowd! I am road service.
drove one of these b61;s when i was a young bloke, carting cotton bales from narrabri to sydney and brisbane, that quad box took some getting used to, stuff all room in cabin, nowhere to catch a hour or so;s sleep
You don't notice if the steering wheel is on the correct side for the Roads when you are in the Vehicle. What did freak me out was in Russia I travelled about 5 hours as a passenger in a Right hand drive car on there roads built for Left Hand Drive. The fear factor came in because you as passenger are the closest to oncoming traffic on undivided roads and you have no control. Did not help he was doing at least 30kph over speed limits everywhere.
I'm Aussie, playing GTA it comes natural to drive on the wrong side! We were a British colony so right hand drive has stuck, though we need the largest most powerful US trucks for our vast long distance haulage. Wife's from Philippines, It feels weird with left hand drive, though I think it was less the LHD and more the dog eat dog Manila traffic.
First thought was WOW interstate with now bunk now that's dedicated then seen sleeper under trailer lol, reminded me of when had slim line 74 kenworth and slept on board over spare tyre rack in summer too hot in cab over hump with 871 underneath
Ed Wilson I have always said that a good Mack could wear out 3 good men . With that let me say I owned four at one time tuffff trucks I hauled coal with them over loaded all the time stood up great
I drive a 2020 International LT with an automatic transmission. Been driving for 28 years and I gotta say I'd rather drive that old Mack anyday!! Greeting from Chicago!!!
Wow. Norgate transport and B model Mack trucks. They carted milk from The Tablelands to Townsville. All green livery. They also operated a petrol station In Garbutt Townsville. In the 70’s this was a late night burger joint. Late as 10pm for the younger generation 😂 For us street racers they had a 98 octane on tap. Boy that fuel would bounce the tappets on anything you were game to top up with. Memories 😀👍🍻
Sure, with a 237 and a 5X4 to back it. I had a buddy that had B-61 with a 237 and the old Mack Lo/direct/reverse two stick 5-speed. He was out West and two large car drivers said that the most expensive part of the B-model was the c.b. antenna. To say they got cursed is probably an understatement.
Title was a little odd, as a closed minded American would have pictured this on our interstates 🤣🤣🤣 Great truck and story , I won't let it happen again 🤗
That's why they're the best trucks ever made. There's a co. Russo Bros, goes by my house everyday with a 60's B-71,, stretched frame all chromed out, beautiful truck.. hauls a tanker to the alcahol plant down the street in East Hampton Ct. Oh yeah, it's not a Thermodyne that's for sure.. LOL
Aus ,newzeland , England and many European countries and Asian countries like India and other r using right hand drive The vehicle is traveling with left side of the road....that's good
@@TuffBurnOutTeam LOL. Funny stuff. When I went TDY in the military to England, I made sure to never get behind the wheel. They don't have intersections, like here in the states. Mostly "round-a-bouts". I knew sure as I'm writing this, if I ever entered one, I would go head on into traffic. :C
MOSTLY MACK FROM 1940 TO 1980 STILL IS ON THE ROAD IN IRAN 🇮🇷 SOME OF THEM MADE FROM IRAN 🇮🇷 SOME OF THEM IS ORIGINAL PAINT 2 STICK 20 SPEED WITH 12; 24 RIMES & TIRE
Thanks for sharing this beauty! I worked on a few Mack's after high school in the mid '60s. I'd like to have seen some 'porn' of it, being hood up views.
I thought, interstate? Crap, really!? Where`s da sleeper? Then i saw the beautiful double bed spring in the tire rack. Aah comfort plus! I believe it now. I used to do it in a day cab-over Mack. Sydney-Melb. Bit cool in the winter in the rack with sideways rain though bloke! Maybe this was a one off from your own saw mill........hmmmmm? Diamond "T" Pete.
Beautiful country side. Must be B.C. Nice viedo of Mack truck. Bob Reimer loved and drove Mack, s a cross Canada and U.S.A. He wrote THE B MODEL MACK SONG by THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA. Please check it out and drive safe.Tks much.
+Thomas Kuzyk It's actually in Australia - starting in the state of Victoria and progressively making it's way up to Ballina on the mid north coast of New South Wales
En el minuto 1.14. Ese es el camarote de ese super carro ahh. Nacieron juntos el camión y su conductor. Felicidades que cantinuan juntos. Saludos colegancia. Y a cuidarse del covid 19.
I love the old B Series Macks. Their rounded body work sure beats the squarish shapes of the modern trucks. Sure they can't haul like the new models but theses old Macks do what thy do in Style.
