fifth wheel

I tried a propane heater, it didn't work but this setup works fine. There is dust in the fan blade sockets so it is hard to reverse.

A month of pictures coming.

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We have been dealing with snow the past month, moved Cat D8 crawler dozer to city snow dump 1/30/15, We have been pushing snow till now, some days but a 12 hour night shift with as many as 50 dump trucks on per shift. two weeks in two more Cat D8K's and a Cat 330 excavator.

Finishing up at daybreak and with temps 5 to - 8 degrees F, sweet sound from those D342's.

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More of truck #3 with the new paint scheme (1979) . Changed the front to budds in the 80's, brought it to the Green Mtn. Show August 2014.

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This is truck #3, 1955 B 613T 1065 . we got this around 1976 with the intentions of using parts for truck #'s 1&2 , did use the 10 spd, and carrier for truck #2. The truck was in good condition so I decided to put it back in service and started with replacing the missing parts and painting the engine Maxidine Gold as that was the new concept in the mid 70's. New as a petroleum hauler and other owners,the guy I got it from hauled on a flat bed trailer used rail road ties to Cape Cod and the wrecked cars from the demolition derby, that was a regular Friday night event in Westboro ,MA. Someone pushed it from the front denting the fenders and moving the core against the fan, but I was able to drive it home along with the trailer, which was a box with the sides removed and made by " Mack" (pics 1978-79)

Most all of the trucks and equipment were obtained to put in service and not for its historic value. We used the trailer to transport forms and accessories. Still have the truck and the reason I kept it is the whistle from the 205. ( more pictures later).

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This is truck #1 1957 B 613T, 673 na, triplex, FA 517, 20" . We bought it in Dec. 1972 from F. Russo Motors, who always had nice used trucks advertised for sale. Used as a tractor until we found a dump body for it, truck # 2 got outfitted with a body first. Sold it in 1985 and it has changed hand 4 times and is still around.

We bought this 1968 GMC 7500 for the Garwood 5-7 dump body and mounted it on truck #1 (1974). When we got the GMC the cab was completely burnt , with the truck only 3 years old we still paid good money for the truck, so I found a donor truck and swapped out the cabs and painted it etc. and sold it to recover some of the cost. It was very difficult to sell because of the "ToroFlow Engine"., did sell to a friend of mine, (details later) and only brought about $900.

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#1 1973, #1 & 2 1975 GMC Dec 1975

1946 , not sure of the model #. My father bought this in 1962 to haul concrete form panels, photo 1964 me in the cab at 11 years old, and my younger brother. Started driving this one at 15, not much in the way of law enforcement or DMV regulations at that time, had air brakes and was at that time a big truck, we replaced it with a military M 35 6x6 about 1969.

1955, 155w My brother and I bought in 1972 to start an excavating business. A former Polar beverage tractor , we put the only body we could find at the time on, 2-4 yd. and 1 foot to short, side boarded up we could get about 7 CY on. We sold this one to be made into a sander, kept track of it till about the late 70's, long gone I am sure. Replaced with our first Mack a B 61.

Mid 50's , 154 got for parts, not much left but still around.

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I found this picture of our 155w, it is dated 1985 so it gave service for at least 10 years after we sold it. The truck needed doors and told the buyer to go to the used truck salvage yard that bought the 1946 Brockway from my father and get the doors, and he did. The previous owner of the 1946 was Mungovan , Worcester MA. a rigging company.

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# 2 with the frame doubled and body mounted, first diesel and a top truck in 1973. Some improvements another 673, 72 series duplex, FA 522 and 22"'s from a N61. used this one up till the early 80's, and like the others is still around here. (1975 photo)

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1962, 922 model , donor unit for another project, sq's grafted to back, White front axle, the 671 went to marine application, (1990).

Many years ago I came across a 1937 school bus deep in the woods, got the front section. Started a rat rod project with the cowl and hood tops, it has the deluxe dash. Project abandoned for now.

I used the hood sides on one of my homebuilt tractors.

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A few more and a little about each one.

1931-2? chassis, was a fire truck, 1 1/4 ton rating, I can't remember where or when I got it.

1963 220, 5,2sp rear, had this one since 1995.

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