BillyT

Of course it's a 4070, I hauled mail with several of those, Waite Inc. out of Akron Oh. Hurry up and Waite, a breakdown every run!

There was a young dude hauling steel out of Braddock Pa with a similar horse had a v 12 gas burner with a 20 speed Spicer two stick! The man earned his money!

Sharp little truck, was a right side wiper optional?

The Hendrickson tractor is an oversized load while bobtailing! Where were those trucks built?

Love the question mark lol! Is the B unsure of its identity?

Freightrain wondered about the details on that accident! We had a school bus driver who cut me off in the neighborhood 3 times when I was taking my grandkids to school,I finally called their safety dept. They must have reprimanded her as she made the turn safely from then on! I watched the driving habits of their fleet ever since and have no complaints on their driving,unlike those of the general public!

In the 70s Overdrive did a complete article on those shenanigans about switching toll tickets and such they called it the Jesse James system of trucking! I never heard about switching doors though, that's funny as hell! Makes sense though! As always I have an anecdote!. My friend and I were coming out of Delaware empty and got stopped  at that temporary scale on 41. My friend had his old White "Road commode" Cabover didn't have permit one or any legalization! The DOT man said I don't see any Delaware permit, and my friend said "they're on the other side" "Oh,ok" he said go ahead! Lol!

Ain't this a damn shame! There was an outfit in Pennsylvania that was building a version of the Diamond Reo, was a glider kit I think. It actually resembled the last Diamond Reos! That thing sure doesn't!

Hadn't really thought about what market buys the most trucks but it's obvious it's the fleets! The Cascadia is (in my opinion the ugliest conventional tractor built to date!) The little Windows in the sleeper don't match the lines of the truck. I don't like modern trucks in general, but the Scanias are good looking in a modern way, and I really like the International lone star!

Nice F, wh

You're right Brocky! Maybe they got em cheap!

I spelled Krystals wrong, I guess I fit the trucker stereotype!

Can't eat too many crystals!

Freightrain,got my latest "Street Rodder" not one manual transmission feature car! All automatics! I understand it's not about speed,as the automatics surpassed the four speeds in the 60s but I still like shifting! Even after all those years in a semi! Wonder if Tremec will have to file bankruptcy?

OD I worked as a freight car repairman in Mckees Rocks Pa.The P@LE RR went out of business when the steel industry left Pittsburgh Pa.

Why not just weld the differentials to the frame lol! My dad got a job driving a chain drive sterling dump hauling coal when he was a young man did a 360 on one of Pittsburghs icy downgrades... quit his job!

Hernando county Florida doesn't permit any commercial vehicle over 5000lbs in any residential zoned area.When I moved here in 92 I was still driving OTR and I've been thrown out of every good parking place near my home! Truck trailer or any combination thereof! I live in a moderately upscale middle class neighborhood. Half acre zoning. I retired in 2008 and it seems to have gotten looser. There is a guy who parks a 53 ft dry van and 3 axle tractor in plain view, a deputy lives in the same house wink wink! They keep up the property so I don't care! There are a couple drivers from big truckload carriers who bring their tractors home on layovers. As near as I can tell they let you alone unless someone complains. In Florida I'm told you can register a "hobby truck" as a "camper" as long as it's not used commercially. No CDL required. Only fair as the 200000 dollar 40 ft campers can park legally here! How is your F model registered? Do you use the gooseneck commercially? Or just for hobby use? I think Harbor freight sells an inexpensive metal framed sheet plastic garage that would hold your tractor. A guy in my neighborhood that has a big camper has one.

Youngstown Bulldog, have you noticed that Rolling Rock doesn't taste the same since bought by Anheiser Busch? Maybe it's just my imagination!

I've never driven a 12 speed mack do you use the tall stick like a ten speed ranger(twice) and the deep reduction as needed?

Thanks for the reply Freightrain  I was on the other end of the state! I never looked at a "factory" air over hydraulic controller just seemed like it would work and it did! Did you get your electric setup back together?

Brocky,there was a kid in my hs class was a big Hank Snow fan, he was Canadian wasn't he? had a Dave Dudley trucking songs tape! Ever hear "The Eagle" or "Tombstone every mile" I think that was a Dudley tune. My buddy told me it was based on a highway in Maine where they hauled potatoes. There is a papermill in rural Maryland where there is a 90 degree turn with 14 tombstones (at last count) OD and I have both been there.

Great pictures OD! Those fish must be like those "walking catfish" to function in that shallow water!

I blew up my 8.2 Detroit hotshot tractor with hydravac trailer brakes,started running my friends single axle Cabover "binder" with air brakes.Had to make up something quick! Bolted a big truck brake chamber(non maxi) to a piece of channel iron linked to a single master cylinder from an old Ford pickup! Damn thing actually worked!

Never got into electric brakes Freightrain, Bob had a 3 axle hotshot trailer with them, pulled It for years.That secondary shoe has a lot of miles left! Where is that Beaver track? Beaver Falls? Never heard of it?