Trucks Are Beautiful

[factorystock]

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

[factorystock]

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........................................

[special-K]

Originally Posted by factorystock

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

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

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by special-K

It seems we most saw/see them on the lighter end, usually single rear and usually straight trucks.

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.