Still Working – International Fleetstar

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Eric

A few weeks back on the way to the McFadden plow day I passed this Fleetstar heading in the opposite direction.  Even on the flat land the Detroit under the hood was screaming away doing its best to convert diesel to noise.

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Autocar Mondays – Town of Homer

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Eric

This old Autocar just went up for auction two weeks ago. Unfortunately I made no attempt to bookmark the auction information so we have no idea what it was sold for or any other relevant specs. A logical guess would be a DK with Cummins PT250 matched to an 8LL trans.

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Lost Treasure of RT 20

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Eric

If you’ve ever attended the Madison Bouckville antique extravaganza you might have seen this trio resting by the roadside just east of the main selling fields. I can’t really tell for sure but that dozer in probably an IHC product like the two trucks.

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Still Working – Ford Dump Truck

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Eric

There is a possibility that this truck has been on this site before but you can’t be too safe when it comes to a beauty like this one. Marshall Excavating of Munnsville, NY is they happy owner of this fine look machine.

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At the Dealer – The International MV

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Eric

I showed this photo to someone the other day and they remarked it looked like a European style truck. I suppose the new bumper and grill style do give off that vibe. While International is now part of the VW empire under the TRATON banner this restyling was probably in the works before the buyout.

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The Unknown Truck

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Eric

A little something from the A&A Truck parts auction from this past spring. The answer is reveled in this video but the exact specific model is still up in the air.

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McFadden Plow Day 2023

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Eric

A few weekends back I made a trip east along the Cherry Valley Turnpike, AKA, NYS Route 20. I ended up in Sharon Springs, NY for the 2023 McFadden Plow day. There was a bunch of cool stuff there including a Big Bud NH360, a Unimog, a Detroit powered Oliver, and so on.

Hopefully you will enjoy this video along with some commentary from Preston. I’m happy without how it turned out considering I had a four year old perched on my shoulder. Apparently my Youtube audience has no interest in tractors as this video failed to break a 1,000 views.

Isn’t variety the spice of life?

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Still Working – Diamond Reo Dump Truck

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Eric

I first saw this truck on an overcast early spring afternoon. Even in the gloom and the fading light of the day it looked good. I was without my camera so I just had to hope I crossed paths with it again. As you can see, I did. And this time the light was just as good as you could hope.

The current owner is still working hard to bring this truck back to tip top shape. Looks pretty good already IMO.

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A & A Truck Parts Auction

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Eric

Do you remember Autocar Mondays? We used to have a lot of fun with that feature. 

If you’re missing your Autocars make sure you check out this video. It even features some past Autocar Monday stars.

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Old Truck. Old Web Site.

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Eric

This old International 2674 and this website have more in common than you might think. Both are well used and probably past their prime but they still get the job done despite many little things going wrong behind the scenes.

More than once someone has probably wanted to pull the plug on this old truck and move on to something easier to run and nicer to look at it. But they haven’t. Hopefully they don’t.

That’s enough waxing poetic about inanimate objects. I’m sure there will be more posts to come soon. In the mean time. Keep on trucking.

 

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