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Curbside Classics Archives
Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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![The 2023 edition of the Truckstar Mack & Speciaal Transportdag in the Netherlands was held on October 8. After a whole series of show reports, it’s time for the finale. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2079.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2023 Mack And Special Transport Day – Heavy Atmosphere")
CC Global: 2023 Mack And Special Transport Day – Heavy Atmosphere
Posted on March 10, 2024 | 17 CommentsThe 2023 edition of the Truckstar Mack & Speciaal Transportdag in the Netherlands was held on October 8. After a whole series of show reports, it’s time for the finale. […] -
![I made it through the first week of school and was actually learning how to drive a tractor-trailer, big rig, semi truck, or whatever else you might want to call […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Truck-Driver-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Making A Truck Driver – Week 2")
Making A Truck Driver – Week 2
Posted on March 8, 2024 | 41 CommentsI made it through the first week of school and was actually learning how to drive a tractor-trailer, big rig, semi truck, or whatever else you might want to call […] -
![The big and long kahuna of Nooteboom’s range of semi-low loaders (all wheels underneath the bed) is the extendable Manoovr MPL 3+7. The numbers refer to the tridem on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1961.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Nooteboom Manoovr MPL Semi-Low Loader – Clever Maneuver")
CC Global: Nooteboom Manoovr MPL Semi-Low Loader – Clever Maneuver
Posted on March 3, 2024 | 10 CommentsThe big and long kahuna of Nooteboom’s range of semi-low loaders (all wheels underneath the bed) is the extendable Manoovr MPL 3+7. The numbers refer to the tridem on the […] -
![Last week I introduced this series – one which would see me quit being a lawyer and start being a truck driver. After all of the planning it was time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Truck-Driver-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Making a Truck Driver – Week 1")
Making a Truck Driver – Week 1
Posted on March 1, 2024 | 43 CommentsLast week I introduced this series – one which would see me quit being a lawyer and start being a truck driver. After all of the planning it was time […] -
![The Bolk Transport company from the East Netherlands has a large fleet of heavy, special vehicles. One of them is this 2020 Volvo FH flatbed truck, clearly not configured to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1824.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Bolk’s Swedes – Two Workforce Members And One Retiree")
CC Global: Bolk’s Swedes – Two Workforce Members And One Retiree
Posted on February 25, 2024 | 9 CommentsThe Bolk Transport company from the East Netherlands has a large fleet of heavy, special vehicles. One of them is this 2020 Volvo FH flatbed truck, clearly not configured to […] -
Making A Truck Driver – Prologue
Posted on February 23, 2024 | 63 CommentsCC has been a place that has morphed from strictly being a site that celebrates old cars into one that is about vehicles of all kinds. Back in May I […] -
![Not what Janis Joplin had in mind, back in 1970, but today’s collection of Benzes certainly does belong to a Sonderklasse/Special Class. The segment of dedicated, factory heavy haul tractors. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1996.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Some Stout Mercedes-Benz Tractors – Wörth Highlighting")
CC Global: Some Stout Mercedes-Benz Tractors – Wörth Highlighting
Posted on February 18, 2024 | 11 CommentsNot what Janis Joplin had in mind, back in 1970, but today’s collection of Benzes certainly does belong to a Sonderklasse/Special Class. The segment of dedicated, factory heavy haul tractors. […] -
![A delightful presentation, rolled into a former military hangar in the east of the Netherlands. Scania’s legendary, first V8 turbodiesel engine and Mack’s first military 6×6 truck. An artillery tractor, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1888.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Show Outtakes: Mack NM8, Scania V8, And Another One – You Will Hear From Us")
Truck Show Outtakes: Mack NM8, Scania V8, And Another One – You Will Hear From Us
Posted on February 9, 2024 | 20 CommentsA delightful presentation, rolled into a former military hangar in the east of the Netherlands. Scania’s legendary, first V8 turbodiesel engine and Mack’s first military 6×6 truck. An artillery tractor, […] -
![Despite some wishful and frankly conflicted thinking that maybe this year it just wouldn’t snow, that fantasy has rolled over and died out here in New England. We may have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tradplow4.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "What Comes Down Must Go Away – At Home Plowing and Snow Removal")
What Comes Down Must Go Away – At Home Plowing and Snow Removal
Posted on February 9, 2024 | 51 CommentsDespite some wishful and frankly conflicted thinking that maybe this year it just wouldn’t snow, that fantasy has rolled over and died out here in New England. We may have […] -
![Trailer manufacturer Nooteboom offers a whole range of extendable flatbed semi-trailers, called OVB Teletrailers. The Van de Lagemaat hauling company showcased their 2020 Scania R500 6×2/4 tractor with a 2009 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1983.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Triple Extendable Long Hauler")
CC Global: The Triple Extendable Long Hauler
Posted on February 4, 2024 | 9 CommentsTrailer manufacturer Nooteboom offers a whole range of extendable flatbed semi-trailers, called OVB Teletrailers. The Van de Lagemaat hauling company showcased their 2020 Scania R500 6×2/4 tractor with a 2009 […] -
![Never before had I seen such a colossal creation mounted on the frame of a standard size truck. At first glance, the Volvo simply seems to be too small and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1726.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Volvo FM Based Megastructure")
CC Global: Volvo FM Based Megastructure
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 11 CommentsNever before had I seen such a colossal creation mounted on the frame of a standard size truck. At first glance, the Volvo simply seems to be too small and […] -
![In transit, a piling rig at rest and a tall cabover tractor don’t go well together, for obvious reasons. That’s quite a front overhang, by the way. A much lower […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1933.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Piling Rig On Tour – 21st Century Medieval Battering Ram")
CC Global: Piling Rig On Tour – 21st Century Medieval Battering Ram
Posted on January 15, 2024 | 15 CommentsIn transit, a piling rig at rest and a tall cabover tractor don’t go well together, for obvious reasons. That’s quite a front overhang, by the way. A much lower […] -
![The Jan van Dam (John Vandam) company is specialized in transporting all kinds of heavy machines, covering the Netherlands and pretty much all other European countries. That includes removing said […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_2049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Machines Moving Machinery")
CC Global: Machines Moving Machinery
Posted on January 7, 2024 | 7 CommentsThe Jan van Dam (John Vandam) company is specialized in transporting all kinds of heavy machines, covering the Netherlands and pretty much all other European countries. That includes removing said […] -
![There are two over-the-road ways to recover a seriously damaged or broken-down large commercial vehicle: either by hooking it up to a heavy wrecker or by putting the vehicle on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1917.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Some Modern Volvo Recovery Vehicles")
CC Global: Some Modern Volvo Recovery Vehicles
Posted on December 17, 2023 | 13 CommentsThere are two over-the-road ways to recover a seriously damaged or broken-down large commercial vehicle: either by hooking it up to a heavy wrecker or by putting the vehicle on […] -
![The history of the E. Lafeber hauling company can be traced back to 1820. Talking about a business that has withstood the test of time. Since the eighties -fast forward […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1972.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2022 MAN TGX 41.640 And 2018 Scheuerle Low Loader – Running In The Family Business")
CC Global: 2022 MAN TGX 41.640 And 2018 Scheuerle Low Loader – Running In The Family Business
Posted on December 8, 2023 | 11 CommentsThe history of the E. Lafeber hauling company can be traced back to 1820. Talking about a business that has withstood the test of time. Since the eighties -fast forward […]
