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65-607: In 1853 Franz Saurer (1806–1882) from Veringenstadt , Germany established an iron foundry for household goods near the Swiss town of Sankt Gallen . Eastern Switzerland was a centre for both embroidery and embroidery machine development. About 1850 Franz Rittmeyer built the first practical, satin stitch embroidery machine, known as the Handstickmaschine . Several Swiss companies began building and improving these machines, and their heyday lasted from roughly 1865 until

130-565: A V12 design in 1918. The FLB series, developed from the 1930s to the 1940s, were based on the principles of the Junkers Jumo 205 . Like the Jumo they were two-stroke diesels with two crank shafts and two pistons per combustion chamber. However the cylinders were bent into a V shape, allowing them to be doubled up on each crank shaft to create a compact diamond arrangement. The design was also able to run on petrol, still with fuel injection and

195-494: A Vengeance (the third movie in the series). A 1980s video for the Bananarama song " Cruel Summer " prominently features a red Mack truck. Maximum Overdrive (1986) is a horror tale of machinery come to life which includes a truck stop with various vehicles. During a chase scene from the 1997 film Fire Down Below , Steven Seagal 's character is rammed and chased by a Mack DM-800 ST. A 2008 Mack Granite Cement Mixer

260-667: A certain "Fara" or "Faro", was so well earlier "Faringa", about 1130 Veringin, later always Veringen. The counts of Veringen were one of the wealthiest and most respected dynasties of the 11th and 12th century in southern Germany. Through targeted resettlement of population from the surrounding hamlets succeeded about 1250 the foundation of the city of Veringen (today Veringenstadt). After the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) about 1650 farmers from Tirol were recruited for Veringenstadt and settled here. From 1827 to 1925 Veringenstadt belonged to Oberamt Gammertingen. 1850 it became as part of

325-894: A civilian version of the Saurer F006 military vehicle, which they called the 260Z, on display at the Geneva Motor Show 1979. The 260Z was not produced, though three prototypes were created which are listed in the Monteverdi Museum in Binningen . While Monteverdi did not use the Saurer chassis, they did produce two versions of a luxury SUV vehicle called the Safari/Sahara , based on the International Scout vehicle. Another civilian version, called

390-590: A driver or rig runnin' any line that seen nothin' but taillights from 'Phantom 309 ' ". Five 1970s Mack RS700 series trucks and one Cruise Liner COE were used in the motion picture Convoy starring Kris Kristofferson as Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald and Ali MacGraw as Melissa. A 1970s Mack R-600 truck with a " coolpower " engine setup is used to haul an oil tanker in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior . Mack DM series dump trucks appeared prominently in Die Hard with

455-748: A layer of a red deer rack. The lion comes from the Habsburg coat of arms, the deer bar is derived from the coat of arms of the Counts of Veringen. Veringenstadt maintains since 2012 a partnership with the city of Zwettl an der Rodl in Austria . Veringenstadt is dominated by a medieval core with half-timbered houses, the castle Veringen and religious buildings: Electrical works (Brothers Haux 1902) in Veringendorf In Veringenstadt are more than 30 clubs. With currently 450 members,

520-724: A major restructuring plan that included: This is a timeline of Mack Trucks history. This is a timeline of Mack Trucks history. Most of the information is taken from the Mack History page at MackTrucks.com, unless otherwise noted. Photos of most models 1906–1978 available at. Mack Trucks built complete fire apparatus in Allentown from 1911 until 1984. In addition to building pumpers, Mack also offered aerial trucks using ladder assemblies supplied by other manufacturers, notably American LaFrance and Canadian builder Pierre Thibault. Many still serve with fire departments around

585-490: A small test engine was run in both modes. The FLB 1000 had three banks giving a design output of 1,000 hp and was briefly bench-tested using petrol. However the project was dropped before it could be run on diesel. The FLB project was dropped to make room for an urgent requirement to develop the Hispano-Suiza 12Y-51 V-12, a conventional four-stroke petrol engine which was no longer available. Saurer developed it as

650-422: A total of 5,530 machines to date. Saxony Germany was also a centre for embroidery and machine development. By the 1890s, German companies were Saurer's strongest competition. By the late 1870s a new, faster type of machine was invented. The (bobbin) shuttle, or schiffli machine adapted the lock stitch from the sewing machine. A German company added a Jacquard punch card reader , and thus fully automated

715-428: A very significant segment of Saurer production. Typically Saurer, or Berna, trolleybuses featured Brown, Boveri & Cie or Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron (SAAS) electric equipment and Carrosserie Hess bodies. Saurer trolleybuses operated in most of Central Europe countries, and still do in several of them. In World War 2, a restructured type BT 4500 and 5 BHw of Saurer trucks were used to gas people in

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780-491: Is 3125 hectares. The municipality Veringenstadt lies on the Lauchertgraben (Lauchert trench). East of Veringendorf a petrified sponge reef can be seen, which was created 140 million years ago. The area of the present municipality Veringenstadt was already settled in early historical times. The town itself is an ancient settlement which was already mentioned in a document around the year 786. It derives its name from

845-552: Is a manufacturer of systems for spinning, texturizing, twisting and embroidery. Also, since 2007 the remaining Saurer AG automative part "Graziano Trasmissioni", a manufacturer of gears, gear groups and complete transmission systems for agricultural, earth moving and special vehicles as well as for four wheel drive passenger cars and luxury sport cars, has been integrated into the Oerlikon Corporation. The Saurer F006 (also known as Saurer 288) and F007 were, apart from

910-600: Is also officially sponsored by Mack. The truck (named " Buckeye Bulldog ") runs in the NTPA (National Tractor Pulling Association) in the "Super Semi" class. Dale Gribble , a character from King of the Hill , is rarely seen without his Mack cap. In Bad Boys II (2003), a 2000 Mack CX 613 Vision truck is used by the villains. In the film Cars , Mack is Lightning McQueen 's transport, an animated 1985 Mack Super-Liner voiced by John Ratzenberger. Ratzenberger's father drove

975-547: Is an American truck manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses . Founded in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company , it manufactured its first truck in 1905 and adopted its present name in 1922. Since 2000, Mack Trucks has been a subsidiary of Volvo , which purchased Mack and its former parent company Renault Véhicules Industriels . Founded originally in Brooklyn in 1900,

1040-752: Is performed in Macungie alongside the North American trucks. Mack no longer operates Mack de Venezuela C.A., in Caracas , Venezuela. The former Venezuela operation is a complete knock down (CKD) facility. Components were shipped from the United States to Caracas for final assembly. In addition to its Macungie manufacturing facility, Mack also has a remanufacturing center in Middletown, Pennsylvania . On August 14, 2008, Mack Trucks announced

1105-435: Is still a leader in schiffli embroidery machines. In 1896 the eldest surviving son Adolph Saurer (1841–1920) took over the company. He and his son Hippolyt (1878–1936) developed the enterprise as a joint-stock company . Hippolyt Saurer initiated the production of a phaeton body automobile run by a one-cylinder opposed-piston engine . In 1902 a first four-cylinder T-head engine model with touring car and sedan chassis

1170-467: The Mercedes G and Puch 230GE joint venture vehicle with the front turn signals mounted conventionally on the front of the vehicle. The equipment installed in the front bumper parking lights can be turned by flicking the "Tarnlicht" switch (a multipurpose military switch for light dimming). The basic vehicle has a fixed open back cab. The passenger seats are closed with a fast demountable plastic sheet at

1235-534: The Monteverdi 250 - Z , was derived from the Saurer F006 by Monteverdi , with engineering input from Berna . Saurer took over the production. The axles are from the International Scout. The vehicle had a plastic body made of polyester. For power, the drive-train was a 6-cylinder petrol engine from Volvo with an automatic transmission. Maximum speed was 100 km/h. Overall styling contrasted with

1300-688: The NAW brand, while the last Saurer-badged truck sold in the open market was delivered in 1983. Four years later, in 1987, a model 10DM supplied to the Swiss Army meant the very last Saurer truck produced in history. In 1982 Daimler-Benz had acquired a major shareholding in NAW and soon took full control; and in a short time dropped Saurer, Berna and FBW brands, while using NAW premises to assemble heavy haulage versions of Mercedes-Benz trucks. Eventually NAW went into liquidation in early 2003. Last remain of

1365-722: The Officine Meccaniche (OM) manufacturer was for many years licensee of Saurer engines and other mechanical units, which they used in their own ranges of trucks and buses. In Poland the state-owned Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne produced license-built Saurer engines (powering, among others, the 7TP and 9TP tanks) and coach chassis used in the Zawrat bus. In the United States , the Saurer Motor Truck Company , headed by C.P. Coleman, had

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1430-450: The 11 L MP 7, 13 L MP8, and 16 L MP10, with 325 hp (242 kW) to 605 hp (451 kW) and 1,200 lb⋅ft (1,627 N⋅m) to 2,060 lb⋅ft (2,793 N⋅m). Mack also produced railroad cars and locomotives between 1905 and 1930. The company additionally produced several railbus models. The company's trademark is the bulldog , which can be found on the front of almost all Mack trucks. A gold-plated bulldog indicates

1495-411: The 1950s. On February 1, 1972 Hermentingen was incorporated. The incorporation of Veringendorf was on January 1, 1975. The municipality combines the main locality Veringenstadt with the two villages Hermentingen and Veringendorf. The emblem of Veringenstadt was officially approved 1947. Already 1320 a lion and a deer rod was used as coat of arms. The coat of arms shows a golden shield a red lion under

1560-483: The AB chain drive models and became the official corporate logo in 1922. Mack built over 35,000 heavy duty military trucks during World War II, most for export under Lend-Lease. None were US Army standard types, all were designed and built exclusively by Mack. The EH series was a commercial design 5 ton (4,500 kg) 4x2 adapted for military service. The EH, EHU (cabover) and semi-tractor models EHT and EHUT were used by

1625-501: The F006, but utilizing a cab-over design, with the engine compartment located internally. Unlike the F006, the F007 has three windshield wiper blades instead of two, four headlights instead of two, and the front parking lights and turn signals are housed in the same headlamp shell. The gasoline tank filler neck is on the left side immediately behind the driver's door, and not as in the F006 on

1690-630: The M54 cargo truck, were a standardized military design 5 ton (4,540 kg) 6x6 chassis, with many models. Mack developed a competing design, when the M39 was standardized Mack built a relatively small number of M51 dump trucks. In the early 1960s they took part in a short lived program to retrofit some of the series with Mack END 672 engines. The M123 and M125 (G-792) were standardized military design 10 ton (9,070 kg) 6x6 semi tractors and artillery prime movers. Designed by Mack, using many components from

1755-711: The Macungie Assembly Operations Plant, in Macungie, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. Mack Trucks is the fourth-largest employer in the Lehigh Valley region as of 2024. Mack Trucks is one of the top producers in the vocational and on-road vehicle market, class 8 through class 13. Mack trucks have been sold in 45 countries. Located near its former Allentown corporate headquarters in Macungie, Pennsylvania,

1820-472: The NO series. Mack built 392 M123s, used with a lowboy trailer to recover and transport tanks, and all 552 M125s, between 1955 and 1957. Later follow-up orders called for 420 M123s and retrofitted 210 more with Cummins engines. The 1968 country song " Phantom 309 " by Red Sovine is about a ghost trucker who, when asked about the name Phantom 309, replies that "This Ole' Mack will put 'em all to shame. There aint

1885-458: The Nazi Chełmno extermination camp . Extermination vans were adapted, when they went in for repair, to carry the optimum number of people who could be gassed in the time it took to drive them from Chelmno to the woods where they were disposed of in ovens. There was concern about the strain on the front axle if too many people were loaded to be gassed, but as piles of bodies were always closest to

1950-699: The Saurer automotive activity in Arbon is the present FPT Industrial S.p.A. engine research centre, that up to 1990 had been the Saurer Motorenforschung Research & Development Centre. In 1995, Ernst Thomke , reputed Swiss Manager, took over the leadership of Saurer AG in Arbon as chairman of the board. To restructure this conglomerate, he had previously abandoned his position with its then major shareholder: BB Industrie Holding AG (22%). The previous major shareholder Tito Tettamanti of

2015-557: The Saurer name until 1918. In 1922 IMTC would become Mack Trucks, Inc. Saurer trucks were developed along the years into four basic ranges: It was the B-type that established Saurer's international reputation as a builder of long-lasting trucks. In 1929 Saurer acquired its Swiss rival, Motorwagenfabrik Berna AG of Olten , but the Berna name was allowed to continue, badging the very same Saurer models. From 1932 on, trolleybuses were

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2080-597: The Swiss Army cross-country trucks known as the (6-ton) Saurer 6DM and the (10-ton) Saurer 10DM, the last vehicle designs of the company. In the late 1970s, the F006 design was intended as a successor to the Jeep for the Swiss Army. It was hoped that the vehicle would also be purchased by fire departments and become work vehicles for community structures, such as road maintenance operations, forest rangers, electric and water utilities, etc. Luxury car manufacturer Monteverdi put

2145-563: The TSV is the largest. (as of 15 January 2011). The municipalities Veringenstadt and Veringendorf were connected to the rail network by the Kleinengstingen-Sigmaringen railway. The Göpfelstein was tunneled at Veringenstadt. The 91-meter long tunnel was built by Italian workers. The first train passed through the tunnel Veringen at Christmas, 1907, the line was opened in 1908. The Federal Highway 32 led originally through

2210-730: The US Army in Europe. Over 2,400 were built in 1942. The LMSW was a commercial design 10 ton (9,070 kg) 6x4 chassis adapted for military wreckers, most were exported to Great Britain. The NJU (G-639) series were military design 5 ton (5,450 kg) 4x4 semi-tractors used to tow bridging pontoons and equipment. Several other manufactures built standardized models of similar trucks, so only 700 were produced in 1941–1942. The NM (G-535) and NO (G-532) series were military design 6 ton (5,443 kg) and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 ton (6,800 kg) 6x6 artillery prime movers. All NMs and most of

2275-633: The Veringenstadt center. Between 1975 and 1980, a road tunnel was built. Today daily drive around 5000 vehicles through the Schlossberg tunnel. The Public transport is guaranteed by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The community is located in the comb 442. The Schwörer Haus maintains in Veringenstadt a factory making fort massif houses, ceilings, precast concrete, chimneys. There are two schools in

2340-571: The YS-2, which entered limited production. It was fitted to the EKW C-3604 and Doflug D-3802 . The further developed YS-3 flew in the prototype Doflug D-3803 . Declining sales in the early 1980s saw the two leading Swiss truck makers, Saurer and FBW (Franz Brozincevic & Cie of Wetzikon , Switzerland), forming a joint organization called Nutzfahrzeuggesellschaft Arbon & Wetzikon , proceeding with motorbus and trolleybus production under

2405-975: The company moved its headquarters to Allentown, Pennsylvania , five years later, in 1905. The company remained in Allentown for over a century, from 1905 until 2009. In 2009, the company relocated its headquarters to Greensboro, North Carolina . Mack products are produced in Lower Macungie, Pennsylvania , and Salem, Virginia . Its powertrain products are produced in its Hagerstown, Maryland , plant. Mack also maintains additional assembly plants in facilities in Pennsylvania , Australia , and Venezuela . The company also once maintained plants in Winnsboro, South Carolina , Hayward, California , and Oakville, Ontario , which are now closed. The company's manufacturing facilities are located at their Lehigh Valley Operations facility and division, formally known as

2470-530: The company's manufacturing plant produces all Mack products, including Mack MP-series engines . Mack transmissions , TC-15 transfer cases , and rear engine power take-offs are designed and manufactured in Hagerstown, Maryland , which was the original factory location. Parts for Mack's right-hand-drive vehicles are produced in Brisbane , Australia for worldwide distribution. Assembly for South America

2535-459: The conglomerate founded in 1853, specialized in textile machinery and "propulsion technology", had acquired the main competitor in each field Schlafhorst , with a large manufacturing capacity excess and Ghidela . Thomke led actively Saurer AG until 1996, when he retired to the direction of the Board until 1999. In his years he promulgated transparency at all levels, flexible working hours, optimized

2600-594: The construction industry. They were also used as fire engines and trucks, sometimes with the roof of the cab removed. 127,786 B Models were built. Mack started to produce the Mack R series (R, RW, and U models) in 1966 for highway use, and the RD, DM, and all wheel drive RM and DMM models for construction use. The lightweight RL model followed in 1967, the RW Superliner with a large, rectangular hood and grill in 1977, and

2665-500: The doors there was no strain on the front axle. In 1951 Saurer and its Italian licensee, OM, reached an agreement by which Saurer would market in Switzerland OM's light and medium-weight trucks and buses, using Saurer-OM and Berna-OM badges. This was successful and lasted until Saurer closure. Saurer began licensed manufacture of aero engines in 1917. They also began developing their own designs, and built two prototypes of

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2730-528: The early 1960s, Walter May, executive vice president of product and engineering at Mack Trucks HQ in Allentown, PA., prioritized research and development of a high-torque rise engine. Winton Pelizzoni, chief engineer at the Mack Trucks powertrain facility in Hagerstown, MD., designed an innovative engine based on this concept and then led development of the prototype that went into production. The engine

2795-418: The end of the century. Two of Franz Saurer's sons – Anton and Adolf - were aware of this invention, saw an opportunity, and began building hand embroidery machines in their father's foundry in about 1869. By 1873 F. Saurer & Söhne was the leader among the Swiss competitors in terms of sales and total machines built. By 1883 Saurer's production peaked at 796 machines per year. They had produced

2860-606: The end only the 24 prototypes were built. One remained in service until 1988 and was subsequently donated to the Saurer Oldtimer Club. The other remaining vehicles are privately owned. Simultaneously with the Saurer F006, the Saurer F007 was introduced in 1980 as a Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle with similar versions available to the public. The F007 uses the same chassis and the same drive unit as

2925-479: The form of three diesel I6s. Engines by other manufacturers were often optional, supplied over the years by Caterpillar , Cummins , Chrysler , Detroit Diesel , Hercules , Scania , and Waukesha . Mack started making diesels in 1938, in 1957 the END and turbocharged ENDT 673 diesel were introduced. This 672 cu in (11.0 L) I6 engine family was successful, and remained in production for over 30 years. In

2990-647: The high-road tested prototypes of the F007, but did not buy the vehicle. The existing Saurer F007's are now privately owned. Veringenstadt Veringenstadt ( Swabian : Verenga ) is a town in the district of Sigmaringen , in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is situated 10 km north of Sigmaringen . Veringenstadt is situated in the valley of the Lauchert , a tributary of the Danube , between Gammertingen and Sigmaringen . The municipality area

3055-416: The larger NOs were exported as foreign aid. After World War II the NO was developed into the successful M 123 semi-tractor. The Mack B series models were Mack's primary vehicle from its introduction in 1953 until it was replaced by the R Series in 1966. They ranged in size from the medium duty B20P gas powered 4X2 to the oversized B873SX turbo-diesel 6X6. B Models were commonly used as semi tractors and in

3120-523: The larger NOs were exported as foreign aid. Over 8,400 NMs and 2,000 NOs were built between 1940 and 1944. The NR series were military design 10 ton (5,440 kg) 6x4 cargo trucks. Intended for British use in North Africa, they had Mack ED diesel engines, making them valuable for long-distance trips. Over 15,000 were built between 1940 and 1944. Since World War II, Mack has had limited military production. The M39 (G-744) series, which includes

3185-408: The main protagonist, Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke, suffering temporary amnesia after the car he is traveling in crashes. He believes he must seek out a person named "Mack" as it the only word he is able to recall. He later realizes the significant of "Mack" is in fact his recollection of his vehicle being intentionally hit by a Mack truck. A 1984 Mack Superliner, owned by J.R. Collins Pulling Team,

3250-622: The nucleus. A primary school and since the school year 2010/2011 a branch of the Werkrealschule Gammertingen. The school building of the Alb-Lauchert School in Veringenstadt, an elementary school, was built in 1953. In Veringenstadt there is a day care center with full-day care, in Veringendorf a kindergarten, which also accommodates children under three years. Mack Trucks Mack Trucks, Inc.

3315-478: The principality Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen prussian, and belonged to the province of Hohenzollern. Ore was mined in the 18th and 19th century. Since 1927 the municipality belongs to the district of Sigmaringen. Since 1945, the city belonged to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which opened in Baden-Württemberg in 1952. By the inclusion of expellees after 1945, the population of Veringenstadt has nearly doubled in

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3380-590: The process. Competition motivated engineers at Saurer to develop their own Jacquard card reader, improve the stitch rate, and increase the machine's width, i.e. total number of needles and throughput. In 1905 Saurer matched the competing machine's width at ten meters.  In 1913 it increased the width to 15 meters. The embroidery industry experienced many ups and downs due to fashion, trade policies and world wars. Saurer diversified into petrol and diesel engines , and then trucks to reduce its exposure to this volatility. However, Saurer continued to innovate and

3445-489: The production and refined accounting systems. In 1996, the group Saurer AG went back into financial results showing profits. More than half of the revenues originating from Schlafhorst, upon its positive restructuring. Since 2007, the conglomerate Saurer AG, which meanwhile had reached a worldwide leading status in textile machinery, has been integrated into the Oerlikon Corporation . Oerlikon-Saurer Textile

3510-531: The rear including a military holder for a gas canister; a fixed structure is provided for use in case of fire. The F006 was first shown in 1980, and tested by the War Technical Department of the Swiss Army in 1982. They instead procured the Puch 230GE . Failure to secure the army production order meant that production of the vehicle for other potential customers was not economically viable, and in

3575-417: The right side between the rear and the rear wheel. The vehicle has a fixed cab which is open to the rear. The cargo area is covered with a plastic sheet, including two plastic windows on each side. This was based on the concept of the cab-over model 260 F by Monteverdi. For Swiss Army procurement, SUVs in addition to dedicated military vehicles were prepared for testing starting from 1982. The Swiss Army examined

3640-791: The rights to manufacture and sell heavy trucks under the Saurer brand name at its plant in Plainfield, New Jersey (which commenced operations in November 1911). On September 23, 1911, the Saurer Motor Truck Company merged with the Mack Brothers Motor Car Company of Allentown, Pennsylvania , headed by J. M. Mack, to form the International Motor Truck Company (IMTC). IMTC would continue to make and sell trucks using

3705-424: The setback front axle RB in the 1990s. All these models featured the same cab; the U, DM, and DMM had the cab offset to the left. In the 1990s, the R, RW, and U series models were discontinued and the RB was introduced, mostly for severe-duty applications. The hood was modified slightly for the model RB. 2004 was the last year for the RD, and 2006 for the RB and DM. The DM was the last model to use this cab style, and

3770-408: The truck came with all Mack drivetrain including the engine, transmission and axles. Mack trucks earned their nickname during World War I , when the British government purchased the Mack AC for supplying its front lines. Its pugnacious, blunt-nosed hood, tenacious performance, and durability, reminded the soldiers of their country's mascot, the British Bulldog . The logo was first used in 1921 for

3835-415: The world. In the 1970s, Mack started selling their chassis to other fire apparatus manufacturers. Production of Mack-chassised fire trucks continues for use in fire departments throughout North America and around the world. The heavy-duty AC, with its well-known tapered hood, was the truck which started the bulldog theme. A 377 cu in (6.2 L) 4 cylinder gasoline engine 4X2 with chain drive, it

3900-413: Was an off-road haul truck used on Boulder Dam and other large projects. 40,299 ACs had been built when production ended in 1939. The N Series was Mack's first military design, large 6 and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton 6X6 artillery prime movers. Between its development in the late 1930s and the beginning of production in 1940 US military requirements changed and the truck was not needed. All NMs and most of

3965-442: Was built. From 1903 onwards Saurer concentrated on the production of commercial vehicles which soon gained a good reputation. The company ran subsidiary companies in Austria (1906–1959, in the end taken over by Steyr-Daimler-Puch ), France (1910–1956, taken over by Unic ), the United Kingdom (1927–1931, taken over by Armstrong Whitworth as Armstrong-Saurer ), and in Germany (1915–1918, taken over by MAN ). In Italy ,

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4030-473: Was introduced as an inline six in 1966, as a V8 in 1970, and as the intercooled inline six 300 series in 1973. This was an industry-changing event. The Maxidyne, with an operating range of 1200–2100 R.P.M, and later 1050–1700 R.P.M., allowed a heavy Class 8 truck to be operated with a 5 speed (Maxitorque) transmission. Previously, heavy trucks typically operated between 1800–2100R.P.M. and were equipped with 10 or more gears. In 2014 Mack offers three engine series,

4095-415: Was strong, reliable, and worked well in rough terrain. Introduced in 1916, there was a great demand because of World War I, over 6000 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -, 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 -, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton trucks were built for the UK and US military. There were also commercial sales from 1916; the AC was well suited for logging and construction work. A larger version, the AP, built between 1926 and 1938,

4160-402: Was the last model of this family to be produced. As a replacement for the construction models, Mack started to offer the Granite, Granite Bridge-Formula and Granite Axle-back. Also this model is serving in the Mexican Army as a Troop and Utility Truck in configuration 6X6 OR 6X4 By 1916 Mack was producing 4- and 6-cylinder gasoline engines, and through 2014 continued to offer their own, in

4225-401: Was the vehicle mode for the Decepticon Mixmaster in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . A Mack M915 (LHRT) Line-Haul Replacement Tractor (military version of the Mack Granite GU713 10-wheeler) with a (military version M970 fuel tanker) semi-trailer, was the vehicle mode for Megatron in Transformers: Dark of the Moon . The beginning of Blake Crouch's best selling novel Pines has

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