Thread: Ex army Mack 6x6 trucks.

looks a lot like that but thats the 15t version

Its fun loading on them as the tray is not powered you drive until you reach the tilt point then come down with a bang first time can be a bit of a shock but fun

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Only if you get caught. That is why a smart operator doesn't overload just a little. You always put enough on to cover the potential fine and still show a profit.

What is the tare weight of one of those Macks with a substantial tray? What does a D5G weigh dressed with blade, ripper, and canopy? I have been out of the earthmoving sales caper for a while and don't know weights as well as I did. Equivalent Fiatallis FD9 was about 15 tons. Weight distribution will be the next problem. Can you get enough weight sufficiently forward to load the front axle, or is it already on the limit?

G'day Brian, my Dozer weighs about 12.2 ton depending on fuel, I can't get a tare front axle weight on the trucks, if I'm a little over 22.5t it's probably not an issue as I want the truck to run into the areas that I can't get my tri axle float into...at the moment I either walk the machine in or if it's dry and not too steep, I run it in on a twin steer tri drive tilt tray, but coming out of the winter I have several jobs that require a 20km+walk in for the dozer to the start of the job site from where I can get the float, the tilt trays hate anything steep...so do their drivers

Were they the ones used behind the F5 Inter wreckers? I'f yes 2 bravo has one but they weren't on the list of vehicles for disposal by DDA.

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

Its fun loading on them as the tray is not powered you drive until you reach the tilt point then come down with a bang first time can be a bit of a shock but fun

I already do that on my tilt car float. In fact if your careful you can get the car and trailer on balance. Isn't that what you have to do with a tank and ridge?

BTW the pommy version of the tilt tray trailer is hydraulic powered.

Yep that's the one and yes embody had to do the knife edges

$24,496. with about half an hour to go. They sure pack on the dollars in the last hour don't they.

$36,973 for a 30 year old truck (over $1,230 per year of age) is a pretty expensive truck!

Not something you'd want the have sitting around doing nothing except for the occasional trip.

I have to agree, that's a lot of money for a 30 yr old truck, when I consider I just missed out on a 435hp 2001 6WD MAN tipping tray top last week at auction...it sold for $60k but was a lot of truck for that money..I think these trucks are good value at around $20-22k..
It will be interesting to see if demand drops off over time for these trucks, any idea how long these auctions will go for?