It’s been awhile since I’ve featured a Suit-Kote truck on Daily Diesel Dose so here is an interesting Mack that appears to have a screening plant built on the back. I’m not sure if this truck works in tandem with other pieces of equipment but that is my guess. The setup is very similar to the one found on this old Brockway.
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Has Caterpillar become the one stop shop for all your logging needs? Now that the CT660 is in the lineup nearly every piece of heavy equipment necessary for logging is covered except for the saw mill.
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The next time you have to grab flowers for some special occasion or maybe to get yourself out of the dog house think of this truck, it made it possible.
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Pop quiz. Only one truck manufacturer can claim that all of their models are built int the United States. Name the compnay. If you need help, check out the video below.
It’s great to hear that companies are still actively attempting to grow jobs within the U.S. through investments in their facilities. Kudos to Mack!
I tried to upload this video last week but Youtube had other plans. Now that all the bugs have been worked out I bring you this mint condition Allis Chalmers D21 turbocharged tractor from the Empire State Antique Truck Assocation 2012 show.
Some behind the scenes action from this past weekends Brockway show. Seems a little ironic for Brockways to be hauled by Macks but they are nice trucks none the less.
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Looking for that next vaction hot spot? Take out your maps and circle Peoria, Illinois, more specifically, the brand new Caterpillar Visitors Center. Scheduled to open October 20, the 50,000 square-foot center will house various Cat equipment through the ages to help tell the story of the company from it’s humble begingins to the global equipment powerhouse it is today. The vistor center will house a giant replica CAT 797 mining truck that not only serves as an interactive display but a 70 person movie theater. LOL Wut?!
Here is quick video tour of the unfished building and exhibts that will included a D8 simulator and classic restored equipment. Sounds like a blast to me.
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This past weekend was the 13th National Brockway Show in beautufil downtown Cortland, NY. From what I hear the final truck count was north of 148 which means the record has again been broken. Enjoy!
Marc passed this photo on to me the other day. It’s an 1954 International KB7 semi-trailer coach. This setup screams vintage, something from a past time in public transportation. I’m sure many drivers of modern buses would like to be separated from their passenger from time to time. I know my former school bus drivers wanted that ability.
But then I began to think, where have I seen this setup before? Then it hit me, Cuba. Yes, the camel bus is a very popular mode of transport for our communist friends.
I guess it beats walking!
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1912-2012, 100 years of Brockway Trucks. The factory may be long closed, having birthed the final run of trucks over three decades ago but yet the memory still remains. The seeking eye can still find Huskies running the roads of the Northeast. For the past 13 years the devoted have gathered in Cortland, NY to celebrate what was and still is the toughest name in trucks, Brockway. To commemorate the day I am reaching far back into my archive of trucks to bring you this 761 model that was owned by the Town of Lenox, NY. I don’t know what happened to this truck, it disappeared shortly after I shot this photo. I know the International Fleetstar that was the 761’s stablemate wound up down the road at a local potato farm but the Brockway essentially disappeared.
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Possible coverage of the 2012 show to come later this week!
