Category Archives: On the Job

NYS Fair Grandstand Demolition

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Eric

Progress claims another one. Yesterday the 38 year old grandstand at the great New York Stair Fair was demolished to make way for a new and improved fair going experience. For years public officials have claimed it was too old … Continue reading →

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Pit Fenders

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Eric

Pit fenders, you don’t seem them around much on new rigs, if at all. Kenworth still offers them on their C500 line but I can’t think of many other trucks that come with them from the factory. Lightweight and aerodynamic … Continue reading →

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Pump It Up

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Eric

This is exactly what it seems, a concrete pumper pumping concrete through an open window. Pouring concrete in the comfort of heated office building. What an easy job.

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Big Dumpster

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Eric

I saw this truck cruising through downtown the other day and thought to myself “my what a large dumpster.” For a moment I wondered if the truck would actually drop the dumpster like your average roll off would but then … Continue reading →

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Whatever It Takes

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Eric

Last night as I was passing by the local rail yard I noticed a bright set of lights and the top of a yellow boom peaking from behind a large building. I immediately knew that a derailment of some type … Continue reading →

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Log Hauling

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Eric

Nothing too complex today, just an older Western Star hauling a load of logs for Rick Turk tree service.

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A Real Dump Truck

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Eric

A received an email from Mark yesterday evening containing photos of, as he put it,  a real dump truck. Looking at this 1996 Kenworth C510 I have to agree. It doesn’t get much realer than this! According to the driver the … Continue reading →

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Mic Check

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Eric

I was wandering around downtown as I often do on my lunch break when I came across this scenic Western Star photo. The Clinton Square fountains had been drained in preparation for an Irish festival and this rig had just … Continue reading →

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First Get You The Sugar

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Eric

Homer Simpson was once quoted as saying “In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the woman.” A simple hypothesis but one that does not explain how to obtain the sugar. I have the answer. … Continue reading →

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Macks of All Kinds

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Eric

It’s been a Mack Trucks heavy fall around here with Trucktoberfest and the ATHS Hudson Mohawk truck show taking place. So many great events in such a short period resulted in a backlog of bulldogs that I need to be … Continue reading →

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