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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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2022 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Flatbed Truck – Straw Boss
Posted on October 24, 2025 | 11 CommentsA stand-alone, flatlander’s flatbed truck was displayed at a truck show I visited in early September. To get a more complete picture of the Volvo forage hauler -its livery says […] -
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 | 10 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 […]
![2022 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Flatbed Truck – Straw Boss A stand-alone, flatlander’s flatbed truck was displayed at a truck show I visited in early September. To get a more complete picture of the Volvo forage hauler -its livery says […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4459-115x115.jpg)
![2023 DAF XG+ 530 FTG 6×2/4 Tractor – Fond Of Bond This 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4449-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode Last 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4641-115x115.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra CC 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20251005_063258371.NIGHT_-1-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: 2025 MAN TGS 46.520 8×8 Wide Spread – The Traton Group’s King Off The Road MAN 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4345-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: Open House Cor Huibers Tree Nurseries – Into The Green Zone Welcome 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, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4819-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: Loading Young Trees – A Root-And-Branch Approach On 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4278-115x115.webp)
![CC Global: Scania 770S V8 10×4/6 Wrecker-Rotator – I Love It When a Plan Comes Together In 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gerritse-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: 2024 Iveco Daily 40-180 (40C18) Hi-Matic – Keepin’ a Lo-Profile Just 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4557-115x115.jpg)
![Military Classics: Lauster MF60 – Impressive Tank Towing Titan While 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. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lauster_4-115x115.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classic: 1977 Mack WS Cruise-Liner – Home-Built Like a Mack Truck Camper Imported 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4543-115x115.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classics: Büssing Commodore SK And M.A.N. Diesel 515 L1 – The Long And The Short Of It Back 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. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2449-115x115.jpg)
![CC Global: 2017 Ginaf X6 5350 CTSE 10×6 End Dump Truck – Niche Filler Last 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_3059.jpg)
![The GAZ-66 History: The Soviet 4×4 Built For Any Terrain (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1-GAZ66.jpg)
![CC Global: 2024 And 2025 Harvest Days – Agro-Modernities And Their Supporters After 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_4316.jpg)


