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About Author: Johannes Dutch
Posts by Johannes Dutch
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![By now y’all must know I’m more interested in utility than in fancy. A good long walk on a sunny Saturday yielded a wide variety of pure, functional vehicles and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_8311.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Walking By All Types Of Workhorses")
CC Global: Walking By All Types Of Workhorses
Posted on September 19, 2019 | 20 CommentsBy now y’all must know I’m more interested in utility than in fancy. A good long walk on a sunny Saturday yielded a wide variety of pure, functional vehicles and […] -
![Grumier, that’s French for a heavy logging truck. Using it as a search term on YouTube results in a grand collection of videos, featuring mostly Volvos and Scanias, carefully maneuvering […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video: French Logging Trucks – Advanced Driving Skills Required")
CC Video: French Logging Trucks – Advanced Driving Skills Required
Posted on September 1, 2019 | 10 CommentsGrumier, that’s French for a heavy logging truck. Using it as a search term on YouTube results in a grand collection of videos, featuring mostly Volvos and Scanias, carefully maneuvering […] -
![Vervaet is a Dutch manufacturer of self-propelled, jumbo-sized agricultural machinery. Their Beet Eaters, one of the best model names in the agri-business, eat beets and roots from underneath the surface […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8261.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2013 Vervaet Beet Eater 625 – Sugar Daddy")
CC Global: 2013 Vervaet Beet Eater 625 – Sugar Daddy
Posted on August 25, 2019 | 17 CommentsVervaet is a Dutch manufacturer of self-propelled, jumbo-sized agricultural machinery. Their Beet Eaters, one of the best model names in the agri-business, eat beets and roots from underneath the surface […] -
![A nearby plant nursery uses this Sprinter box truck for their pickups and deliveries. With a factory GVM rating of 5,000 kg (11,023 lbs) it’s the heaviest Sprinter of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8269.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 CDI – Planter Box Truck")
CC Global: 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 CDI – Planter Box Truck
Posted on August 17, 2019 | 13 CommentsA nearby plant nursery uses this Sprinter box truck for their pickups and deliveries. With a factory GVM rating of 5,000 kg (11,023 lbs) it’s the heaviest Sprinter of the […] -
![This combination perfectly represents the current generation of raw milk haulers in my country; a 4×2 tractor with a heavy-duty front axle (resulting in a higher axle load and thus […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8277.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2017 Renault T-460 Tractor And 2008 Magyar Semi-Trailer – Going Down The Milky Way")
CC Global: 2017 Renault T-460 Tractor And 2008 Magyar Semi-Trailer – Going Down The Milky Way
Posted on August 16, 2019 | 14 CommentsThis combination perfectly represents the current generation of raw milk haulers in my country; a 4×2 tractor with a heavy-duty front axle (resulting in a higher axle load and thus […] -
![Body-on-frame, live axles with leaf springs, a manual transmission, and -above all- a big lump of a naturally aspirated diesel engine with a mechanical injection pump. If you like an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8296.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 Pickup – The World’s Finest Prepper Truck")
CC Outtake: 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 Pickup – The World’s Finest Prepper Truck
Posted on August 14, 2019 | 25 CommentsBody-on-frame, live axles with leaf springs, a manual transmission, and -above all- a big lump of a naturally aspirated diesel engine with a mechanical injection pump. If you like an […] -
Car Show Classics: 2018 Classic Park Faszination Mercedes-Benz – Sedans, Coupes And Roadsters
Posted on August 9, 2019 | 26 CommentsThis Mercedes-Benz show was held in June 2018. Open to all Benzes, regardless age and model. Here’s my belated photoreport, I skipped the new and more recent models. -
![Four conventional 4×2 trucks showed up at the starting point of a tour for classic vehicles, late April 2019. All in the same livery of the nearby Van den Broek […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_7896.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classics: 1969 And 1976 Scania, 1969 Bedford, 1970 DAF – Conventional Woodies")
Truck Stop Classics: 1969 And 1976 Scania, 1969 Bedford, 1970 DAF – Conventional Woodies
Posted on August 4, 2019 | 15 CommentsFour conventional 4×2 trucks showed up at the starting point of a tour for classic vehicles, late April 2019. All in the same livery of the nearby Van den Broek […] -
![Over the past decades, using heavy farm tractors in the earthmoving business has become commonplace. They can perfectly tow heavy loads, the off-road capabilities are excellent and with a legal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8230.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2017 New Holland T7.230 AutoCommand And 2018 BECO Maxxim 260 – Not For Farm Work")
CC Global: 2017 New Holland T7.230 AutoCommand And 2018 BECO Maxxim 260 – Not For Farm Work
Posted on July 28, 2019 | 18 CommentsOver the past decades, using heavy farm tractors in the earthmoving business has become commonplace. They can perfectly tow heavy loads, the off-road capabilities are excellent and with a legal […] -
Wordless Outtake: RAMETTE 3500 Big Horns Limited 4X2 – I Bet Jim Klein Can’t Wait For a Test Drive
Posted on July 24, 2019 | 26 Comments -
![A conventional, American tractor with a full-time job in the Netherlands, now that’s a curiosity for sure. Since early 2008, this 2007 Peterbilt 386 has been working for the Jansen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8216.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2007 Peterbilt 386 6×4 Tractor – Pete The Purring Cat")
CC Global: 2007 Peterbilt 386 6×4 Tractor – Pete The Purring Cat
Posted on July 19, 2019 | 30 CommentsA conventional, American tractor with a full-time job in the Netherlands, now that’s a curiosity for sure. Since early 2008, this 2007 Peterbilt 386 has been working for the Jansen […] -
![I caught this trio parked nearby a dredging and sand extraction site in the river forelands. Three Peugeot Partners from the same generation, year of first registration -from left to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8243.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Three Compact Peugeot Panel Vans – Professional Partners At Work")
CC Global: Three Compact Peugeot Panel Vans – Professional Partners At Work
Posted on July 16, 2019 | 11 CommentsI caught this trio parked nearby a dredging and sand extraction site in the river forelands. Three Peugeot Partners from the same generation, year of first registration -from left to […] -
![The WSI XXL event, held annually since 2016, gives you a good impression of modern heavy on-road vehicles in the Netherlands. There’s a wide variety of tractors, trucks and big […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8157.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2019 WSI XXL Truck Show – Kings Of The Road")
CC Global: 2019 WSI XXL Truck Show – Kings Of The Road
Posted on July 14, 2019 | 18 CommentsThe WSI XXL event, held annually since 2016, gives you a good impression of modern heavy on-road vehicles in the Netherlands. There’s a wide variety of tractors, trucks and big […] -
![Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, a 1986 utterly low-budget masterpiece by director John McNaughton. And what a nasty, depressing, gruesome viewing experience it is. Somehow the movie always comes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8237.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday Hardtop Coupe – Bad Omen")
CC Outtake: 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday Hardtop Coupe – Bad Omen
Posted on July 13, 2019 | 31 CommentsHenry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, a 1986 utterly low-budget masterpiece by director John McNaughton. And what a nasty, depressing, gruesome viewing experience it is. Somehow the movie always comes […] -
![In October 2005, Swedish Scania ended the production of conventional trucks and tractors. But the Dutch Vlastuin company continued building them, with the factory cabover as a starting point. Think […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_7990.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2018 Scania S 650 Conventional 6×2 Truck – Made To Order, Yet Not By Scania")
CC Global: 2018 Scania S 650 Conventional 6×2 Truck – Made To Order, Yet Not By Scania
Posted on July 7, 2019 | 4 CommentsIn October 2005, Swedish Scania ended the production of conventional trucks and tractors. But the Dutch Vlastuin company continued building them, with the factory cabover as a starting point. Think […]
