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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 ![]()
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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.
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pacarhauler comes through again!
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72 C20 292 3OTT 77 GMC 2500 4x4 Longstepper 350 4sp 50 3100 ex Airforce/Town of Mendon fire truck 72 GMC 1500 2wd short stepside 250 4sp 78 GMC 2500 4x Longstepper 292 4sp 54 6400 Chevy 5 window 4 sp 2sp vac rear end Shell oil truck/dump truck (Norman) |
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'68 Chevys hauled by a '66 or '67 Chevy Truck.
Cool picture.
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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
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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
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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.
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Not a semi but, an ad
June is Owner-Operator Month. Detroit Diesel Allison and the Double-O 92 salute you. |
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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.
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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
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Us non-Facebookers do miss out on a lot of cool stuff.
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Announcing DOUBLE-O 92
The Detroit Diesels Historically, America's No. 1 selling diesel engines |
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After the 6-71,s we ran the Silver 6V-92s. After 6-71's the 6V-92s were a big upgrade. They were quieter (Not hard to do) and more power. The best thing about them was they were very smooth for a truck diesel. They didn't even vibrate the mirrors. That is a nice feature when you are backing in somewhere.
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Quote:
Some mighty fine Generals and Bisons
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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.
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Fb grab
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Cool picture.
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'Tainer truck!
What time is it? 930!
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Same green jimmy.
Said to still be around waiting for a redo
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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.
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This is how you deal with trusses on the job site.
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Same kind of truck, same kind of trusses, but I would deliver them a little different, lol.
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Betcha a 4-71 in it.
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Couple more Jimmy's
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