Memories for us old truckers

[Tugger2]

Mines good, she just takes lots of books when i chase crane booms

 

[RZucker]

Now here is one I'm sure not a lot of you have seen. In the mid 60's the feedlot next to our dairy had a Studebaker Diesel. It had tandem axles with a Detroit and 4x4 boxes.
It had a auger box on the back. The pic below is best I could find to show what one looked like. A big Studebaker pickup.

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Saw this very same truck last week scooting west on I-90. Knew I had seen it here.

 

[Truck Shop]

Saw this very same truck last week scooting west on I-90. Knew I had seen it here.

Headed to Brooks Ore for the truck show, there was around 1,000 trucks there last year. The Brooks show is the last week in August each year.

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[DMiller]

Tons of Blood Sweat and Tears as well welding, manufacturing and piecing these old beasts together, quite impressive.

 

[Crummy]

@Truck Shop and @RZucker : Omega-Morgan is doing a 1+ million lb. 360' long 21' tall move the nights of the 17/18 & 18/19 SR-14 & then up US-97. Should be pretty cool stuff knowing them.

 

[Truck Shop]

That would will be a show for sure. If there going the route of 14 then 97 the grade at Maryhill to Goldendale will be a super major pull as many parts of 97 will be.
Big event for the little town of Stevenson. What are they moving? ---Thanks, Crummy.

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[Truck Shop]

https://www.omegamorgan.com/

 

[RZucker]

Rats, I'm heading a different direction early in the morning on the 20th. Hoping somebody gets pics of this.

 

[Crummy]

What are they moving?

I heard it's a big wind turbine.

 

[Crummy]

They have some awesome equipment.
The loader looks like it's doing its share.

 

[JPV]

 

[Truck Shop]

Ah ha they loaded on the east side of 97 it looks like. Thanks JPV. Looks like a transformer their moving.

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[DMiller]

Massive transformer. Similar to what we had at my last employer. Each of these was a single phase step up from 24,000v to 365,000v, held 10,000 gal. mineral oil in Each one. Plus a spare. We had these four a Unit Auxiliary that fed back into the plant at power a Startup for getting it all running and two main ring bus feeder units as big or bigger. Not to mention all the support units.

 

[Truck Shop]

Rats, I'm heading a different direction early in the morning on the 20th. Hoping somebody gets pics of this.

DM and I will go take pics for you.

 

[Truck Shop]

Guess what year this old girl is-----------only three were built and owned by the same person. And not the kiddo setting in front.

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[RZucker]

Im gonna say '60-'61? That tilt hood must have been a very early one.

 

[525isx]

Guess what year this old girl is-----------only three were built and owned by the same person. And not the kiddo setting in front.

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that was a glider kit- when mick moss owned it I switched out the walking beams to a set of rears with 4 springs

 

[crane operator]

1957 Mack b model. Supposedly a 6-71. Come on DMiller- you gave up trucking full time, you need a hobby, and its only $3,000.

https://fayar.craigslist.org/hvo/d/1957-model-mack/6706251755.html

 

[DMiller]

Can only sit back and dream these days. Too many project irons already in the fire and a wife less receptive to my spending limited retirement funds!!