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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 3
Posted on August 1, 2016 | 36 CommentsThe third -and last- article in this series showing the European brands, opens with a 1963 Scania-Vabis LBS76 Super, towing a 1972 DAF semi-trailer. DAF started as a trailer and […] -
Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 1
Posted on July 15, 2016 | 34 CommentsMore than 300 trucks were present at the sublime Oldtimer Truck Show in Stroe, the Netherlands, held on the 9th of July. Trucks of European and American origin. Actually, there […] -
Construction Classic: 1940s Euclid R24 And NW Engineering Crane – Quite A Pair
Posted on June 29, 2016 | 38 Comments(first posted 10/23/2012) Time for something a little different. These retired workhorses have been part of the scenery in front of a quarry near Blackhawk State Park for years, but […] -
CC Global: 2010 Iveco Daily 35C15 – Downsized Semi
Posted on May 20, 2016 | 34 CommentsBecause you’re allowed to drive a rig like this with a BE driver’s license in the Netherlands, the tractor unit is typically called a BE tractor. The letter B for […] -
CC Global: 2015 Scania P320 6×2 – Carrying A Wirtgen Milling Machine, Powered By Deutz
Posted on May 6, 2016 | 10 CommentsOn a sunny evening I walked past this fairly new representative of Scania’s current generation of trucks, introduced in 2004. A modular range of trucks and tractors, available with three […] -
CC Global: 2006 Iveco Trakker 440 6×6 – Versatile Heavy Duty Truck
Posted on April 26, 2016 | 25 CommentsIveco (Industrial Vehicles Corporation), nowadays a CNH Industrial Company, was founded in 1975. It was a major merger between Fiat’s truck division and the truckmakers OM from Italy, Unic from […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Mack CF-608 Pumper – Manning Up?
Posted on March 29, 2016 | 37 Comments(first posted 1/14/2012) There are not a lot of uses for a used fire truck. Sure, a smaller fire company or city will buy an older unit from a bigger […] -
Truck And Bus Show Classics: DAF Museum Days October 2015
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 25 CommentsEvery first weekend of the month October the DAF Museum Days are held in Eindhoven. The main event is at the DAF plant’s premises, at a short distance from the […] -
Truckin’: My Seasonal Job Driving A New Hino Truck
Posted on July 26, 2015 | 55 CommentsI just spent four months working at my seasonal spring job, working as a truck driver. I was talking with Paul a few weeks ago and telling him about about […] -
Mountainside Classics: An Accidental Trip To Snow Cat Heaven
Posted on April 27, 2015 | 19 CommentsIt is an important and popular fact, as the poet said, that different strokes work for different folks. Especially when it comes to leisure activities, an open mind must […] -
Carshow Outake: 1955 Austin Loadstar BBC Outside Broadcast Van – Smile, You’re On Candid Camera!
Posted on April 19, 2015 | 21 CommentsIf you like old trucks and the BBC, this is just your thing. If not, keep reading, because the tale is worth telling anyway. -
CC Roadtrip: Rental Truck Blues
Posted on October 25, 2014 | 33 CommentsOut of all the working rigs out there, few are as unloved as rental trucks. We use rental trucks […] -
Automotive History: The Rise and Fall Of The American COE Semi-Tractor
Posted on August 13, 2014 | 86 Comments(first posted in 2011, updated and expanded) From the late forties through the seventies, the Cab Over Engine (“COE”) semi-tractor was the Brontosaurus of the Road. You’d see them happily […] -
Curbside Classic: The Cat 797 Mining Truck – I’ll See Your V12 and Raise You Twelve
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 30 CommentsPaul’s post on the GM “Twin Six” was fascinating to me. While I’m sure I’ve seen mention of these, I really wasn’t aware of them in any detail and his […] -
CC Capsule: 1959 Ford F-500 Fire Truck – Like a Good Neighbor
Posted on February 6, 2014 | 18 CommentsOne of my hobbies is collecting vintage film cameras. I have a whole bunch; I lost count at about 75. I shoot all the ones for which you can still […]
![Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 3 The third -and last- article in this series showing the European brands, opens with a 1963 Scania-Vabis LBS76 Super, towing a 1972 DAF semi-trailer. DAF started as a trailer and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_2070.jpg)
![Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 1 More than 300 trucks were present at the sublime Oldtimer Truck Show in Stroe, the Netherlands, held on the 9th of July. Trucks of European and American origin. Actually, there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_2039.jpg)
![Construction Classic: 1940s Euclid R24 And NW Engineering Crane – Quite A Pair (first posted 10/23/2012) Time for something a little different. These retired workhorses have been part of the scenery in front of a quarry near Blackhawk State Park for years, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-062-e1349562526246.jpg)
![CC Global: 2010 Iveco Daily 35C15 – Downsized Semi Because you’re allowed to drive a rig like this with a BE driver’s license in the Netherlands, the tractor unit is typically called a BE tractor. The letter B for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_1619.jpg)
![CC Global: 2015 Scania P320 6×2 – Carrying A Wirtgen Milling Machine, Powered By Deutz On a sunny evening I walked past this fairly new representative of Scania’s current generation of trucks, introduced in 2004. A modular range of trucks and tractors, available with three […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_1504.jpg)
![CC Global: 2006 Iveco Trakker 440 6×6 – Versatile Heavy Duty Truck Iveco (Industrial Vehicles Corporation), nowadays a CNH Industrial Company, was founded in 1975. It was a major merger between Fiat’s truck division and the truckmakers OM from Italy, Unic from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_1491.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Mack CF-608 Pumper – Manning Up? (first posted 1/14/2012) There are not a lot of uses for a used fire truck. Sure, a smaller fire company or city will buy an older unit from a bigger […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1968MackCF60801-crop2.jpg)
![Truck And Bus Show Classics: DAF Museum Days October 2015 Every first weekend of the month October the DAF Museum Days are held in Eindhoven. The main event is at the DAF plant’s premises, at a short distance from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0497.jpg)
![Truckin’: My Seasonal Job Driving A New Hino Truck I just spent four months working at my seasonal spring job, working as a truck driver. I was talking with Paul a few weeks ago and telling him about about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_0343.jpg)
![Mountainside Classics: An Accidental Trip To Snow Cat Heaven It is an important and popular fact, as the poet said, that different strokes work for different folks. Especially when it comes to leisure activities, an open mind must […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150425_0944060.jpg)

![CC Roadtrip: Rental Truck Blues Out of all the working rigs out there, few are as unloved as rental trucks. We use rental trucks […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/uhaul.jpg)
![Automotive History: The Rise and Fall Of The American COE Semi-Tractor (first posted in 2011, updated and expanded) From the late forties through the seventies, the Cab Over Engine (“COE”) semi-tractor was the Brontosaurus of the Road. You’d see them happily […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1961_ford_h_series-TTAC-Crop1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: The Cat 797 Mining Truck – I’ll See Your V12 and Raise You Twelve Paul’s post on the GM “Twin Six” was fascinating to me. While I’m sure I’ve seen mention of these, I really wasn’t aware of them in any detail and his […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012_0731-Cat797_02.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1959 Ford F-500 Fire Truck – Like a Good Neighbor One of my hobbies is collecting vintage film cameras. I have a whole bunch; I lost count at about 75. I shoot all the ones for which you can still […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1959FordF-500_1jg.jpg)


