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Still looks modern in my book! Narrow nose tilt front end would make this logger a 358, not a butterfly 351.

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Nice unit. I drove one for 30 years. Some days I even miss it.

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Great series! Brings back memories of my time living in Humboldt County in the mid-70s. Redwood haulers were still carrying single log loads. Bark laying along the side of the road and piggybacks heading back

You never see these anymore

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These used to scare me some, bobbing and swaying down the road

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Facebook is really neat sometimes

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Poor Ol' #7. Oh well, can't save them all.

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Still better than thru a shredder

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True. Saved in that way, if it was in that bad of condition. It just seems all the old cabovers are going down this road. It's nice to see one still useful

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I miss all the fleet paint jobs. Estes Express Lines, out of Richmond, VA still run their traditional livery, yellow, black fenders, red chassis and wheels. If the modern trucks still did the paint jobs we could at least enjoy seeing the paint :lol:

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I agree, the fleet paint job was very important PR one time.

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This outfit, A. Duie Pyle out of Westchester, PA still has their paint scheme.

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T time

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Very nice heavy '56 Ford. Appears to have period 22.5's.

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I miss these boxy cabovers of the 60's. With inflation, approx $950M since this was written. A downward spiral since 1979, not just in trucks........................................

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Definitely very nice. I think I like any tandem made by one of the Big 3 auto companies. Older is better but I like them all. It seems we most saw/see them on the lighter end, usually single rear and usually straight trucks. The other day at the crossroad I sat across from a white '80s Ford tandem log truck and thought even that looked cool. Looked tough! It was one of those "take another look" moment of seeing it in a different way than when that style was everywhere.

I didn't find any pictures of an '80s F-series tandem. These old trucks will have to do

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Back to fleet paint schemes. Trucks are beautiful even when they're dirty! I know Bill mason from the ATHS gatherings. He and his son run a heavy haul outfit out of Baltimore. Long before I knew anything about him I noticed his trucks and would run by his shop on my way to pick up materials in Balto. Then when I moved into this house, one of my neighbors worked for him. And eventually I got to meet him through ATHS. He is an International Man, which is a little different for an independent outfit into custom-built trucks. He owns a Mack B and other brands in his collection, but he works Internationals. Then there is his paint scheme, that IH dark green with shades of yellow to orange stripes and orange chassis. He definitely likes what he likes and his taste has grown on me.

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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.