Phase 1

I believe I have seen somewhere that the LH was a lightweight model, possibly like an LJ with light parts on it, aimed at the western market. I suppose that when the LTL came out, it took most of the sales away from the LH.

11 hours ago, j hancock said:

An LM tandem, that's a BIG dog in the day!

Although it looks like the letter M, I think the notation states LHSW. Not a lot of those were built.

Great picture !

Possibly a B-77 turnpike cruiser ?

I remember the first DM-800 I saw. I met it on the road and my jaw was dropped.

20 minutes ago, fifth wheel said:

Tilted engines 743 and 855,  White 4000, 9000, Ford N, LN, LNT, Brockway 359, 361, GMC-Chev 9500, Brigadier, Bison and few others.

 

FW

Dodge C models.

3 hours ago, Maddog13407 said:

there are variences. ie trucks that sat around in dealer lots, but 59 was the change in radiator shell, 60 they went to circuit breakers instead of glass fuses,59 the  wiper motor went outside, 59, the junction box for back cab wiring  went on the back driver side cab corner instead of the  inside frame rail, the bumper brackets got changes the the  style with the angle iron instead of the pipe spacer, 59 was also the year the frame crossmembers changed from the two hole design to the one hole in the middle and the air horns got moved off a pedestal and mounted directly to the cab. 62 was the year the radiator crossmember got changed to the 5 hole design to the two hole design, the door hingecover plates got ommitted, 64 the maplights got changed to the R model style over the back window instead of the two porceling single lights,62 brought on the got aweful push button signal light switch and 64 brought on the key starter switch.

   I think it is time for you to write a B-model book.

I would guess cost was a major influence in the design of the B cab versus the L. The B styling was more modern at the time, going away from the boxy look of the 30's.

Does anyone have a price listing for a B70 series that would show a price difference of the optional L cab?

Craftsman won't be gone, the tools will still be sold in Sears stores, only owned by a different company. The bad part is that there are fewer and fewer Sears stores left.

As said you could get almost anything at Sears. Near here some years back, a family bought an empty home for a summer place. They needed everything for the home, which would have been a big job to aquire. So they contacted Sears and they took care of everything. The Sears vehicles came and put in the drapes and carpet. Brought all the furniture and appliances, TV and stereo systems, and installed everything. Towels and bedding, pots and pans and utensils - everything and anything that would be in a house was supplied by Sears.

On 12/31/2016 at 0:19 PM, Red Horse said:

Paul,

Thx for all the detective work.  Lot of history there.  Also nice shot of the MB hooked to a vintage short Mack corporate trailer.  Chevy wrecker in photo is like 63? 64?

On 12/31/2016 at 2:17 PM, Phase 1 said:

 

The Chevy wrecker is a 65.

I wonder if that is a Mack built trailer. 

On 12/31/2016 at 7:53 PM, 41chevy said:

Kovalchick's than and now builds their own trailer units specific to railroad  rails, cars and power units. They are one of the biggest train - railroad scrap and salvage companies around.

I meant the Mack company box trailer. It looks like it could have come from the era when Mack was building trailers.

The Chevy wrecker is a 65.

I wonder if that is a Mack built trailer. 

The sleeper is ahead of the drivers feet.

If you want to see more on them, they have been talked about here before - and on other old truck forums and a Wheels of Time article. They were made for the Guy M. Turner Company. Power was an English Gardner diesel.

Very nice.

 North America is a beautiful place.

5 hours ago, j hancock said:

Tomorrow.....?   Holy Cow, Swishy is from the future!

              Is this you Swish?

It would be good to carry a couple gallons of gas in a can until you are sure the fuel gauge is working right.

On 12/7/2016 at 5:40 PM, grayhair said:

I think we could properly be criticizing once he actually takes office and does something in an official capacity.  IMO

Okay, but using that line of thought, it cannot be said that he is doing good things or will do good either.

1 hour ago, 70mackMB said:

We got our crew together today. '99 Dodge 2500, 7.5' plow & 4' wing - Stand alone shovel (How to downsize a road crew in half) - '90 Ford LN7000 - '52 Ford 8N - '74 Ariens - '70 Mack MB607 - '01 Chevy Tahoe, 7.5'LD plow. Pay no attention to the plows not being painted yet!    Hippy and Ricky

Rick on Just Old Trucks has just gotten a pair of CF trucks out of a building where they have been since CF went under.

As said, that is an incorrect year for the truck. According to the Dodge Trucks book it is a 58, 59, or 60 model. The cab was used on the low-cab-forward C model and then the Bighorn until Dodge quit building large trucks in 1975. The dump truck is a conventional D model and those used a different cab from 1961 onward.  There were no heavy duty and few medium conventionals built after the LCF  C model came out. 

A politician's promises.

Revisit the list in four years.

5 hours ago, logtruckman said:

Amen to that 99 percent of the people on this forum won't talk to me because I don't hate volvo . I comment on a thread and the thread stops lol

The curse has been broken! The thread continues !

You could have someone turn out some new bushings for it.

Edit; Contact Hobbs:    http://hobbstrailers.com/trailer-parts/

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