This is a real find. Love these old trucks. Gonna give you a little tip I learned from the old timers... NEVER wrap your thumb around the crank handle. If it backfires, it will break your thumb or wrist. I learned the hard way.

Это просто удивительно что такое есть , и работает , кто участвовал в запуске этой технике очень хорошие люди , автл супер !

KA-BOOM!!! His head and arms go flying off...

I find it incredible that it would even attempt to start.. it would be a truck worth restoring, even to a spec that looks like its been well used but still running.

watching woody harelson start an antique truck is the best thing ive done all week

@gmodderr

8 жыл бұрын

+Konkey Dog Doggy Style That's what I thought aswell, I was like "Hey, isn't that the guy from Cheers and Zombieland?"

@MrStraightupBallin

7 жыл бұрын

Came here for this comment. Was not disappointed

Well heck good effort. If you had a 2018 truck and tried this in 2118 i don't believe you would have anything left to work with left to the elements. One thing for sure, they don't build things to last like that, like they used to!

I immediately fell in love with the Mack! Hope you guys have it up and running. Cheers!

If that old Mack kicks back with that gentleman cranking it that way he will eventually have a broken arm for his trouble. It happens when you wrap your thumb around the crank handle. It used to happen so often with Model T owners it became known as the Ford Fracture.

@helihoot

9 жыл бұрын

He knows. He has had this truck and others for a long time.

@jeffryblackmon4846

6 жыл бұрын

My thought as well.

Those AC Bulldogs were supposed to be legendary. Looking forward to video 3.

This is a good post, one guy should crank and one guy do the carbuerator.

I remember these things in 1940s Chicago....they were mainly delivering coal, chain drive.

Took a helluva man to drive truck in them days, hand cranks and arm-strong steering at no extra charge - or pay either. The AC Mack (which this one is) were nick-named Bull Dogs by the English soldiers in WWI and the name stuck. Thats why the Mack icon is an English Bull dog. Please do post more on the old horse. Best regards!

@helihoot

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that info!

Talk about rare ! Wonderful ! My X brain farted away a 1937 Mac Junior. He had the entire truck but just had to drag parts of it from one duty station to another until he lost the trailer with the doors and body parts.

Very lovely sir i remember in my youth (late50s and early 60s) in Peshawar the bus and truck drivers used to start the same way thanks sir

Restoration of this would be awesome

BOOM I was waiting for it to go BOOM

Pretty close! Fingers crossed for next attempt. Good luck from Scotland.

When using the hand crank , put your thumb on the same side as your fingers ,if the engine kicks back you might break your thumb.

Nice truck, looks great in its original clothes. She'll run, no doubt, seeing it fire up that easily. Don't forget, its not "built like a Mack", it is a Mack. I'll try to post my 1919 starting up which is nearly identical.

Real antique, this one. When I was a boy, my father had a little Austin which sometimes had to be started with the crank handle. I never tried that myself. Nor do I look forward to it. I read somewhere that the self-starter was invented by Leland, who made the Caddilac, because one of his friends died while crank starting his car. The handle jumped back and hit him on the head.

@TheSupervincent

9 жыл бұрын

+Trytobefair historybuff there is a special technique for that for preventing that sort of things. the handle is really famous for braking your arm if it kicks back. to prevent that you may not keep turning like this guy does. you may not put your thumb over the handle, hold it like you're hanging off a cliff or something. then, pull it really hard upwards and release it.

@DAquingil

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSupervincent You’re right on target. I’ve got a Model T Ford that I crank start all the time, but I only use my left arm, and never wrap my thumb around it. First, retard the spark lever, then you hook four fingers over the handle at 7:00 and pull straight up, letting go at 12:00. If she doesn’t start, then do it again. Never follow the crank around in circles. One of the guys down here got whacked by his crank, and had to have tendons in his arm surgically reattached.

So so cool. I'm impressed that it's not all locked up.

Wow a real Bull Dog Mack.................. Nice

Dam amazing it will even turn over and pop off!

I love old trucks, try spraying ether [quick start] directly in the carb ,helped me start an old Diamond Reo

I've seen this old truck up the road and I always wondered what kind of truck it is and now I know 😁

I would love to have this Mack. All dents straightened out, very beautiful red paint with little bondo. I would definitely want pneumatic tires with a power steering box with air ride. The chain drive would be just fine. With a fully functional dump bed for meets. Probably some type truck tires. Low enough to carry nation wide on a low boy. Love this truck but to save it it needs a very good paint job.

I hear her playing, ain't nothing wrong with the radio. XD

Amazeing it even turns over.

thats how I start my 1995 Mack.. every flipping morning

i honestly thought that this guy was woody harelson for the first few seconds :D

MACK BULLDOG lover here..u have my support and im now subscribed

@helihoot

8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Prendergast Thank you Scott

Where'd you find that thing? Super eerie how it just looks abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Great find!

Friend of mines. He as a few of them plus steam shovels and tractors.

weve got one of these here in Clinton tn. it used to be on the road at every Christmas parade. sadly last few years ive not seen her running. although somewhat solid still, just no ones had the heart to keep her roadworthy

Keep trying! She wants to start!

awesome truck

Epic! 👍♥️

"Earl !, Put the damn camera down and help me git this thing going !"

Title of vid is misleading. Truck didn't start up.

@helihoot

8 жыл бұрын

+St White Almost did. I will get together with him again and see if he can't keep her running.

@phmaximus

7 жыл бұрын

yeah i only watched the video to see the old girl running not some guys failed attempt at starting it.... please change the Title as its misleading

@chevyimpala9636

7 жыл бұрын

phmaximus no need to do that I'm fine with the title cause those trucks can be a bitch along with the 41 Mack I own

@exiarules6712

7 жыл бұрын

Chevy Impala à

@davesstuff1599

7 жыл бұрын

St White Yes it did, the camerman wouldn't help him by cranking it or holding the choke so it would stay running for once.

I will try and get together with him in the spring and get a good running video. The owner of this truck also owns steam engines, steam hoes and boilers. You see the big boiler laying along side.

@writerconsidered

8 жыл бұрын

+helihoot Does he plan on restoring It?

@helihoot

8 жыл бұрын

+writerconsidered I doubt it.

@erswnn

5 жыл бұрын

Um....that isn't a big boiler. Big looks like a locomotive.

@user-wc8fm7zd9x

4 жыл бұрын

Хрен возьмёшь с тарелки деньги.

@gregorymalchuk272

4 жыл бұрын

@@helihoot Any updates on this truck? It is really cool!

wow that this is loyal starting after almost 100 years

NEVER push the crank down! If the engine kicks back, you might get a broken thumb or arm! Instead, pull UP on the crank (preferably with your LEFT hand) and don't wrap your thumb around the crank handle, keep it on the same side of the handle as your fingers. Using your left hand and keeping your thumb with your fingers, you won't be injured if a kick back occurs.

@bigboomer8739

5 жыл бұрын

My greatgrandfather broke his wrist using a handcrank.

@hotrodray9884

5 жыл бұрын

Im only familiar with old Regular, F12, F20, F30, Case... tractors, etc.. and many of the Model Ts As etc. EVERY ONE that I have ever seen has an anti kick back taper to the crank engagement /pins. This is.... if it kicks back, the hand crank automatically disengages.

@shelbyseelbach9568

3 жыл бұрын

If you'll notice, he stops spinning the handle, motor still turning. No danger of kickback injury by design of the handle.

Cool and that Truck is Older than Old.

like to have that boiler in front of the mack. That would make one hell of a wood stove for the shop.

ac mack . hand crank solid tires practically no suspension open cab with no heat or cooling chain driven. had to sing for tunes. rough way to make a living out of!!!

when you actually get it to run PLEASE post a video of you driving it

Old as he'll y'all should put this in a museum

Exactly how my Grand Cherokee starts...

@TheFarmerfitz

6 жыл бұрын

Bushwacker it doesn't???

@marvinblankinchip2535

6 жыл бұрын

Bushwacker ... Does it have a Hemi?

Thank god for batterys and starters!!

Get a third person out there to run choke. Dont give up on the old girl! Piece of history there.

Very cool

I want that truck!!

Just wanted to mention, the owner of the truck says it runs fine. He was just trying to start it just to show me. If he spent a little more time with it and got it set up better, it would run no problem. He also owns lot's of antique steam machinery including a working steam shovel that he runs at the Rough and Tumble steam show in Kinzer, PA

Subbed for the Robin Williams pic

Or, not starting up, as the case may be. Hey, I'd give up, too. So glad we don't have to hand-crank stuff any more; heard too many horror stories about those things kicking back. And if it's anything like the kickstarter on early Sporters, I SO understand!

the original bulldog!

Pushing down on the hand crank like that is dangerous. If it backfires, the crank will turn backwards, and break your arm. Always pull up. If it backfires it will just pull the handle down out of your hand.

Yea I gotta get back with him and video it running.

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8 жыл бұрын

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@2boredfortv

8 жыл бұрын

Hell Yea man, you dont get to see many close up of AC's!

@xrw2002

7 жыл бұрын

shower

@philemonhultman3603

7 жыл бұрын

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@mwolfe1486

6 жыл бұрын

Why didn't he have the hood up when trying to start it? Would've been easier to reach the carb, right?

He must be all cranky now. No start.

I heard it start! Just wasn't pulling fuel fast enough to keep it going, 'tis all.

Ooooo ya almost had it! Gotta be quicker'n that!

Amazing....from indo🇮🇩

Don't give up.

Awe come on.... it did begin to start LOL

Well, that's enough exercise for me today.

@bryanmartinez6600

7 жыл бұрын

nitetrane98 let me crank it with my FAP arm have been know to crank the shit out Tanker engines with this arm :)

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god for electric starters lol

Reminds me of my weedeater and that thing wears me out...>LOL

Never grip it with thumb only grip handle with fingers if it does kick back it will not brake your wrist or thumb, trust me i learnt the hard way with a starting handle.

Is this truck going to be restored would be a waste if it didn't.

nice , its a shame that truck is not in a barn.

Thinking about 430am in the middle on winter...

what are ya adjustin down? Awww its that startin adjustin thingy

A good soundtrack for this would be duelling banjos.

I might be flooded from how it sounds

lembro quando criança.

at least that engine is free to turn.

It did run for a second for those who say it didn’t

1918 MACK?! THE FUCK, HISTORY??!!!

They started calling these Bulldogs because the headlights look like eyes and the side panels look like the droopy cheeks of a bulldog, and when the bumper is on in the front (not like this one) it looks like the lower jaw with overbite like a bulldog, which is why they calls Mack's bulldogs around this time. To this day, they put a bulldog on the hood.

@Detr1mental

8 жыл бұрын

Please stop lying

@Fuji086

8 жыл бұрын

+Detr1mental How is he lying??

@hyzercreek

8 жыл бұрын

Woof!

Woody Harelson there starting an old truck!

old freaky beast

Wonder just how long he had been futzing with that old truck before he thought to video himself trying to start it. Months, possibly. He didn't just walk up to it, pour some gas in and try to crank it one time.

@helihoot

6 жыл бұрын

Actually I recorded it. It's not mine and yes he just walked up to it and poured gas in it.

ever hear of starting fluid?

That guy looks like Ray Fleetwood Mac....

@helihoot

9 жыл бұрын

Yes Bill it is!

That would be a Kero/petrol start then it runs on diesel after it's warmed up. Or is it just diesel. I know that it doesn't have glow plugs.

@themadmailler

9 жыл бұрын

it runs on gas.

So, is there a video where this actually starts and runs?

porqué no arranca el motor? gracias por compartir

Is the engine a flathead or ohv. I saw in the first video the spark plugs are on top so i assume its a flathead.

Is there a "starting up 3" video?

I want that truck

@JimJones-zc9mk

6 жыл бұрын

It was last driven by Jeepers Creepers in 1932 , LOL ! ! !

don't you know you're supposed to pull the crank up and not push down? you'll break your wrist if it kicks back! EDIT: spelling error

good

"Mack truck starting up" Video of a Mack truck not starting...

@shredder_mang3211

6 жыл бұрын

Ronto Goldlust your a furry your opinion doesn’t matter

@paulbennell3313

6 жыл бұрын

It didn't start.

You're going to break your wrist or arm cranking with your right arm! Always crank with the left hand

@GpunktHartman

9 жыл бұрын

unfug ... er sollte nur nicht den daumen mit um die kurbel legen ... damit die hand offen bleib wenn die kurbel zurückschlägt :-)

Металлолом, оживи.

Old time is best 😭

Nineteens DUEL******* Gonna Run You Down Son/// / // / / /

ever get it fully running?

Any news on what happened to this truck?

Really you are beating him up because truck did not fire right up ? I am amazed the motor is not stuck and he could crank it over by hand. Let alone that it coughed and tried to start. Clearly you arm chair critics have never tried to start an old vehicle as found that has been sitting for decades. Just getting to the point this video was shot is a thrill and I am sure took hours.

why so many dislikes?