A view of the Past, Vintage Photos

Ah yes. Once I zoomed in I could count them. Lol

 

When I was a rock hauler in the late 70's in Wis. there was a guy with a cabover Freightliner with a V12 Detroit. He worked on it more than he drove it. Sure passed everyone,,,when it ran, that is. The 12V-71 had a claimed hp of 450, ( although some were turned up much higher) and in a world of 180 Cats and 250 Cummins, it was the hottest stick on the highway, for a while.

 

That truck belongs to “Ol2Stroker” on YouTube. He’s documenting the resurrection of the old 352. He also has a beautiful old 359 that’s a former International Transport unit, met him at a truck show a few weeks ago. Yesterday I bribed him with some beer so he let me hang out and watch him work for a while. Super nice guy and I enjoy his vids…

 

Bit of a resurrection..
Some Macks operated in UK 70"s,used to be a good few on heavy and international/ middle east runs

 

Bonzo the bear

 

Couple of D8's from cat factory near Glasgow

 

They weren't afraid to load them up!

 

I hear ya', I read a late 60s D8 Cat weighed about 58,000lbs, each,, with a blade, over 60K, so that would be a "jail load" on our side. I don't see any chains, so they weren't going far, still, Mack the best around the world,,

 

The chains are from the body inside tracks
Back in the day loads just got moved here in UK
Wasn't unusual to see fleet of 777's or scrapers roaded
Ts24 scraper be ten axle these days

 

1980'sDaf pulling TS24 scraper for export when they were made in Scotland