Old Trucks I own or have Owned

[Martin]

Good day all, thought I would share a few pictures of old trucks I own or have owned. This is my favorite, you may have saw it before. 1948 Oshkosh plow 1673 Caterpillar 5and 3 transmission. 1400-24 tires. second one is a truck I used to have 78 S model 5 speed and 2 speed rear 345 ci gas, and 28' flatbed trailer3rd truck is an old 69 cornfield Cadillac 671 Detroit 4x4 Spicer and 18' grain box. This was an old concrete mixer tractor that hauled a redi mix trailer.Last pic is of a 1995 Chevrolet 3500 HD 6.5 litre diesel cubevan I just sold to buy a 2005 Hino box truck for my business.
I have pics of other trucks I have owned and will try to find them.
Thanks Martin

 

[Steve Frazier]

Nice trucks! My buddy had an Oshkosh, I believe it was originally a '53 and was rebadged a '78 after a factory refurbish. It had a Cat in it, I don't know the number but it was supposed to be the same engine used in a 950 loader. Top speed was about 35mph.

I like the old Transtar, they were a common sight around here. Do you know what the capacity of the mixer trailer was?

 

[Martin]

Thanks Steve, I don't know the capacity of the mixer trailer. I had only seen a picture. It was a tandem axle trailer with what looked like a regular sized mixer. I am just guessing maybe 7-8 cubic yards?
My Oshkosh went to a Mack dealer in 1972 to replace the old Buda diesel with the 1673-C Caterpillar. They spent $10,000 dollars then to replace the motor and it has sat in a barn ever since. Top speed is 45 mph.

 

[Martin]

Pics of loading the Oshkosh

I hired a local towing company to haul it home for me (it was an experience) I have never used a towing company that didn't have snatch blocks!!! (that's another story).
This trailer is like a large ramp, it pivots just behind the tractor and lifts to maybe a 20-30 degree angle. The driver says to just drive it on.
Now, I have never driven this truck before. I climb in and start it and pull onto the trailer. As you can see there is not a lot of room side to side. Stupid me didn't let the air come up and when I got all the way onto the trailer the brakes didn't hold and I rolled backwards. Scared the daylights out of me. After the air came up I drove it right on and he lowered me flat.
The last pic is me measuring the height to make sure we are legal. 13'-3" What a relief.
Then he spent the next 2-1/2 hours trying to winch the plow on with no snatch blocks to pull it sideways Grrrr.

 

[Steve Frazier]

Interesting trailer. I've seen trailer of this type where the rear axles were on a slide and would retract forward lowering the deck to the ground as a ramp.

 

[willie59]

Sounds like a Landoll trailer.

 

[Steve Frazier]

That's it Willie!!

 

[willie59]

Handy trailers Steve, many who use them for recovery have a winch option at the front of the trailer to drag dead stuff on the deck.

 

[Martin]

Hi Willie
Landoll has to be one of the handiest trailers on the market.How many ton are they rated for? This one looked like it had earned its keep , the wood deck was pretty rotten. this one had a winch.
Martin

 

[willie59]

Pretty much like any other trailer Martin, rating depends on the trailer build. The Landoll website states that their traveling axle trailers range from 8 to 55 ton. > http://www.landoll.com/trailer/hydraulic/

 

[LowBoy]

That's basically the same concept that my old KW Rollback is...a mini-version of the Landoll trailer, as it slides back, then tilts to land on the ground as a ramp and you can winch dead stuff on, or drive on. I've used it the past 3 weekends since doing a bunch or repairs and improvements (still a long way to go,) and I'm deeply in love with this truck now. Brought an old storage box home last Sunday after moving a couple old Diamond Reo non-runners, and unloaded it yesterday by anchoring it to my backhoe and driving forward. I'm looking for a set of snatch blocks and some other winching equipment now for unique situations to come.

(And YES....that is SNOW coming down on October 29th, 2013...GRRRRRRR.)

 

[Steve Frazier]

Yours is the first I've seen with a wood deck. Most rollbacks around here are all aluminum. I've seen a few steel but even those have metal decks too.

 

[Martin]

Hi Lowboy, your storage box, is that from Ideal Wood products in Little Falls NY?
Martin

 

[LowBoy]

Yours is the first I've seen with a wood deck. Most rollbacks around here are all aluminum. I've seen a few steel but even those have metal decks too.

I've seen quite a few wooden decks on them; primarily on rigging companies trucks, that move mill machinery, etc. because they can nail blocking to the decks. I actually prefer the wood myself. I am planning on pulling this deck off in the spring, sandblasting the frame and all components and KBS Coating the entire underneath.

 

[LowBoy]

Hi Lowboy, your storage box, is that from Ideal Wood products in Little Falls NY?
Martin

Your guess is as good as mine, Martin. It came from a body building company around Hartford, Ct., so it's not out of the realm of possibilty that it came from Little Falls, NY. There's no address on it anywhere to varify that unfortunately. All I know is, it's a great way to get stuff out of the elements! LOL.

 

[Martin]

Lowboy,
They are great for storage, I like the storage boxes because they sit right on the ground. I have a 48' van trailer and it's a pain in the backside. It still has the running gear and everything you put in it you have to try and get it up 4'. When i first got it I built a ramp with rocks and soil right up to the back doors. That was great , but I have since had to move it and haven't had time to make stairs or anything.
By the way your new truck is awesome. I guess I am a day late and a dollar short for your old Transtar. You said a guy from Buffalo bought it? is he going to take it to shows?
Martin

 

[LowBoy]

Lowboy,
They are great for storage, I like the storage boxes because they sit right on the ground. I have a 48' van trailer and it's a pain in the backside. It still has the running gear and everything you put in it you have to try and get it up 4'. When i first got it I built a ramp with rocks and soil right up to the back doors. That was great , but I have since had to move it and haven't had time to make stairs or anything.
By the way your new truck is awesome. I guess I am a day late and a dollar short for your old Transtar. You said a guy from Buffalo bought it? is he going to take it to shows?
Martin

I have an old 40 ft. fiberglass storage trailer here too that I agree, is a PITB as well. I've had it 20+ years, and it's starting to deteriorate from the weather. I've had to move it twice in 20 years around this yard and neither time I had a tractor to hook to it, plus where it was I couldn't anyways, so I moved it the first time with a Ford 555 TLB and almost flopped it over doing that. Then the next time was with a 320 Cat excavator which was way easier. As you said, it's way too high and tends to be inconvenient, but at least it's dry in there and houses a lot of valuable "collectibles" I would have otherwise had to tarp on the ground which leads to no good either. This has a side door which I use 99% of the time, the rear roll up door stays open for bigger stuff to get heaved into. Problem with that one is it's all of 5 feet off the ground with the slope it's on.

Yeah, the old Cornbinder went 50 miles south of Buffalo to her new home. The buyer is a great guy. He and his 18 yr.old son are into antique tractor pulling and a fan of "red" tractors, so he wanted an IH to pull them with to the events. He came here and looked it over and said I was dead on with my description on the phone, no surprises, as I don't want any when I sell something. He drove the old girl all the way home with his son following him, which is about 325 miles from here, hahahaha. I only put 26 miles on it since I got it running and straightened out, so I was a little nervous about that but he kept in touch on the way and said it ran better as he got closer to home. He's got a great old truck with only 131,000 original miles on it that will last him forever now. That sale brought me to the next level, which is this Kenworth rollback that actually makes money, rather than consumes it on me, lol.

 

[LowBoy]

Another "good deal" brought home 11-2-13.

Found yet another truck body for dry storage; an 18 footer with a smaller opening up front that used to be a cab entrance, so I'll use this one for the new goats we're adopting soon, as the doorway is smaller and easy for them to get in/out and stay out of the wind better than a big door. The old KW is a natural piece of equipment around here now to use, no more begging people and over-paying for these simple little moves.

 

[Martin]

Nice, must make you wonder how you made do without a roll off.
Martin

 

[LowBoy]

No kidding. Today I unloaded the box off the truck, reloaded my plow truck to get ready to run it down to my buddy's garage next weekend and let him tinker with that to get ready for snow, simply don't have the spare time now that it's dark at 5 p.m.

It (the rollback) enabled me to gain a lot of square footage of dry storage, and haul my own stuff around without the aggravation of depending on others.

Heck, even started moving into the new box today a little...Low budget operation around here obviously. Those wire racks were in the box when I bought it, so I turned them into shelves. Work slick really, stood my power drills in the holes for storing them for quick access, etc. Nothing like more places to put stuff neatly.