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Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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![First registration on May 2, captured on May 5. Truly brand spanking new, this DAF XD 410 FT tractor. And the truck maker’s XD-series, introduced in 2022, is also the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2345.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Show Outtake: 2024 DAF XD 410 FT And 2023 Van Hool City Trailer – We Expect You To Deliver")
Truck Show Outtake: 2024 DAF XD 410 FT And 2023 Van Hool City Trailer – We Expect You To Deliver
Posted on June 14, 2024 | 18 CommentsFirst registration on May 2, captured on May 5. Truly brand spanking new, this DAF XD 410 FT tractor. And the truck maker’s XD-series, introduced in 2022, is also the […] -
![This is exactly how I remember the classic, on-highway big rigs from Germany. One can say the country’s counterpart of the typical US semi-box trailer type. A Mercedes-Benz or MAN […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2482.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1984 MAN F8 19.321 Unterflur Truck And Kässbohrer Full Trailer – Autobahn Oil Burner")
Truck Stop Classic: 1984 MAN F8 19.321 Unterflur Truck And Kässbohrer Full Trailer – Autobahn Oil Burner
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 44 CommentsThis is exactly how I remember the classic, on-highway big rigs from Germany. One can say the country’s counterpart of the typical US semi-box trailer type. A Mercedes-Benz or MAN […] -
![Last April, I could finally take clear pictures of all the fire fighting vehicles on display at the yearly held King’s Day celebrations in a small town nearby. Especially of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2268.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Nick, Heath, Jarrod – There’s a Fire In The Barn!")
CC Global: Nick, Heath, Jarrod – There’s a Fire In The Barn!
Posted on June 4, 2024 | 7 CommentsLast April, I could finally take clear pictures of all the fire fighting vehicles on display at the yearly held King’s Day celebrations in a small town nearby. Especially of […] -
![(first posted 2/4/2014) Every Father’s Day, there is a very nice free car show in Noblesville, Indiana. There is a pleasant variety of things there besides the usual overabundance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1957Brockway01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1957 Brockway 260 – The Big Nor’easter")
Car Show Classic: 1957 Brockway 260 – The Big Nor’easter
Posted on June 3, 2024 | 42 Comments(first posted 2/4/2014) Every Father’s Day, there is a very nice free car show in Noblesville, Indiana. There is a pleasant variety of things there besides the usual overabundance […] -
![The dedicated ‘agri-semi’ is an unknown phenomenon in the Netherlands, so I was glad I could finally examine such a combination up close. In short, an agri-semi is a 4×4 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2325.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: MAN TGS 18.510 4×4 Tractor And Knapen KX 770 Semi-Trailer – Going Up The Country")
CC Global: MAN TGS 18.510 4×4 Tractor And Knapen KX 770 Semi-Trailer – Going Up The Country
Posted on May 27, 2024 | 15 CommentsThe dedicated ‘agri-semi’ is an unknown phenomenon in the Netherlands, so I was glad I could finally examine such a combination up close. In short, an agri-semi is a 4×4 […] -
![The folks at Delta Machinery are true CAT people. Just like in previous years, they put their Scania-Faymonville couple on display at the truck show in the southeast of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2341.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Delta Machinery – Transporting Compactors Compactly")
CC Global: Delta Machinery – Transporting Compactors Compactly
Posted on May 24, 2024 | 4 CommentsThe folks at Delta Machinery are true CAT people. Just like in previous years, they put their Scania-Faymonville couple on display at the truck show in the southeast of the […] -
![The other day I visited a classic MAN and Büssing show in the East Netherlands. A rather lonely and not-so-young German big rig caught my attention, the combination was clearly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2512.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Carrozzeria Pezzaioli-Bodied MAN – Livestock Gran Turismo")
CC Global: Carrozzeria Pezzaioli-Bodied MAN – Livestock Gran Turismo
Posted on May 20, 2024 | 11 CommentsThe other day I visited a classic MAN and Büssing show in the East Netherlands. A rather lonely and not-so-young German big rig caught my attention, the combination was clearly […] -
![From 1956 to 1994, with an update in 1969, German truck manufacturer MAN offered a short-nosed conventional, generally referred to as the ‘MAN Ponton-Kurzhauber’. It was one of the heavy-duty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2421.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: MAN 26.281 DHK Dreiseitenkipper – Round-Faced And Steely-Spined")
Truck Stop Classic: MAN 26.281 DHK Dreiseitenkipper – Round-Faced And Steely-Spined
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 23 CommentsFrom 1956 to 1994, with an update in 1969, German truck manufacturer MAN offered a short-nosed conventional, generally referred to as the ‘MAN Ponton-Kurzhauber’. It was one of the heavy-duty […] -
![Just perfect! An 18 years old, battle-scarred dump truck, parked between two immaculate showstoppers. Dump trucks don’t have it easy, you know. They’re always carrying very heavy loads, under less […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2353.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Show Outtake: 2006 Ginaf X 4241 S Dump Truck – Unpolished Refinement")
Truck Show Outtake: 2006 Ginaf X 4241 S Dump Truck – Unpolished Refinement
Posted on May 10, 2024 | 11 CommentsJust perfect! An 18 years old, battle-scarred dump truck, parked between two immaculate showstoppers. Dump trucks don’t have it easy, you know. They’re always carrying very heavy loads, under less […] -
![Deutz, an illustrious name in the vehicle manufacturing industry. The company’s founders gave us the internal combustion engine as we know it. Their air-cooled diesel engines were distributed all over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2247.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Two Tractors, More Than 50 Years Apart – Both Making a Big Noise")
CC Global: Two Tractors, More Than 50 Years Apart – Both Making a Big Noise
Posted on May 5, 2024 | 10 CommentsDeutz, an illustrious name in the vehicle manufacturing industry. The company’s founders gave us the internal combustion engine as we know it. Their air-cooled diesel engines were distributed all over […] -
![No fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1813.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway)")
CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway)
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 17 CommentsNo fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […] -
![This has taken ages to write. What an experience! Just the program ran to eight pages. What to include? What to leave out? I had just got a new phone, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Program2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Trackside Classics: Steamrail Victoria Newport Workshops — Open Days 2024")
Trackside Classics: Steamrail Victoria Newport Workshops — Open Days 2024
Posted on April 27, 2024 | 16 CommentsThis has taken ages to write. What an experience! Just the program ran to eight pages. What to include? What to leave out? I had just got a new phone, […] -
![(first posted 4/22/2018) I recently posted about European microcars, which are still a thing. But mobility is a global issue – especially in rural areas, where motorized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_20180222_084305.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Thai E-tean Farm Truck – No Frills, No Muffler, No License Needed")
CC Capsule: Thai E-tean Farm Truck – No Frills, No Muffler, No License Needed
Posted on April 22, 2024 | 16 Comments(first posted 4/22/2018) I recently posted about European microcars, which are still a thing. But mobility is a global issue – especially in rural areas, where motorized […] -
![Riding along on a 2017 Volvo FH truck and GS Meppel center-axle trailer, two brand spanking new Scania trucks, straight from the Zwolle plant in the Netherlands, the truck maker’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1857.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: This Volvo Always Stays Ahead Of The Competitors")
CC Global: This Volvo Always Stays Ahead Of The Competitors
Posted on April 21, 2024 | 5 CommentsRiding along on a 2017 Volvo FH truck and GS Meppel center-axle trailer, two brand spanking new Scania trucks, straight from the Zwolle plant in the Netherlands, the truck maker’s […] -
![There are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1802.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver")
CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 5 CommentsThere are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […]
