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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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2023 DAF XG+ 530 FTG 6×2/4 Tractor – Fond Of Bond
Posted on October 19, 2025 | 14 CommentsThis superbly DAF (Diamonds Are Forever) is recognizable as an owner-operator tractor from a country mile. It speaks for itself that the biggest cab, most powerful engine, and air suspension […] -
CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 6 CommentsLast month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road […] -
Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 5 CommentsCC readers are likely aware that friend and fellow Japan cohort Tatra87 and I are both expats living here in Tokyo. The difference is he lives near the center of […] -
CC Global: 2025 MAN TGS 46.520 8×8 Wide Spread – The Traton Group’s King Off The Road
Posted on October 8, 2025 | 4 CommentsMAN is one of those truck manufacturers that can offer factory 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 chassis with in-house front and rear drive axles. Often, a chassis-cab with such a drivetrain […] -
CC Global: Open House Cor Huibers Tree Nurseries – Into The Green Zone
Posted on October 5, 2025 | 9 CommentsWelcome to Green Thumb County (aka Tree Centre Opheusden) in the Netherlands, where dozens of tree nurseries largely dominate the landscape. One of them is the Cor Huibers family business, […] -
CC Global: Loading Young Trees – A Root-And-Branch Approach
Posted on September 30, 2025 | 14 CommentsOn Saturday September 27, Cor Huibers tree nurseries from the Dutch river delta welcomed anyone who was interested in their business and operating activities. Their young trees are exported to […] -
CC Global: Scania 770S V8 10×4/6 Wrecker-Rotator – I Love It When a Plan Comes Together
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 7 CommentsIn May 2023, I visited the open house days of the Falkom company in the Netherlands, a manufacturer of a wide range of recovery vehicles. The crew was building a […] -
CC Global: 2024 Iveco Daily 40-180 (40C18) Hi-Matic – Keepin’ a Lo-Profile
Posted on September 21, 2025 | 13 CommentsJust sitting in a corner, unnoted and completely ignored by the crowd at the yearly held truck-mounted cranes fest. In other words, the conditions for taking photobomb-free pictures of this […] -
Military Classics: Lauster MF60 – Impressive Tank Towing Titan
Posted on September 20, 2025 | 9 CommentsWhile doing a little motorcoach research, I came across this leviathan. I initially thought it was one of those massive arctic glacier tour buses, but discovered it’s something quite different. […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1977 Mack WS Cruise-Liner – Home-Built Like a Mack Truck Camper
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 12 CommentsImported into the Netherlands in the spring of 2024, after which the original tractor got a detachable flatbed. On top of that -quite literally- a small, home-built housing unit, strapped […] -
Truck Stop Classics: Büssing Commodore SK And M.A.N. Diesel 515 L1 – The Long And The Short Of It
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 18 CommentsBack to the fifties and sixties, featuring a duo of conventional dump trucks from Germany, both with a 4×2 drivetrain and a Meiller Kipper three-way dump bed with wooden dropsides. […] -
CC Global: 2017 Ginaf X6 5350 CTSE 10×6 End Dump Truck – Niche Filler
Posted on August 28, 2025 | 6 CommentsLast year September, I walked by this Ginaf end dump truck, sitting in the showroom of a used truck dealer. From an enthusiast’s point of view, that brand name is […] -
The GAZ-66 History: The Soviet 4×4 Built For Any Terrain
Posted on August 26, 2025 | 25 Comments(first posted 5/11/2014) A title so straightforward is appropriate for the story of the GAZ-66, a 4×4 truck that was one of the mainstays of both the Soviet Army […] -
CC Global: 2024 And 2025 Harvest Days – Agro-Modernities And Their Supporters
Posted on August 22, 2025 | 6 CommentsAfter last week’s classics, the focus is now on the present times in agriculture. Which means, among many other things, that each and every land vehicle has a safe and […] -
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Milheeze – Regional Truckage Assortment
Posted on August 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsMultiple straight trucks and semis were on display at the yearly held show in the southeast of the Netherlands, organized by a local truck drivers club. Walking along a grand […]