Trucks Are Beautiful

[davischevy]

[QUOTE=Davischevy, not only no Jake, you had to manage your brakes, clutch and transmission. Without AC, with sweat.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I've driven in these hills plenty with no Jake and no AC. Take it easy and don't get excited.

Last year a deputy sheriff had to "rescue" a rookie female reefer driver off a mountain near here. She pumped the brakes until she ran out of air, the brakes locked, and she was afraid to release them once she built air again. Luckily the deputy had grown up in the log woods.

There is a company north of here that sends rookie drivers through here on regular basis and it's interesting to watch them in these hills. Not fun to follow them though.

[mountie]

You know the TV show, " Highway To Hell".....
The dangerous incline on Hwy1, British Columbia, Canada......

I went down that 11% grade, west bound..... Just a mile down from the top, my diesel engine through a rod..... Immediately lost all air brakes.
..... I was going for a ride...... I drove next to the right-hand cement barrier, turned my tire against the concrete and in about 200 yards, came to a stop.

It had no jake or even an electric brake on drive shaft......

Scared me to death, but saved the cargo ( & Me )

I was towed down to N. Vancouver for the fix.

( After driving from S. California, to St Louis , Saskatoon Canada.... I figured finally what that silly knock was !! )

[special-K]

I'm loving all these pictures. #1356 is a Super Duty or Big Job and that scoop is factory. The Dodge Job Rated medium duty trucks were just as cool. Even the Heavy Bighorn used the pickup cab. Those c-cab rubber tire chain drives are a cool era in trucks. I've looked that heavy Sterling over before at an ATHS show before... Awesome! I never knew of those Eisenhauers… WOW! I spent some time in Humboldt County, CA in the mid-'70s and loved seeing the old needle noses hauling shaggy old Redwood to the mills. I was in Fortuna, so between Scotia and Eureka. Loads and loads up and down that stretch of 101 and down from the hills on 36. Those old Peterbilts with no polished up trim are ingrained in my mind forever

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by special-K

I spent some time in Humboldt County, CA in the mid-'70s and loved seeing the old needle noses hauling shaggy old Redwood to the mills. I was in Fortuna, so between Scotia and Eureka. Loads and loads up and down that stretch of 101 and down from the hills on 36. Those old Peterbilts with no polished up trim are ingrained in my mind forever

Here is one of those from that era!

[davischevy]

The Pete's getting face time here got me to thinking about my 94. I can't believe I haven't posted it here before.

The time came to give it up. I sold it a couple of months ago. It was hard to do, but I haven't driven it much in a couple of years and it was a shame for it to just sit.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Here is one of those from that era!

Thanks for that picture. That's what I'm talking about. No 18" polished stainless bumper, narrow steel with diamond pattern for looks and greater visibility. I did not know it then, but I was there at the beginning of the end of a great era in NW logging.

Originally Posted by davischevy

The Pete's getting face time here got me to thinking about my 94. I can't believe I haven't posted it here before.

The time came to give it up. I sold it a couple of months ago. It was hard to do, but I haven't driven it much in a couple of years and it was a shame for it to just sit.

I'm glad you finally showed it. Someone got a nice truck! Never drove it? You don't take your wife out to dinner?

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Real nice truck !!

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Not sure about the others, but those first 2 Fords are just a tab bit overloaded.

Reminds me of the story I told a time or two about the old '55 Ford 3/4 Flatbed my boss told us to use instead of the IH 2-Ton. After we loaded it, the truck wouldn't move. The Flatbed sat right down on the Tires, lol.

[mountie]

A tad......

[NewBayColony]

A couple from The Golden Road in the Maine woods.

[davischevy]

Man, some of us are getting old. I was looking at those Chevy dump trucks and thinking mine is too new to show. Then I realized the title to this truck is 29 years old. The reason I say title, it is in it's third incarnation since I bought it. The only thing left of the original 91 Kodiak I bought is the left fuel tank and the frame rails. 3126 Caterpillar with a 9 speed.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

Not sure about the others, but those first 2 Fords are just a tab bit overloaded.

IMO, they all seem to be overloaded. I bet they weren't to concerned about top legal speeds.

[special-K]

Overloaded and oversized. No "wide load" banners or proper escort vehicles. Harvesting is a big part of that economy so I'm sure the Po Po look the other way. And all the locals know how to act when they see one coming. That's an old practice now that combines got so much bigger. Around here with smaller tracts, the combines get driven farm to farm, usually with a pickup leading with 4-ways on, getting people to pull over when needed.

This whole show truck pictures thing is getting old. Real old (with a touch of new)

[NewBayColony]

Originally Posted by special-K

Overloaded and oversized. No "wide load" banners or proper escort vehicles. Harvesting is a big part of that economy so I'm sure the Po Po look the other way. And all the locals know how to act when they see one coming. That's an old practice now that combines got so much bigger. Around here with smaller tracts, the combines get driven farm to farm, usually with a pickup leading with 4-ways on, getting people to pull over when needed.

This whole show truck pictures thing is getting old. Real old (with a touch of new)

No one had to look the other way, The Golden Road was a private, mostly dirt road from Millinocket to Canada for logging. Trucks did what they wanted and trucks always had the right of way, Private vehicles had to pay a toll. You were required to get out of their way. It's still there but now with the decline of logging, it's open to the public.

[5Tractorguy]

More wreckers...

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Man, some of us are getting old. I was looking at those Chevy dump trucks and thinking mine is too new to show. Then I realized the title to this truck is 29 years old. The reason I say title, it is in it's third incarnation since I bought it. The only thing left of the original 91 Kodiak I bought is the left fuel tank and the frame rails. 3126 Caterpillar with a 9 speed.

I really like any GM tandem dump. And they are all now bygone models. What you have is the last of them, and 29 years old ain't so new. That's a late great Chevy!

Originally Posted by NewBayColony

No one had to look the other way, The Golden Road was a private, mostly dirt road from Millinocket to Canada for logging. Trucks did what they wanted and trucks always had the right of way, Private vehicles had to pay a toll. You were required to get out of their way. It's still there but now with the decline of logging, it's open to the public.

I did know that about the Golden Road. I have spent time in that area, many years ago. My post was referring to the medium duty flatbed combine haulers that other members had commented were overweight. I really have enjoyed looking at those special logging trucks you've shown.

Originally Posted by 5Tractorguy

More wreckers...

Fantastic group of wrecker pictures. That twin boom hoisting two 1t wreckers is the best!

[GM72K10]

1960 International and 1960 Diamond T

[special-K]

I never knew those Diamond Ts had fiberglass cabs. That Diamond T wrecker hoisting the two 1 tons is just like the tractor my buddy's dad had to pull the lowboy for his loader. I remember we would hop up and bleed the air down in the evenings.

[HO455]

I love the part of the ad that says "If damage should occur, it can be repaired quickly, and easily, and at very low cost.".
Every Corvette owner in the world wishes that were true.

[5Tractorguy]

[HO455]

Found this old truck on the interweb and was impressed with the look of it., whatever it is.

[mountie]

Originally Posted by HO455

Found this old truck on the interweb and was impressed with the look of it., whatever it is.

What a great looking grill......

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Interesting truck.

If original, it's either a '64 or '65 and looks like a 5000 Model and could possibly be a 6500. If it had the original Front Bumper, I could tell for sure.

I see an Air Horn. Does it have Air Brakes?

[Redneck Rydes]

1965 6500 with air brakes,and what we can tell it is a 600 holmes,there is a tag on it near the bottom side that has model 655 on it.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Great to see another 6500 out there.

They are pretty rare.

What is the GVW on it?

Also, does it still have the 478 in it?