PeterMack

What where you hauling to the city in the bags topsoil or brick mix

Topsoil. The building where I was going has a $250,000 landscaping budget per corner of the building. So, I guess with that kind of money

might at well take out the old dirt and put in new.

Looks a little scary the way the crane is picking those two pallets up.

Ehh, just gotta stand back and cross your fingers. They all made it off my trailer, was a good day

I remember those old dumps, I used to haul grain up to Cargill and Continental off of Torrence av. at Calumet City in the mid 70s. does anyone use those any more.

There is a place at 117th and Torrence called Nidera. They take wheat and still use the lifts. The only guys that use them are the TTI trucks.

Usually all Pete's with covered wagons out of Wis that bring wheat down and take steel back. They have side kits in the flat beds with doors

on the back that open so they can tip the trailers. I've been to the Cargill across from the casino in Hammond but they just have regular

dumps there.

Thats a sharp looking General. $5500, and he's had it for twelve years, I'd say he did alright on that purchase.

Damn this had to hurt, coming to an abrupt stop like this. Looks like the frame and rear axle got busted on this one.

Saw IH Farms this morning, maybe just got loaded?

Scanned a Autocar Mixer with an even longer nose! Paul

Gotta wonder what would happen in a wreck with that truck. Would it just slide right over top of a car with that long snout and monster truck

right over it? It's like a cabover with 10ft of nose in front of it.

Beast machine. Cool to see IDOT still working this "old" truck.

They have a couple big beasts still working. I did an image search and a few others popped up. They have a newer Autocar and a big Western Star.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Illinois+Idot+tow+trucks&biw=1280&bih=827&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hhZIVazECI_GogT--oAo&ved=0CAkQ_AUoBA&dpr=0.9

Saw these trucks on Sat hauling in concrete railroad ties to the pit. They are from out of town. Had Nevada and Utah plates on them.

They are doing the UP line that runs along RT38. I guess they have thousands of cross ties to bring in, each one has 25 lbs of steel

in them. This company also had a CL700 and a Granite but I did not get pictures of them.

Are the Builder trucks any relation to Orange Crush (Polumbo). The frame color and numbers on the bumper look similar.

Yes, Palumbo, Orange Crush, Builders Asphalt/Concrete are all one in the same. I think all or most of the builders trucks are formerly

Orange Crush trucks. The door jambs are still painted orange.

Thanks Al. I know I had seen that truck before and I figured you would remember seeing as there are not to many Hendricksons left around here.

1 owner, that's crazy! Sad end to that truck.

A little off topic, but I came across this picture of a Hendrickson vs. a tree. Looks like it didn't turn out well for either. The article

said it happened in Round Lake Beach, but was sketchy on details. Al do you remember this truck? Looks familiar.

This one is a "Pro Sleeper" meaning it had a flat floor. The "doghouse" was a mere 2" rise in the floor. That in combination with the raised roof made for one HUGE interior.

Borrowed from Flickr.

I remember all of those Schnieder, JB, uggo's running around. The one Gearhead had posted reminded me of an Aeordyne KW with the split windows

up front. Don't ever recall seeing an Eagle like that, but if they were custom I'm sure they are a little scarce. I wonder if the Eagle has windows

up front or if it is just smooth? Can't tell from the angle.

That Autocar with the suicide doors is neat. Can't say that I've ever seen one. Nice finds.

somebody told me lake-cook road is still a 73280# road. we run 80000# (or a little more) so when I go that way I take Dundee over to rt 12. maybe that's why they were out with the portables today

Yes. That is exactly why they had them up. The Palatine cop sits and watches that like a hawk. I think its entrapment in my opinion.

None of it is marked out on 53 or Lake-Cook through there so if your not from the area how would you know. You are doing the right

thing the way you are going. Palatine might still screw with you but at least your on an 80,000 pound road.

Followed Mike on my way back to the pit to get my last load of the day he was on his way home he turned off on allen road I went up to big timber. I like the old single axle B his dad has Mike told me he bought it the year he was born I hope he restores it when he owns it.

I have pictures of that B-model about 40-ish pages back. Mike still has his green R-model also but it was nosed in and I couldn't get a good shot of it.

Nice pictures. I would think that Eagle has to be somewhat rare. I thought they were all flatops. Don't know if I've ever seen one with a double

bunk like that.