Some Pics From Gerhart's Yard in PA

Dirtmaster · Mar 17, 2010

Old lowboy trailer pictures, maybe?

Love this thread! I'm looking for pictures of old removable gooseneck lowboy trailers (RGN), as I'm trying to rebuild one to use. Were there any at that yard? In particular, I'm looking for pictures that show the detaching mechanism and how the lock worked. Keep those pictures coming! Dirtmaster

dieseldave · Mar 17, 2010

Like this? This is my old 35 ton Hyster, I can take any shots of it you want if it'll help.

dieseldave · Mar 17, 2010

Ron, here are some more of that B model. It's a NA 711, no power steering I'm pretty sure. Just think, Mack was producing the 711 at the same time they were making twin turbo 864's lol. Must've been fun to have been a Mack mechanic during that timespan

Dirtmaster · Mar 18, 2010

Removable gooseneck lowboys

Yeah, like that one only a little different. Some RGN trailers have a narrow gooseneck and some have a full width gooseneck. Mine is a full width setup. The locking mechanism is a little different on the full width ones.

I posted a few pictures over on the trailers sub-forum on this site that shows them. Thread title is "Looking for really old RGN pictures" or similar.

Enjoy seeing the old rigs. Thanks for posting them. Dirtmaster

RonG · Mar 18, 2010

I never had a chance to drive that V8 but the 673ci was the only other engine that they had in mass production at that time.That was the engine that seemed to predominate in their lineup.It developed two or three different horespowers that I know of,225 and I think a 235 and ended up as a 250 in the last revision.Then came the 675 Maxidyne at 237 HP to start with.My company had a couple of B-61s like yours,one of them had the turbo 673 in it as a dump truck.That thing was a hotrod,it would haul a full load,I mean all that you could fit on in the body and just fly with it,nothing could touch it.These were the days before the DOT squads and tarps,we just had to be careful in the corners to avoid spillage.Ron G

dieseldave · Mar 18, 2010

RonG said:
I never had a chance to drive that V8 but the 673ci was the only other engine that they had in mass production at that time.That was the engine that seemed to predominate in their lineup.It developed two or three different horespowers that I know of,225 and I think a 235 and ended up as a 250 in the last revision.Then came the 675 Maxidyne at 237 HP to start with.My company had a couple of B-61s like yours,one of them had the turbo 673 in it as a dump truck.That thing was a hotrod,it would haul a full load,I mean all that you could fit on in the body and just fly with it,nothing could touch it.These were the days before the DOT squads and tarps,we just had to be careful in the corners to avoid spillage.Ron G

I had a a 187hp NA 673 in my first truck, a '59 B61 single axle tractor with a triplex. It ran better than I thought it would for being 187 horse, but it was no rocket lol. I have a '77 U model single axle dump with a 237 and a five speed that I used for years to haul my stuff around. A good, tough truck.

Here are some pics from the Mack plant in Allentown. Years ago you could take a bus from Gerhart's show over to the plant and wander around.

Koehringman · Mar 22, 2010

What is this place??? A boneyard or someone that restores equipment? Any Koehrings? Looking for tracks for a 305 or 405. I love those old Northwests too. The group I'm with has an 80D, The operator would be in Heaven here. Keep that Kodak crank'in!!

dieseldave · Mar 24, 2010

Koehringman said:
What is this place??? A boneyard or someone that restores equipment? Any Koehrings? Looking for tracks for a 305 or 405. I love those old Northwests too. The group I'm with has an 80D, The operator would be in Heaven here. Keep that Kodak crank'in!!

Kinda both, I guess. They fix stuff up for sale and sell parts as well.

I don't remember any Koehrings, but that doesn't mean there aren't any there- my photographic memory ran out of film years ago

There are some 80D's and 180's there, but all are in pieces.

ts-24 frank · Mar 27, 2010

old iron

dieseldave said:
a few more

these are great shots of the old iron, where are they in lidtz,pa man i would love to walk through. thanks for sharing. ts24 frank

Buckethead · Mar 27, 2010

ts-24 frank said:
these are great shots of the old iron, where are they in lidtz,pa man i would love to walk through. thanks for sharing. ts24 frank

http://www.gerhartmachinery.com/contact.asp :drinkup

ts-24 frank · Mar 27, 2010

old pixs

dieseldave said:
I have more, I'm gonna keep posting til I run out or I get thrown off the forum, whichever comes first:drinkup

dieseldave; these are great shots especially of the side/bottom dump, and all youre pix of the d9,are they all taken in the egg harber area or lidits. thanks ts24 frank

ts-24 frank · Mar 27, 2010

info

Buckethead said:
http://www.gerhartmachinery.com/contact.asp :drinkup

buckethead; thanks for the location. ts24 frank

Buckethead · Mar 27, 2010

ts-24 frank said:
buckethead; thanks for the location. ts24 frank

You're welcome. Usually in May they have some kind of equipment or truck show there, call or email them to find out when it is this year.

dieseldave · Mar 27, 2010

ts-24 frank said:
dieseldave; these are great shots especially of the side/bottom dump, and all youre pix of the d9,are they all taken in the egg harber area or lidits. thanks ts24 frank

ts24frank,
any pics in this thread so far -with the exception of the paintings and the lowboy hauling the grader- were from Gerhart's. Here are a few pics of my D9, which you may recognize from other threads or youtube. It's in Mays Landing right now.

dieseldave · Mar 27, 2010

Here are some more of the side dumps. I'm not sure what they are- DW20's would be my guess- but the two sitting next to each other have D326's for power while the other one sitting off by itself has a D337T.

ts-24 frank · Mar 27, 2010

pictures

dieseldave said:
ts24frank,
any pics in this thread so far -with the exception of the paintings and the lowboy hauling the grader- were from Gerhart's. Here are a few pics of my D9, which you may recognize from other threads or youtube. It's in Mays Landing right now.

dieseldsve; will gerharts actually let you walk arround the yard and take shots maby even clime in one.if youre d9 is in mays landing how would you feel about me taking pixs of youre d9 and you, it just exciting to see one of those in operation. it has been about 30 yrs since i was in the seat of a d8 in the army engeneers. i am not far from the area at all, see what you think, not trying to pressure you, just love this equipment. thanks ts24 frank havent seen the low boy yet but great shots.

dieseldave · Mar 27, 2010

ts-24 frank said:
dieseldsve; will gerharts actually let you walk arround the yard and take shots maby even clime in one.if youre d9 is in mays landing how would you feel about me taking pixs of youre d9 and you, it just exciting to see one of those in operation. it has been about 30 yrs since i was in the seat of a d8 in the army engeneers. i am not far from the area at all, see what you think, not trying to pressure you, just love this equipment. thanks ts24 frank havent seen the low boy yet but great shots.

Gerhart's is a pretty friendly place, they'd likely let you walk around. If you go to one of the shows it's a definite, you can wander in and around anywhere. I'll get in touch with you about meeting out where the D9 is, shouldn't be a problem. It's at a place on Somers Point-Mays Landing Rd, a place called Young's Ironstone Rigging. He also has a woodstove store called the Firebox there.

ts-24 frank · Mar 28, 2010

gerharts

dieseldave said:
Gerhart's is a pretty friendly place, they'd likely let you walk around. If you go to one of the shows it's a definite, you can wander in and around anywhere. I'll get in touch with you about meeting out where the D9 is, shouldn't be a problem. It's at a place on Somers Point-Mays Landing Rd, a place called Young's Ironstone Rigging. He also has a woodstove store called the Firebox there.

dieseldave; how often are the shows at gerharts, and thank you for the oppertunity to photograph youre d9. any chance you know of any scrapers working arround the area, i will wait to hear, thanks. ts24 frank

ts-24 frank · Mar 28, 2010

b model pixs

dieseldave said:
Ron, here are some more of that B model. It's a NA 711, no power steering I'm pretty sure. Just think, Mack was producing the 711 at the same time they were making twin turbo 864's lol. Must've been fun to have been a Mack mechanic during that timespan

dieseldave; these shots of the lowboy and the b model are great, is that the back end of a scraper maby a pull scraper i see in the one pix. boy does that b model take me back, that is what i learned to drive on after i got out of army, 2 stick quadraplex i beleave 15 speed, and the d7 or 8's in the army had the throttle in the cenyer with the tranie 3 speed forward and reverse arround the throttle stick like a house shoe, and the directional steering levers for the tracks higher comming out of the left side dash with the directional foot pedals right under and the decellerator peddel off to right, bulldozer handle came out of the floor vertically on right, man does that bring back fond memories, WOW thanks again for sharing. ts-24 frank

dieseldave · Mar 28, 2010

Some scraper pics. The one behind the D9G is a Curtis-Wright.

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