Memories for us old truckers

[Truck Shop]

Wreck photo's from todays trip on Overload for the Day thread.

 

[Old Doug]

The shop the boss built for Penske, didn't make the bays long enough. Can't get a truck and
A train/ or 53' together in a bay and work on both at same time.
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I wonder if a mechanic would have been there to give his 2 cents on the build? This really hits home with me the place were i have worked and am working part time is a deal . It has grown and expanded and grown some more. They have a building that they call the truck shop its more of a warehouse . It has been built on to several times . One side will hold a truck trailer but its need to store stuff . I think i could have done a better job but i always think that after its done and i can see the problem .

 

[Truck Shop]

"falling out the door and busting your caboose"

Really it's about trying to hoist 270 lbs of biscuits, gravy and plumbers crack up that high.

 

[skyking1]

I far too closely resemble that remark!

 

[BSAA65LB]

 

[Truck Shop]

Clarbin hooded Stude.

 

[56wrench]

seems like the guy that designed the grille and the front edge of the hood wasn’t on speaking terms with the rest of the team

 

[Truck Shop]

Clariben hooded Stude.

 

[Truck Shop]

Clariben made tilt hoods for a variety of trucks years ago, such as this 50's B75.
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[Truck Shop]

47 LMSWM--LJ, 511 built, 15 left.
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[Truck Shop]

One year with that grille-1935.
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[Truck Shop]

Although there have been claims made--GM never installed the 12V71 in the MH 9500.
GMC or Chevrolet 9500's only came with the 8V-71, none were ever recorded with the 12.
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[Truck Shop]

The MCI model 6-built between 1969 and 1970. 102" wide mainly ran in Canada and both
U.S. coasts. 102" wasn't allowed in lower 48 till 1982, Feds allowed to run coastal areas.
The real kicker about the 6 is the power-the only coaches ever built with 12V71's. In 1977
all 85 that were built were repowered with 8V71T's.
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[Truck Shop]

 

[crane operator]

1960 White 5000​

$5,000
Listed 5 weeks ago in Arena, WI

Seller's Description​

Rare white 5000 semi’s Fiberglass cabs. 2020 Cummings engine. 10 speed transmission full screw Hendrickson suspension. 10 for sale 1 is super rare. Buy all 10 for $50k or inquire for individual prices.


Just think, you could corner the marked on old white cabovers, 10 of them for 1 low price

 

[Truck Shop]

Those were some real jewels, notorious for leaking water around windshields and roof caps.
Read a story about Whites endeavor with the 5000, seat to steering wheel distance was for a
dwarf, real uncomfortable for a 6' driver. Biggest draw back was---they were ugly. Pretty tough
to find a cowboy dressed in his yoked/pearl snap shirt/booties with chrome tips wanting to
pull a cattle trailer with one of those.
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Try to find glass for one.

 

[Truck Shop]

One thing to really show how distorted the interior was look at the height of door to bottom
of door glass. You climbed up the outside corner of cab to enter, IIRC the floor had a drop or
recess of like three inches, so you had to step over that entering exiting. It was a weird truck
to say the least.
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[Truck Shop]

White then spawned these units which ran through the mid 60's to early 70's.
Slang term for one was {Japanese Freightliner}.
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[Old Doug]

One thing to really show how distorted the interior was look at the height of door to bottom
of door glass. You climbed up the outside corner of cab to enter, IIRC the floor had a drop or
recess of like three inches, so you had to step over that entering exiting. It was a weird truck
to say the least.
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Some farout stuff like these trucks look like they would have been a lot more problem to build back then maybe they weren't ?

 

[Truck Shop]

Factory photo from 1967, the first 359 with 1,444 sq in radiator and the 351 1050 sq in.
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