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![A mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0321.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix")
CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsA mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […] -
![Growing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0316.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer")
CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 9 CommentsGrowing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […] -
![Finally I caught a panel van that provided some insight into the owner’s business. Normally, everything is hidden behind closed cargo- and sliding doors. As demonstrated here, many compact commercial […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0299.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The House Painter’s 2013 Peugeot Partner 1.6 HDi – Transparant Workplace")
CC Global: The House Painter’s 2013 Peugeot Partner 1.6 HDi – Transparant Workplace
Posted on August 1, 2022 | 15 CommentsFinally I caught a panel van that provided some insight into the owner’s business. Normally, everything is hidden behind closed cargo- and sliding doors. As demonstrated here, many compact commercial […] -
![Snackbar, friture (or frituur), cafetaria, friettent, friet-/patatkraam, frietkot. These nouns are meaning roughly the same, namely a mostly small -or even humble- facility in the Netherlands or Flanders where you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2003 SsangYong Korando And 2007 Niewiadów Food Trailer – Burning And Heating Oil")
CC Global: 2003 SsangYong Korando And 2007 Niewiadów Food Trailer – Burning And Heating Oil
Posted on July 18, 2022 | 24 CommentsSnackbar, friture (or frituur), cafetaria, friettent, friet-/patatkraam, frietkot. These nouns are meaning roughly the same, namely a mostly small -or even humble- facility in the Netherlands or Flanders where you […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2016) As US-Cuba relations keep normalizing, many of us have got to wonder, what might happen to all those iconic classic cars so characteristic to the island? I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ssdcg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Immortal (And Frankensteinian) Curbside Classics of Cuba")
CC Global: The Immortal (And Frankensteinian) Curbside Classics of Cuba
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 6/13/2016) As US-Cuba relations keep normalizing, many of us have got to wonder, what might happen to all those iconic classic cars so characteristic to the island? I […] -
![On Saturday May 21, several local companies kept open house and welcomed anyone who was interested in their business. I decided to skip my 12th lesson Fret Sawing for Advanced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0286.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Visiting a Fleet Site")
CC Global: Visiting a Fleet Site
Posted on June 12, 2022 | 13 CommentsOn Saturday May 21, several local companies kept open house and welcomed anyone who was interested in their business. I decided to skip my 12th lesson Fret Sawing for Advanced […] -
![About 20 years ago, I found myself at the Iowa 80 Truckstop for my very first photoreport. No, not really. I caught these classic US long noses after a 50 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0069.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part Two")
CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part Two
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 15 CommentsAbout 20 years ago, I found myself at the Iowa 80 Truckstop for my very first photoreport. No, not really. I caught these classic US long noses after a 50 […] -
![(First posted 5/30/2016. I’ve been rerunning posts from exactly six years earlier, and that’s when this one ran. When I came across the title in the archives, I had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cccp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Back To The USSR – Or A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…")
Back To The USSR – Or A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Posted on May 30, 2022 | 167 Comments(First posted 5/30/2016. I’ve been rerunning posts from exactly six years earlier, and that’s when this one ran. When I came across the title in the archives, I had a […] -
![There’s something about Mary this semi-trailer. You can tell by the way it looks and stands that the 2013 Scania R560 V8 6×2/4 tractor isn’t just towing some run-of-the-mill, tridem […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_0086.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2013 Scania Tractor And 2003 Burg Semi-Trailer – Impossible To Sink Any Lower")
CC Global: 2013 Scania Tractor And 2003 Burg Semi-Trailer – Impossible To Sink Any Lower
Posted on May 29, 2022 | 16 CommentsThere’s something about Mary this semi-trailer. You can tell by the way it looks and stands that the 2013 Scania R560 V8 6×2/4 tractor isn’t just towing some run-of-the-mill, tridem […] -
![It was a compact show I visited last April, yet with a wide range of modern and heavy on-road vehicles on display. Plus a good number of European and American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_0055.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part One")
CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part One
Posted on May 25, 2022 | 17 CommentsIt was a compact show I visited last April, yet with a wide range of modern and heavy on-road vehicles on display. Plus a good number of European and American […] -
![An end dump semi-trailer with three axles, towed by a 4×2 tractor. On the European continent, that’s the classic configuration for the over-the-road transportation of all types of grains, granules […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9981.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Mercedes-Benz Actros And 2022 Stas Agrostar – Grains Of Common Sense")
CC Global: 2021 Mercedes-Benz Actros And 2022 Stas Agrostar – Grains Of Common Sense
Posted on May 16, 2022 | 10 CommentsAn end dump semi-trailer with three axles, towed by a 4×2 tractor. On the European continent, that’s the classic configuration for the over-the-road transportation of all types of grains, granules […] -
![April 27 is a holiday in the Netherlands, celebrating King’s Day. I skipped the local festivities and drove off to a nearby town to walk along a collection of classic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0130.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Koningsdag 2022, Hedel – Hoera! Hoera! Hoera!")
CC Global: Koningsdag 2022, Hedel – Hoera! Hoera! Hoera!
Posted on May 1, 2022 | 14 CommentsApril 27 is a holiday in the Netherlands, celebrating King’s Day. I skipped the local festivities and drove off to a nearby town to walk along a collection of classic […] -
![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.
