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PA Oversized Load

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Eric

I was heading on 380 last week when I came across this oversize load. You know it’s a big one when it has three pilot cars.

Confirmed as a large precast bridge beam.

Lights on for safety.

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2019 CNY ATHS Chapter Show – The Video

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Eric

After much delay here is the video from the CNY ATHS chapter show. If you area visitor to my Youtube channel outside of this site you probably saw an earlier version of this video that had incorrect captions. Haste makes waste!

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Autocar Mondays – 400 Cummins

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Eric

Last Sunday the ATCA Uncle Sam chapter held their annual show at the Washington County Fairgrounds. I wasn’t able to make the show this year but Ed was nice enough to send in this great photo of a 1975 DC with many custom touches. You can bet this truck makes a nice growl courtesy of a 400 Cummins and those big stacks.

Who says you can’t dress up an Autocar? Thanks for the share Ed!

If you have an Autocar you would like to share for Autocar Mondays send them to Eric@dailydieseldose.com!

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Skyline Domination

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Eric

The skyline of Syracuse, NY is due for a major change very shortly in more ways than one. Soon the boom of the massive crawler crane, a Liebherr LR11000 will tower more than 500 feet into the air. It’s job will be to raise massive steel beams that will form the support ring of the newly designed permanent roof of the Carrier Dome. That’s right. The Dome is going solid. If you want one last shot of the how it once was you better hustle yourself up the hill because once the crane is done nothing will ever be the same.

Over 50 trucks loads of crane parts have already arrived from the Port of New York and New Jersey with more on the way each day. The total assembled weight of this beast is over 3 million pounds with a designed lifting capacity of 1,100 tons. The local paper has a nice little story of the entire affair you can read by clicking here.

I’ve been wandering up the job site for a few months and watched as a steep grassy hill was transformed into flat base for the crane. Check out the pictures below to see the progression. I’ll try to keep tabs on this event but the hike from my office is intense this time of the year. Uber or Lyft?

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2019 CNY ATHS Chapter Show

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Eric

One of the best little truck shows around. That’s the CNY annual chapter show. I suppose I shouldn’t call it a little show as they routinely have over 200 trucks from pickups to big rigs but you know what kind of machines get my attention.

That’s right. Big rigs. But I’m also partial to military vehicles as well. I had never seen a Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando before but here it was. The owner considers this rig a work in progress still but I’m willing to be it never looked this good in its life before! Believe it or not the Commando spent many years as a target at the White Sands missile range! Thanks goodness for poor aim I suppose.

There is always good variety at the CNY show. From big to small this show has it all. Please enjoy the gallery below.

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Still Working – Single Stack Mack

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Eric

The other day I was heading down I-690 when I noticed this truck in a parking lot. I had a few seconds to decide if I should exit the interstate and swing around for a picture. I went for it and changed lanes. I didn’t catch a single light. Fate was with me. Or so I thought. Traffic stalled. As it turned out the R-Model was backing up a drive way directly in front of a busy three way intersection. In the end I had to settle for a windshield shot but that’s all I needed to capture this old rig.

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A Fast UPS Truck

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Eric

I went to the Syracuse Nationals the other weekend, it’s one of the largest car shows on the east coast with over 8,000 registered vehicles. This is the only picture I took. Don’t cry for me, I was there to work the CNY Living History/Brockway Trucks Museum table. Eight hours of talking with the general public about big trucks was fun but boy or boy there are some crazy misconceptions out there. And we’re not talking about the whole “Brockway used Mack cabs” debate. But anyway, that’s a post for another day.

To the best of my knowledge the flames and aluminum rims are the only special feature of this truck. Still pretty cool though. Maybe UPS should think about making this a standard feature on their trucks.

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1976 International Loadstar

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Eric

Ah, it’s time to say goodbye to this old rig. We first took a look at this old rig back in 2011 when Davis Wallbridge was still using it on the job. And even then, the picture was from 2007! The paint certainly had more luster to it back in those days. Sometime around the early fall this truck was pushed out to the front yard of their shop and put up for sale. And there it sat. And sat. And sat some more. Other trucks and heavy equipment were also offered up for sale but the poor old little Loadstar just waited for a buyer that would never come. Eventually it ended up for sale at the annual Alex Lyon summer sale in Canastota, NY.

The truck was rusty and crusty in the spots you would expect. Under the hood the IHC 446 gas was surrounded by tanks and tubes for the juice break system. All in all you could do far worse for a cheap little dump truck. I don’t know what it sold for but I’m going to guess 500.00 was the ceiling.

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2019 ATCA Macungie – Part III

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Eric

This will be the last video in the series. I have a few more clips from the loading zone that I’ll work into a future video but until that time……enjoy.

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Autocar Mondays – Macungie 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Eric

Wow, check out this beauty. It’s a 1980 A64-BT powered by a Caterpillar diesel. It’s just one of the many great Autocar trucks that made the trip to the ATCA National Meet in Macungie PA.

Believe me when I tell you that there were many more than six Autocars in attendance but these few just happen to be the ones I caught on film. They sounded and looked even better in person so make sure to check out the Macungie videos posted a few days ago.