Monthly Archives: March 2017

Land of Big Snow

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Eric

While two foot of snow in most areas is considered record breaking, the snow fighting crews out west can only chuckle and shake their heads in amusement. With over 50 feet of snow falling in the Sierra Nevada this winter … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Exchange Student

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Eric

While some truck makers drifted in the ocean of popular trends Autocar never strayed from what it made it a success. From day one they produced heavy duty trucks following a tried and true formula. Here we see a 1973 Autocar DC9964T … Continue reading →

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LVT Ice Breakers

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Eric

In the spring of 2016 the City of Buffalo sent to auction a fleet of armored LVT landing craft after a planned invasion of Canada fell through. Of course I’m just kidding. These military surplus vehicles were modified by the City … Continue reading →

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Triple Vision

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Eric

I pretty much figured that all the International 9670’s ever built had been run into the ground or migrated south by this point in time but then Dave went and found not one but three of them! It’s unclear if … Continue reading →

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Growing Up Is Hard To Do

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Eric

The last time we saw this Mack Granite it was little more than a bare frame and now it’s a full grown snow plow. After my trip to Trius I know how much work goes into these trucks to get … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – WWII Veteran

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Eric

Resting in the wilds of Herkimer County one can find this vintage Autocar U-7144, a veteran of World War II, if they keep a sharp eye. One of 11,000 trucks built during the WWII, this U-Model picked up a Quick-Way crane along … Continue reading →

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Greener Times

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Eric

Heavy truck builders have always enjoyed using letter abbreviations to denote model lines. It would seem over the years that only a few certain letters were deemed good enough to be a truck name as the same letters would surface … Continue reading →

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1972 Peterbilt 351

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Eric

It’s not hard to imagine that if this truck pulled up behind you on a country road you might begin to have flashbacks of the movie Duel in which Dennis Weaver is chased through the countryside by a maniac trucker. … Continue reading →

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