Mack M45SX Prime Mover

A 1974 Mack M45SX prime mover seen at the 2017 ATHS National show in Des Moines Iowa. www.dailydieseldose.com for more!

[@herbieschwartz9246]

That truck is beautiful and the sound - it just makes me smile. Only a gear-head would understand.

[@G60syncro]

When you register it at the DMV, they just assign it a zip code....

[@cw7784]

LMBO! You will need your own Airplane hanger to fit in its version of a garage lol

[@delphineferrand4063]

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[@megaaggron9778]

@@cw7784left mouse button off?

[@jcarne1015]

A friend of my father’s got the contract to haul ash from the Conemaugh coal fired electric generating plant near Seward, PA in the early 70’s. He bought a pair of off-road Macks with 16V-71 Detroits and Allison trannys, and built huge dump bodies for them. The ash, or flyash, was hauled several miles up a sloped valley, and dumped. I can still remember the sweet roar of those 16 cylinder Detroits from 5 miles away on a cold still night...

[@Dailydieseldose315]

Very cool story. Thanks for sharing. My childhood home was about two miles from a Chrysler transmission plant. They used to plow their lots with Detroit powered Trojan loaders. Despite the distance they sounded like they were right in our backyard....especially on a cold and still winter night. Fond memories for sure.

[@freedomring4813]

I ran 2 different DM 800 MACKS in the Seabees ,they both had winches to bring up the front of the trailer and you had to unscrew the kingpin to unhook the trailer. One had a 6 in it the other a 8 in it .At 19 years old and hauling heavy equipment around I felt like a big shot.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

How did you go about doing that, and how did making turns, not loosen the king pin?

[@kelliestratton6991]

Saw this truck move a 125 ton nuclear pressure vessel in Maine in the early 80's.Moved from shop to barge,16v71 just purred.It was Orange then.

[@kishascape]

I've still seen them used by megamovers. They'll pull an old building off the foundation and put it on this really wide lowboy looking thing with a ton of wheels and move it across town. Sometimes with 2 of these chained together and pulling in unison.

[@user-jj3tw1sr7o]

I worked for George Young Co. a rigging and heavy hauling company and we had 2 of these tractors. Some loads we pulled needed both in tandem.

[@roadwolf2]

She's a million memories long and two lanes wide

[@vcummins]

roadwolf2 haha old 30 is one of my favorite songs

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

magnificent sturdy piece of haulage equipment ~ RESPECT!!

[@StormLaker]

I didn't realize how large that was until I saw the Pete next to it.....holy cow!!!!

[@d.vincent3200]

Haven't heard an air starter for awhile. Love that " VVVRRrrroooooooooooooooooo" Sound.

[@iowacornsnakeman]

This was at the iowa state fair grounds. That was my dad and I washing it.

[@pokefan8397]

iowacornsnakeman stevens

[@kerrykaverga786]

Who gives a shit

[@Acoustic_Theory]

This is great. Not sure why anyone is trolling.

[@skycowboy_7391]

@Hello Newman and he has a bitches name lol 😂

[@CarburetedKilos]

Well that’s kinda neat then

[@josephfrench5377]

I worked for hallamore back in the 80's loved it and this mack is a true beast.

[@riverweakley8366]

This needs to be in mud runner like ASAP. I would pay for this to be in the game.

[@VintageSaws]

Me too

[@machinistmikethetinkerer4827]

Worked at a refinery and watched two of these hooked up in tandem side by side bringing in a huge coker vessel years ago. Nothing like it.

[@roundthirteen]

I worked on Great Lakes bulk cargo freighters while in college and all of the diesel ships I worked on started the main engines with air. The M/V Burns Harbor (1000' long, 105' wide, 56' deep) had 4, 2 stroke, turbocharged, EMD 645 model V20's (12,900 CID per engine) that were started with air. Some of the old Canadian Pacific ALCO built locomotives had 251 V12 ALCO's that were air started. Still a really cool video.

[@tomok8283]

NOW THAT'S A BIG MACK

[@joelwoods5039]

McDonald's got fries and a soda for that

[@goat4298]

😆😆😆

[@mayhemmike1789]

Now I'm hungry😦

[@cuatropolis2881]

On spot!!!

[@shanegriffin2215]

I remember when this thing was painted orange. I actually met the owner of this outfit in Massachusetts a few years ago. They have a building with nothing but Mack trucks in it. Incredible. He was a very nice guy. I have some neat photos of that day.

[@johnwingerd2831]

I’ve been lucky enough to drive some of these Big Mack’s. In 1989 I went to work for an outfit that had 8 of these. 4 were oilfield bed trucks with around 400 inch wheelbase and 4 were Prime Movers like this one. When we needed to pull, we had a concrete and iron box that weighs 188,000 lbs that would pin to the frame and we’d pull millions of lbs of drilling rigs, often two of these hitched together. We had two 250 ton trailers we could merry up and pull side by side with a single or two of these Mack’s side by side. V16 71 series Detroit’s with a 6 speed Allison and a “power tower” to run the winches. Amazing trucks.

[@bobmann3333]

I live near where this truck used to be based and saw it in action once. I heard the engine roaring under a load (you know what Detroits sound like when pulling) and turned to see this truck hooked up to an amazingly large trailer and even larger payload (I had no idea what it was) passing by. Quite a sight!

[@andrewking9761]

Bob Mann there was a company in Australia that used 8V71s in W model KWs on heavy haulage of loads around the 210 000 pound gross mark with 16 sp Spicer trans. The trip times were quite good 3.5 days to do 1100 miles.I can never understand how some guys can't get a Detroit to pull the skin off a rice pudding and yet others are unreal in what they achieve.

[@johngibson3837]

Andrew that's only 100 tons road trains in Oz pull more than that as a standard days work

[@nigelgranville9539]

This has got to be one of the largest prime movers I ever seen. A true giant. 😃😃

[@normanbrunt2053]

It's a beauty ! Nice job Mack and whoever brought the vehicle up to it's present condition.

[@Acoustic_Theory]

This is one of my favorite truck videos on KZbin. It would be neat to see something like this used in construction, pulling a scraper or bottom dump.

[@Average_Joe87]

They need to put this truck in American Truck Simulator.

[@dro3m]

Maybe there's a mod for it

[@clydehieb2275]

And mudrunner too

[@blockstacker5614]

@@clydehieb2275 how does it compare to the legendary MAZ 7310 prime mover?

[@brandonplaisted8194]

@@clydehieb2275 make it in snowrunner too.

[@Coaltrain87.]

@@blockstacker5614 no comparison this truck is a monster

[@alanshelby5980]

A Detriot with an Air start. How cool is that sound.

[@homedry]

I think that is the same engine as in the Terex R50 dump truck it would make you jump every time if you were near it when it started with the air starter i think it's the high whine that does it.

[@bblogging]

Pretty cool

[@petermuller161]

I used to hear it offshore constantly. Its an amazing sound but not great for sleeping.

[@thomasfletcher4765]

@@petermuller161 that sound actually lulled me to sleep

[@marcogir1762]

Cat 515hp ever...

[@grandwaha]

Somewhere, someplace in the mall parking lot surrounded by his cool Buddies there is a kid in a rusted Dodge pickup truck with a super tune on it saying " I have more horsepower than that I can tow it down the street."

[@jeffmclearen229]

Grand Waha This is the realist statement on the Internet

[@andrewking9761]

Smokey and the bandit RIP Burt Reynolds

[@danhouse6112]

Well sum bitch its burt Reynolds bahaha

[@ryandaly3948]

I have worked on these before, if you find that kid, let me know cause I’d love to see It! It would break every part of a Dodge pickup.

[@tomnorthcutt4754]

Boy that true 🤣🤣

[@coinucopia]

That things so big it has its own zip code!

[@WineScrounger]

Two, one for the cab and one for the 5th wheel 😬

[@erickearnes9644]

ALSO HAD 40 ACRES TO TURN THAT RIG AROUND 😮🎉😊🌍🌎🤠🤔👍♥️♥️♥️

[@carlcarlamos9055]

I believe this is the tractor that moved a crane for us one morning. It’s a fine machine. Take care.

[@DeeKay617]

Hallamore the pride of Mass with incredible equipment and have a museum at their shop . All their trucks are beautiful and even working trucks are pristine !

[@patriotpat1243]

Grew up 2 towns over from Hallamore as a kid loved driving by their company and seeing all the different machinery

[@rebeccastevens6073]

Ha, can't help but stare driving past their yard!

[@garlenseong38]

Beautiful mack.... not something you see everyday...

[@douglasarrington8461]

I love old Mack trucks and a air starter

[@ShaneEstabrooks]

We had air start engines in underground mining..cool to see this beast of a truck

[@donkmeister]

That thing is immense! I've never seen something so big with a fifth wheel before, all the big moves now are done by ballast truck and drawbar... You've inspired me to do some googling for more pictures and videos of this tremendous machine. Shame that they seem to have used a standard-sized cab, I would have loved to see a full-width cab. Hmmm... long-length sleeper cab? It would be big enough to have multiple rooms!

[@christophercrafts8283]

Shit put a townhouse on it. It Would fit!!!

[@jasonneely4412]

This is so cool!! I’ve never in my life seen a Mack like this. Such a beauty!

[@FLSTF87]

Man it's hard to believe the Mack CXU series highway tractor I run at work is from the same commercial manufacturer as this beast.

[@Dailydieseldose315]

Times have changed that's for sure.

[@miker7798]

I worked for the company whos owner owns that truck.. Hes a Mack collector who owns close to every model Mack ever produced. After seeing the vid I called the office to see if they knew about this truck... The secretary said... Thats Bobby starting it up!!! Then I looked closer and sure enough.. theres Bobby directing the driver into the gate... Hey Bob!! That was one of the best places I ever worked. It was time for me to go on to other things but I still call once in a while. Bob was the best boss I ever had. I always try to treat my guys the way Bobby did.

[@Dailydieseldose315]

Cool story. I'm glad they preserved this truck for all of us to enjoy.

[@miker7798]

Yea... love your site by the way. I started trucking in 77. Was an OO from 80 to 94. Got out for a bit. Then went back 97 to 07. Completely out since. When I miss trucking its the 70 and early 80s. You always have great trucks. Thanks for keeping up the good work.

[@PaulJersey]

That must of been a fun project for the Mack engineering team.

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

OMG I just bought one of those. Passed it in a yard rusting away close to the mines in St Anne Jamaica. Asked the guy how much and he said give me a money and take it. Seems his dad had bought it from LBERTA , Canada and then passed away and the son had no interest in trucks. The thing was full of wasp nests and some critter had nests in it. Has a DD6 with some sort of funky Mack tranny. We drained the oil put some new oil in put a battery pack on it and it turned FIRST time . Thinking of posting a build video. This Thing is MASSIVE!!! turning it into a 60 Ton dump truck.

[@mirkojurina5255]

any progress on your "little project"?

[@waiting4aliens]

Post it already.

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

patience little grasshopper, lol. Not done yet. In fact very far from being done but when its done I will.Thanks for the interest. They are great workhorses.

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

@Some 1poisoned the water hole 😁😁

[@rdmccun]

no pic no nothin

[@BlackjackOnem]

The cab and sound of the motor, reminds me of the Big bud tractors. I guess this is the Big Bud of semi trucks.

[@GIGABACHI]

Friggin Beast. Love the air starter sound. 👌👍

[@josephromano6825]

One sweet Mack! It sounds mean with that Detroit! The Mack of all Macks!

[@Porty1119]

Love some air starters! I work on CAT 793s with air-started 3516s; they displace four times as much as that 16V71.

[@toddgittins5692]

It's just big chuck of cast & steel.

[@lincolnmetal1]

its the truck version of big bud! :)

[@Dailydieseldose315]

I can totally seen the similarities now that you mention it!

[@lincolnmetal1]

if it had stacks on the fenders it would really be a ringer lol

[@pablogrenade4240]

DailyDieselDose.. its for pulling chicks man 😎

[@Ryanmoody89]

DailyDieselDose. That must be some really fat chicks if it's made for pulling chicks. Haha

[@BlueSky......]

no this is a full tractor no truck in it

[@Calico5string1962]

What a beauty! Now THAT'S a truck! I love Detroits. Would love to hear it out on the road. Don't know why this just showed-up in my feed, but glad it did. Thanks.

[@coreyschmidt1647]

Nice M45, Ben Hur construction in St. Louis has one named Elvis, not as pretty but still on the job 40 some years after being built.

[@pjofurey6239]

That has 22mpg written all over , stunning machine .

[@crslyrn]

That beast's huge. It really dwarfs the other trucks in the area. Stay safe.

[@tmarsalek36]

Man that truck is awesome

[@michaelwilliams2151]

That's a sound I haven't heard for twenty five years, A air starter. When I worked as a mech/welder in the mines in Az. , all the haul trucks were started by air.

[@foremanxsl7225]

This a beast, also that square body dually in the background is sweet.

[@outdoorlifemaine6691]

Man who needed a blow from the other truck to get started hahaha air starter got to love

[@kman-mi7su]

That is a beast! Love the average speed 22MPH! Like who in their right mind would want to go faster in this thing while pulling a load like 800,000lbs? A damn fool that's who.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

ised to drive an RD-800 in a quarry. It'd go 35 but that was it. Straight rears the size of a 10-ton G.I. 350 Mack with a 12 speed.

[@pyythons37]

The truck was empty. East to West on that route is almost always driving into a stiff headwind. Streamlining was not important for this machine.Streamlining is pretty ineffective below 35 MPH. Above, it makes a big difference.

[@imchris5000]

that has nothing to do with how fast this truck is its all about how its geared. a150mph headwind would not slow this truck down

[@skidsftw8074]

Meh i like live on the wdge ill do 24

[@McNamEvan]

22 MPG

[@jrsilva2081]

I used to see this truck every day in think Holbrook mass

[@tomnorthcutt4754]

My father was a crane operator for hallamore in the early 90s

[@bendover9411]

That truck is beautiful!!!👍👍👍 I can imagine it with a trailer with the same wheels & tires!

[@1965Gindy]

Of course I love this Mack M45 but the K100 you have as a picture is AMAZING. Nothing better than the BJ and the Bear truck, except for a Dodge CNT950 Bighorn

[@noname-he9ud]

I remember seeing this rig at the "Big E" a few years back. She is a Hoss

[@12ATM12]

That air starter sounds so good!

[@robertphillips6296]

I’m impressed, that is one Great Truck! Thanks for posting.

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

Most beautiful truck in the world that is

[@Outland9000]

I once saw something like this only larger, much larger, in a mine in Australia. I had always wondered what it was, now I know its a 'prime mover'.

[@mattywho8485]

Is it for sale? I want to drive it through my neighbor's house.

[@FPSdaybreaK]

Mattywho first thought u had when i saw it "i wonder how many houses it can go through'

[@giovannikroon95]

At the average speed of 22mph

[@dragonbutt]

Is there a reason or do you just have an irrational hatred of your neighbor :o

[@Yugetubes]

My neighbor's name is Matt.

[@kevincarmack581]

Heck, I wanna drive it through my house 🤓

[@stevesites1975]

love it! my 1st trk was an 87 superliner. i loved that trk and often wish i coukd go back in time and not have sold it.

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

I love that air start!

[@noaht5191]

God I want a big hood superliner as my daily worker....throw a built C15 under the hood, and 18 speed, good rear ac and heat, and call it a day.

[@VFio689]

This should have been Optimus prime

[@markgonzales4127]

Ok we have winner ..... this is one bad son of a bitch !!! Lordy !!!

[@desmondmoonbear4143]

Ford F450 platinum cute Chevy Silverado 3500 hd adorable! Dodge ram Cummins 3500 aww This is a real truck !

[@BT59]

The same company used to have some massive FWD s or Oshkosh but they're a old family company in Holbrook Mass.

[@patriotpat1243]

Grew up 2 towns over in Stoughton loved driving by their yard

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Now that is the sound of a true diesel.

[@cesarpalmos8235]

You know this thing is a torque monster when is had shifted 5 gears and was still going 10 mph.

[@dieselbuddysatgeisslertran777]

..... what an incredible Truck AWESOME..... wow..... so nice !!!!!!! I LOVE IT :)))))) best regards from Germany.....

[@lawnmowerdude]

I need to see this thing in snow runner.

[@chrisspatz1032]

Love that air starter and a 16V71 that engine should live through a generation or 2 maybe more!!

[@jmjfanss]

One of the largest trucks ever made.

[@ks_1111]

Now for the most important question guys. Whats the "smiles per mile" like ?

[@thomasfletcher4765]

Yes

[@fl350r]

Is that a Prius I see hung up in one of its tire lugs?

[@mcpheonixx]

Nope, Cadillac Elderado. Its a optical illusion, the sheer scale of that beast makes it look like a prius while in fact its a Elderado lol😁

[@tractorboy31]

@@mcpheonixx now thats funny

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Its 2 or 3 of them in 1,of his,tires

[@fartsoundeffect5013]

Where?

[@waterheaterservices]

A Prius Googoomobile with a COEXIST sticker will save humanity!

[@MichaelTJD60]

That's a REAL Mack Titan.

[@juliusadams1931]

Now that's a solid tractor it will last a lifetime it will still be here even when The World Is Gone

[@Ajallday1010]

that superliner looks tiny compared to the monster truck prime mover

[@jessicaembers924]

Now THAT is a God Damn truck!

[@danzmitrovich6250]

That is a cool mack truck Tractor unit they can always move custom made oilfield trailers like the kenworth 859 trucks as well

[@MrThewhip333]

Awesome truck, some of our locomotive have air start

[@Edenssunlight]

what a beautiful rig...

[@josemigueljr]

bad ass truck love the video. a crane company 1 mile from us has a couple of these in their yard with the rear facing the street ive always wondered what they are with such huge tires.

[@scottbaker4314]

We have one of these at the shop at ICG in Eastern KY to move the ADD Car Miner (highway mining system) it's a Detroit 16v71, the highway speed is a whopping 24 mph empty or loaded. I'm going to post a video of it and a custom built Mack truck that is used to haul heavy mining equipment that our company uses and it's got a caterpillar 992 loader engine in it!!

[@Dailydieseldose315]

Sounds awesome. Looking forward to seeing it.

[@chucktaylor4958]

Beautiful truck. The tires really set it off.

[@hisaddle]

Awesome! Been a truck nut all my life. have only seen that opposite of normal tilt windshield on Oshkosh snowplows.

[@dozerfarms]

Basically two 8V71s I love it love that blower surge

[@johnfeight2123]

I really like this truck it looks soooooo cool and sound's very powerful I love it take care of it thanks 🙋

[@krisjohnson6355]

You know its a big truck when iy has ladders on it. Friggin LADDERS on it.

[@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit]

She's like that one fat girl... You know, the cute one, who's the best friend ever, and loves to do things that other girls won't? Oh? What's that? I'm alone on this one? Yeah? Whatever.

[@oldman8996]

I'm with you on this

[@davesstuff1599]

Having a fat girl is like riding a moped, fun until your friends see you.

[@dylansutliff8642]

This comment is so underrated

[@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit]

@@davesstuff1599 true. They always want to ride.

[@emmysorbicularis1185]

@@davesstuff1599 that would mean a little lack of personality. ... try solving it having various girls ;)

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Used to run 120-170 ton Wabco haul trucks with air starters. Much bigger than this, but it’s still cool to see.

[@florianmuller3346]

i would love to drive this as a daily

[@michaeldodge]

Great truck!

[@llg3pe]

That’s not a truck, it’s a beast from hell

[@ShinVega]

Awesome! Ive been looking for m100sx video, I only have photos

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Pretty incredible

[@roundthirteen]

Biggest air start I've seen on the road, but on a the 1000' long, Great Lakes freighters, I worked on we usually had 4 (two per propeller) two cycle, turbocharged, V20, EMD, 20-645-E7's (3600hp, same engine as a SD45 Locomotive) that were started by air. There were a few locomotives that air started but the majority use batteries.

[@user-gv1qd4jf7w]

شكرا على الفيديو وشكرا لكل من ساهم في صناعتها احبها اموت عليها

[@DirtPerfect]

That is one cool old truck