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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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Truck Show Outtake: 1995 Scania R143H-420 V8 Streamline 6×2 – What Truckers Wanted
Posted on August 6, 2025 | 14 CommentsFrom the late eighties to the mid-nineties, the Scania 3-series with a 14.2 liter V8 was the most longed-for new heavy truck in Europe. Three decades later, it has reached […] -
A Gallery Of Classic, Rare and Forgotten Big COE Trucks
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 16 CommentsOnce upon a time, COE (Cab Over Engine) big trucks dominated the highways in America; No more. Now they’re a rarity. But not only have COE trucks of all stripes […] -
CC Global: Carnehl And Bulthuis Semi-Trailers – Dumpy
Posted on July 26, 2025 | 7 CommentsThree brand spanking new, ‘stand alone’ end dump semi-trailers, close together in the same lot. Not the agricultural type of trailer, but the ones that are mainly used by earthmoving […] -
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 8 CommentsThe other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […] -
CC Global: John Deere Tractors – Different Fields, Same Big Green Machines
Posted on July 13, 2025 | 17 CommentsJohn Deere 4WD farm tractors are a common sight in the Netherlands, both on- and off-road. Outside the city areas, you simply can’t miss them. That is, if you […] -
CC Global: Open House At F-Trucks Nederland – A Full-Size Ford Fiesta On The Longest Day
Posted on July 6, 2025 | 19 CommentsSince May 2024, F-Trucks Nederland BV is the official Dutch importer and distributor of the heavy-duty Ford trucks and tractors developed and built by Ford Otosan from Turkey. Their very-well-organized […] -
CC Global: Van den Broek’s B-Double – B2B Logistics
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 10 CommentsIt’s not that easy to take a clear side view picture of an entire ‘ecocombi’, a combination vehicle with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”). Someone or something […] -
The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 22 CommentsGM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […] -
CC Global: 1973 Hanomag-Henschel F45 And 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter – Same Class, 45 Years Apart
Posted on June 15, 2025 | 12 CommentsIn the late sixties, the German Rheinstahl conglomerate merged the commercial vehicle divisions of their Hanomag and Henschel subsidiaries into Hanomag-Henschel-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, with Daimler-Benz as a 51% shareholder. Shortly after, […] -
CC Global: 2023 MAN TGX 6×2 Tractor – Personal Luxury Cabover
Posted on June 8, 2025 | 20 CommentsUsually, it’s a Scania, Volvo, or DAF tractor that gets an aftermarket exterior and interior makeover. So seeing Manders’ late-model MAN TGX, the truck maker’s top model, was a refreshing […] -
CC Global: 2023 Volvo FH Tractor And 2022 D-TEC Semi-Trailer – Hauling What Once Grew
Posted on June 1, 2025 | 6 CommentsLoad-wise, this semi is on a strict vegan diet. It only has an appetite for grain, sugar beets, silage, biomass, and other vegetable materials. As an aside, I very much […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 25 CommentsIn the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […] -
CC Global: 2024 DAF XF 530 FAN Hooklift Truck – Bare Metal
Posted on May 17, 2025 | 12 CommentsApart from the lighting on the roof top, I don’t see any aftermarket bits and pieces on this fairly new DAF. A straight(forward) truck in the pure and simple, yet […] -
CC Global: Scania-Vabis Magistralis – The Certified Floor Manager
Posted on May 11, 2025 | 1 CommentIt’s all too obvious that Mr. John van Limpt and his latest 26-wheeler prefer to travel heavy. The whole combination -from front to back- exudes sturdiness, it’s unyielding without being […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Series C50 – Texas Size Pickup
Posted on May 8, 2025 | 15 CommentsStanding out from the classic car crowd in November last year, and not only because of its size. Imported into the Netherlands at the end of 2020 and there has […]
![Truck Show Outtake: 1995 Scania R143H-420 V8 Streamline 6×2 – What Truckers Wanted From the late eighties to the mid-nineties, the Scania 3-series with a 14.2 liter V8 was the most longed-for new heavy truck in Europe. Three decades later, it has reached […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_4022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![A Gallery Of Classic, Rare and Forgotten Big COE Trucks Once upon a time, COE (Cab Over Engine) big trucks dominated the highways in America; No more. Now they’re a rarity. But not only have COE trucks of all stripes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a-ford-tile-big.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Carnehl And Bulthuis Semi-Trailers – Dumpy Three brand spanking new, ‘stand alone’ end dump semi-trailers, close together in the same lot. Not the agricultural type of trailer, but the ones that are mainly used by earthmoving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4223.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4238.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: John Deere Tractors – Different Fields, Same Big Green Machines John Deere 4WD farm tractors are a common sight in the Netherlands, both on- and off-road. Outside the city areas, you simply can’t miss them. That is, if you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_2663.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Open House At F-Trucks Nederland – A Full-Size Ford Fiesta On The Longest Day Since May 2024, F-Trucks Nederland BV is the official Dutch importer and distributor of the heavy-duty Ford trucks and tractors developed and built by Ford Otosan from Turkey. Their very-well-organized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_4215.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Van den Broek’s B-Double – B2B Logistics It’s not that easy to take a clear side view picture of an entire ‘ecocombi’, a combination vehicle with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”). Someone or something […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_4038.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin? GM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/toroflow-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 1973 Hanomag-Henschel F45 And 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter – Same Class, 45 Years Apart In the late sixties, the German Rheinstahl conglomerate merged the commercial vehicle divisions of their Hanomag and Henschel subsidiaries into Hanomag-Henschel-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, with Daimler-Benz as a 51% shareholder. Shortly after, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_4041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2023 MAN TGX 6×2 Tractor – Personal Luxury Cabover Usually, it’s a Scania, Volvo, or DAF tractor that gets an aftermarket exterior and interior makeover. So seeing Manders’ late-model MAN TGX, the truck maker’s top model, was a refreshing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2023 Volvo FH Tractor And 2022 D-TEC Semi-Trailer – Hauling What Once Grew Load-wise, this semi is on a strict vegan diet. It only has an appetite for grain, sugar beets, silage, biomass, and other vegetable materials. As an aside, I very much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover In the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4115.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2024 DAF XF 530 FAN Hooklift Truck – Bare Metal Apart from the lighting on the roof top, I don’t see any aftermarket bits and pieces on this fairly new DAF. A straight(forward) truck in the pure and simple, yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3996.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Scania-Vabis Magistralis – The Certified Floor Manager It’s all too obvious that Mr. John van Limpt and his latest 26-wheeler prefer to travel heavy. The whole combination -from front to back- exudes sturdiness, it’s unyielding without being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Series C50 – Texas Size Pickup Standing out from the classic car crowd in November last year, and not only because of its size. Imported into the Netherlands at the end of 2020 and there has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3890-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


