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Those trucks do hard work. Being a heavy hauler in Baltimore means he gets called to the docks often to haul heavy stuff out but also just to move things around on site. He does also now run a big ole Kenworth C500 (I think it is)

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more

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Dodge car carriers from Convoy

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Now Ford

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Here's a unique Pete for ya. A 1979 Peterbilt 359 glider built on the 3rd of July 1979 never put into use.

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Interior photos

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1996 Peterbilt 379 glider with a 3412 kitty and a mind boggling 17 whole miles on it

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That first one is still waiting. At this point it should remain a glider kit IMO. The second one looks like it was bought to build a custom. Custom show truck since only 17 miles

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Richard Copello is a big truck fan has a huge collection of vintage car hauler photos on his site. Luckily a few had the incite to take photos back in the day when most thought trucks "weren't cool". Hadley( below) and Convoy handled the haulaway in Western US. Earlier Hadley trucks were red then changed to blue in the late 60's. Yellow pickup is a 9' F 350 1 ton, not a common purchase by the public , IMO, probably sold to a gov. agency.

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Right, more lower end GVW trucks were sold than higher GVW trucks, so when it comes to the heavy end, we see much less. Here is a top of the 2 axle food chain, the 10 lug wheel F 900, unlike the typical 5 and 6 lug F 500 and F 600's. Big benifit to the higher end truck, they usually had the more reliable air brake system.

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Steve Leonard ran this from 70 ish til he passed earlier this year.
Jake Wheeler has it now and intends to keep it as it ran.
Figures it has near 4m miles on running local in the bay area.
Top photo was this week.
Middle was from October 2018.
And not sure about the bottom..

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Great photos KOOL IT, I believe I may have seen that Pete a couple of times. A true narrow nose classic.

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Thanks, he always made my day.
Jake knows how to keep one looking right.

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Interesting truck, but a lot of weight for a Single Axle!!

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My office.

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1961 REO 4x4 on Craigslist. Not my truck. I wonder if it started it's career as a wrecker or maybe it worked for a house moving company.

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/...605166650.html


REO truck, 4x4, gold comet 400 cu. in. gas motor, 7 spd. transmission, air brakes, PTO winch out front, gin pole bed on back with PTO winch that's not hooked up. Runs and drives, tires are old and not road worthy.
$3,500. No title, have lien release papers somewhere.
Not a military truck
Project
Not diesel

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Reno bound in the a.m

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That is a cool one for restoration. I'd like to have that one. My buddy has a REO. It would be cool if I could roll into a show with another one.
Lucky dog! I hope you take a picture or two

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I was thinking how long it's been since I posted a truck picture. I waited long enough

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The sleeper is a little on the small size, lol.

That truck reminds me of a truck I saw yesterday on the interstate while traveling to a swap meet. It was as nice as the truck above, but had polished aluminum fenders. Quite the impressive truck.

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That is quite the rig. I can't imagine getting around with that. Just getting fuel at your average truck stop would be a challenge and a half.

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Not the truck I would want to drive in downtown New York City.

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It would be a challenge in West Texas!

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High center the trailer? That's only if the truck clears! That's a lot of extra front axle weight

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I saw this one on display at the local Jubitz truck stop. I really like the KB series Internationals. My first truck was a 47 KB 5.

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Big truck, KB8, but strange that it only has Hydraulic Brakes. Or is that a mis-label?

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I don't know they wouldn't let me drive it. :lol:

I might be out that way over the weekend, if I remember I'll stop and look closer.

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Forgive me for all the bad things I said about the Dodge trucks, they just took awhile to grow on me

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With those Dual Stacks, good chance it's Detroit Powered.

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A real Bighorn. I'd bet on a Detroit under that nose. Dodge sure got a lot of use out of that cab

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Appears to be a '64 or '65 F 800

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Classy. I wonder if it's a town vehicle. The door marking looks like it could be a town seal

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Although a GM fan, those Big Fords are impressive.

Starting all the way back in the late 40's with the F-8.

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1969 (shown) was the end of the line of this styling first introduced in 1961. Boy are these grain trucks clean!

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Omaha Standard grain body on back. Love that pinstripe

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I'll take the blue AND the green one!

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A friend of mine had a F-800 Tandem with a Knuckle Boom on it. The impressive thing about it was the 5 X 4 Trans.