I know I have plenty of cabover fans out there so this one is for you! Don shares with us a great photo of his 1987 International 9670. If you attended the ATHS show in Springfield last year you may have seen this great truck in person. I really enjoy the paint job and graphics on this rig. They make for a great combination.
International 9670 – Click to Enlarge
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I happened across this little U-Haul truck a few months back and was intrigued by the graphics on the side. How could I ignore what appears to be a Peterbilt hauling an over sized load across a frozen ice road? I followed the directions that instructed me to visit uhaul.com and was surprised by a well put together story for each of the “supergraphics.” You can view the story about the Canadian Northwest Territories by clicking here. I guarantee you will learn more about ice road trucking from U-Haul than by watching the six seasons of Ice Road Truckers.
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On the topic of IRT, will there be a season seven? According to Dave Redmen, a driver from past seasons, the answer might be yes. A video posted on his Youtube channel claims that producers, cast and crew have assembled in Canada to film a new season. Alaska is out of the season this year. Possible drivers include Jack, Tony and Austin. As usual, Dave has some colorful opinions on the show and of his former TV friends. The premise for season seven pits Hugh and Mark (Polar Industries) in a head to head company competition. Hugh has supposedly assembled 10 trucks in Canada in a bid to unseat Mark. Dave points out that the TV show covers the cost of all repairs and maintenance to the trucks involved in the series. This allows Hugh to buy junk trucks, fix them, and then sell them for more than he paid at the close of filming. Interesting stuff. You can check out the full video by clicking here.
Back in the warmer months I spotted this truck at the local Mack dealer. It belongs to the NYS Department of Transportation and most likely is used to haul a lowboy around. You can see the folded down “oversized load” sign on the front bumper. It’s a sharp looking unit and will probably be part of the fleet for years to come.
NYS DOT Mack Granite – Click to Enlarge
A few months later I spotted the brother to this Granite at the same Mack dealer. For some reason this truck sports a larger selection of storage bins. Both photos also show how far back the front axle sits on each truck.
NYS DOT Mack Granite – Click to Enlarge
Ford may have left the North American Class 8 market decades ago but such was not the case for many of its global operations. News surfaced yesterday regarding the next generation of Ford COE heavy trucks that should soon be available in markets like South American and Eastern Europe. The styling cues apparently adhere to other global Ford products. Cabovers are essentially dead in North American and a truck that looks like this won’t bring them back. Details on the power and weight ratings are still hazy but Ford has already confirmed this truck will not see the shores of North America in the near future. For the full story check out Autoblog by clicking here.
ImageSource: Autoblog.com
Time for a blast from the past. Visitors that have been with Daily Diesel Dose from the start may recall the story of this old White 3000 tanker truck. If you would like to read the unabridged story click here. For everyone else, here is the quick version. Two years ago I noticed the shadow of an old truck resting in the wooded area of an industrial no mans land. For the majority of the year the truck is hidden by tall weeds and trees. My reward for digging through the trees was a White 3000 wearing faded red paint and setup as an asphalt sprayer. A few days ago I was feeling nostalgic so I decided to repay the 3000 a visit. This time I was on foot which made access to the truck much easier.
The truck has not changed much in the two years since my original visit. The rust is still growing, the door is still missing. If anything, it has probably sunk lower into the ground. Apologies for the shaky video but the terrain around the White is anything but smooth.
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This is for all my Freightliner Business Class fans. You know who you are.
Freightliner M2 – Click to Enlarge
My house is situated on a busy residential street that separates a village from a town. Most of the time I am annoyed by the steady traffic but there is one huge plus; constant plow traffic. While the actual plowing responsibilities of this street fall to the county both town and village trucks pass by on a regular basis. Three different government bodies running different styles of trucks and equipment. All of which can be viewed from the comfort of my porch. When I feel adventurous a quick one block walk south puts me right on the route of the NYS DOT. What more can you ask for?
Village of East Syracuse – Click to Enlarge
When one towing show ends another one begins. A few weeks ago the NatGeo channel premiered a reality tv show named Hell on the Highway. The show chronicled the life of tow operators who make their living working the dangerous mountain roads of the Sierra Nevada. It appears the show has run its course but fear not towing junkies, another show is set to premiere. Highway Thru Hell: Heavy Rescue is set to take the stage this Wednesday at 10PM. The official synopsis reads as follows…
It’s the Bermuda Triangle of truck accidents the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia. In good weather the expansive highway is an engineering marvel, but when the weather turns bad, it’s one of the most dangerous roads in North America. NGC follows one of the few rescue crews equipped with the experience and heavy-duty gear to tow a disabled big rig off this treacherous road.
You can visit the official page by clicking here.
Highway Thru Hell – Premieres Jan 23 on National Geographic Channel
Image Source: National Geographic Channel
Demolition is underway of penicillin contaminated buildings at the Bristol-Myers Squibb plant in East Syracuse, NY. Apparently once a building has been used to manufacture penicillin it is forever contaminated and therefore unsuitable for future medical research or manufacturing. The main demolition contractor appears to be Cleveland Wrecking Company. They have an arsenal of equipment onsite and believe me, these machines are very large and very intense. Sadly, this post won’t deal with any of them because they were hiding down a hill and behind a building. My only access to the work is what I can see from the road and through a group of trees. That is where I spied this Deere 225D LC working to sort various metals from broken concrete and brick. The amount of scrap metal on this site is insane. The local scrap guys must be drooling when they drive by.
For more details and images of the project you can visit the official Cleveland Wrecking website by clicking here.
Hopefully I can grab some shots and videos of the larger machines in action. In the mean time….video!
Thomas, our friend from Texas, is back with somber images of rescue vehicles that have met an untimely end. The rigs below are considered to be a total loss, apparently only viable for spare parts at the most. One can only hope that the crews and the people they were helping walked away unharmed from the accidents. Most of us know that an emergency vehicle with flashing lights and a blaring siren has the right-of-way. You are instructed to pull over to the right or clear a intersection until the vehicle has passed. If you hear a siren but can’t identify the source the NYS DMV instructs the following.
If you hear a siren or air-horn nearby but do not know exactly where the emergency vehicle is, you should safely pull over to the right-side edge of the road and stop until you are sure it is not approaching you.
Straight from the source!
