Connecticut Construction Trucks

[mechohaulic]

4 hours ago, blackdog2 said:

Lasky Watertown Conn

lucky for them the wheelbase was long enough to fit a decent  third axle. moved many battery boxes from side by side to one on top of another to fit a ridiculous baby axle enough to meet the law requirements back then. narrow steer tires and hyd canvas (not a Richards system ).sign of the changing times .

[Red Horse]

9 hours ago, Brocky said:

I was born in 1945, in 1948 my mother was elected the township clerk with her office in the corner of our living room. The highway super was in and out all the time. By 1950 I was the "Mascot" for the highway dept. Always riding in their trucks and later operating them. From there on my life was always in the trucking industry.

Nice memory for sure..and an impossibility in today's day and age.

[blackdog2]

7 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

lucky for them the wheelbase was long enough to fit a decent  third axle. moved many battery boxes from side by side to one on top of another to fit a ridiculous baby axle enough to meet the law requirements back then. narrow steer tires and hyd canvas (not a Richards system ).sign of the changing times .

It was  a oilfield truck originally from Texas with low mile's ..............He was at the Bethlehem show he stop and talk for a few minute's......he sold the truck year's back to a guy in Penn.