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Oh, Anteater is a great nickname for the T series Kenworth, Never heard that one LOL.

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Yeah, that "nickname" started somewhere around the mid or late 80's, best I can remember. All us W fans hated how they looked. Although I never drove one, so I can't give my opinion on that part of it, but I'm sure they had their good points as Powerdriver has indicated. A lot of Owner/Operators would not give up their W's, but a lot of freight companies had them as they really didn't care how they looked. The dollar was the bottom line to them.

Bill

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Not sure who coined the phrase but it sure fits

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Even if it is a ford its going to be a good looking one, I took these pics about 2 years ago in vernal Utah. I would like to see it when its done.

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Nice. Has the Super Duty scoop. I think these were called Big Jobs.

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Why keep the wheels?

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Too keep it lower than the fence.

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That's not a bad idea. I may just do that on the next one.

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/1...09a85acf_b.jpg

Starting too come around

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Looks like they trust you with the fancy stuff ;)

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Backing roof top air units to a crane .

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35 feet off of the back of an 80 foot extendable . Fun Times , Oh and wide too

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That's big!

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Always got impressed by Extendable Trailers. One company nearby me had them years ago and would carry some frightening loads.

Some may remember me mentioning "Tail Swing". That load will sure take some extra effort, especially in any tight turns.

Interesting pictures.

Bill

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Always like when the load has a king pin bolted to it. And the trailer is 20'+ behind the tractor.

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Long WB tractors might be the hot setup for out west where roads, freight docks are more recent and built to accomodate high loads and wider loads .
But try to back one up and put your trailer in the dock . Even in the early '70s we had to call the cops on private property enclosed delivery docks when tempers flared . Probably some of the eastern terminals were built for 30' trailers ................or maybe just horses and wagon. That's where private draymen and switchers got their business start.

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Spotted this while driving rural Pennsylvania.

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It looks like some thief wanted to have the brass and shiney stuff, but with that fire body out of the way, you'd have a neat old Cannonball style truck. Chances are it has a 503" gas engine and 5 speed OD transmission, and was probably supplied through Civil Defense. I had a 1954 model 630 that was supplied to Highland Heights, Ohio through Civil Defense. The retired chief told me it cost the village $15,000 of which half was paid by the volunteer department at that time . It had the statement of origin on it when I bought it, no title because nobody plated it . Statement of origin showed Civil Defense, Columbus Ohio, Village of Highland Heights, then Ohio Rubber owned it before me , they used it for plant fire protection as they had their own fire brigade.

But this old jewel needs to be rescued ! Where in PA. is it ?

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About 4 years ago ... it was sitting outside an RV/travel trailer dealership just south west of Gettysburg. Would love to see it restored. Thanks for the insight. :chevy:

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Would make a great Rollback.

Especially hauling a Restored AD truck to the shows.

Bill

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I'm seeing a lot of sweet old iron in here but there's a serious lack of Pacifics.
Made right here in North Vancouver until the early 90's

http://www.coastpowertrain.com/graphics/c_pt_01.jpg
http://www.pacifictruckclub.org/Photos/tcp151.jpg
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pi.../oct23/010.jpg
http://vancouverislandimages.com/car...ging-truck.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/Luke76/Photos...orth%206x6.jpg

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Wow, those look like some real brutes!

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Some big time Heavy Haulers there.

Were any Detroit powered?

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Love the dual stacks next to each other is cool.

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According to this site:
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ha...ific_story.htm

They could be had with Detroit diesels and Allison automatics.

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Pretty interesting history.

Thanks for posting the link.

Bill

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No problem. I thought it was interesting as well. I just finished reading it all the way through.

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Old school " What ever it takes "

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...Untitled19.png

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You didn't see all the Pacifics I posted? Great trucks! Thanks for posting. That last one is a Walter

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Can't remember if this was on here before or not, but here's the first video of a Pacific build. I'm sure you can find the rest.:lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFZ_RPR0Wls

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Don't forget the Hayes trucks that started it all on '22..."The Bear". In '69 they sold out to Mack who sold to KW in '75 who shut them down. Pacific was started by former Hayes employees in '47 and sold to International in '70. They kept it till '81 when they sold it to a company in Singapore. Last Pacific was built in '91. What was left of the business (parts,etc) was sold to CCC out of Oklahoma who sold the Pacific name in '02 to an outfit back in British Columbia

Big Hayes 6x6

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:ito:

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That is really one load of logs. The average person out there most likely does not know just how heavy a log is, especially green.

That truck must have one heck of a set of springs. It hardly looks loaded.

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Gotta love a truck with final drives!

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That thing in front of the bumper is for attaching it to the rear of another truck to make a 'road train' There's some cool photos on the intraweb of 4-500ton loads on the move with 3 or 4 trucks that size in series.

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Here are a couple trucks that sit about 20 miles from my house. The first one (the white one) is their tow truck. The International is pretty chopped up. The badge on the side of the international says "200" so I'm guessing it's an R200 cab and that's where the wheels, tires, suspension, and rear end came from. It has some sort of V8 in it but I'm unsure what kind as I'm unfamiliar with IH motors (if that's what it is).

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Tim------Thanks for the links to Pacific history. One very heavy duty truck.


Studda------IH rat rod engine is probably a 549 cube, although they also had a 477.

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I can't imagine how much those weight.I know I hauled a couple trailer loads of cherry last week and the truck felt that worse than the loads of seasoned locust I hauled this winter. I really noticed the difference. The tree had just blown down live.
Gear head's wet dream :lol:
Gotta find some prime mover road train videos to stick in here
Fire truck! Cool (not so) little toys
Those were amazing trucks. Glad to see ya post. I've been meaning to drop you a line...for a couple months. Must bumped my head and forgot a time or two. Hard to believe Macungie is but a couple months away.

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Here are a couple custom jobs. Definitely weird. The two are combinations of cab overs with conventional hoods. The other is beyond me.

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All 3 are actually.

The truck in the top picture is determined not to run out of fuel...