Category Archives: On the Job

City Life. Farm Life.

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Eric

Below is a city view. It contains the desecrated corps of a former ice cream factory. Now it is being picked clean by a pair of old Caterpillar excavators. The old 225 LC and 120 may not look like much … Continue reading →

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New Mixers in Town

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Eric

Yesterday I spotted this pair of presumably brand new Oshkosh mixers for Vitale Ready Mix-Concrete. If they are not new someone certainly is good with the hose and soap bucket. Nothing too outrageous here, just pouring concrete for new sidewalks … Continue reading →

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Theme Writting

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Eric

The theme for today? Trucks with trailers. Yesterday some wandering around downtown provided two eye catching trucks of various varieties. First up, this Peterbilt of Tripifoods from Buffalo, NY. I used to see Tripi trucks with their distinctive black and … Continue reading →

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Promises

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Eric

Back in February I told you about this Mack Granite MHD of Northland Communications. I promised that I was working on grabbing more photos of it and last week I was finally able to come through on that promise. I saw … Continue reading →

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Common Occurance

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Eric

It’s time to spend a few moments talking about new Western Stars. Nothing new around these parts! It seems like every time I turn around another new Star car is hitting the streets. Here we have gypsum Express working their new … Continue reading →

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On the Job – Waste Management Mack DM

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Eric

The location and coverage below is not new to Daily Diesel Dose but the truck is and that is all that matters. Two years ago I watched as a Waste Management Mack DM pushed the cardboard dumpster into the Civic Center … Continue reading →

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Freightliner 114SD Roll Off Truck

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Eric

Yesterday I caught this new Freightliner 114SD of Riccelli Trucking as it dropped a dumpster off at job site. I’ve seen similar unlettered trucks sitting at the local Freightliner dealer for a few weeks now and always suspected, based on the … Continue reading →

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Familiar Faces

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Eric

Construction crews are slowly returning to the roads around the area of CNY. As I mentioned last week Connective Corridor construction has resumed in downtown finally providing me with the reason to leave my desk at lunch. The situation, the … Continue reading →

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Truck Hits Overpass

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Eric

Yesterday a roll off truck went under and overpass. Nothing really out of the ordinary here except this truck had its boom in the raised position. As you can imagine the end result was less than optimal. Looking at the … Continue reading →

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The’re Baaack

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Eric

Connective Corridor Construction season three starts again! The zero tail Volvo excavators arrived the other day on the back of a smooth looking Western Star of Schmidt Trucking. Hope everyone is ready for more videos of streets being torn up, … Continue reading →

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