I had a neighbor friend when I was a teenager who had a 72 R-600 that had a 6 cylinder Mack with a 5 speed gearbox. The tractor was set up for running chemicals and it had a pump on it that we rebuilt several times. I remember that he would run around 20,000 miles a month and he would bring it home to do the maintenance that we could do on it. Give it a bath and then he would be out on the road. He would mange to be home for awhile most days and then weekends. I was broken hearted when the news came that the crankshaft broke somewhere in Connecticut and he sold it for parts. Then he bought a 82 Binder Conventional with a Cummins and a Roadranger. At that point I was 18 years old and he taught me how to drive it. I had my Articulated license until he got divorced and moved to Illinois and then the government started with CDL’s. I had been injured in a motorcycle accident and I was concerned that the state wouldn’t allow me to continue driving. But that old Mack was a great part of my teenage years. Watching this brings back memories.

Looks like your floating your gears.

Mind the quarter glass in the driver side.

Dam over the top ....do you like to arm wrestling 👍👍look like it in the thumb nail

That turbo sounds sweet

This is the video iv been searching for omg

My favorite combination in a Mack to drive. So much torque . So easy to drive . 37 years .

Put a 6 speed in that thing and a Jake brake . Shift with the Jake brake engine RPMwill come down fast so engine will never lay on it's face. Keep engine in its torque band 16 to 18 and you will save fuel. I did

Nice video man I love the straight pipes will you please see if you can try to do a really long 3 to 4 hour ASMR video of you driving this thing will include engine start up and really high rpm up shifting. I would love to hear that thanks man stay safe and you’re about to receive a new subscriber.

What rpm do upshift in? There’s quite a lag in between the gears

On this truck 2nd stick is hight l ow and reverse that's not 5 and 4

On this truck 2nd stick is hight l ow and reverse that's not 5 and 4

On this truck 2nd stick is hight l ow and reverse that's not 5 and 4

On this truck 2nd stick is hight l ow and reverse that's not 5 and 4

Shifting any Mack is all in the ears.......

The exact truck that I learned on & drove for 3 years straight , from 16-19.....was a 1975 R600 dump with a 15 cubic yard body & a 5 speed transmission.....What a truck.... Never touched that clutch except for 1st & reverse..

my second favorite shifting video ,Can I use 1 minutes of this for a real trucker series ?

old school Mack still have life love it very much❤

I wish they brought this back. BF 2042 is garbage and they ruined my favorite franchise 😢. I was scrolling BF3&4 footage of things they don't have in the current game and came across your video. I'm not a guy to say it often because I love technology and the advancement of people in general but boy do I miss the "good ole days" of Battlefield(3&4).

beamng beter

That loader looks and sounds fantastic. That takes me back to my youth. Thanks for sharing the vod

Dammit!!! It sounds just like the old Scanias (142/143). They do share the same block but the rest is different. If i remember correctly Mack and Scania we're working together during that time. The E9 and DC16 are also the same block. Sadly the E9 was killed after Volvo found out they we're trying to revive it. Imagine if Mack still had a v8 in today's rigs.

If I was a Truck owner of numerous trucks this guy would be my truck boss as well as trainer. Nice jobs sir.

One of my favorite videos. Thanks!!

I drive the same rig every day, the only thing missing is all those keys on my belt…going to get that squared away😊👍

Learned to drive on a Mack 237 with a 5 speed, no power steering. The old adage: If you can drive a Mack 5 speed, you can drive anything still applied. In 36 years I went from 237's to super Sixes, 300+'s, 350's, 400's and 450's. All inline 6's with 10 and 13 speeds. My ultimate ride was a 300+ mated with a 5 speed and a 3 position air shifter and a hand shift creeper gear. That would go up the hills with ease. The transmission was perfect for travelling in the Hills of northern Pennsylvania. All spring suspension on a long wheelbase. It had a really good Bostrom air seat that made the ride livable. Mack stopped making the transmission because of the cost.

awesome video, great sounding truck....thanks for making the video

Thhey might not have pulled or lasted like an e9 but still sound great and that one is a nice unit!

Its abeilable

"One stack mack with a window in the back" I put around a quarter million miles on those old trucks back in the day.

Best combo ever built bar none!!

check this out.😁

Can you make a video where you use the clutch every time you shift gears?…

Just curious as to the cost of the entire system and an estimate of what it would cost to have one installed?

You did ok i dont like fast operations i saw a man almost killed one day its not worth it

Owned one for about 10 years, always thought it was missing but it wasn’t. Even pulled the heads off to see if there was a problem but nope. Loved that truck. Mine was 5 speed but shifted the same just no low range. Most dependable truck I ever owned.

Very well My friend maxitorque 5 speed happy day

Yep. Definitely some Bullshit.

But I found that driving a Mack five speed vs a non turbo 6-71 or 8v71 Detroit is vastly different. The revs drop so quickly on those two cycle Detroits that you have to shift at lightning speed or blip the gas between double clutching. Meanwhile you have to wait for the revs to drop on a Mack five speed before shifting (read a short book! 😁) as I learned on an R model flatbed with a six speed T2060 with an Eaton tandem in 1991. Even driving a Series 60 is vastly different than the two cycle Detroits as the revs drop far more slowly. The revs didn’t drop quickly on the big Ford gas V8s like the 477 and 534.

My Dad had a ‘72 R686 with a 237 and a Maxitorque T2050 five speed with Mack 38k rears and a Camelback suspension, plus a ‘58 B61 with 180hp 673 and a Quadraplex with a fixed tag axle, both without power steering. He always praised the Mack powertrain and called other trucks component trucks. Although he had high praise for the Detroit Series 60. You just couldn’t kill those old Mack’s!

Nice shifting buddy

A very cool old truck 👍

Need a bigger steering wheel 🛞

Great driver you are no Jake while upshifting no showing off bravo to you brother trucker sounds like she is laboring a bit

hi man, im some sucker from bad company 2 lol, i loved your "Awol" server were are you guys playing now? sry, but i couldnt find you on another way...

Macks always punched above their weight. That 12 liter would pull as hard if not harder than the 14 L Cummins and 15 L Cats. And they sound sooooo good.

I like my five speed but I'm looking for a mack ten speed to keep the rpms down tks Dave

Macks are awesome trucks and the Maxitorque trans with the compound was great!

Yes, the 5 speed was awesome and fun to drive

Waaaaao... your exhaust is roaring. I like it