Make and year of this truck

Looks a lot like a B61 Mack to me

 

No wonder back in those days whoever was driving those things were paid well, that thing is a health hazard by itself.

 

Definitely a B-model Mack, exactly which one will take someone with some expertise. Produced from 53-66

 

Mack B61 model,
from made from 1953 through 1966

 

That photo i put is a 1963 year model. looks close.

 

Don't feel old, you have plenty of company. The first truck I drove, that was assigned to me and that nobody else drove, was a l959 B-61 Mack with a Mack engine and two sticks. After I drove it awhile I understood why nobody else wanted to drive it. The boss never would tell me what the horsepower was...probably thought I'd get discouraged and quit. That was in '68. It hauled logs until the late1980s and every new guy here started out on that same truck.
We converted it to a water truck in 1990 and sold it to a collector in 2019.

 

why is it a health hazard?

 

Stiff suspension, mostly compressed spine joints, pounding towards the destruction. Constant eye strain, jumping up and down while trying to catch the sight of the road. Basically bad environment if remaining in it for a prolonged time, just to name a couple.