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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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Wordless Outtake: 1979 Mack F 785 ST – ‘My Truck Is So Tall, I Need a Ladder To Get Into The Bed’
Posted on October 30, 2023 | 15 Comments -
CC Global: Nooteboom Ballast Trailers – This Is Not Michigan
Posted on October 27, 2023 | 17 CommentsWe’re standing next to an example of a ne plus ultra flatbed semi-trailer. That’s not an exaggeration, given its herculean payload capacity of almost 70 tonnes (154,000 lbs). Legally allowed […] -
CC Global: Mercedes-Benz And Nooteboom – Bridge Formula
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 8 CommentsAt first sight, something seems to have gone terribly wrong here. At second sight, it’s a type of low loader that has taken a short position. A 2017 Nooteboom ‘ketelbrug’ […] -
Wordless Outtake: Cherokee 4 Me – Wrangler 4 U
Posted on October 18, 2023 | 7 Comments -
CC Global: Volvo, Nooteboom And Woltman – We Brake For Nobody
Posted on October 15, 2023 | 17 CommentsThe Brouwer haulage company from the Netherlands is a third generation family business and is specialized in city logistics. More specifically: transporting king-sized, tracked machines deep into built-up areas and […] -
Museum Classics: The Eclectic Vehicles Of The Skógar Museum
Posted on October 10, 2023 | 21 Comments(first posted 10/10/2017) Skógar, a little town in southern Iceland, is famous for its superb waterfall, but also for having one of the oldest museums in the […] -
CC Global: DAF Special Editions By Bakker – The Lowrider And The Hi-Riser
Posted on October 9, 2023 | 5 CommentsBakker Bedrijfswagens (Baker Commercialvehicles) is a group of truck dealerships with 20 locations in the Netherlands. Among the keep-on-trucking enthusiasts, they’re also known for their special, limited edtions of heavy […] -
CC Global: 2022 Volvo FMX 6×4 Heavy Haulage Tractor – Swedish Bully Breed With An Underbite
Posted on October 2, 2023 | 25 CommentsBolk’s compact and robust Volvo FMX 6×4 tractor seems to be sculpted from a single block of granite. Low and short -only 7.12 m (23’4”) long- yet it’s rated at […] -
CC Global: 2023 Lift ‘n’ Load Event – Forest Of Steel
Posted on September 23, 2023 | 11 CommentsAtlas, Effer, Fassi, Hiab, HMF and Palfinger belong to the genus of knuckle boom cranes. They are not only used to load and unload freight, but also for hoisting jobs, […] -
Truck Show Classics: 2023 Historic Transport Festival, Metropole Druten – What’s In a Name?
Posted on August 6, 2023 | 19 CommentsThe second edition of the perfectly organized event was held on July 9. Apart from an impressive fleet of classic Swedish powerhouses, there were also plenty of other big gems […] -
Truck Stop Classics: Straw-Laden Flatbeds – For Display Purposes Only
Posted on July 30, 2023 | 24 CommentsWhat a cool idea for a hot summer day! Have two classic flatbed rigs loaded with straw bales by the local forage supplier and then drive them to the show […] -
CC Global: 2008 Mercedes-Benz Actros 3332 AK 6×6 Dump Truck – A Relative Of The Unimog
Posted on July 23, 2023 | 36 Comments(first posted 7/23/2017) Daimler Trucks is the world’s largest manufacturer of mid-size and heavy trucks. The company’s main brand is Mercedes-Benz (Unimog included). The other members of the global […] -
Truck Show Classics: 2023 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – Worth Revisiting
Posted on July 21, 2023 | 20 CommentsAfter a hiatus of no less than seven years, the third edition of the magnificent classic truck show in Stroe (the Netherlands) was held on July 1. More than 300 […] -
Wordless Outtake: Mack NR Logging Truck – Misdelivery?
Posted on July 14, 2023 | 17 Comments -
Truck Stop Classic: From The Days That Volvo Offered Conventionals In Europe And DAF Also Built Trailers
Posted on July 9, 2023 | 11 CommentsIn my book, this livestock combination from the sixties was the most outstanding big rig at the classic truck show I recently visited (more on that later, of course). A […]

![CC Global: Nooteboom Ballast Trailers – This Is Not Michigan We’re standing next to an example of a ne plus ultra flatbed semi-trailer. That’s not an exaggeration, given its herculean payload capacity of almost 70 tonnes (154,000 lbs). Legally allowed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1991.jpg)
![CC Global: Mercedes-Benz And Nooteboom – Bridge Formula At first sight, something seems to have gone terribly wrong here. At second sight, it’s a type of low loader that has taken a short position. A 2017 Nooteboom ‘ketelbrug’ […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1977.jpg)

![CC Global: Volvo, Nooteboom And Woltman – We Brake For Nobody The Brouwer haulage company from the Netherlands is a third generation family business and is specialized in city logistics. More specifically: transporting king-sized, tracked machines deep into built-up areas and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1987.jpg)
![Museum Classics: The Eclectic Vehicles Of The Skógar Museum (first posted 10/10/2017) Skógar, a little town in southern Iceland, is famous for its superb waterfall, but also for having one of the oldest museums in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170726_172035.jpg)
![CC Global: DAF Special Editions By Bakker – The Lowrider And The Hi-Riser Bakker Bedrijfswagens (Baker Commercialvehicles) is a group of truck dealerships with 20 locations in the Netherlands. Among the keep-on-trucking enthusiasts, they’re also known for their special, limited edtions of heavy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1882.jpg)
![CC Global: 2022 Volvo FMX 6×4 Heavy Haulage Tractor – Swedish Bully Breed With An Underbite Bolk’s compact and robust Volvo FMX 6×4 tractor seems to be sculpted from a single block of granite. Low and short -only 7.12 m (23’4”) long- yet it’s rated at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1906.jpg)
![CC Global: 2023 Lift ‘n’ Load Event – Forest Of Steel Atlas, Effer, Fassi, Hiab, HMF and Palfinger belong to the genus of knuckle boom cranes. They are not only used to load and unload freight, but also for hoisting jobs, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_1668.jpg)
![Truck Show Classics: 2023 Historic Transport Festival, Metropole Druten – What’s In a Name? The second edition of the perfectly organized event was held on July 9. Apart from an impressive fleet of classic Swedish powerhouses, there were also plenty of other big gems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1308.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classics: Straw-Laden Flatbeds – For Display Purposes Only What a cool idea for a hot summer day! Have two classic flatbed rigs loaded with straw bales by the local forage supplier and then drive them to the show […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1353.jpg)
![CC Global: 2008 Mercedes-Benz Actros 3332 AK 6×6 Dump Truck – A Relative Of The Unimog (first posted 7/23/2017) Daimler Trucks is the world’s largest manufacturer of mid-size and heavy trucks. The company’s main brand is Mercedes-Benz (Unimog included). The other members of the global […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_4294.jpg)
![Truck Show Classics: 2023 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – Worth Revisiting After a hiatus of no less than seven years, the third edition of the magnificent classic truck show in Stroe (the Netherlands) was held on July 1. More than 300 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1250.jpg)

![Truck Stop Classic: From The Days That Volvo Offered Conventionals In Europe And DAF Also Built Trailers In my book, this livestock combination from the sixties was the most outstanding big rig at the classic truck show I recently visited (more on that later, of course). A […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1232.jpg)


