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About Author: Johannes Dutch
Posts by Johannes Dutch
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CC Global: Nick, Heath, Jarrod – There’s a Fire In The Barn!
Posted on June 4, 2024 | 7 CommentsLast April, I could finally take clear pictures of all the fire fighting vehicles on display at the yearly held King’s Day celebrations in a small town nearby. Especially of […] -
CC Outtakes: All Cool Air-Cooled Things Come In Threes
Posted on May 31, 2024 | 11 CommentsCompletely free of knickknacks and without stance ‘improvements’. As if they’ve just rolled off the production line. Or left the body manufacturer’s workshop. A trio of mighty fine classic Volkswagen […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1997 Toyota Century – An Expression Of Japanese Dignity
Posted on May 28, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 5/24/2018) Finding Toyota’s absolute top model for their domestic market and Japan’s only production car ever with a V12 engine, what an unexpected treat it was […] -
CC Global: MAN TGS 18.510 4×4 Tractor And Knapen KX 770 Semi-Trailer – Going Up The Country
Posted on May 27, 2024 | 15 CommentsThe dedicated ‘agri-semi’ is an unknown phenomenon in the Netherlands, so I was glad I could finally examine such a combination up close. In short, an agri-semi is a 4×4 […] -
CC Global: Delta Machinery – Transporting Compactors Compactly
Posted on May 24, 2024 | 4 CommentsThe folks at Delta Machinery are true CAT people. Just like in previous years, they put their Scania-Faymonville couple on display at the truck show in the southeast of the […] -
CC Global: Carrozzeria Pezzaioli-Bodied MAN – Livestock Gran Turismo
Posted on May 20, 2024 | 11 CommentsThe other day I visited a classic MAN and Büssing show in the East Netherlands. A rather lonely and not-so-young German big rig caught my attention, the combination was clearly […] -
Truck Stop Classic: MAN 26.281 DHK Dreiseitenkipper – Round-Faced And Steely-Spined
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 23 CommentsFrom 1956 to 1994, with an update in 1969, German truck manufacturer MAN offered a short-nosed conventional, generally referred to as the ‘MAN Ponton-Kurzhauber’. It was one of the heavy-duty […] -
Truck Show Outtake: 2006 Ginaf X 4241 S Dump Truck – Unpolished Refinement
Posted on May 10, 2024 | 11 CommentsJust perfect! An 18 years old, battle-scarred dump truck, parked between two immaculate showstoppers. Dump trucks don’t have it easy, you know. They’re always carrying very heavy loads, under less […] -
CC Global: Two Tractors, More Than 50 Years Apart – Both Making a Big Noise
Posted on May 5, 2024 | 10 CommentsDeutz, an illustrious name in the vehicle manufacturing industry. The company’s founders gave us the internal combustion engine as we know it. Their air-cooled diesel engines were distributed all over […] -
CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway)
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 17 CommentsNo fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […] -
CC Global: This Volvo Always Stays Ahead Of The Competitors
Posted on April 21, 2024 | 5 CommentsRiding along on a 2017 Volvo FH truck and GS Meppel center-axle trailer, two brand spanking new Scania trucks, straight from the Zwolle plant in the Netherlands, the truck maker’s […] -
CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 5 CommentsThere are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […] -
CC Global: 2018 Scania P450 8×4 Crane Carrier – The Show’s Gatekeeper
Posted on April 7, 2024 | 10 CommentsA telescopic crane mounted on a standard chassis-cab from a truck manufacturer, that’s something you don’t see often around here. Usually, the entire crane unit rests on a dedicated all-terrain/rough-terrain […] -
CC Global: The Corporation’s Industrial Vehicles Are Finally Rolling Out Of The Shadows
Posted on March 31, 2024 | 21 CommentsCertainly in Northwestern Europe, heavy Iveco vehicles have always had a reputation of typical, bare-bones ‘fleet trucks’, rarely owned by small transport companies or owner-operators. This has been the case […] -
CC Global: 2021 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Hooklift Truck – (Keep) Dry Cargo
Posted on March 24, 2024 | 7 CommentsWood fiber – sawdust – forage – biomass. Ten Damme’s business in writing, right there. The company has a large and interesting fleet of heavy trucks and tractors, such as […]
![CC Global: Nick, Heath, Jarrod – There’s a Fire In The Barn! Last April, I could finally take clear pictures of all the fire fighting vehicles on display at the yearly held King’s Day celebrations in a small town nearby. Especially of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2268.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtakes: All Cool Air-Cooled Things Come In Threes Completely free of knickknacks and without stance ‘improvements’. As if they’ve just rolled off the production line. Or left the body manufacturer’s workshop. A trio of mighty fine classic Volkswagen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2430.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtake: 1997 Toyota Century – An Expression Of Japanese Dignity (first posted 5/24/2018) Finding Toyota’s absolute top model for their domestic market and Japan’s only production car ever with a V12 engine, what an unexpected treat it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_6453.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: MAN TGS 18.510 4×4 Tractor And Knapen KX 770 Semi-Trailer – Going Up The Country The dedicated ‘agri-semi’ is an unknown phenomenon in the Netherlands, so I was glad I could finally examine such a combination up close. In short, an agri-semi is a 4×4 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2325.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Delta Machinery – Transporting Compactors Compactly The folks at Delta Machinery are true CAT people. Just like in previous years, they put their Scania-Faymonville couple on display at the truck show in the southeast of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2341.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Carrozzeria Pezzaioli-Bodied MAN – Livestock Gran Turismo The other day I visited a classic MAN and Büssing show in the East Netherlands. A rather lonely and not-so-young German big rig caught my attention, the combination was clearly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2512.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Stop Classic: MAN 26.281 DHK Dreiseitenkipper – Round-Faced And Steely-Spined From 1956 to 1994, with an update in 1969, German truck manufacturer MAN offered a short-nosed conventional, generally referred to as the ‘MAN Ponton-Kurzhauber’. It was one of the heavy-duty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2421.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Show Outtake: 2006 Ginaf X 4241 S Dump Truck – Unpolished Refinement Just perfect! An 18 years old, battle-scarred dump truck, parked between two immaculate showstoppers. Dump trucks don’t have it easy, you know. They’re always carrying very heavy loads, under less […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2353.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Two Tractors, More Than 50 Years Apart – Both Making a Big Noise Deutz, an illustrious name in the vehicle manufacturing industry. The company’s founders gave us the internal combustion engine as we know it. Their air-cooled diesel engines were distributed all over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2247.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway) No fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1813.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: This Volvo Always Stays Ahead Of The Competitors Riding along on a 2017 Volvo FH truck and GS Meppel center-axle trailer, two brand spanking new Scania trucks, straight from the Zwolle plant in the Netherlands, the truck maker’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1857.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver There are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1802.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2018 Scania P450 8×4 Crane Carrier – The Show’s Gatekeeper A telescopic crane mounted on a standard chassis-cab from a truck manufacturer, that’s something you don’t see often around here. Usually, the entire crane unit rests on a dedicated all-terrain/rough-terrain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1860.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: The Corporation’s Industrial Vehicles Are Finally Rolling Out Of The Shadows Certainly in Northwestern Europe, heavy Iveco vehicles have always had a reputation of typical, bare-bones ‘fleet trucks’, rarely owned by small transport companies or owner-operators. This has been the case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1760.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2021 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Hooklift Truck – (Keep) Dry Cargo Wood fiber – sawdust – forage – biomass. Ten Damme’s business in writing, right there. The company has a large and interesting fleet of heavy trucks and tractors, such as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1863.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


