Vintage shots from days gone by!

Chicks with hammers

 

[Can't they fit a couple more logs on there........?
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You got me there. I've always drawn the line at mustaches.

 

Looks like something from a certain coast range...

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That situation is what I would classify as a "recipe for disaster"!

 

IT'LL BUFF OUT..........................................................

 

i don't need the "partnership plan", i will take them all.

 

This trucker must have had nuts the size of basketballs!!!

 

Yup, At those prices, I'll take the whole lot please!

 

Seems pretty calm about the whole situation..........

 

Wow! Top heavy much?

 

Here some more pictures of the Turnpike Cruiser concept car.
Two show the car in a junkyard.....
Can anyone tell if the car is under restoration?
Is it in the collection of Joe Bortz perhaps?

 

Must be going to the Drive In theater

 

A younger brother had a 59 Merc Park Lane cruiser - I never cared for it much - he kept it busy for awhile.

Can definitely see the resemblance.

 

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What do you the gross weight is on that weight? East Texas Log Haulers have to stay under 84,000, don't fill trailer up to top of stanctions. That's a scary load!

 

I'm pretty sure that was an over limit weight even for then...

 

What do you the gross weight is on that weight? East Texas Log Haulers have to stay under 84,000, don't fill trailer up to top of stanctions. That's a scary load![/QUOTE]

where did the photo come from? i call bs it has to be photo shop. how could they get them loaded that high?

 

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Found it labelled: "Off Road Hayes Truck with a load of Western Red Cedar, near Port McNeill"

Only a couple of feet higher than this one - which is hauling just one log:

 

This in reference to modern ones:
http://www.ontariotruckingnews.com/magazine/featured-articles/534-fat-trucks-of-bc

"Graham Lasure’s company currently operates two Pacific P16’s, two Kenworth 850’s with 121 axle systems, and one Pacific P16 low bed truck with 121’s. All are updated with electronic S60 engines and equipped with water-cooled drum brakes due to the high heat generated descending from the loading area. These trucks have a GCWR of 248,000 lbs."

 

I was going to say about 250,000 lbs, pretty close........

 

HA! We in the NW spit on your puny "rest of the country" trucks!
Here's some examples! Used to be a BLAST in the 50's -60's driving at the coast or in the mountains with a HUGE LOADED log truck 5 inches from your rear bumper!