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Curbside Classics Archives
Trucks and Heavy Equipment Archive
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![Logs, posts and crane mats. Those were the woody freights on display. What the trucks have in common is that the driver also has a part-time job as a crane […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_9971.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Self Loaders At The Show Are Giving a Rather Wooden Performance")
CC Global: The Self Loaders At The Show Are Giving a Rather Wooden Performance
Posted on April 29, 2022 | 14 CommentsLogs, posts and crane mats. Those were the woody freights on display. What the trucks have in common is that the driver also has a part-time job as a crane […] -
![Light, compact, yet sturdy. That’s the RWD Iveco Daily in a nutshell. The whole Continent is littered with Daily trucks and vans. Minibuses and tractor units are also available. Naturally, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0105.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2010 Iveco Daily 35C14 Dump Truck – Beefy, Leafy And Gas Powered")
CC Global: 2010 Iveco Daily 35C14 Dump Truck – Beefy, Leafy And Gas Powered
Posted on April 24, 2022 | 16 CommentsLight, compact, yet sturdy. That’s the RWD Iveco Daily in a nutshell. The whole Continent is littered with Daily trucks and vans. Minibuses and tractor units are also available. Naturally, […] -
CC Global: Big Cats Taken On a Leisure Trip
Posted on April 22, 2022 | 8 CommentsThe most photogenic finds at any truck show are complete combinations with an impressive load. And when that load says Cat, you know its carrier means business. -
![The truck show I visited the other day was held on the premises of a fuel, oil and lubricant supplier. Naturally, a good number of their own vehicles was also […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0080.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Fuel Tankers – Transporting Valuables")
CC Global: Fuel Tankers – Transporting Valuables
Posted on April 15, 2022 | 9 CommentsThe truck show I visited the other day was held on the premises of a fuel, oil and lubricant supplier. Naturally, a good number of their own vehicles was also […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2016) While Ford is pretty often seen as a Western enterprise with Western-focused culture, we know they liked to keep an open minded approach to their business. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Steagul Rosu 131/132 – The Ford Y-Block V8 Goes To Work Behind The Iron Curtain")
CC Global: Steagul Rosu 131/132 – The Ford Y-Block V8 Goes To Work Behind The Iron Curtain
Posted on April 12, 2022 | 31 Comments(first posted 4/11/2016) While Ford is pretty often seen as a Western enterprise with Western-focused culture, we know they liked to keep an open minded approach to their business. As […] -
![When it comes to road transport, I prefer videos that just demonstrate how things work. Sans any fuss, which means no distracting hosts, voice-overs or music. Let the machinery simply […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video: Modern Heavy-Haulage – (De)Coupling, Loading, Cornering And Rolling Along")
CC Video: Modern Heavy-Haulage – (De)Coupling, Loading, Cornering And Rolling Along
Posted on April 10, 2022 | 11 CommentsWhen it comes to road transport, I prefer videos that just demonstrate how things work. Sans any fuss, which means no distracting hosts, voice-overs or music. Let the machinery simply […] -
![This striking combination was parked in a nearby industrial area – I just couldn’t miss it, when passing by. It’s owned by hauling company Simon Loos and is working for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_9962.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Two Foodstuff Transporters For Different End Users")
CC Global: Two Foodstuff Transporters For Different End Users
Posted on April 3, 2022 | 3 CommentsThis striking combination was parked in a nearby industrial area – I just couldn’t miss it, when passing by. It’s owned by hauling company Simon Loos and is working for […] -
CC Video: AWD-Bedford MTM 55 Multidrive – 4×2 + 4×4 = 8×6
Posted on March 10, 2022 | 8 CommentsIs the tractor towing the semi-trailer or is the semi-trailer pushing the tractor? The AWD-Bedford TM tractor unit is powered by a Caterpillar 3406B truck diesel. From 1988 to 1992, […] -
CC Video: Hill Climbing – The Brazilian Way
Posted on February 21, 2022 | 4 CommentsWhen I was searching for information and videos about the Brazilian DAF factory and activities, I stumbled upon uma grande coleção of YouTube videos, featuring big rigs climbing steep and […] -
![Just like the 1997 95 XF and 2002 XF 95, the 2005 XF 105 was merely a further development of the 1987 DAF 95-series with the then brand new F […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_9875.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2011 DAF XF 105.460 Truck And 2001 Floor Full Trailer – Cubism")
CC Global: 2011 DAF XF 105.460 Truck And 2001 Floor Full Trailer – Cubism
Posted on February 13, 2022 | 10 CommentsJust like the 1997 95 XF and 2002 XF 95, the 2005 XF 105 was merely a further development of the 1987 DAF 95-series with the then brand new F […] -
CC Video: Chauffeur And Maneuver Are French Words
Posted on February 6, 2022 | 26 CommentsI’m a sucker for the grumier-videos from France. A grumier is a heavy, self-loading combination vehicle for transporting long logs. Right from the start of this high-quality video -wonderful drone […] -
![Starting the show’s last tour with an array of Iveco S-Way tractors, the truck maker’s top model since 2019. They may look familiar to the BEV trucking business followers, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9676.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Truck Show Twenthe – Final Report")
CC Global: 2021 Truck Show Twenthe – Final Report
Posted on January 28, 2022 | 9 CommentsStarting the show’s last tour with an array of Iveco S-Way tractors, the truck maker’s top model since 2019. They may look familiar to the BEV trucking business followers, as […] -
![The outriggers of this concrete pump are so massive that the Mercedes-Benz carrier seems hardly equal to its task, as if it’s undersized. Yet the 10×4 chassis and the Schwing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9721.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 10×4 With Schwing Stetter Concrete Pump – Spreading Its Tentacles")
CC Global: 2021 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 10×4 With Schwing Stetter Concrete Pump – Spreading Its Tentacles
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 11 CommentsThe outriggers of this concrete pump are so massive that the Mercedes-Benz carrier seems hardly equal to its task, as if it’s undersized. Yet the 10×4 chassis and the Schwing […] -
![Muscle cars were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. Truck owner-operators wanted in on the action too, given the low price of fuel and the ability […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Freightliner-Powerliner-ad-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck History: 1973 Freightliner Powerliner – Its Massive 1150 Cubic Inch Cummins KTA Made It The First 600 HP Diesel Highway Truck")
Truck History: 1973 Freightliner Powerliner – Its Massive 1150 Cubic Inch Cummins KTA Made It The First 600 HP Diesel Highway Truck
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 66 CommentsMuscle cars were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. Truck owner-operators wanted in on the action too, given the low price of fuel and the ability […] -
CC Video: 1961 Tatra 138 6×6 Swing Axle Trucks – Hard-Nosed And Beyond Heavy-Duty
Posted on January 15, 2022 | 23 CommentsWonderful 1961 footage from then Czechoslovakia, with the air-cooled swing-axle (well of course) Tatra 138 in its element, mastering the whole spectrum of off-road conditions. And with some marvelous scenery […]
