The company also once maintained plants in Winnsboro, South Carolina, Hayward, California, and Oakville, Ontario, which are now closed.
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.
[citation needed] Parts for Mack's right-hand-drive vehicles are produced in Brisbane, Australia for worldwide distribution.
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.
A 377 cu in (6.2 L) 4 cylinder gasoline engine 4X2 with chain drive, it was strong, reliable, and worked well in rough terrain.
A larger version, the AP, built between 1926 and 1938, was an off-road haul truck used on Boulder Dam and other large projects.
The lightweight RL model followed in 1967, the RW Superliner with a large, rectangular hood and grill in 1977, and the setback front axle RB in the 1990s.
[8] 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 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.
Its pugnacious, blunt-nosed hood, tenacious performance, and durability, reminded the soldiers of their country's mascot, the British Bulldog.
[46] Mack built over 35,000 heavy duty military trucks during World War II, most for export under Lend-Lease.
[47][48][49] The LMSW was a commercial design 10 ton (9,070 kg)[a] 6x4 chassis adapted for military wreckers, most were exported to Great Britain.
[47] The NJU (G-639) series were military design 5 ton (5,450 kg)[b] 4x4 semi-tractors used to tow bridging pontoons and equipment.
Intended for British use in North Africa, they had Mack ED diesel engines, making them valuable for long-distance trips.
The M39 (G-744) series, which includes the M54 cargo truck, were a standardized military design 5 ton (4,540 kg)[b] 6x6 chassis, with many models.
In the early 1960s they took part in a short lived program to retrofit some of the series with Mack END 672 engines.
Five 1970s Mack RS700 series trucks and one Cruise Liner COE were used in the motion picture Convoy[57] 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.
A 1980s video for the Bananarama song "Cruel Summer" prominently features a red Mack truck.
[58] Maximum Overdrive (1986) is a horror tale of machinery come to life which includes a truck stop with various vehicles.
The beginning of Blake Crouch's best selling novel Pines has the main protagonist, Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke, suffering temporary amnesia after the car he is traveling in crashes.
The truck (named "Buckeye Bulldog") runs in the NTPA (National Tractor Pulling Association) in the "Super Semi" class.
[60] In the 2001 movie Vanilla Sky, a green Mack truck almost crashes into David Aames's Mustang, stopping just in time.