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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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CC Global: 2003 Ford F-350 XL Super Duty Tow Truck – Your Vehicle Is Under Arrest!
Posted on September 24, 2018 | 25 CommentsFrom 2003 to 2017, this Ford was one of the tow trucks of the Rotterdam Police Department. It’s now part of their historic collection. Thanks to the truck’s moderate height, […] -
CC Global: 2018 Renault K 460 8×4 With An RSP Suction Excavator – Radio Remote Controlled Mega Toy
Posted on September 23, 2018 | 19 CommentsI’ve seen some trucks and truck bodies in the past 40 to 50 years, but this combination just has to be the most intriguing of them all. A king-size vacuum […] -
CC Global: 2017 Iveco Stralis 6×2 Truck And GS Meppel Drawbar Trailer – Spotless Muck Collector
Posted on September 1, 2018 | 9 CommentsThe core business of the Patrick van der Mark Shitgroup is collecting fresh horse manure. This super clean dream machine is the company’s only Iveco, the rest of the fleet […] -
CC Global: Vervaet Hydro Trike And Schouten Liquid Manure Injector – Too Big To Play On The Lawn
Posted on August 26, 2018 | 26 CommentsRemember the pedal trike tractors from your early years? Here’s a king-size model for grown-ups. Even better, you also get paid for riding it. Now let’s walk around this three-wheeled […] -
CC Global: The Typical European Eighteen-Wheeler Rolls On Twelve Wheels
Posted on August 13, 2018 | 22 CommentsA towering 4×2 cabover tractor unit, towing a semi-trailer with three axles and six super singles. Travel anywhere in Europe and you’ll notice that this is the most common big […] -
CC Global: Volvo FH16 10×4 Tractor And Nooteboom Low Loader – Letting The Cat Out
Posted on August 1, 2018 | 18 CommentsHere’s the third and last of the Volvo-Nooteboom couples, which seems to be a perfect marriage in the world of heavy haulage. The Schoones company brought their fairly new 2017 […] -
CC Global: Volvo FM 6×4 Tractor And Nooteboom Semi Low Loader – Heavy Haulage Heavyweights
Posted on July 25, 2018 | 8 CommentsSpeaking of heavy haulage heavyweights, the Van der Vlist company is one of Europe’s market leaders in this line of business. Their orange Volvos are roaming the whole continent. Here’s […] -
CC Global: 2018 Opel Blitz Treffen – The Opel Commercial Vehicles Of Yore And Some Classic Sedans To Boot
Posted on June 20, 2018 | 21 CommentsLast Sunday I decided to book a last minute travel to the 2018 Opel Blitz Treffen, held on June 15, 16 and 17. Circa 40 minutes later I arrived at […] -
CC Global: Scania Quartet – Three Livestock Haulers And One Reefer
Posted on June 16, 2018 | 10 CommentsWhen transporting livestock, animal welfare and -health have become top priorities in the recent past. If the driving distance exceeds 65 km/40 miles, then the hauling company needs a license […] -
Car Show Classics: 2013 HCVC Show – The Really Rare Big Rigs
Posted on June 15, 2018 | 32 CommentsThere are a few more trucks that I can show you while I am still working on a post about International-Harvester Australia’s trucks, which will also serve to cover the […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Volvo L495 Titan 4×2 Flatbed Truck – The Traditional Conventional
Posted on June 10, 2018 | 12 CommentsIn 1951 Volvo introduced their new and largest truck model at that point in time, the L395 Titan-series. From 1953 onwards it was powered by Volvo’s D96 diesel engine, a […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1963 REO M35 6×6 Dump Truck – Civilian Job After The Military
Posted on June 8, 2018 | 9 CommentsIn the Netherlands, numerous ex-US military 6×6 trucks were professionally converted into dump trucks during the post-World War II decades. Truck makers and off-road specialists Ginaf and Terberg stemmed from […] -
Truck Stop Classic: 1980 Ford Transcontinental 4435 6×2 Tractor – Full-Size Ford For The European Market
Posted on June 5, 2018 | 22 Comments“Hooray! Hooray! It’s a Holi-Holiday”… now excuse me for getting a bit overenthusiastic, let alone for quoting Boney M, but I’ve been waiting so long for finding this rare Big […] -
CC Global: 2017 DAF CF 460 FAX – All Beefed Up
Posted on May 25, 2018 | 6 CommentsMultiple specialists in the Netherlands upgrade factory truck chassis, like adding an axle and/or doing a rear tandem conversion. The whole idea is to increase the truck’s payload capacity without […] -
In Motion Outtakes: 2016 DAF XF 510 Ecocombi Going Around The Roundabout
Posted on May 18, 2018 | 8 CommentsApart from special and heavy haulage, a combination like this is the largest and heaviest type of vehicle rolling down the Dutch roads. It’s called an LZV or Ecocombi; maximum […]
![CC Global: 2003 Ford F-350 XL Super Duty Tow Truck – Your Vehicle Is Under Arrest! From 2003 to 2017, this Ford was one of the tow trucks of the Rotterdam Police Department. It’s now part of their historic collection. Thanks to the truck’s moderate height, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_7409.jpg)
![CC Global: 2018 Renault K 460 8×4 With An RSP Suction Excavator – Radio Remote Controlled Mega Toy I’ve seen some trucks and truck bodies in the past 40 to 50 years, but this combination just has to be the most intriguing of them all. A king-size vacuum […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_7430.jpg)
![CC Global: 2017 Iveco Stralis 6×2 Truck And GS Meppel Drawbar Trailer – Spotless Muck Collector The core business of the Patrick van der Mark Shitgroup is collecting fresh horse manure. This super clean dream machine is the company’s only Iveco, the rest of the fleet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_6165.jpg)
![CC Global: Vervaet Hydro Trike And Schouten Liquid Manure Injector – Too Big To Play On The Lawn Remember the pedal trike tractors from your early years? Here’s a king-size model for grown-ups. Even better, you also get paid for riding it. Now let’s walk around this three-wheeled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_6949.jpg)
![CC Global: The Typical European Eighteen-Wheeler Rolls On Twelve Wheels A towering 4×2 cabover tractor unit, towing a semi-trailer with three axles and six super singles. Travel anywhere in Europe and you’ll notice that this is the most common big […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_6160.jpg)
![CC Global: Volvo FH16 10×4 Tractor And Nooteboom Low Loader – Letting The Cat Out Here’s the third and last of the Volvo-Nooteboom couples, which seems to be a perfect marriage in the world of heavy haulage. The Schoones company brought their fairly new 2017 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_6120.jpg)
![CC Global: Volvo FM 6×4 Tractor And Nooteboom Semi Low Loader – Heavy Haulage Heavyweights Speaking of heavy haulage heavyweights, the Van der Vlist company is one of Europe’s market leaders in this line of business. Their orange Volvos are roaming the whole continent. Here’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_6199.jpg)
![CC Global: 2018 Opel Blitz Treffen – The Opel Commercial Vehicles Of Yore And Some Classic Sedans To Boot Last Sunday I decided to book a last minute travel to the 2018 Opel Blitz Treffen, held on June 15, 16 and 17. Circa 40 minutes later I arrived at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_6622.jpg)
![CC Global: Scania Quartet – Three Livestock Haulers And One Reefer When transporting livestock, animal welfare and -health have become top priorities in the recent past. If the driving distance exceeds 65 km/40 miles, then the hauling company needs a license […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_6194.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: 2013 HCVC Show – The Really Rare Big Rigs There are a few more trucks that I can show you while I am still working on a post about International-Harvester Australia’s trucks, which will also serve to cover the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1965-Foden-S21.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Volvo L495 Titan 4×2 Flatbed Truck – The Traditional Conventional In 1951 Volvo introduced their new and largest truck model at that point in time, the L395 Titan-series. From 1953 onwards it was powered by Volvo’s D96 diesel engine, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_6555.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1963 REO M35 6×6 Dump Truck – Civilian Job After The Military In the Netherlands, numerous ex-US military 6×6 trucks were professionally converted into dump trucks during the post-World War II decades. Truck makers and off-road specialists Ginaf and Terberg stemmed from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_6564.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1980 Ford Transcontinental 4435 6×2 Tractor – Full-Size Ford For The European Market “Hooray! Hooray! It’s a Holi-Holiday”… now excuse me for getting a bit overenthusiastic, let alone for quoting Boney M, but I’ve been waiting so long for finding this rare Big […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_6541.jpg)
![CC Global: 2017 DAF CF 460 FAX – All Beefed Up Multiple specialists in the Netherlands upgrade factory truck chassis, like adding an axle and/or doing a rear tandem conversion. The whole idea is to increase the truck’s payload capacity without […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_6059.jpg)
![In Motion Outtakes: 2016 DAF XF 510 Ecocombi Going Around The Roundabout Apart from special and heavy haulage, a combination like this is the largest and heaviest type of vehicle rolling down the Dutch roads. It’s called an LZV or Ecocombi; maximum […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_6260.jpg)


