what's your favorite 'old school' truck?

Early 1992 Mack Superliner last ones with the non computer E-9s and with a 18spd not the old 12spd,wish I never sold mine

 

wat hp was it pushing

 

It all depends on what the main use of the truck is going to be. I know you said hauling gravel but the question is from where and to where. I was in the paving business in niagara on for 16 years and we paved in a lot of tight spots. Macks were to big and bulky. What we found the best for our multiuse needs were International triaxles. They seemed to be really tough as we had a lot of real cowboys driving them and we had very little problems with them. A paving truck gets used and abused and on some excavation jobs where we would be dumping on site we loaded those trucks with 40 tons.

 

Never had it dynoed,500hp standard but had done over a million kms and smoked like it was running on coal so your guess is as good as mine

 

it didn't take much to get a E9 to 750hp but parts for them are getting harder but mostly more expensive to get, I would look for a 98 or older RD688 e7 350 or 400 manual pump 13spd Mack or 18 fuller 4.42 or 4.64 gears 44k on bronze bushing camelback

 

Well I'm not entirely sure. I was the sales manager and my main concern was "Getin er done" Which ment all our trucks had to be up and running. I think most of trucks had cat engines in them and 13 speed trannys. I always thought that there was no sence in having too big a box on a triaxle because the weight limits mean your running around with it half full most of the time. Another reason that we picked International was that there was hundreds of them in the local wrecking yd. We bought a lot of used parts and they served us well.

 

my e7's usually get 7.2-7.6 in warm months I've have 3406's and N-14's the Mack beats them 1-1.2mpg on a daily basis if your going off road much camleback, mack beam or walking beam is priceless the truck will go through mud that will sitck any air ride

 

Int or K/w, light weight, go mech N14 or 3406C mech, But it's hard to beat an old mack.