booger
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I've never seen 24 inch wheels. Is this a stock tractor? Looks like a V8 too.
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What is this truck?
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Don't know make. 10 Ton something, in the Prime Mover catagory. Early - in the 50's? Is it a gasser? They used 24" wheels on road graders, and such
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Mack?
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Possibly a Mack M 123 10 ton.
ke5eua
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It's beautiful, defiantly prime mover though. Almost thought it was for the RGN lowboys but no roller on the back. Buy it and restore it.
papabear
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M123 10 Ton. amgeneral on here (SS) is the local resident expert and has had two or three of them. They are unstoppable, slow gas hogs!! If you could find a way to hook the Washington Monument to it I bet she could move it...LOL
booger
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So would this be the truck often referred to as a "Tank Retriever" ?
AMGeneral
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M123A1C 10 ton tractor in stock form,originally designed to pull the M15A2,M163,and M172 trailers,in later years it also towed the M747 trailer as well.
Powered by a Cummins V8-300 normally aspirated V8 diesel,785 cubic inches,rated max RPM of 3000.
Backed up by a Mack TRDX 72 transmission with 5 forward speeds,1 reverse,with a high and low range intergrated in the transmission.
Both front and rear axles are made by Mack trucks(the original designer of the truck) with a 10.11 to1 ratio.
top speed or 43.9 mph @3000 rpm.
Originally designed to transport tanks.heavy equipment,etc.
Big,heavy,slow,difficult to drive,parts are dang near impossible to find anymore.
Manufactured by both Mack trucks and Consolidated Diesel Electric corp.(CONDEC)
Total prodiction,around 4000 trucks from 1954 to 1969.
Powered by a Cummins V8-300 normally aspirated V8 diesel,785 cubic inches,rated max RPM of 3000.
Backed up by a Mack TRDX 72 transmission with 5 forward speeds,1 reverse,with a high and low range intergrated in the transmission.
Both front and rear axles are made by Mack trucks(the original designer of the truck) with a 10.11 to1 ratio.
top speed or 43.9 mph @3000 rpm.
Originally designed to transport tanks.heavy equipment,etc.
Big,heavy,slow,difficult to drive,parts are dang near impossible to find anymore.
Manufactured by both Mack trucks and Consolidated Diesel Electric corp.(CONDEC)
Total prodiction,around 4000 trucks from 1954 to 1969.
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wreckerman893
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I wish I could find David Doyle's narrative about driving an M123 a few hundred miles.....it was funny and ended with "I would have traded it for a bus ticket".
My scrapper buddy has two M123's and a M125, all in rough shape. He told me they are part of his emergency cash fund if he needs a lot of scrap at once.
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No matter what.... It's one sweet piece of GREEN IRON ! ! !
booger
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...and it is HUGE ! It's hard to tell how much of a giant it is without some perspective. I parked my Bobber with 52's next to it and my Bobber looks rather wimpy.No matter what.... It's one sweet piece of GREEN IRON ! ! !
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