Big Trucks that go ChiSshhhhh

[BuckSkin]

Wednesday_03-November-2021

This showed up across the road and I thought "How Cool"

Sally's D600 Dodge Flatbed

It may look common; but, this is one rare item.



Eight days later, on the eleventh of November, Gene Brown left
out of here with it behind a wrecker and I haven't seen it
since.

Thursday_11-November-2021
Brown's Ashland #39  GMC Top Kick with a Century Wrecker Bed

[BuckSkin]

US Hwy 127 South - Casey County - Kentucky
Traveling Southbound
Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle
Wednesday_03-November-2021

Early Kenworth T600 - 1985-1989

Sitting on Haggard Road at the South-side bottom of Antioch Hill on the West side of US127.

Believed to be Evona VFD Tanker 15

[BuckSkin]

US Hwy 127 South - Casey County - Kentucky
Traveling Southbound
Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle
Wednesday_03-November-2021

Northbound Peterbilt 389 Day-Cab

Manufactured 2006–Present

Tennessee Plate 1564 J11

If it were mine, the first thing I would do is get rid of those politically correct pathetic headlights and replace them with some 1960s-1970s big round sealed beams so I could see when it got dark; those silly things that are on there, you would have to walk around front and strike a match to see if they were lit.

[BuckSkin]

US Hwy 127 North - Casey County - Kentucky
Traveling Southbound
Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle
Wednesday_03-November-2021

Northbound Peterbilt 379 and Tri-axle Flatbed

Passing Carpenter's Creek Road with KY906 beyond him in the distance.

The trailer has a rolling accordion tarp system.

The trailer also has a third lift-axle to scale more weight.

This trailer is either empty or hauling Styrofoam coolers as it has an immense amount of camber.

Plate # 3086083; I can't make out the state; can anyone identify the state ?

Also of note is that someone has swapped the original dual-rectangular headlights for singles; if I were going to replace the originals, I would have went with single rounds as the big rounds outshine rectangulars by a bunch.

[BuckSkin]

Saturday_07-October-2023

1993 Peterbilt 379
National Freightways
Omaha, Nebraska
MC 134112
US DOT 053228
Truck #324
VIN P(as best I can determine)

Utility 3000R Reefer Trailer



North US Hwy 25 - I-75 Exit #62
Mount Vernon - Rockcastle County - Kentucky

[BuckSkin]

Saturday_07-October-2023



2000 Freightliner "Classic XL" 132"BBC



National Freightways Truck #284
Omaha, Nebraska
MC 134112
US DOT 053228
Nebraska Tag #193041
VIN YPG74079 (the "Y" makes this a 2000 model)





This truly is a "Large Car"; Kenworth's longest, the W900L, is 130"BBC; and, Peterbilt's longest, the 389, is 131"BBC.

BBC = Bumper to Back of Cab in inches.

You could get lost in that sleeper and you can stand between the seats and do jumping jacks.

Utility 3000R Reefer Trailer
NFI #689

Look closely and you will see that the trailer dollies are on the ground; I hope he doesn't forget and drive away like that; moving the truck with the dollies down usually is the death of a trailer.

Also notice how far forward he has slid the trailer axles; I am sure he has good reason, but I prefer mine closer to the rear end of their travel; having the axles as far forward as they will go is an advantage in tight quarters; however, doing so makes the portion of the trailer behind the axles swing around like a big brier-blade and could cause it to swing across the hood of that Cadillac that has caught himself on the outside of the turn.







Note the pin-striping; that doesn't look like Taylor work.

Back in the good old days, before big conglomerates took over almost all of the truck stops (except for this holdout), artists, often bikini-clad girls, would set up in the parking lots of busy truck stops and do this work.

An intelligent truck stop owner wouldn't charge these people for using his lot as their place of business, nor run them off, as they were a huge draw for truckers.

Truckers will stop at a certain truck stop on account of there is a really good C.B. repairman there, or some girls set up to polish Aluminum fuel tanks and wheels, or waxing trucks; I have even been in stops where an aged old gal would have a boot-shine throne set up inside and have a long line waiting their turn to get their boots polished; I have taken advantage of such myself many times in the past; now I have to do them myself and get more Esquire on me than on the boots.



Derby City South Truck Stop
North US Hwy 25 - I-75 Exit #62
Mount Vernon - Rockcastle County - Kentucky

[hmca]

I am reminded of my grandson when he was little. When we were travelling he would get so excited and say "Big truck!" whenever we passed one. Occasionally a driver would wave at him or toot their loud horns which was a big thrill. Makes me wonder if you were fascinated by trucks as a kid, BuckSkin.

[pontiac1940]

Nov 30, 2023 16:15:49 GMT hmca said:

I am reminded of my grandson when he was little. When we were travelling he would get so excited and say "Big truck!" whenever we passed one. Occasionally a driver would wave at him or toot their loud horns which was a big thrill. Makes me wonder if you were fascinated by trucks as a kid, BuckSkin.

We all did the same Helen. 
BuckSkin, I generally do not take truck photos but when I see a long-hauler on the freeway with plates from some distant province or state, I think about their journey. I admire truckers because we have to get our "piggies to market" and it is not a job I'd like even though I like driving.
Good on 'em all! 

[BuckSkin]

The following quote is from THIS POST

May 3, 2022 2:03:36 GMT BuckSkin said:

Although it could have been wrecked in a highway accident, I say it is more than likely the trailer flipped while dumping.
This style of trailer is notorious for tipping over and taking the truck over with them.
If ever in the vicinity of one of these trailers being dumped, give it a wide berth; else, you could end up underneath it.

Here is an excellent example of just how dangerous these type dump-trailers are.

That truck/trailer attempted to dump in a spot specifically fixed for the purpose and still yet it flipped over.

It is hard to identify; but, the trailer fell on another truck.

This one turned over inside a building sitting on a dead-level floor.

Note: on most of these photos, you can use the right/left arrows to see more.

Here is another one that was dumping on a dead-level concrete slab specifically built for the purpose.

Whenever I see one of those fixing to dump, I get as far away as possible; also, I am careful to not park anything of mine anywhere one of those is subject to come along and dump close to my vehicle.

I hope you enjoy.

[BuckSkin]

Jan 22, 2024 20:13:45 GMT BuckSkin said:

The following quote is from THIS POST

May 3, 2022 2:03:36 GMT BuckSkin said:

Although it could have been wrecked in a highway accident, I say it is more than likely the trailer flipped while dumping.
This style of trailer is notorious for tipping over and taking the truck over with them.
If ever in the vicinity of one of these trailers being dumped, give it a wide berth; else, you could end up underneath it.

Here is an excellent example of just how dangerous these type dump-trailers are.

That truck/trailer attempted to dump in a spot specifically fixed for the purpose and still yet it flipped over.

It is hard to identify; but, the trailer fell on another truck.

This one turned over inside a building sitting on a dead-level floor.

Note: on most of these photos, you can use the right/left arrows to see more.

Here is another one that was dumping on a dead-level concrete slab specifically built for the purpose.

Whenever I see one of those fixing to dump, I get as far away as possible; also, I am careful to not park anything of mine anywhere one of those is subject to come along and dump close to my vehicle.

I hope you enjoy.

Found another one HERE

[BuckSkin]

Nov 30, 2023 16:15:49 GMT hmca said:

I am reminded of my grandson when he was little. When we were travelling he would get so excited and say "Big truck!" whenever we passed one. Occasionally a driver would wave at him or toot their loud horns which was a big thrill. Makes me wonder if you were fascinated by trucks as a kid, BuckSkin.

I don't know whether it was so much fascinated or more rather baptized in them.

The first few years of my life were spent in Rabbit Town, a small close-knit community of tiny house-trailers clustered behind my father's Hometown Oil filling station, all sharing the same water-meter and electric-meter with the filling station.

We had the only easy truck-accessible Diesel fuel in several counties.

All through the night, big trucks that go ChiSshhhh would be coming and going within feet of the paper-thin walls, several sitting there, idling, all through the night, with that wonderful Diesel exhaust wafting through the crank-open windows of that old house-trailer.

Although all sorts of cargo came and went, the majority were bull haulers; my young nostrils were always full of the heady odor of livestock, mixed with the smell of Diesel fuel and Diesel exhaust; you could wipe it off your lips.

Hard drinking long haulers, those guys were my heroes.

One of the big regrets in my life is that I was not able to capture all of it on film, all those long gone trucks and long buried men; my parents were far too stingy for anything like that.

[hmca]

Jan 24, 2024 8:47:11 GMT BuckSkin said:

The first few years of my life were spent in Rabbit Town, a small close-knit community of tiny house-trailers clustered behind my father's Hometown Oil filling station, all sharing the same water-meter and electric-meter with the filling station.

We had the only easy truck-accessible Diesel fuel in several counties.

All through the night, big trucks that go ChiSshhhh would be coming and going within feet of the paper-thin walls, several sitting there, idling, all through the night, with that wonderful Diesel exhaust wafting through the crank-open windows of that old house-trailer.

Although all sorts of cargo came and went, the majority were bull haulers; my young nostrils were always full of the heady odor of livestock, mixed with the smell of Diesel fuel and Diesel exhaust; you could wipe it off your lips.

Hard drinking long haulers, those guys were my heroes.

One of the big regrets in my life is that I was not able to capture all of it on film, all those long gone trucks and long buried men; my parents were far too stingy for anything like that.

Introduction to your book........start writing my friend!

[BuckSkin]

Thursday_24-October-2024

The Big Red Truck = B&B Farms 1989 Peterbilt 377 9-speed

The Trailer = Timpte Hopper-bottom Grain Trailer w/remote-controlled automatic tarp roller.

The Combine Harvester = Case/International 1680 Combine Harvester

Note how far back the front axle is; that is called a set-back axle; they improve close-quarters maneuverability, but I don't like them; I want my steer axle as far forward as it can get; if I run over something, I want it to take half-an-hour for me to walk up there to see what I hit.



You just gotta love that near-vertical flat-glass split windshield.

[hmca]

Saw this post earlier today and not long after looked out my window and saw his distant cousin.

[BuckSkin]

Nov 1, 2024 15:53:19 GMT hmca said:

Saw this post earlier today and not long after looked out my window and saw his distant cousin.

Thanks.

I can't say for certain; but, I think that is a W900 Kenworth.

I am making that determination by the pointed shape of the top of the cab.