GM Semis

[NewBayColony]

Originally Posted by special-K

I never see trusses hauled on the proper truss trailers anymore. Maybe because they are so damn big they are too tall, need to come with flat top to add peak trusses on top. The proper trailers had a single center bean with cross bars of steel tube front and rear. The ends of the tub were angled down, and once taken loose they'd get slid off the side into a stack. The framing crew would have to tidey up the stack to be stacked and aligned, unless they were ready to start hauling them up into place. The plant near here carried them on roller flatbed on their sides, with the peak hanging way out the side. I can't believe the troopers allow it. They hand off the right side farther than allowed off the rear. And those jockeys haul butt right on down the road. Real sketchy once off the interstate onto the local roads.

I would love to find an old S10 long bed 4wd to run. Wouldn't mind having a General, too but...

This trailer was adjustable in a couple of places so that they could keep the height below 13'6". The framers had a Lull and were able to take them off and place them where they wanted them. The trusses came out of Canada. Most of the time around here they come on the roller flatbeds but they have to have an escort.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Hauling them the way we did, Height or Width was never an issue. On a 20Ft Flat Bed though, they were pretty long. Most trusses were 24's some 28's but I once hauled a set of 36's to a commercial job site. When at the site, the dumping process was to first remove the rear chain, change the front chain to a rope, then remove the 2 X 12 that supported them at the rear. If the trusses did not start to tip back on their own, you needed the give the rope a little slack, then go to the rear and use your weight to tip it backwards. Then go back to the rope and ease them down till the back side were flat on the bed. Then carefully dump them off till the rear hit the ground, tilt the bed down some, then pull away. On those 36's, once tipped back, then dumping them before they slid, how high was the top tail in the air? I'd be only guessing, lol, but you needed to be careful of wires and where they would land if they were to go sideways.

[davischevy]

When I started making a living with a hammer and a square in 1971 my dad was building out a subdivision. All the houses were a basic 28'x72' footprint with floor plan and street elevation changes. We stick framed all of them.

By the time I put down my hammer and moved to the office in 1995, trusses were usually stacked because roofs were so damned high.

Dumping trusses is definitely an art.

[special-K]

I've gotten some free trusses due to damage

How do you figure these were hauled??

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Those sure are monsters.

[NewBayColony]

I framed for awhile in the early 80's and we stick built everything except one house and I don't remember why we used trusses on that one.

[special-K]

Same here, got away from framing at that time and I came up cutting rafters and building stairs, using a framing square for more than just marking wide boards for crosscuts and checking corners for square. It seems New England hung onto traditional building methods more than in this area. Not many true carpenters around here. It's the blind leading the blind. So you're building yourself a house? Good for you!

I never see truss haulers being escorted. It's hammer down and steal a lane if something's on the side of the road. And our DOT are a tough bunch. You might already know that.


I guess homes got bigger to where trusses needed to be hauled differently. The only pictures I found of a proper truss trailer are models



Back to GM heavies. Another snow plow

[NewBayColony]

I found a side view.
I do know about DOT. Everyone *****es about them but they do us all a big favor. I can't imagine the shape of trucks if they weren't doing their job. Back in the 80's and early 90's NJ DOT set up in Port Newark and took about 1/2 the junk container trucks off the road.
I didn't last as a framer ether. I still suck as a carpenter. I enjoyed hauling cars a lot more!
My wife and I are building a new home. I'm finally gonna have a real garage. All on one floor where we can sail off into the sunset of life.

[NewBayColony]

pacarhauler comes through again!

[C10 - C90 Bill]

'68 Chevys hauled by a '66 or '67 Chevy Truck.

Cool picture.

[special-K]

Like I said and meant, good for you on the new home build. I'm working at getting my place together before even thinking about selling. Then buy or build the next place outright. That may be the final place or maybe one more, we'll see. But my efforts are toward aligning myself with my final home.

That may be my favorite car hauler picture yet. I haven't saved any pictures you or others have posyed here, yet, because I'll end up losing track and showing them again. Maybe I should start a sub-folder just for those. As it is I have a lot of catching up to do on saving pics. Thanks for bringing all the great car hauler pictures here

[NewBayColony]

I get them from Dick Copello. He has a Flickr account that's 99% trucks and because he was a car hauler forever, He leans more towards them. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carhaul/with/51809095084/
I don't know how I missed these loads of 68s. Also I noticed the tractor has a Chevy bowtie on the grill but 4 headlights. Probably an "Custom Touch" What is cool to me is the front tractor is a twin screw stinger and the second one is a conventional 5th wheel single axle.
He wrote a book about them: https://www.amazon.com/American-Haul..._at_pdctrvw_dp

[special-K]

Originally Posted by NewBayColony

I get them from Dick Copello. He has a Flickr account that's 99% trucks and because he was a car hauler forever, He leans more towards them. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carhaul/with/51809095084/
I don't know how I missed these loads of 68s. Also I noticed the tractor has a Chevy bowtie on the grill but 4 headlights. Probably an "Custom Touch" What is cool to me is the front tractor is a twin screw stinger and the second one is a conventional 5th wheel single axle.
He wrote a book about them: https://www.amazon.com/American-Haul..._at_pdctrvw_dp

Thanks for sharing.

Some mighty fine Generals and Bisons

[70c10-08]

Here is a sad sad photo of a General that came from Mayfield Kentucky. Someone who went to help out with the assistance and or cleanup of the area spotted this and, took this photograph hopefully it was able to be saved or at least stripped of its valuable hard to find parts.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Most likely another case of one brand not representing the other. Although with both being GM vehicles you would think they would let that slide. It's a '66 or '67 GMC with some kind of different Chevy emblems on it. The truck in back "is" a Chevy and no newer than '63.

[70c10-08]

Not a semi but, an ad
June is Owner-Operator Month. Detroit Diesel Allison and the Double-O 92 salute you.

[Bob B.]

Originally Posted by 70c10-08

Not a semi but, an ad
June is Owner-Operator Month. Detroit Diesel Allison and the Double-O 92 salute you.

Wow, where did you find that? The OO-92 was only around for a couple of years. It was intended to be more appealing to owner-operators looking for big power, and had a lot of improvements that corrected some of the issues early 92's had. They were painted black instead of 'Alpine Green' like most Detroits. The OO-92 was eventually superseded by the Silver 92 series.

[70c10-08]

There is a page I belong to on Facebook that portrays to anything that has to do with the GMC general or their Chevrolet cousin the Bison and these ads popped up on the page

Double-O 92 A Special Engine For Owner Operators

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by 70c10-08

Double-O 92 A Special Engine For Owner Operators

The reason for the huge radiators we saw in the 80's. These engines, being 2 stroke require a lot of cooling.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Us non-Facebookers do miss out on a lot of cool stuff.

[KQQL IT]

Fb grab

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Cool picture.

[special-K]

'Tainer truck!

What time is it? 930!

[KQQL IT]

Same green jimmy.
Said to still be around waiting for a redo

[70c10-08]

Here are some screenshots I took on my phone from Facebook this business is restoring a Chevrolet Bison. Gotta love seeing those and their cousin the General being restored.