stupid question

please dont attack me too much, im new to this site and restoring old trucks. will someone please tell me what a binder is and why. thanks

 

Name given to International trucks, usually 1.5-2 ton.

 

I assume you're talking about the IH trucks and pickups. It's all because of their agricultural heritage. See the following link:

http://www.hansenwebdesign.com/truck/blogs/blog6.php/2010/08/17/why-are-they-called-corn-binders

Brakes are also sometimes referred to as binders, for more obvious reasons.

 

My dad always reffered to his 47 International as a "Binder". But how that came about I'm not sure. I think he told me it had to do with a piece af farm equipment that they made. I'm no farmer but I would guess a hay bailer?

 

A nick name given to any International truck - in part due to IH builds corn binders.

 

From International Harvester "corn binder".
Also called "shakers" because of vibrations.

International Harvester, Peterbuilt, And Kenworth once jointly designed a truck they called ..............."A Peter worth shaking".........

 

thanks guys, i have recently inherited a 47 KB2, and what was wondering WTF that means. this is a great website. i cant wait to get started on it...soon i hope

 

As mentioned, it was called that because of it being built by a company that primarily built farm tractors.
Actually, the Freightliner was known as the "shaker" not the International, as in "Freightshacker".

 

Well get some pics of your binder up so we can have a gander.

 

Welcome to the HAMB, IH trucks were called Corn Binders up here. Bob

 

Not a stupid question. I didn't know it either until now and I am the smartest guy in the whole world.

 

What ever you do, just don't paint it green and yellow. That is highly blasphemous in most parts of the Great Plains.

 

No such thing as a stupid question BTW! We'd like to call it a question. International truck is the correct answer. Good luck with the build!

 

There are no stupid questions,Just stupid answers.

 

Anyone who thinks there are no stupid questions hasn't been following this site very long.

 

^^^^Haha...you speaketh the the truth^^^^. Except, you may be referring to me!

 

....With just as many stupid replies that have nothing to do with the OP's question

 

56Don commented on this thread and everybody knows he is the smartest guy in the world.... so OP should be thrilled and honored. Probably make a plaque for his "binder" that reads - ?

 

Its good to be recognized...

 

"The only good thing International ever built was a manure spreader, and even THEY wouldn't stand behind THAT!"

 

But..............my Mom told me I was the smartest man in the world, and also the most handsome !

Don

 

G'day, I swapped for an IH pickup last summer. It was sight unseen so my very patient wife, my dad (who had seen the truck), and myself went to see it. The truck had an replacement engine installed by the previous owner and the core was still in the back of the truck.

So, Dad and I had been talking about this twin engine "Binder" we were going to pick up, and my wife was very disappointed to see an old IH pickup instead of some sort of dual engine threshing machine.

 

Plainfied redneck! Of course YOU would know!

 

So did my Mom, sorry, yours was mistaken!;o)

 

You got the spreading shit down. What kind of crap are you working on or hopeing to have some day?
Mine turned out OK, fast , good looking, and what I wanted no matter what the wantabee's say. 400hp-350 trans.-9" runs in the high 14s.

 

Did they ever have "binders full of women" back then? Maybe that's what Mitt was ACTUALLY referring to...sexy time!!!!


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