Popular Post RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2013 Ok bear with me a lot of pics. Back oh I would say 12 years ago they replaced the bridge on Orange Turnpike(RT 17) in Hillburn. Somebody was saving the bridge to bring it upstate somewhere. Well I guess after Casey got it all rigged up they realized it was too big to move so they scrapped it. The Kenworth had a V8 Cat with either a Rockwell power shift or Allison( I couldn't tell by the controls) and a Spicer air shifted auxillary. Don't ask me about the modular gear I can't tell the difference between Cometto, Goldhofer, Nicholas, etc. That's my wife on the step to give it a sense of scale. Cheers, Rob 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Very nice. I like the truck too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks it's rare to see something like that in your backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Very cool Rob, Like that Godzilla! Gives the real meaning to moving a bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 That bridge and truck sat for almost a month until they decided what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 so how do they move the truck around? is it taken apart and moved on trucks? i cant see it being driven far for a job. just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 They put it on a lowboy. I actually saw it running down the road on RT 21 in Newark when I was driving for Gulino. That was an awesome site. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I've heard of this monster but have never seen pics of it. Those are definately older shots because it shows their old location on the door. They are in Branchburg now just off of RT22. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 I've heard of this monster but have never seen pics of it. Those are definately older shots because it shows their old location on the door. They are in Branchburg now just off of RT22.Yea Chuck I know they moved I don't think they have it anymore. I think that big T800 is their main prime mover now. I remember many years ago they had some assortment of trucks at Englishtown. All sorts of old Macks that were repowered and reconifgured I guess in house. Anybody have old pics? I bet Mark does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Fantastic Rob!!!I have been looking for good photos of the Beast for a long time! I have had on my list to do, a 1/24 scale model of this truck to go with the model of Animal Crackers!Thank you!Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh, and the modular trailer is a THP Goldhofer. Last i heard the Beast was sold to a heavy hauler out in Michigan......??? Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Very good info Rick. I will post pics of Supors big Kenworth later which is a later model sister truck to this. I still can't tell on the modulars. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Mack battery boxes on that beast!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Very good info Rick. I will post pics of Supors big Kenworth later which is a later model sister truck to this. I still can't tell on the modulars. Cheers, RobRob,Both the Beast & Supor's "Jersey Giant" are on the Kenworth 850 chassis. Another one on the list to model......Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Ok for Rick. I think this had a KT Cummins in it and used to haul coal down south. Cheers,Rob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 MMMMMM Home run ROB!!!!Right on KT Cummins to Allison CL(B)T-5960 (or 6061) 6 speed power shift & Clark BD-121 planetaries out back. When it was on coal duty, it had a Benson body on.Rick Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 I wish I had more pics of it. Supors yard is right next to Tilcon's recycling yard but you can't really see anything they have it fenced in. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap40rocktruck Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I took these in the summer of 2010 in Lomma's Kearny yard. Cummins power, Allison powershift, Clark planetaries. Sitting & waiting for the next job.Rick 1 Quote Richard MarkOwner / Master Model Maker Industrial Model DesignAp40rocktruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Beastly. New word for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 You know what I thought was pretty cool was Casey's Kenworth T800(not the prime mover) but the tractor with the Canadian spread on Chalmers suspension with the Sisu hub reduction axles. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Rob,Both the Beast & Supor's "Jersey Giant" are on the Kenworth 850 chassis. Another one on the list to model......RickThat will be 1 hell of a build. And when I get back to Fl I'll send the 2 models up we talked about. the shaker and dump trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I believe John Pearson (BTM member 45LMSWM) works for Casey. He may shed some light on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Boy, that is a rig!Good looking driver's assistant helping with the photos.JimI told her get up there for a pic and she said we can' t do that. I said the truck has been here for a month. I wanted a sense of scale and she is petite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Very nice pictures,thanks for posting them! i saw the "beast" up at Port Elizabeth,NJ a while ago hooked up to a trailer loaded with an ENOURMOUS wooden crate,i was too far away,and on the wrong side of the fence to get a decent picture,always wondered what it looked like up close!................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Just had a J supor and sons truck pulling a big 9 axle trailer. with truck 13 on the ground Big perimeter trailer empty. They where shagging ass to say the least. I was tooling down the road a whole whopping 58 to 60 mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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