About a month ago Freightliner kicked of its 70th anniversary celebration with this nostalgic website. On this same website we were also teased with a the outline of concept truck to be revealed at the Mid American Truck Show. I know many of you were on the edge of you seat for weeks now, waiting and wondering what the future would hold. Well, the wait is over.
Freightliner Revolution Innovation Concept Truck
Freightliner Revolution Innovation Concept Truck
Source: Freightliner Facebook
The Peterbilt 579, another new product revealed at the Mid American Truck Show. Hit the link below the photo for the full spec sheet.
Source: Peterbilt 579
The Mid American Truck show is about to hit full swing and already the web is full of new products and trucks. Some truck builders couldn’t contain their excitement and began releasing information about new products yesterday. Case in point the new International Loadstar. The new Loadstar marks Internationals return to the cab forward low entry truck market. A rig like this is typically used for trash trucks were drivers enter and exit the vehicle many times a day.
Source: International
Additional Reading: Navistar Introduces International Loadstar Work Truck
Soooo, I know I mentioned that I was attending this years Mid American Truck Show but sadly those plans fell through the floor and into the basement. The show officially starts tomorrow but already the web is on fire with pictures and videos of new products from International, Freightliner, and Peterbilt just to name a few. I’ll do my best to aggregate the information and present it to you as the show goes on. Stay tuned!
I was stumbling through Google Images yesterday when the picture below caught my eye. Clicking the link brought me to a website operated by the University of Guelph. Never heard of it? Never have I. Probably because I am not a Canadian. Regardless, Guelph University has a mind blowing online photo library with a very extensive collection of trucks photos, primarily of the International Harvester variety. Or maybe you’re a tractor fan? Plenty of those to go around as well. I was very impressed with the amount of information that was available for each photo. Dates, locations, model numbers and years have all been recorded. Finding a photo is simple and usually takes you down a rabbit trail of suggested searches and collections that will devour hours of your time.
Click here to visit the search results for “trucks”
IHC DF-480 Assembled at IHC Chatham, Ontario plant.
Did you notice the Emeryvilles in the background?
Source: University of Guelph
Sheetz. No, that’s not a new swear word, it’s a very nice gas station chain with locations along the east coast. They also have a attractive tanker fleet as you can see in this Freightliner Cascadia. How about those super singles on both the rig and tanker, fancy.
Sheetz Freightliner Cascadia - Click to Enlarge
If this past weekend was any indication of the weather to come I believe we can safely assume old man winter is dead for the year. And if you believe Al Gore winter just may be gone forever. But no matter what happens with the global climate this plow truck has seen its last winter. The Walter below and its sister once plowed for the town of Camillus, NY. You can still find them resting behind the town garage where the spend time with an old military tow truck. The peeling logo on the door pays homage to Camillus Cutlery, the world famous producer of knives which was located within the town limits. Despite roots that reached back to 1876 the factory closed in 2007 for good. Sadly, the company that produced Walter trucks followed the same path, although twenty year earlier, with production at the plant outside of Albany, NY ceasing in the early 80’s.
Best guess for the age of these trucks? Maybe the early 70’s based on the more angular cabs and windows.
UPDATE 11/13/13
The Walter below is 1964 ACRS. Power is provided by a Cummins of uknow variety. The second truck is a 1966 AWUS model with the same 8 cylinder Cummins at the ACRS.
Walter Snow Fighter – Click to Enlarge
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Regular Daily Diesel Dose visitor Steve sends us this great photo of an old International Loadstar. Sadly, he was tasked with hauling this solid looking truck to the scrap yard. According to Steve this truck spent the second half of its life working for a county school board pushing disabled buses into the shop.
Thanks again Steve!
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Here is a great video of three Mack Titans moving 400 tons of decommissioned generator vessels (huh?) across the southwest United States. Watch as these massive trucks push and pull a custom made 300 foot trailer. Enjoy!
The International Paystar 5000. If I was forced to pick my favorite truck, the Paystar would be a strong contender. In fact, the very first post on this site was about a truck like the one below. The Paystar is the severe service truck of trucks in my humble opinion. How can you go wrong with a solid steel bumper and construction stlye fenders? You can’t. The Paystar, a truck that has refused to evolve into a swoopy hood, fender skirted, aerodynamic highway cruiser. This rig looks tough because it is tough. That being said I was little unsure of what DDD category to place to this particular truck. Lost and Found? Still Working? As you can see the hood and grill have suffered as the result of traumatic accident. There is also some damage to the top of the cab. Maybe a roll over is to blame? The solid steel bumper looks straight but I don’t imagine that would even come close to denting in the event of a rear end collision. Chances are good some other piece of heavy equipment with a bigger and taller bumper than the Paystars backed into the grill. Either way, this truck now enjoys life like so many older Americans do, spending time on the golf course. This Paystar will probably be used as an unregistered site truck for the remainder of its years to haul mulch and top soil on the back nine. Enjoy you retirement!
International Paystar 5000 - Click to Enlarge
For more Paystar 5000 action check the links below!
International Trucks – The 70’s Roster
Thiele Body – The Factory Photos
