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Autocar Mondays – Why Buy New?

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Eric

Across the globe heavy truck manufacturers are experiencing a slump in sales. While the reasons are many and complex one factor happens to be a large used truck market with low prices. Faced with financing a new truck full of … Continue reading →

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Madison County Highway Department

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Eric

That 1948 International KB-5 from the other day was a pretty cool truck. Back in the day in probably cost a pretty penny and was considered top of the line. Times sure have change since then. Below, the newest International … Continue reading →

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Canadian Spread

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Eric

I saw this Mack lurking behind a diner last week and promptly made a detour for a closer look. The second I saw it from the interstate I knew this truck was not original to New York State or many nearby locations…unless … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – From Street to Site

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Eric

The open road may no longer call for this pair of Autocars but that doesn’t mean their work is finished. Dave sends in these photos of a ’83 and a ’84 model that were once owned by Dutchess Quarry and … Continue reading →

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Still Not Done

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Eric

Yup, still going through photos and videos from the ATHS national convention. I would say that I am about halfway through the photos and less than a quarter through the video. I hope everyone is enjoying what they see. Here we … Continue reading →

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Raise Your Dumpers

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Eric

Old trucks never die. Wouldn’t that be a nice world? A crowded world but a nice world nonetheless. Two years ago I brought you a few shots of this Diamond Reo Giant residing at a local topsoil business. At the … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – The Philadelphia Branch

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Eric

Jason sent me a neat link last week regarding the old Autocar Trucks factory branch in Philadelphia, PA and it’s untimely demise. Hemmings Motor news ran a story about the building in 2011 nearly a year after a fire tore … Continue reading →

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Dump Truck Week – The Clarence Autocar

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Eric

Another truck joins the Clarence Ritchie fleet. However this time it’s an Autocar not a Brockway! This happens to be the ever popular DC model with a Cummins powerplant. As of right now I am unsure of the year and … Continue reading →

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