I bought a 1971 Mack RL700L - a long hood western Mack and had it shipped across the country!!
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That’s the “good buddy” switch. Forward flashes headlights, back flashes outer cab marker lights and trailer lights. Mack always had that switch there for easy access while driving and having your cig hanging out the vent window.
Badass!!!
Back when a good buddy was a positive thing
Not what it became to reference
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist I genuinely don't know what it means now
The correct name for the light swith to flask headlights and taillights/rear maker lights is called a “Tipping” switch it was also an option on Ford Class 8 trucks. That said I have installed “tipping light switches” on every truck I have driven that would allow me to momentarily flash on or off during the day analong with small bullet marker lights below rear most marker lights. I also wired all my chicken lights onto separate switch/circuit than the oem/dot required lights. Stupid story there was a truck stop near wear I used to live had a guy who worked out a mobile home that “repaired” CB’s and stereos as well as installed them as well as couple of guys who would polish whatever you wanted polished and install/repair wiring/lights. I don’t know what sort of deal they had with the owner/manager of the truck stop but those guys were there for years.
@@Ol2Stroker think of lgbtq.
And derogatory terms that go with it that is what it became someone known as.
Cool truck. Brings back a special memory for me. The first vehicle I drove by myself was a Mack truck. My dad was a trucker, and when I was 10 years old he took me to the yard in Newark, NJ. Showed me how to put the truck in gear, release the brake and use the clutch. Then he filmed me driving it around the yard. Next he hooked up a tanker and let me drive it with the trailer hooked up. I remember it like it was yesterday even though it was just over 30 years ago. One of the last things we did together before he passed from colon cancer. I still have the video as well.
What an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing that with us. ❤️
I was a bit younger than 10 when my father took me with him for a weekend when he was still OTR. I fell in love with Peterbilts because of that truck and also hold that memory close even though it's been nearly 30 years. Sorry to hear about your dad's passing but at least you do have that experience with him that you'll never forget.
Breakdown of the RL-763L on the serial plate.
R = R model
L = Long hood
7 = 700 series have a higher chassis GW rating.
63 = Mack’s code for the Cummins NTC-335.
L = Hayward models used this to denote lightweight components like aluminum doors and an aluminum frame.
L stands for aluminum frame
335s were great till they broke the snout of the crank off
You got the “63” part correct but pretty much everything else you’d stated is common misinformation, but as we all know the internet is full of that. If you’re interested in Mack trucks’ history and want accurate, documented information you should join the BMT (big Mack trucks) forum, there are dozens of guys over there who know these trucks inside and out better than I could ever hope to. But anyways, To start L does not equal long hood, being an R7xx means it’s a long hood. There were plenty of RL600’s built that don’t have a long hood. The first “L” means a western (Hayward, CA built) truck with an aluminum frame, the alternative being an “RS” 6xx or 7xx, which would have a steel frame. An R700 (eastern built 700) RS700, and RL700 are ALL long hood R models, there’s no such thing as a short hood R700. The second “L” denotes lightweight components. Also the 700’s absolutely do NOT have a higher GVW rating than any given R600….the heavy / vocational spec R models are identified as “RD” and the heaviest spec’d of those will also have the suffix “X” or SX” at the end of the model number, for example “RD688SX”. Hopefully this clears up a few misconceptions, I know it’s easy enough to get information both online and especially in person from guys that claim to know certain things for a fact only to find out they were misled by someone and are now misleading you.
@@daynemartin1085the tapered crank wasn’t Cummins’ greatest idea, that’s for sure.
@@J.R.in_WV I was away from my notes so I went from what I remembered. Thanks for the correction on the first L. I don't listen to any of the old truckers, I've seen so much ridiculous statements by them in groups like ATHS, 3408 Enthusiasts, 903 Fans, and so on that I only trust a few people now to provide info worth preserving. I looked up and down through brochures and on BMT about the 400, 600, 700, and 800 "series." From what I gathered, they are different classes of chassis that have higher RBM capacities with the ability to spec heavier compnents regarding the specific series of truck you were ordering. Referring to a DM Series brochure, the DM600's frame RBM is 2.73 million in-lbs per rail, the DM600SX at 3.43 million, and the DM800SX at 4.85 million. R's RD's, and DM's were separate series altogether like the U's.
I opened TH-cam and this was the first thing on my feed. Saw the cover pic and said “oh hell yeah” out loud 👌🏻
That makes my day thanks!!
❤❤❤ yesss!!!!
There is a guy that lives near me in Northern NY. He has a yard full of these old Macks from the 50s 60s and 70s. All of his trucks are immaculate.
Google D.W. Fetterly, to see his Mack's.
He is always around at truck shows
There's nothing like the sound of a Detroit but that ol Cummings Purdy good
In the Mack world, you found yourself a real sweetheart there Wayne. The RL could be had with all sorts of engines including V8s. I learned to drive at 16 in a western RS with a 300 Maxidyne backed up with a 2 stick 6 speed on walking beams. My neck and back still hurt from that lol
I thought it was worth saving!!
12V92 on a stand, long hood Mack. Come on Wayne, this is a Detroit channel.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro that'd be WILD
😂😂😂 I was thinking, a Mac and a Kitty Cat on the Detroit channel!!!
,,, sounds even, all six, good luck with 'er .
What a treat. Waking up on Saturday morning and looking at the phone and seeing a new ol2stroker video out. Gonna be a good day!
Absolutely choice Wayne 👌👍from Australia 🇦🇺
Westcoast doubles truck used to pull belly dumps mostly
Yepp.. she A sweet little mack..i. believe br0.. fun watching you try here jake brake .. she jake " s really awesome 👌 👏 👍 like i seen it..& heard it ..w0w..
Just in time for Balston Spa.
Make sure to come see us and check out the surprise mentioned!!!
Memories... I drove an RL-700 8V71 w/ a Fuller 10 speed back in the early 70s. I used to pull a flatbed and hauled steel out of US Steel's Fairless Works in Fairless Hills, PA, and asbestos sewer pipe out of Certain-Teed in Ambler PA. Good times.
I know these macks not sure but in the 60s and 70s Roadway ran them along with White 4000s long hoods and I used to see them pulling doubles across NY and Indiana fwiw
Vintage Mack's are best and this one is with them
Still the best video intro ever.!!!!
Awesome find . She's a beauty
Love the rain cap on the exhaust!
Toggle switch on left pull down to blink marker lights push up flash high beams. That’s how truckers talked to each other back in the day
Just gonna say, awesome! And it's a western Mack, the RL was "light weight", meaning aluminum frame rails instead of steel. Aluminum cross members was an option. It's a long hood too!
Gee, it started right up, no messing with the engine to get it to run.
I'm super impressed with it
@@Ol2Stroker And yet you are going to sell it? Yeah, yeah, I know, too many projects, not enough money, and it's not a Detroit. I get it. It is a cool truck. Not digging the KW style paint job on it.
@@Ol2Stroker Is it for sale?
@@Mohammed-uz1sn yes I'll have it for sale at the show. Couple things to fix first
@@stansdds it's really a super cool little truck. Trouble is I can only drive one at a time and my other stuff is WAY cooler. I just can't afford to keep it right now.
That truck is a great find those are great trucks thanks for sharing 😎👍
That Mack reminds me so much of my uncles old RL700L (same year 1971), but a tandem truck. Was built with an 8V71/13spd, pulling trailer dump in Mass, and also plowed snow in the winter. You have purchased a very nice, well kept example. I love watching your videos! Keep up the great work!
That had to be a rare truck in Mass. back in the day being a western (Hayward, CA built) built Mack clear out on the east coast…..I always have liked the western models better, with the higher mounted cab and the white grille shroud and thinner “mesh” looking grilles.
Damn that's a good looking truck
Nice eye for that Mack dude!
At one point almost every aunt & uncle on my mom’s side worked at the Hayward Mack plant. My grandpa worked for Steiger at the time and Mack recruited him to help get their west coast plant up and going. Somewhere I’ve got a box of old Mack pens and other bits he acquired in his years working there. My mom worked there after high school doing something with inventorying parts for each particular truck build as they came in.
What a sweet heart from NZ
Almost 2 years and I’m still getting used to that Cummins PT pump slow RPM drop. She’s a sweetheart, for sure though!
Normal Cummins . You have to adjust driving style .
You should keep it man!!!!
I just can't. Way too many major projects as it is. But I figured I've got a knack for finding cool old shit, I'll do the hard work and then one of y'all can enjoy the trucks as they get rehomed.
Great truck , mint and when paint 👌, thanks for sharing 👍💨💨
Thanks for the show Wayne
Those Western Mack’s were built for the Cummins, Detroit, and the V8 to fit into a R model. I drove one back in the late 90s with the Mack V8, with air starter and air steering. Interesting truck with a lot of power. When she sat over the weekend you hooked her up to shop air to start her. Not a problem she sat right next to the side door when parked. Luberfiner is the best oil filter you can buy. They really clean the oil.
long hood , single screw 700 ........just ducky Cali must be making a lot of collectors day lately
They sure making mine!!
Beautiful truck and color.
The color is even cooler in person!
A gem of a truck, shame she's not a keeper.
I love the growl and turbo whistle of the old legendary Cummins engines and the bark of the Jacobs eb.
The sound gave me goosebumps thinking about the ERF E14-365 4x2 artics with BBCs I used to ride in as a kid working Saturdays and more often bunking off school to ride out in them.
Worth the 0500hr start time but bugger 0900 school start time🖕🏻😄
Have a good'un mate👍🏻
New toys for the channel...YES PLEASE. LOL 😂😂
The truck was a Shamrock Ready Mix truck in the CA Bay Area that pulled double bottoms and flats
Sure was!!
Keep trucking
That switch to left of the wheel is the marker interrupt on our Mack
Marker/trailer light interrupt switch is the one on the left…..the aftermarket switches below might’ve been for hopper gate switches on pup trailers.
What a cool idea!!
That's a sweet old Mack, that old Cummins runs great, the old cummins were good motors if it's got the original plates for motor and all and it runs great I'd be leaving it in the truck and just tidy her up as it is. It's a great runner just needs a little tidy up.
Absolutely I'm changing as little as I have to
Switches were probably for belly dumps it was probably running double belly dumps
California double bellly dump puller, classic aircraft style switches. We bought a lot of single screw tractors from Fontana and ran them in AZ
Wouldn't it be a bit light for 2x belly dumps?.
My guess judging by the switchgear and bumper placard is a tanker of either fuel or chemicals but being in Britain im not up on 🇺🇸🙌🏻 hazardous load regulations.
Awesome find Wayne👍👍👍
Nice old Mack !!
Good sounding engine too !!
I think that switch is to flash your head lights, or tail lights.
Nice score!
I love the sound of that old PT pump Cummins, its definitely a whole different animal than a 53/71/92 series
I really kinda like it
Jake and cummins sounds awesome
Hey nice truck just subscribed to your channel anyway that steering box. You did three weeks ago the second cap you took off I think there is a brass washer that goes in there on top of that worm gear shaft !!! And when you popped cover off it fell into box please double check that becusse if it fell in box it's gonna get stuck and bind your steering !!!! Great show keep it up !!!!!
Little bit of the old “Schmoak” but boy is she clean! That engine is MINT! I like it.
If they don't smoke they ain't running!
@@Ol2Stroker That’s the truth! And this one is running pretty dang good too!
@@localcrew it really is I've been ripping it all over the property 🤣🤣🤣 I'ma run it right outa fuel
that would make one hell of a wrecker
That thing is pretty sweet right out the gate. Actually backed off the trailer under its own power...... AND STOPPED!
Got to compliment you Wayne what a eye for bang for your buck rare Mack with a Cummings get your money's worth buddy Hi Fae Bonny Scotland
Don't get me wrong, I love watching your videos. I just wish you would get back to the 1980 Pete with the 3408 in it. I would love to see that completely restored and back on the road.
I've been working on it. New videos soon!
If memory serves correctly the park brakes used air to hold them on some of those old trucks, you have to change relay valves to put modern spring brakes on it. A lot of people run the jakes on 1st stage to get the rpms down quick on those old cummins when shifting. Really cool old beast.
That’s what I was thinking looking at the old brake can in the floor. Kinda like the DD3 brake chambers they put on a lot of buses back in the day.
First stage ain’t near quick enough, LOL….I run mine on all 3 heads if I’m loaded and need to get through the gears quick….you’ve just gotta know the exact spot that microswitch hits the throttle lever and have a quick right foot.
@@J.R.in_WV well isn’t that special
I used to haul parts into the Mack Plant in Hayward, ca in the early seventies. I was there one day when one just like that rolled off the line with a V12 GM with a full screw and short wheelbase, built for a dealership in the east. You are sure lucky finding these unicorns. Bill
Beautiful truck. 👍. I can here that Cummins whistle all the way down here.
Super cool! Love the old square air filter… Makes the truck look pissed off!
The switch to the left of the steering wheel is to blink the trailer and cab markers when pulled to the rear and flashes the high beams when pushed forward for signaling thanks after passing someone or giving the lights when being passed
😎💯✌Cant have old trucks in Cali
I started driving in 1983. My first truck was an RS700L. Brings back a lot of memories
That sweet old Mack is begging for some Crome straight pipes😂
I thought so too
The 2 switches are for a set of belly dumps . Everything was signal axle open and close the gates at the bottom of trailer. Used to haul base material and sand etc😊
Yea this thing was owned by Shamrock Materials since new and that's exactly what it did.
Little oh Missy blue. . Definitely look good with a awesome T-bar on the rear . Possibly in front as well with a stainless rear wheel fenders. . 😮😊
No it's safety third dammit lol,what a absolute sweetheart,a few aussie blokes are yelling at you through their phones and devices lol,put a stake bed on the back,be the coolest kid in the carpark,cheers from australia 🇦🇺
Absolutely. The thing would make one helluva fun little pickup
@Ol2Stroker it would absolutely rock,that white/ blue paint scheme just sings
Those switches are at a guesstimate a belly dumper set up,single axle bodies with a single axle dolly between the two
The solenoid click you heard was probably the one for 24v start 12v run. I forget what it's actually called
It's a straight 12v system on this truck. There is no series parallel switch.
I love your show wish I could buy a hat but in the process of having a double hip replacement and everything is really tight
Thanks and I totally get it! Money's only getting tighter on all of us these days. Hope ya heal up quick!!
That’s a sweet little runner.
That R model is nice!
What an awesome bulldog, as far as I can, remember any of the gauges should have either the Mack logo, or the bulldog silhouette on the gauge, and i’m sure you know that that brake pedal has been replaced because The go pedal and the stop pedal should have Mack emblem on them like your go pedal does.
Yeah definitely a Kool old truck it definitely pulled bottom dumps those are the switches too the left side of the steering wheel good score
It did! I didn't know that's what they were for mint!
Push that toggle switch forward and it blinks brights, pull it back it blinks your marker lights.
That truck would detail out so nice and paint the frame wow.
Yes it will
She's bad ass I like it👍👍🤘
Cool little mack there Wayne.
One stack mack with a window in the back lol love it
What a really cool old truck Wayne, fantastic content as per
I'm currently working on a 78 Mack R700 long hood tandem axle tractor with factory 8v92 Detroit and Eaton 15 speed. Love the truck so far.
That'd be a keeper!
@@Ol2Stroker I had to do a full cab swap, finishing the wiring now then I'm ready to work it. I also removed the muffler and stuck a piece of straight 5 inch pipe on it 😉
@@OldIronFarms badass!!
Man, that thing is sweet Wayne! Somebody really loved that truck to be all original, hope whoever gets it next keeps it the same.
It’s not a low rpm high torque engine . Rev it up to the governor or 2100 rpm’s then upshift . Watch the tach to see what rpm it falls into the next gear and this will be the rpm that you downshift at. Works for me for 48 years and counting
I saw this truck forsale and thought it was so cool man glad to see it go to someone that’s going to take care of it and enjoy it!!
That would make an excellent 5th wheel tug with a set of airbags under the back, for a Mack enthusiast, so so cool 😎
Saw it on market place and almost bought it.that cool you got it.
Definitely worth the snag
What a treat. Everything about it is so cool. Nice find.
The next time I get a 45000lb paper load I'll stop by and see how she pulls and really blat the Jake's! 😂 great video as always
Oh what a little sweet heart mack
PT is usually sucking air when they won’t idle down. Sometimes it’s something as simple as the filter isn’t tight.
Liked this before even watching It… absolutely love Mack’s!!!
Back in the early 70s International paper built a new paper mill in Ticonderoga, n. y.. Logger Laurent Nadeau in Tuppper Lake,n. y. Bought a pair of yellow Macks. One R700 the other was a Rl 700ls from Albany Mack Both speced the same v8 325hp with twin sticks 5 speed on one and low gear and reverse on the other. The RLalways had more power. That little switch on the left is a curtesy switch to blink lights when another truck passed. Push it forward it blinked headlights to driver know He was clear to pull over. Pull it back it blinks trailer lights after You passed another truck. The one I drove had the leather padding on the interior and electric passenger door window. s Yours' should have a chrome dog on the hood. As it's not a Pedigree Powertrain.
What a great idea
Does that mean its not the original hood ?
@@LORFCASTER no I'm sure it's the original hood.
Construction compa NY bought 30 of these todo major construction dig impressive to see 10at a time lined up to be filled
That truck has got all the cool!
Pull a dump trailer 30 yrs ago with a R model 300+ 6 sp two stick Mack transmission 44 rears you couldn't put anything on it that it wouldn't pull. Had a 988 cat rubber tired loader on a tri-axle detatchable goose neck that was one of the biggest things I ever put on that R model
G'day Wayne,,, the mack was proudly original and that rust in lower cab outer skin mainly affected, doors look mint ,, the grill has gotta go , ugly, and mack square tanks would be nicer too
Awesome Find Wayne for a Good Old Mack that Breaks the Back. Lol no Camel Back Suspension Though
"Autocar87" already told you what that switch is for, so I won't repeat it. I had a '70 R700 twin screw with the 300 Mack engine and twin stick transmission. Memories right there for me.
first ever mack R i have ever seen with a 855 cummins, its a rare bird
More common than you think 🤔
@@carldrexler7883 have you ever seen any R600s with 855 Cummins engines?
@@eraummenino3011 no not in R 600 but in U and F models yes. I drove for a flat bed co. In the late 70s that had R 700s with big cam 290 and 9 speed trans
looks like a 335 small cam that got upgraded with a pulse manifold and a better turbo probably pulled single axle belly dump doubles a popular sport in Calif
Very nice little truck! I like the winshield washing stands behind the tires.
They're handy!
Sweet, great find for sure👍🇺🇸
this ole mack will put em' all to shame!-red sovine
I drove a Mack experimental that had a Cummins. It seemed to shift better with a little more RPM than
one might think. Those tall rears look a little unusual. Thanks for the vid. Regards from Ody Slim