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Mack Trucks Historical Museum

What year did the Mack Senior model debut? When was the first Mack diesel engine produced? When did Mack adopt a bulldog as its mascot? Or a little closer to home: What transmission was outfitted on your grandfather’s 1940 Mack? If you’ve got questions — and perhaps a vehicle identification number — there’s a pretty good chance the Mack Trucks Historical Museum has the answer in their archives. In addition to being the authority on all things Mack, the Mack Trucks Historial Museum also restores and preserves vintage Mack trucks and memorabilia for all to enjoy.

The company's trademark is the bulldog. It can be found on the front of almost all Mack trucks. A Mack truck with a gold-plated bulldog indicates that the entire truck is made of Mack components. Trucks with another manufacturer's transmission, engine, rear axles or suspension are given the chrome-plated bulldog.

Mack trucks earned this nickname in 1917, during World War I, when the British government purchased the Mack AC model to supply its front lines with troops, food and equipment. British soldiers dubbed the truck the "Bulldog Mack", because they said it had "the tenacity of a bulldog." Its pugnacious, blunt-nosed hood, coupled with its incredible durability, reminded the soldiers of the tenacious qualities of their country's mascot, the British Bulldog.

The logo was first used in 1921 for the AB chain drive models and made the official corporate logo in 1922.

Mack Trucks Historical Museum

The Super-Liner is the Premium Mack. Legendary style, class and performance that thrives on demanding applications.

Designed and built in Australia for Australian conditions, the Super-Liner is perfect for heavy-haul, road train and other heavy-duty applications. We can build you a Super-Liner specifically to meet your GCM needs – just ask your dealer.

The power of the MP10
Whether you're running East coast express freight, pulling cattle, or hauling mining machinery, the Mack Super-Liner takes it all in its stride. Its MP10 engine is the most powerful engine we’ve ever offered, delivering up to 685hp and 2,300 lb-ft torque. The MP10 uses SCR technology to reduce emissions and save fuel. If cutting your fuel costs and emissions is important to your business, the MP10 is a superb development.

And the smoothness of mDRIVE
Our mDRIVE automated manual transmission is the only thing capable of handling the power of the MP10 engine, and is standard equipment on the Super-Liner. Who wants to wrestle with a manual anymore?

The Granite is all about getting the job done in heavy traffic, on open highways or around the toughest construction sites.

The Granite is comfortable in local and interstate distribution, heavy construction, and more.

Two configurations
Designed to give you the flexibility to match the truck to the job exactly, the Granite comes in two axle configurations: 6x4 and 8x4, with a GVM of up to 33,000kg and a GCM of up to 110 tonnes.

Ergonomic cab
The Granite’s low bonnet height, self-cleaning steps and easy-to-reach grab handles make it a pleasure to drive. Combined with its whisper-quiet interior and Mack Big Boy Premium seat as standard, the Granite’s ergonomic cab design gives you the very best in comfort and durability.

MP8 SCR
The Granite’s MP8 SCR engine combines with flexible fuel and AdBlue packaging options to give you complete control over your fuel economy and easily meets ADR80-03 and Euro 5 emissions standards.

Roll stability
And if you’re working in tricky terrain, a roll stability package is available to keep your truck safe with top-heavy loads and steep inclines.

Carry the weight of the world on our shoulders

In Greek mythology, Atlas was the Titan who held up the heavens single-handed. If you've got a weight like that to move, the Mack Titan is the truck you want.

The Titan is the ultimate Australian truck for the worst Australian conditions. Whether you’re in heavy haul or running road trains, if you’re expected to do severe heavy duty you want to be in a Titan.

The power of the MP10
The Titan features the Mack MP10 engine, the most powerful engine we’ve ever offered, delivering up to 685hp and 2,300 lb-ft torque. The MP10 uses SCR technology to reduce emissions and save fuel. Over the sorts of distances a Titan is likely to travel, this adds up to major reduction in fuel costs, with no sacrifice of power.

No false starts with mDRIVE
And when you’re pulling super-heavy loads you need a light touch, which is exactly what our mDRIVE automated manual transmission gives your drivers. When you need a slow and steady take-off with a 200-tonne load, you don’t want to be driving a manual.

The Mack Trident is a familiar sight on Australian highways and with good reason: it’s a versatile truck that can handle just about anything.

One of our biggest-selling models, the Mack Trident is hugely popular in the demanding long-haul and heavy construction sectors.

Haul up to 131 tonnes
If you’re pulling B-Doubles across Australia, running a tipper and dog at a construction site, or hauling logs out of the mountains of New Zealand, the Trident gets the job done with ease.

Axle Back or Axle Forward?
When we say versatile, we mean it. That’s why we offer Trident with two steering axle positions, designed for specific applications: Axle Back and Axle Forward. This is how we can build Tridents as logging trucks, low-loaders, interstate B-Doubles, tipper & dog and more.

The Mack Metro-Liner is one of the most popular trucks in the construction and distribution sectors, and why? Because we've designed it specifically for these jobs.

Metro-Liner meets the demand for low tare and high productivity in construction or urban on-road applications. If you need a rugged concrete agitator, an agile tipper or a manoeuvrable tanker, Metro-Liner is the truck for you.

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The Low Tare Workhorse

Available in 6x4, 8x4 and 10x4 configurations, the Metro-Liner’s low tare makes it perfect for light construction, local and regional distribution tasks.

We build Metro-Liners as agitators, rigid tippers, mine service units, tankers, hooklifts, you name it. At Mack we build trucks that are fit-for-purpose, so whatever purpose you’ve got in mind, we’ve got a Metro-Liner to fit it.

Website

http://www.macktrucks.com

History

Corporation timeline

This is a timeline of Mack Trucks history. Most of the information is taken from the Mack History page at MackTrucks.com, unless otherwise noted.

1890: John M. ("Jack") Mack gets a job at Fallesen & Berry, a carriage and wagon company in Brooklyn, New York.
1893: John Mack and his brother, Augustus F. ("Gus") Mack, buy the company John worked for.
1894: A third Mack brother, William C. Mack, joins his brothers in the company's operations. The Macks try working with steam powered and electric motor cars.
1900s: Inspired by Orville and Wilbur Wright, Willis Carrier and Henry Ford's inventions, John Mack has a vision, dreaming about producing heavy duty trucks and engines.
1900: The Macks open their first bus manufacturing plant. The Mack bus, ordered by a sightseeing company, is delivered.
1902: The Mack Brothers Company established in New York.
1904: The company introduces the name Manhattan on its products.
1905: Allentown selected as the home of main manufacturing operations, and headquarters. A fourth Mack brother, Joseph Mack, becomes a stockholder. Mack begins making rail cars and locomotives.
1910: The Manhattan name changed; from now on, the trucks are known as Mack Trucks. Charles Mack, a fifth Mack brother, joins the company.
1911: The Saurer Motor Truck Company, headed by C.P. Coleman, had the rights to manufacture and sell heavy trucks under the Saurer brand name at its plant in Plainfield, New Jersey. On September 23, 1911, the Saurer Motor Truck Company merged with the Mack Brothers Motor Car Company of Allentown, headed by J. M. Mack, to form the International Motor Truck Company (IMTC). IMTC would continue to make and sell trucks using the Saurer name until 1918. The capitalization of IMTC was $2.6 million total ($1.6m for Saurer, or 61.5%, and $1.0m for Mack Brothers).
1912: Brothers John and Joseph Mack leave.
1919: The United States Army conducts a transcontinental project using Mack Trucks to study the need for national highway systems.
1922: The company name is changed to Mack Trucks, Inc. The bulldog is accepted as the company's corporate symbol.
1924: John Mack dies in a car crash in Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
1932: While recuperating from an operation, Alfred Fellows Masury, Mack's Chief Engineer, carved the first bulldog hood ornament. Masury applied for and received a patent for his design; the bulldog ornament has adorned Mack trucks ever since.
1933: Mack Trucks helps in the building of many American structures, including the Hoover Dam.
1941: Fire Apparatus manufacturing moved from Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Long Island City, New York (in Queens).
1951: Fire Apparatus manufacturing moved back to Allentown, Pennsylvania, from Long Island City, New York.
1956: Mack Trucks, Inc., buys Brockway Motor Company. (Brockway ceases in 1977)
1966: Mack begins production at its assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The facility closed in 1993.
1967: Mack Trucks becomes a part of the Signal Oil and Gas Company in a one-for-one exchange for cumulative convertible preferred stock. Later that year Signal changes its name to The Signal Companies, Inc.
1970: Mack moves into its new Allentown world headquarters.
1979: Renault buys 10% of Mack Trucks, Inc.
1982: Renault increases ownership stake to 20%, Signal lowers its stake to 10%.
1983: Mack Trucks conducts an IPO and issues 15.7 million shares of common stock. Renault increases holdings to 40%, while Signal reduces its stake to 10.3%.
1987: Renault reorganizes; Renault Véhicules Industriels buys Renault's Mack shares.
1990: Mack Trucks becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Véhicules Industriels when remaining publicly traded shares acquired at $6.25 per share.
2001: Mack together with Renault Véhicules Industriels becomes part of Volvo AB of Sweden, the parent company Renault S. A. receives a 20% stake in the combined company. (In 2002 Renault Véhicules Industriels changes its name to Renault Trucks.)
2006: Mack has a record sale year.
2008: Mack announces relocation of corporate headquarters to Greensboro, North Carolina.
2009: Mack becomes a world truck embassy

Market, model and products timeline

This is a timeline of Mack Trucks history. Most of the information is taken from the Mack History page at MackTrucks.com, unless otherwise noted. Photos of most models 1906-1978 available at.

1909: A junior model 1-1/2 ton truck is introduced.
1910: Mack delivers the first motorized hook and ladder firetruck used by the city of Morristown, New Jersey.
1914: The Mack AB s are introduced
1916: The Mack AC s are introduced. Ultimately, over 40,000 of these models are sold.
World War I: Mack delivers over 6,000 trucks, both to the United States and Britain's military. A legend surfaces that British soldiers would call for Mack Bulldogs to be sent when facing adversity.
1918: Mack becomes the first manufacturer to apply air cleaners and oil filters to their trucks.
1920: Mack Trucks are the first with power brakes on their trucks.
1922: Mack introduces first truck with drive shaft instead of chain 1922 Model AB
1922: International Motors Company develops gasoline-driven passenger railcar for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. A standard passenger railcar on top of a standard motor truck chassis, seating between 36 to 50 passengers, at a cost of $16,500. The car operates in a ten-mile (16 km) stretch between New Haven, and Derby, Connecticut.
1927: Mack's BJ and BB models built.
1932: The Bulldog starts to travel on the hoods of Mack trucks.
1934: Production of electric "trolley coaches" began, continuing only until 1943 A total of 290 trolley buses were built, with Portland, Oregon being by far the biggest customer (with 141 total)
1936: The Mack E series introduced. Mack Jr trucks introduced.
1938: Mack trucks is the first company to produce its own heavy-duty diesel engines.
World War II: Mack trucks were used by the military in various capacities, and the company built many heavy-duty trucks to help the allied forces win the day. From 1941 to 1945, the combined armed forces of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada took delivery of 35,096 total vehicles. The combat "N Series" (NB, NJU, NM, NO, NR, etc.) accounted for 26,965 of the total. Commercial type vehicles including: trucks, off-highway, fire-trucks, trailers, and buses, accounted for the rest. A total of 2,053 NO models alone were produced from 1940 to 1945. The 7 1/2-ton 6x6 NO was the most important specifically military model, and could be used as a transport or tractor for the 155 mm Long Tom field gun. Mack also built over 2600 power trains for tanks. The Allentown bus plant (5C) built Vultee PBY Catalina flying boats as well as components for the BT-13 Valiant Trainer and B-24 Liberator Bombers. More than 700 NJU (5-to-6 ton 4x4) models were in the hands of the U.S. Army by 1942. In 1939 & 1940 the French and British received several hundred NR4 and EXBU models. Mack Trucks ranked 63rd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
1940: L Model series introduced, continuing until 1952.
1950: The Mack A Model series of trucks is introduced, produced until 1953.
1953: The Mack B Model series of trucks is introduced. 127,786 produced until 1966.
1955: The D Model low cab forward city delivery truck entered the market. Access to the engine compartment was possible by the Verti-lift cab. The cab lifted straight up hydraulically, guided by a forklift style mast behind the cab. Two styles of D Models were produced, the first styling had a square grille and no dress up trim. It was produced in 1955 and early 1956. The second styling included a styled grille, cab rear corner windows and stylish emblems and trim. The second styling was built from mid 1956 until the end of the D Model in 1958. A total of 832 D Model Mack Trucks were produced from 1955 until 1958.
1955: The military M123 10 ton 6X6 semi tractor went into production. Developed from the NO, it would be the US Army’s standard until replaced by the M911 starting in 1976.
1956: City of Hamilton, Bermuda buys first diesel-power fire truck (B85F).
1956: Mack buys the tooling of the Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Co. and introduced the Mack C Model cab forward fire engine which was an Ahrens-Fox design and the first of the "Cincinnati Cabs" ( later built by the Truck Cab Manufacturing Co. an OEM vendor builder of Cincinnati, Ohio), that have been the staple of the American fire service to this day.
1959: The first aluminum rivetted construction COE (cab-over-engine) family of trucks is introduced: The G Model which had a short production due to a striking resemblance to the Kenworth COE and Mack having the F Model ready for production. A total of 2181 G Model Mack Trucks were produced from 1959 until 1962.
1962: The Second of the COE (cab-over-engine) family of trucks is introduced: The F Model all steel sleeper (FL) or non sleeper (F) is the first of this family of models for Mack.
1965: Mack releases the Super Pumper System, to be used by the New York City fire department.It would help put out 2,200 fires.
1965: The R Model Series introduced, to replace the B Model Series. Some R series models continue in production until 2005.
1966: The RL (for R-Western) model built at Hayward, California until 1981.
1967: The CF model Fire Engine introduced, replacing the C model. The CF was a cab forward adaptation of the cab over style commercial "F" Model cab.
1969: Mack patents the cab air suspension.
1975: Macungie plant opens, build the Cruise-Liner series until 1983.
1977: Super-Liner introduced, production runs for 15-years until 1993.
1978: Introduction of the low-cab-forward urban MC/MR series.
1979: Medium-duty model Mid-Liner introduced, built by Renault Véhicules Industriels in France. This lighter truck filled a gap at the lower end of Mack's spectrum, as they were almost unrepresented in the Class 6 segment. Before the introduction of the Mid-Liner, the smallest engine made by Mack had been the 210 hp diesel inline-six ETZ 477.
1982: Production of the MH Ultra-Liner model begins.
1988: Mack introduces the CH series for highway applications.
1989: E7 engine replaces E6 engine
1990: Fire Apparatus production ends.
1994: Mack introduces the LE (low entry) refuse vehicle.
1998: Electronic Unit Pump (EUP) replaces electronic fuel injection pump
1999: A new premium highway tractor is introduced: the "Vision by Mack".
2001: Medium-duty Freedom series introduced (built by Renault Trucks in France like its predecessor, the Mid-Liner series).
2001: Mack redesigns R Series dash with new gauges and buttons and door padding.
2001: Granite series for construction applications introduced.
2003: Mack pulls out of the medium-duty market and discontinues the Freedom series.
2006: Introduction of Pinnacle highway vehicle it is which was the replacement for the Vision highway product.
2007: A new product line is introduced to include Models LEU and MRU amongst others.
2007: Introduction of US07 compliant engines in all of its trucks.
2008: In March, Mack introduces the Titan, a heavy duty model with a 16-liter big-block MP10, the largest ever 6-cylinder engine from Mack, with 515, 565, and 605 horsepower (451 kW) models.
2010: In October Mack announced that a version of its Terrapro Cabover would run on natural gas using a Cummins Westport engine

Products

Current models

North America

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TerraPro LE Refuse truck

Construction Series:
- Granite
  - Granite Axle Back
- TerraPro Cabover
Heavy Duty:
- Titan
Highway Series:
- Pinnacle:
  - Pinnacle Sleepers
  - Pinnacle Axle Forward
  - Pinnacle DayCab
  - Pinnacle Rawhide
- Smartway

Refuse Series:
- TerraPro Cabover
- TerraPro Low Entry
- Granite Axle Back
- Granite

Military:
- Granite Armored Line Haul

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

Mack Granite in Australia

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Granite
Metro-Liner
Super-Liner
Titan
Trident
- Trident Axle Forward
- Trident Axle Back
TerraPro (Overseas order through Mack Trucks Australia)
- TerraPro Cabover
- TerraPro Low Entry

Fire apparatus products

Mack Trucks produced fire apparatuses from 1911 until 1990. Despite the abrupt shutdown of their production, many have been refurbished and still serve with fire departments throughout the world.

Some examples of Mack fire apparatus:

MC611F12 pumper
MR686P aerial trucks
MR686S 90' Bronto aerial truck
MR690S 100 aerial truck
MR688P pumper
MS Midliner pumper
CF-611 series cab-forward apparatus
CF-700 series attack engine

Mack Truck Museum
website
Allentown Pa
610 266 6767

Antique Truck Club of America Inc
website
85 South Walnut Street
Boyertown. PA.19512

American Truck Historical Society
website
Po box 901611
Kansas City MO 64190 -1611

US Military Vehicles

website

Bill Peaslee
(732) 489-1012

TruckersResource.com
"Truck Drivers Wanted"
website

OMC Parts & Links

The Mahan Collection Early Macks only www.themahancollection.com

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