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.

[@DeckerTheOfficial]

I do understand that sound, it’s just two-stroke heaven.

[@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.

[@johncolette6014]

Mack has made some incredible trucks over the years. This is certainly one of them.

[@roadwolf2]

She's a million memories long and two lanes wide

[@vcummins]

roadwolf2 haha old 30 is one of my favorite songs

[@lollipop84858]

This doesn't make sense

[@roadwolf2]

@@lollipop84858 there’s an highway in Australia called highway 31 that runs from Melbourne to Sydney which was bypassed in the late 80s and there was a song made about the old highway of which part is still exists the song was called truckin’ old 31 and that is a line from it

[@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

[@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.

[@josephfrench5377]

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

[@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?

[@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!!!

[@TimothyPeterson-mc4gf]

These types of old school trucks restored and running are kick ass power and would out last brand new trucks good luck with it 😊

[@d.vincent3200]

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

[@StormLaker]

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

[@riverweakley8366]

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

[@VintageSaws]

Me too

[@9531-d7w]

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.

[@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

[@normanbrunt2053]

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

[@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]

@@cw7784 °

[@megaaggron9778]

@@cw7784left mouse button off?

[@lollipop84858]

Why? What do you mean by that?

[@G60syncro]

@lollipop84858 that it's so big it gets a zip code assigned to it rather than a license plate number...

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@gregguerrero9441]

A Mack with a screaming Jimmy, heck of a combo and an awesome sound. What a truck!

[@RedneckSpaceman]

True Monster Truck!!

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@carlcarlamos9055]

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

[@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.

[@jasonneely4412]

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

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

magnificent sturdy piece of haulage equipment ~ RESPECT!!

[@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 😮🎉😊🌍🌎🤠🤔👍♥️♥️♥️

[@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 🤣🤣

[@Domino10112]

I love the size and sound of this truck. I’m glad to see you take care of it.

[@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!!!

[@GIGABACHI]

Friggin Beast. Love the air starter sound. 👌👍

[@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.

[@ShaneEstabrooks]

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

[@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 !

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@crslyrn]

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

[@josephromano6825]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@garlenseong38]

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

[@nigelgranville9539]

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

[@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.

[@jimh2061]

Man when I see a truck like that I just think about running over stuff or pulling a few tree stumps. That truck just looks bad ass.

[@Erzahler]

+Jim H: Pulling a tree stump is nothing to this huge Mack! It probably pulls a stump the way we would pluck a feather! 😃

[@MrWolfSnack]

Tree stumps? You could take down an entire redwood with this.

[@Draconicus702]

agreed, this beast just resonates power.

[@roberthenson6153]

This thing looks like it would move continents if you could find traction.

[@treesquatch9150]

Nahhhh it's a grocery getter

[@12ATM12]

That air starter sounds so good!

[@PaulJersey]

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

[@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.

[@foremanxsl7225]

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

[@MichaelTJD60]

That's a REAL Mack Titan.

[@douglasarrington8461]

I love old Mack trucks and a air starter

[@Moose6340]

That thing made the Superliner look like an F-150 by comparison. Damn son, that is a beastly piece of kit.

[@cesarpalmos8235]

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

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Now that is the sound of a true diesel.

[@noname-he9ud]

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

[@FlatThunder]

I just 'Tuff Enuff' get trailered out of a tomb to be restored. Happy this one came up as a suggested video. It was really cool to hear that big engine spool up. 👍😁

[@robertphillips6296]

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

[@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

[@tomnorthcutt4754]

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

[@ht24d64]

The 710 cu in per cylinder V16 in an EMD locomotive (11360 cu in) also has an air starter.

[@curtvote1099]

Also a two stroke!

[@RedneckSpaceman]

So it is a V16!! What a Monster!!!

[@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.

[@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'.

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

I love that air start!

[@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.

[@pjofurey6239]

That has 22mpg written all over , stunning machine .

[@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

[@johnhull6363]

what could be better than a 12v71....a 16v of course

[@lowercherty]

John Hull Two 6-71N's side by side in a Euclid.

[@mikeforce1890]

errrr.....a 13v72?

[@FishFind3000]

A 16v92

[@richardklassen8082]

You could go with the 24v71 very few around but that would be sweet

[@moo3852]

@@richardklassen8082 thats a gen set engine with like 2500 hp

[@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.

[@outdoorlifemaine6691]

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

[@ks_1111]

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

[@thomasfletcher4765]

Yes

[@DirtPerfect]

That is one cool old truck

[@dozerfarms]

Basically two 8V71s I love it love that blower surge

[@chucktaylor4958]

Beautiful truck. The tires really set it off.

[@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.

[@elijahrobinson2362]

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

[@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.

[@jmjfanss]

One of the largest trucks ever made.

[@lawnmowerdude]

I need to see this thing in snow runner.

[@tmarsalek36]

Man that truck is awesome

[@hisaddle]

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

[@Kageyama_Hiro]

Gotta love that 2-Stroke Detroit music

[@markgonzales4127]

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

[@jrsilva2081]

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

[@chrisspatz1032]

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

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Pretty incredible

[@florianmuller3346]

i would love to drive this as a daily

[@kriscalverley2131]

I love the fuel tanks. Go about 60 miles between fillups with screamen jimmy

[@vancejr316]

For all that don't know hallamore is a multi million dollar crane and transport company based out of Holbrook mass they still have a few like this more modern though they have 16 axle custom trailers they haul transformers and anything else you need moved that weighs a shit ton the owner has all his trucks custom made by Mack for heavy hauling and keeps his Mack antiques in Hanson mass I used to work for a heavy duty restoration shop and we painted all of their trucks,trailers and cranes they are a monster company

[@carlcarlamos9055]

Believe it was these guys that moved a crane I ran during the “Big Dig”. Used a Mack prime mover and a rail trailer. 4100 Manitowoc with house, gantry, cable, boom heel, car body, and tracks. Just picked it up and went with it. Not even a grunt or groan.

[@guardrail2897]

I saw a big truck like that pulling a house on the beach at OBX up in Corolla one time. Not sure if it was this exact model but it was a big one.

[@desmondmoonbear4143]

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

[@VFio689]

This should have been Optimus prime

[@huskypilot6305]

If you enter this beauty in tractor pulls, the sled would rage quit at the start line. I want one

[@danzmitrovich6250]

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

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

Most beautiful truck in the world that is

[@carlarodgers5011]

two stroke jimmy! awsome

[@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 🤓