Author Archives: Eric

ChampTruck World Series

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Eric

I don’t want anyone to spool up their turbos prematurely but it looks like semi truck racing is making a return to the United States. The ChampTruck World Series is slated to host eight races starting in 2015 at various … Continue reading →

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Macungie Mud

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Eric

Talk with anyone who has attended the 2014 ATCA national meet in Macungie more than once and you’ll probably hear stories about how muddy the show field can become with just the smallest amount of rain. This year rain soaked … Continue reading →

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I went to Jersey

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Eric

I went to Jersey and all I got was a picture of these two Macks. I know it sounds like a bad cheap t-shirt logo but it’s true. The past week I have spent some vacation time in the the … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Autocar Of The West

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Eric

A simple truth for the day. Autocars are the original heavy duty work truck. Nowadays this setup would be probably be found a Kenworth or a Western Star but they can’t be what this truck is. They are pretenders to … Continue reading →

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Tankers

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Eric

Tankers, the get stuff done. I’m not sure what was in this one but whatever the liquid was it was hot. This Freightliner FLD was on the job cleaning out electrical vaults. The lettering on the side got me thinking, … Continue reading →

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Loadstars Revisited

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Eric

Back in May I brought you a pair of International Loadstars from a stretch of Madison County (NY) road. In that original post I mentioned that for a many years that there was at least one other truck that in … Continue reading →

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Mack Roll Back – The Next Generation

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Eric

I think we all had some fun yesterday with that Mack Titan so lets keep the Mackfest going with these two roll back trucks. To begin here is an old R-Model that I have been hoping to snag for a … Continue reading →

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Mack Titan – Trans American Trucking Service

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Eric

It’s sorta embarrassing to mention this but…this is this first Mack Titan I have ever seen outside of a truck show. I supposed I live in a dull part of the trucking world. Coming back from the ATCA Macungie show … Continue reading →

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2014 ATCA Macungie – The Videos

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Eric

Time to serve up the video from the Macungie show this past weekend. The first flick starts off with a pair of tricked out Kenworths one of which is lettered up for a farm. To paraphrase my father when he … Continue reading →

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2014 ATCA Macungie – The Photos

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Eric

Today we finish up the photo coverage of the ATCA National meet in Macungie with the help of Tom and Dave. Despite our best efforts many trucks went uncovered. The show really is that large! This International Transtar was a … Continue reading →

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