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A couple of Gas Turbines: https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/turb...rbo-titan-iii/

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Cool website " MAC CityGarage"......

Gas turbines are not good on fuel use. They are good for weight reduction / with horsepower. There's no "compression" like a V8, so you need to either disengage the drive train or "power down" the axle to suddenly slow down. ( then brakes after it slows enough).
( The early years, they didn't have a transmission design to fit the project needs ?)
Using turbines on big-heavy trucks is a neat idea, but a silly application.

But those trucks look cool!!

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1945 Kenworth. This must be one of the first post war designs, or they are all wrong on their year.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/h...834564300.html

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1943 Federal. I like the cab on this a lot.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/c...836159714.html

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Reminds me of the 34-37 c series international.

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If you've got $!50000.00 doin nothing https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...g#&gid=1&pid=5
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Interesting truck, but I believe I'll pass.

It's got the right engine in it though.

Needs to be in a museum, but museums seem to be struggling lately.

Dodge should buy it for their own museum, but it looks like they already passed on that option.

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Funny, with 23 pictures and none with the hood open. For $150g, that Detroit better be lickable. Hard sell for sure

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No such thing as a Detroit that's lickable unless it never been started. In New England, we call em Road Oilers.

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I know that. haha just wanted to keep my rant short

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" An oiler "..... Yea.... Like classic Triumph motorcycle.... But they still buy 'em.

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As a car hauler. we knew where to unload at a dealership by looking for the oil spots on the ground. Most of our 6v92s had a factory "can" on the firewall that held a gallon of oil with a ball valve on it that led into the left side valve cover so we could add a gallon on the road. I got to drive 53's, 71's and 92's. They all ran smooth. They hardly vibrated the mirrors.

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NewBayColony..... Now, THAT'S a description of a REAL truck !! :metal:

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They were real trucks. We used em and we used em up. I always took as good of care as I could. Got them washed as much as they would let me, PMs on schedule and full of oil. They made a good living for me for almost 30 years.

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That Dodge will strain to get $50k

How about this for a strainful load?

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5 minutes to (drive all axles) over a speed bump....

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wonder where they use it for , i have heared about some states that require less of a load per axle to keep their roads in better condition

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prob setup for big stuff like this

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those trucks need a lot of power not so mush axles , they whont have to load that heavy stuff on top of them they just need to pull it
might be photoshop , i think sumting like a cement truck or a mobile crane would have axles like that not a tow rig

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I am no expert..... That blue rig looks like a set up to attach a very heavy equipment / flat bed. ( Not sure why the 4 front steer tires, but it looks like at least one front axle is..... 4WD ?

Or a real clean "Ice Road Trucker" mod. ??

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might be that the load is sticking over the cab , like a dragline crane or sumting , but then again wats with the sleeper amd the lightbar on top of that

where did you found that picture special K ? i'm getting kindah curious to the point of allmost loosing sleep over it

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https://newmansalesandmarketing.ca/w...ker-truck3.jpg
https://cdn.oemoffhighway.com/files/...c_10533755.jpg
i think i know why it has the fifth wheel on the frame :
https://18cfdfd73150f69310ab-4d842a0...59/2628263.jpg

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Maybe the blue truck was a crane at one time?

( But what the heck would they use it for, now? )

Maybe to be just different, and no concern for fuel mileage.....

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I just stumbled onto the picture and found it interesting. It has a 5th wheel. I think it towed something pretty big and heavy, just not a big as those others.