1972 Loadstar , my love for loadstars continues .

[mowerman]

lol ran outa likes

[mrsmackpaul]

12 hours ago, 67RModel said:

Has anyone ever seen he loadstars with the one man, center mounted cab for hauling long beams or pipe? There is a roof hatch to get in and out. I think IH made them before the loadstar but they are neat looking. Only ever saw one in real life. 

We called these "Island Cabs" in Australia 

Paul

[70mackMB]

11 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

 edgecomb steel had some {blue)  units with the flat fenders.

Yes, Edgcomb steel in Nashua NH had one or two of them. Looking for pictures and found this! lol Edgcomb roof mounted sign.

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/227129640593  .....Hippy

[other dog]

16 hours ago, mowerman said:

i do remember seeing what looked like an eagle conventional cab  offset to the left and it hadda really short nose,,,,also in LA i tryed to find a photo but unsuccessful,,,Geoff im sure you know what im talking about

A Conco maybe?

Here's a Garrett model.

[other dog]

17 hours ago, 67RModel said:

Has anyone ever seen he loadstars with the one man, center mounted cab for hauling long beams or pipe? There is a roof hatch to get in and out. I think IH made them before the loadstar but they are neat looking. Only ever saw one in real life. 

Cives Steel in Winchester, VA. used to have one. 

I had several International Scouts over the years. I remember when there was one "parked out back" up at Powell's Truck and Equipment in Lynchburg, the International truck dealership. 

Somebody bought it for the transmission or transfer case or something, didn't give much for it, seems to me it was a couple hundred bucks. Got whatever he needed then sold the 345 engine for more than he paid for the Scout to start with. A company in Lynchburg called Mrs. Giles bought the engine. They made coleslaw, potato salad, that type of stuff, and they had a fleet of Loadstars with 345's in them and one of them needed an engine.

[67RModel]

Well its not a loadstar but an R series with the single man cab. Its crazy. I was not even looking for internationals and this popped up in my search. Kind of strange that I mentioned it yesterday and have not seen one in years....

1968 International R190 Series Single Center Seat Dump Truck - Commercial Vehicles - Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

[70mackMB]

26 minutes ago, 67RModel said:

Well its not a loadstar but an R series with the single man cab.

LOL  Looks like an Edison Motors model.    .....Hippy

 

[70mackMB]

l hope these are on the "Too be saved list".    .....Hippy

[mowerman]

thanks for that tom,,,,i knew i wasnt going (TOO) senile i couldnt even find photos of garrett i used to see lots of thier trucks in california,,,all of a sudden they were gone

[Geoff Weeks]

I think the "center cab" trucks were a short term solution to a problem solved in another way.

They seamed to be around in the 60's and 70's and mostly gone by the 80's.

They could get into old cramped mfg districts with load that a semi could not. Those districts were likely service by spur rail line in older times.  (can you imagine trying to get the rail-road to deliver a few I beams?)

With more stuff moved by truck, if you couldn't get a std semi in you either moved or remodeled so you could, making the center cab an obsolete item.

They also had almost zero value on the secondary market. You can't really re-use them for something else.

Urban renewal, flight to the suburbs and beyond for cheap industrial land ended the need for them.

I don't think I've seen a truck later than the Loadstar made into a center cab unless it was that purpose built truck I saw on I-79 all those years ago. It was so unrecognizable as to who made the chassie, might have been CCC (Crane carrier corp), so hard to date it. 

[other dog]

They were pretty big at one time. I kept these pictures that I saved at some point just because. The names that are no longer around bring back a lot of memories. 

Some of the names were impressive to me, just the name itself. I don't know why but I always liked Garrett Freight Lines, Western Gillette, East Texas Motor Freight, and others.

 

[other dog]

1 hour ago, 70mackMB said:

l hope these are on the "Too be saved list".    .....Hippy

You probably know the story on the red one, it's sitting down at P.L. Duncan's in Columbia, VA.

The first time I looked at it was in 2009, looked pretty much roadworthy then. The last time I saw it was just a year or two ago and it had really gone downhill- a lot! Just from sitting, which is about the worst thing for a vehicle.