Ex army Mack 6x6 trucks.

I don't remember the exact set up for the 6x6, but I don't think they were constant 6x6 but with selectable front diff.
I don't remember what the power divider set up was, but they do have a two speed transfercase as you would normally expect.
I do know they were a very over spec , over built truck.

no need to worry about it, its up near the top of the thread...

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

kicks drive into a 2 speed transfer case with a power divider that then twists the front and rear prop shafts, the rear propshaft enters a power divider that then provides drive to the rear axle diffs.

Theres no drive bias left to right but all 3 crownwheels can be tied together to turn at the same speed.

Power divide is manually selectable but is automatically selected when the tcase is put into low range.

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They do not seem to have auctioned a winch model yet, or maybe I am missing the obvious?

the winch is buried in the guts,

SWMBO wont let me have a 6x6 mack so I havent followed them.

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the winch is buried in the guts,

SWMBO wont let me have a 6x6 mack so I havent followed them.

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SWMBO wont let me have a 6x6 mack so I havent followed them.

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I am not surprised, what would you do with it, for you it would be as handy as an ashtray on a motorbike. Although when you think about it you could cruise the warrego highway and terrorise the crap out of a few commodore jockeys.

Midmount, like my accos, though every acco had a winch as far as I know, but generally there is a cable or rollers visible and would usually say so on the listing detail, but have note noted this yet.

None to my knowledge have come up with a winch, you can tell if it has a winch as there are roller fairleads near the left hand headlight on the bumper bar...I really don't want a winch as I'm tight for weight so I don't exceed the gvm...be nice to have thou!!!

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They do not seem to have auctioned a winch model yet, or maybe I am missing the obvious?

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There were a few with winches last auction, basically all you see are the roller fairleads on the LHS of the radiator.

For our purposes the weight and payloads are the big issues. We would like to be able to use them to carry the armoured vehicles, but with the NSW weight restrictions on historic, we likely couldn't even carry the Saracens or Saladin and even the WWII half-tracks would be on the limit.

A winch or crane while at times useful, would further limit the payload. Have even thought about taking the guts out of the front axle driveline assembly just to reduce the weight.

Although we can pay for a lot of floating for $30,000.

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I am not surprised, what would you do with it, for you it would be as handy as an ashtray on a motorbike. Although when you think about it you could cruise the warrego highway and terrorise the crap out of a few commodore jockeys.

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put all my shed tools in a cut down 16 Ft ISO on the back of a crane model, grab one of the 20T plant trailers and set her business up in the back of a cut down ISO on top of that and go do what me and SWMBO do out of the back of landrovers anyway.

and given the run I had on wednesday..... 3 trips up to caboolture and back in a disco hauling a car trailer, you'd've thought I'd've been the slowest thing on the road but nope.. every time I got bunched behind a block of traffic doing 85kph 3 wide, in a mack Id have just hit the right lane, high beam and lent on the air horn...