Author Archives: Eric

Hogan Building Demolition

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Eric

Continuing Coverage  I arrived to the demo site right around 8AM and found the Komatsu PC600LC completely assemled and ready for work. The demo crew was busy spreading a hill of sand across the street and sidewalk to protect it from … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Unsolved Mysteries

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Eric

Do you remember Robert Stack and the show he hosted by the name of Unsolved Mysteries? The topics ranged from missing people, alien abductions, bank heists, government conspiracies and nearly everything in between. I used to watch the years old … Continue reading →

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Yearly Collapse

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Eric

Mid winter in Central New York brings many changes to man and his environment. In the City of Syracuse winter has a special penchant for bringing the ample stock of old and ill maintained buildings to their knees. The endless … Continue reading →

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Western Star 6900XD – The Video

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Eric

I stopped by Tracey Road Equipment again to grab a video of that awesome looking Western Star 6900XD. I attempted to narrate while sounding like a knew what I was talking about with less than stellar results. After looking over the … Continue reading →

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Auction Finds – 1974 Marmon HDT-BF-86

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Eric

I was browsing through Auctions International the other day as I often do when I came across this rare Marmon cabover. I almost didn’t click on the listing as it seemed to be just a collection of old tools and … Continue reading →

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International HX

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Eric

Yesterday at the World of Concrete industry trade show in Las Vegas International Trucks unveiled their first new model in nearly ten years, the HX line of heavy duty vocational trucks. The HX is slated to be the successor to … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Special Edition

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Eric

Welcome to a special edition of Autocar Mondays! There have been plenty of drool worthy trucks featured in this category over the years but today you have the chance to bring one home to your own garage. Just last week I … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Not So Lost

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Eric

Last year in an Autocar Mondays post from November I wondered where a very nice looking ’71 model had disappeared to over the past 2,555 days. At the time I believed I had not seen the truck in nearly seven years. Turns out, as … Continue reading →

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Still Working – Mack DM Wrecker

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Eric

Yesterday I made the call the to swing by the Fair Grounds to check on the demolition and clean up process of the Grand Stand. While crusing down I-690 and straining to see through the cloud of salt dust kicked … Continue reading →

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White on White

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Eric

Right down the street from my house is an industrial lot that over the years has housed a variety of business. It’s really nothing more than a chain link enclosed field of a gravel with a quonset hut dating back … Continue reading →

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