Monthly Archives: August 2014

Empire Farm Days 2014

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Eric

Lost in the jumble of activities from the past two weeks was my coverage of the largest farm related show in the Northeast, the Empire Farm Days. Just like last year, the latest in agricultural technology was on display in the … Continue reading →

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2014 Northern Empire State ATCA Truck Show

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Eric

This weekend I paid my first visit to the ATCA Northern Empire State classic truck show in Madrid, NY. This show has been on my radar for awhile now but par the course other things usually prevented me from attending. This … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Field of Dreams

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Eric

You may have seen this truck in a few of my videos or photos from the HECA national meet last week. It sat on the opposite end of the show field nosed into a row of corn. I saw it … Continue reading →

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The Pageant of Steam

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Eric

It stands to reason that at an event in which people bring 40 ton bulldozers and other heavy equipment there will be more than a few trucks lurking in the background. The national HCEA held in conjunction with the Pageant … Continue reading →

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Dig. Scrape. Drag.

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Eric

I’m getting close to wrapping up the coverage of the HECA national meet but before we do let’s take a moment to enjoy some of the scapers, draglines, and graders. There were plenty of shovels in operation at this event … Continue reading →

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Euclid and Cat Dump Trucks

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Eric

There will be no long winded speeches today, just video after video of dumps trucks working away. Euclid R-13 – You’ll notice the very large glass on the passenger side of this truck. That is a factory option to help … Continue reading →

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Classic Bulldozers – CAT D9 and International Harvester TD24

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Eric

It was a real treat to see these old dozers in action at the HCEA national meet this past weekend. They appeared to be the most popular form of equipment brought to the show with a variety of sizes and types … Continue reading →

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Euclid S7 Scraper

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Eric

Brace yourselves, the rest of the week around here is going to be loaded down with vintage heavy equipment. As I mentioned before, this past weekend was the national meet for the Historical Construction Equipment Association in Canandaigua, NY. The event … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Town of Clay, NY

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Eric

I was probably a little more excited to see this truck than I should have been. I mean, after all it’s just an Autocar right? Wrong! It’s an Autocar Contrucktor which means it comes from the unspoiled age of the … Continue reading →

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2014 National Brockway Truck Show

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Eric

Somedays you are at the top of your game. Other days you are not. Yesterday was one of those days were I was scraping the bottom of the barrel just to get buy. You see I had grand plans to … Continue reading →

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