This photo is an excellent high quality 8” x 10” full color glossy new photo reproduction of a 1965 OSHKOSH M1834DD 6x8 Tri-Axle Dump Truck owned by Bellevue Trucking Corporation, Holland, Ohio.
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DESCRIPTION: This Oshkosh was one of five purchased in 1965. They were all spec’d with Detroit Diesel 8V-53N diesel engines, Fuller 4x5 transmissions, Rockwell 34,000# double reduction rear ends with a dead-axle on the lead trigger-axle, 18,000# powered front axles, 20’ Ravens aluminum 25-cy dump bodies with full cab shields, Goodyear “Super Single” tires all the way around, and 18” high tensile steel single frame rails. These trucks were capable of scaling a 16 ton legal payload in Ohio. These trucks performed to their expectations, although we often carried 25 ton loads hidden from view in the big boxes. These trucks had great traction, and could go about anywhere, loaded or empty! (I believe the above specs to be correct, but I am going totally by memory, and that was almost 55 years ago!)
I ran Bellevue Trucking Corporation, Holland, Ohio, in the Toledo area, for 7 years in the 1960s. In 1963 we bought our first of 10 OSHKOSH tandem and triable dump trucks, for our construction hauling business. We took hauling contracts for many large road contractors in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, including our parent company, The Peirce Construction Company, operating around 250+ dump trucks at our peak. Unfortunately we closed our doors in 1979 when the federal MBE/WBE requirement suddenly took away 80% of our business.
CONDITION: This outstanding glossy full color photo is a newly reproduced photo from an original vintage photo in my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on excellent quality HP PREMIUM PLUS GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER using Original HP 64 Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years ... the best money can buy. This full 8x10 photo is borderless. For your information, the description and documentation of this photo will be loosely taped to the back side of this photo. I try to ad some “added value” to my photos by researching each one, adding some history and information that you may not know. If I get something incorrect, please let me know … thanks!
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