Geographically Unique Trucks

[guitarsam326]

Not sure if its geographically unique, but its unique all the same as I've never seen another one. This trailer is one our company uses to move forklifts and bobcats along with accompanying equipment. This is a load I moved this morning,

[kilrathy10]

That is an odd looking trailer.....Never seen one of those, either......

And nice Galloping Goose.....What a weird machine...

[Chariots of Fire]

Here are some that are unique to our part of the country and several towns have similar rigs.

[Relic_Models]

Not sure if its geographically unique, but its unique all the same as I've never seen another one. This trailer is one our company uses to move forklifts and bobcats along with accompanying equipment. This is a load I moved this morning,IMG_20150410_221733.jpg

That' an odd low, high, somewhere-in-the-middle trailer.

[guitarsam326]

That' an odd low, high, somewhere-in-the-middle trailer.

its for sure different, but its perfect for the job!

[1930fordpickup]

Michigan has more axles because of the extra weight that they are allowed to carry here. They feel more axles to spread the weight out on, Just plain stupid. They can not leave the state that heavy so why carry that much.

[youngtiger1]

Here's an oddball made by a company named Foremost, apparently specializing in oil exploration or deep brush/muskeg work

mike

Now, this is a pretty cool looking truck. Do you more photos of this thing?

[Chuck Most]

Here's an oddball made by a company named Foremost, apparently specializing in oil exploration or deep brush/muskeg work

mike

[Fat Brian]

Chuck, looks like you've got another project for the Moebius bump side.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Saw another MAN toterhome cabover at Walmart yesterday. This one was from Germany. Wonder why so many European tourists come to Maine?

[Petetrucker07]

That's usually where they start their cross country vacation.

[Guest]

Wonder why so many European tourists come to Maine?

For the lobster....

[Fabrux]

Actually I dare say they start at Halifax. Get them shipped over to the port there, drive through NS and NB and head through Maine to the US. I see all sorts of European campers on the roads here.

[BigBad]

So, these Volvo FH cabovers may not be geographically unique, but they sure are pretty "unique" on our roads...

Edited May 13, 2015 by BigBad

[Force]

Over here they are quite common,

[Fabrux]

Yikes! I never realized the difference in attachment points between North American and European trailers! That's a huge gap ahead of the lead trailer.

[Atmobil]

Here is an old picture of an even older vehicle:

Half bus, half truck. DAF chassis. Over the windscreen you can read MELKERUTE wich translates in to milk route. This was used back in the day that farmers put the fresh milk in to these types of jars/cans:

They used trucks to go around to farms to pick them up and take them to the dairy. But the bus above was also used to carry passengers.

And here is another version that was quite common in earlier times. We call them Kombinertbuss (translates in to combined bus) and this is half bus and half truck that was very often used in rural areas where one would have the bus carrying passengers and also bringing goods and mail to people, stores, farms and companies.

And here is a Scania with a narrow cab for carrying extra long loads of steel beams:

And here you can see a fairly common way of moving shipping containers some years back (I took these pictures in early 2001)

[Atmobil]

Volvo is famous for the Globetrotter cabs, but they also tried the Eurotrotter cab:

And here is pictures of one of my planned modelling projects with Italeris Volvo FH kit:

This one can also be a future project using one Revells Mercedes NG kits:

[Truck parts]

That's some cool looking trucks

[Force]

...And here you can see a fairly common way of moving shipping containers some years back (I took these pictures in early 2001)

These side loaders for containers are still in use, at least here where I live.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Force

[Atmobil]

Yes, I don't think they have stopped using them here either. The truck in the photos I took was on that day used to move containers within the harbour and good terminal area.

[Zandmann]

Yeah, seen those sideloaders in Finland too. Quite a lot to be exact.