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From Mike Summa for #TBT:

For TBT-Homewood Fire Dept.’s Engine 532, a 1971 Mack CF611 1250/750.

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5 Comments

• #1 by Tim on August 21, 2021 - 8:06 AM

  

  Yea John you know what I’m talking about. You miss a Mack gear and it’ll rattle your arm off. You miss an Eaton/Roadranger gear, it’ll grind but you’ll get it in gear.

• #2 by John on August 20, 2021 - 8:40 PM

  

  I know what you mean,Tim. I tried to drive a Mack 12 speed like a Roadranger……Hilarity ensued

• #3 by Tim on August 20, 2021 - 3:35 PM

  

  Yea Crab you’re right. You could only get a Mack engine, but those old Mack diesels were easy to work on and parts were readily available and relatively inexpensive. If you’ve ever driven a rig with a Mack manual trans, they were not very forgiving (as compared to a Spicer or Eaton transmissions).

• #4 by Mike hellmuth on August 20, 2021 - 7:41 AM

  

  They had a nice looking 1957 FWD back in the old days another classic engine from the past……..

• #5 by crabbymilton on August 20, 2021 - 6:24 AM

  

  Not a MACK fan but those CF and the previous C series looked sharp.
  My hang up with them is that most of them were commercial chassis. Even with the CF, you could only have their proprietary gasoline and diesel engines.

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