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Memories for us old truckers

DMiller

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Always reminded me of the swing fender Dodges too, like they were designed by the same guys!!
Surprised the drivers of those did not get sea sick sitting so high rolling side to side in turns!!

Do not know the series numbers anymore but were these not the initial Emeryvilles? Made in Emeryville In.?
 
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Forgot the Classification ID, that sounds like it. The Emeryville's were a really odd line of trucks. My Super Duty Ford reminded me of the later ones by the door design with that teardrop at the leading edge.

 
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My friend Norm was a logger up near Prince George BC. His first truck was a used 1941 Ford. After a few years he wanted to upgrade and have 2 trucks he bought 2, R-200 IH Tandem short logger trucks with 10 ft wide bunks no trailers. While looking at trucks he went to several dealers and the IH dealer was a lot cheaper than any other truck dealers were. After a week he found out why as the salesman took off with Norms wife. Norm says that was the best thing ever as he got 2 new truck that made him money.


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New 848 Kenworth 6X6 With a logging arch on the back. Norm was a welder and build his own logging arch which was built so it could be removed quickly and logging bunks could be installed on truck to haul short logs.3.gif 11.gif 12.gif Kenworth with D-8 cat on its back
 
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Old wagons led a rough life. 190 missing L mirror(arm still there) bent all over, L door bent up, the KW fender in Cat photo bent up and back, tough living logging.
 
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The reason or part of it is that the steaks were tripped and logs rolled off have pictures to explain or show in a day or so. And trucks were 50% overloaded on a light load many times.
 
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In 1960 bought a 1952 Mack off highway truck. This was one of 6 trucks had rock boxes on in the iron ore mines in Quebec, the boxes were removed and truck were then driven out to B.C. and sold for logging it a long slow drive since top speed was only 25 mph. V-12 Cummings, Schiender-Westinhouse torque-converter, 4 speed transmission, planetary gears in rear ends. Norm is 6ft, 4 so the truck is huge4.gif 6.gif 7.gif 19.gif , 16:00 X 25 tires. Norm lengthen the frame 4 ft so he could build and install a logging arch in order to skid logs. 1952 Mack with logging arch February 1963
 
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Most of the Dodges here had 8 or 6V71s the long hood variety had 855 cummins as a general rule
This one likely is a salvage yard escapee!
 
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If you look on the auction site it has a tag saying it was USFS excess property and that split shaft PTO means it was a fire truck.

It was probably used by the USFS for many years until they got tired of it, then gave it to some poor rural fire department who probably took as good of care as money would allow and low miles until recently and then sold it off like this.

So it probably is a pretty OK runner depending on how long it sat and mouldered. Or if some farmer had it in the meantime. But the paint looks pretty good for that.
 
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Most, if not all these long frame Dodges, were built for the military. They had some sort of refueling tank on the back, for aircraft, I think. There used to be a lot of them floating around rural fire districts and such, here in Texas. Most have been sold off at Govt. auctons, in the past 10 or 15 years.
 
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