Tag Archives: international S-series

S-Series Madness

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Still Working – International Trucks

What could be nicer than finding a beautiful looking International Paystar on a warm almost Spring day? Don’t answer, it’s a rhetorical question. I don’t know the past life story on this truck but I’m getting a municipal vib from … Continue reading

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Pit Fenders

Pit fenders, you don’t seem them around much on new rigs, if at all. Kenworth still offers them on their C500 line but I can’t think of many other trucks that come with them from the factory. Lightweight and aerodynamic … Continue reading

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Raise Your Dumpers

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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Town of Lorraine

Our tour of north country DPWs continue today with a visit to the Town of Lorraine, NY. Those with sharp eyes for the old snow fighters will recognize the box behind the Oshkosh as a Walter’s. On the new iron … Continue reading

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Old Friends

It may not look like it but you will hear this Freightliner FLC112 long before you see it. This is the equivalent of sleeper truck in the construction community. Why it even has a normal, stock look exhaust stack. Don’t … Continue reading

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Lost and Found – Fords and Internationals

Last month on the way to the Empire Farm Days show I passed by Seneca Pipe and Paving. They have a very large collection of old Ford and International dump trucks that seem to be in various forms of use … Continue reading

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Still Working – International S-Series Dump Truck

This past Thursday I was staking out a busy truck watching spot in downtown Syracuse. I was about to call it quits when I heard this International approaching from the opposite side of the avenue. There was no mistake about … Continue reading

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NYSDOT – International S-Series

Believe it or not this truck is something of a dinosaur when it comes to the NYS DOT fleet. From my outsider perspective I see nothing but new tandem axle Mack Granites with shiny aluminum bodies running up and down … Continue reading

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Mommy, where do curbs come from?

Storks bring babies. Rats bring plague. International trucks bring granite curbs. Those are the facts of life. Back in the sunny days of July I snapped these two International’s working for Geneva Curb and Concrete on a local road project. … Continue reading

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