Chain Drive Semi

[Eagle Kammback]

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/atq/2149171453.html

I've never heard of such a thing

Bit of a hefty price tag though

[daved931]

Re: Chain Drive Semi

Mack used chain drive for a long time. I want to say from around 1910 up through the 1930's.

[mustang13]

Re: Chain Drive Semi

Yep, lots of old trucks were chain drive but, Mack, with the AC, and Sterling went the longest into the future using them.

My Grandfather had a 1928 AC Mack three axle truck, has they called them, they had a jumper chain on each side between the front axle and rear for drive.

Here is some good reading on the subject.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_drive

And here is a different kind of "chain drive" in the rear, that I bet many haven't seen before. These were build not to far from my home here in NY.

http://www.tenfourmagazine.com/OldTimeTrucks/2007/5.html

[nickleone]

Re: Chain Drive Semi

A very large NYC sand and gravel company used the Mack chain drive units untill the late 1960s.
They stopped because the mechanic who kept them running retired or died. I remember running down the interstate in the late 60s and seeing one of the chains thrown from one of the trucks laying on the roadway.

Nick