Ex army Mack 6x6 trucks.

[Summiitt]

Hi guys, does anyone know what the 6wd mack trucks have been selling for? And roughly how many will be available and over what period of time..cheers.

[303gunner]

Here's a selection from the last auction, remember to add 16.6% to the prices for Buyer's Premium and GST:

$25,509

$22,409

$26,509

$23,909

$5,209

$6,709

How many more will be sold? All of them!

[Summiitt]

Thanks for the info, I'm keen to pick one up in the next 6-8 months, are we talking 100 or 500 available? I have no idea how many of these macks the army are running.
Thanks once again for your help.

[Tank]

303gunner any idea what engine and gearbox these Macks are running, Regards Frank.

[303gunner]

303gunner any idea what engine and gearbox these Macks are running, Regards Frank.

Click on any of the price figures above, they are links to the auction listings and describe the vehicles in detail.

[Summiitt]

From what I can gather, they are running a 285hp Mack diesel, with a 6 speed crash box with selectable 6wd....very low horsepower but would probably climb a tree!

[303gunner]

Click on any of the price figures above, they are links to the auction listings and describe the vehicles in detail.

Engine type: Mack EM6-285 diesel
Transmission: Mack Maxitorque manual

THIS SITE says there are/were a total of 925 Mack 6x6 trucks of all variants.

[Blknight.aus]

youd only want one for farm work, they are over mass on the front axle when empty.

its a 11l 6 pot 265HP turbo diesel with a tip tubine and water to air then air to air charge cooling pushing a 5 speed triple layshafted non syncro manual that 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.

Depending on which book you read the donk churns the crank around at between 1400 and 1650NM of torque at a laconical 12-1400RPM and the normal maximum road speed is 95KPH

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.


the army rates them at 10 T on the tray and they are often described as

"Noisey, slow, hot, hard to drive, uncomfortable, underpowered, overweight, maintenance intensive and ugly." which translates out of nacy boy into "What Chuck Norris would trasform into if he ever became a transformer"

It is essentially the giant brother of the proper shed class landrover. It goes from A-B regardless of terrain. It will go anywhere but it makes no concessions to those too soft to be able to make it go there without some gimmick to hold their hands.

[Tank]

Thanks for that, the motor is known as the 285 H.P. Coolpower, the body style is known as the Flintstone which was usually powered by a 235 H.P. with a 5 or 6 speed with a splitter.
I used to run interstate with a R686 285 Coolpower with a 12 speed overdrive and it would out pull 400hp cummins up Skyline every day 1600 ft/lb of torque at 1200rpm, all from only 11 litres, great truck, Regards Frank.
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[Summiitt]

Thanks for the info, sounds perfect for what a want.