Big Rigs Of The 1970s

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 161673051X

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Big Rigs of the 1970s by Ron Adams Pdf

Travel the 1970s, what may have been the last great era of the big rigs, with the man who knows semi trucks better than anyone. Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s, Big Rigs of the 1960s, Mack Trucks, and 100 Years of Semi Trucks, takes readers through the decade, introducing the trucks that debuted or saw significant revamping, describing the quirks and innovations, and offering detailed information about the models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations. Spotlighting manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White, Peterbilt, and Kenworth, and featuring Adams' fabulous photography, this is the 1970s on the highway. Looks like we got us a convoy, good buddy!

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583883754

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Semi Trucks of the 1970s by Ron Adams Pdf

By 1972 there were nearly one million tractor-trailer rigs hauling every conceivable kind of cargo on America’s roads. Can you imagine the variety of trucks you would have seen at truck stops across the country? But the 1970s proved to be a decade of incredible change for the over-the-road trucking industry, and by 1980 fuel efficiency became a prime concern for companies. At this time, airfoils and other aerodynamic aids began to appear and trucks in general started to take on a similar look. In this picture-packed book, Ron Adams has pulled together a collection of over 300 images that traces the evolution of truck design and use back to the earliest horse-drawn units right up through the early 1980s. Short introductory chapters cover the earlier years of trucking and then Ron takes you on a coast-to-coast tour of the 1970s, showcasing the huge variety of big rigs working the roads and providing detailed information about the trucks, trailers, cargoes, and trucking companies. In addition to photos and detailed captions, there are period articles covering early aerodynamic testing and also on advancements in truck design in the 1970s. Semi Trucks of the 1970s features trucks from all makers, including International, Freightliner, Kenworth, Mack, White-Freightliner, Autocar, Brockway, Peterbilt, Ford, and Diamond Reo. This is a complete look at this evolutionary period in trucking history.

Author : Ronald G. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Tractor trailer combinations
ISBN : 1610605756

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Big Rigs of the'60s by Ronald G. Adams Pdf

This book follows on the heels of Big Rigs of the 1950s (0-7603-0978-7), which has proven popular with vintage truck fans. This book tackles a new era, the 1960s, providing views of the trucks that traveled America's highways during that decade. Photography again comes from the enormous archive of Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s, Mack Trucks, and 100 Years of Semi Trucks. Each prominent manufacturer receives its own chapter, and less prominent brands are also covered. Adams provides detailed information about the truck models pictured, as well as the trailers, trucking companies, and hauling configurations seen in the photographs.

Author : Ronald G. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Tractor trailer combinations
ISBN : 1610605748

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Big Rigs of the 1950s by Ronald G. Adams Pdf

The continued improvement of roadways and the dawn of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s was a boon to American industry in general and the trucking industry in particular. This marque-by-marque photo collection provides a comprehensive and nostalgic look back at the rapid development of the tractor-trailer rigs that resulted. Manufacturers like GMC, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, White, Freightliner, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Diamond T, International, Mack, Autocar, Brockway and Sterling are shown hauling everything from Cadillacs to cabbage across town, up the coast and over mountain passes. Thorough captions describe the development and history of each model as depicted in archival black-and-white and period color photography.

Author : Steve Viscelli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520962712

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The Big Rig by Steve Viscelli Pdf

Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.

Author : Stan Holtzman
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Tractor trailer combinations
ISBN : 1551923971

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Big Rigs by Stan Holtzman Pdf

Author : Joe Mathieu
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553509656

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Big Joe's Trailer Truck by Joe Mathieu Pdf

Vehicle-obsessed boys and girls can follow Big Joe through a typical day’s work in his giant trailer truck. Detail-packed full-color illustrations will fascinate readers—especially the final two-page spread, which labels every working part of a tractor-trailer rig.

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583883002

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Semi Trucks of the 1960s by Ron Adams Pdf

This book follows on the heels of Semi-Trucks of the 1950s. As the '50s saw new and improved models after the starved war years, the Sixties was the decade for expansion, not only for truck manufacturers with a huge selection of models, but also for the trucking companies themselves with more places to haul. Construction of the Interstate highway system helped pave the way for faster and smoother service, helping reshape the American landscape faster than ever seen before. Gear up for this outstanding selection of 1960s semi-truck photos by Ron Adams. Captions include detailed information about the trucks, trailers, and hauling configurations of a wide range of makers including Mack, Brockway, Autocar, Diamond T, Diamond Reo, Ford, White-Freightliner, GMC, International, Kenworth, and Peterbilt.

Author : Ronald G. Adams
Publisher : MotorBooks International
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 076031618X

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Big Rigs of the 1960s by Ronald G. Adams Pdf

This book follows on the heels of Big Rigs of the 1950s (0-7603-0978-7), which has proven popular with vintage truck fans. This book tackles a new era, the 1960s, providing views of the trucks that traveled America's highways during that decade. Photography again comes from the enormous archive of Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s, Mack Trucks, and 100 Years of Semi Trucks. Each prominent manufacturer receives its own chapter, and less prominent brands are also covered. Adams provides detailed information about the truck models pictured, as well as the trailers, trucking companies, and hauling configurations seen in the photographs.

Author : Kathleen S. Abrams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Trucking
ISBN : LCCN:81014174

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The Big Rigs by Kathleen S. Abrams Pdf

Traces briefly the history of trucks and their uses from the eighteenth century to the present day. Also describes a variety of modern trucks, their parts, how they operate, and the job of a truck driver.

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583881875

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Semi-Trucks of the 1950s by Ron Adams Pdf

After WWII Americans were anxious to re-stoke the economy after a long “make-do with what you have” dry spell. By the 1950s new highways were being built, new trucking companies were being formed and old ones revived. Americans were buying newly-styled cars and the latest technologies once again. Semi-trucks helped pave the way for this huge growth spurt in America with dependable trucks built by Mack, GMC, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, International, White Freightliner, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Diamond T, Reo, Autocar, Brockway, Sterling and others, many using the increasingly popular diesel engines made by Buda, Hercules, Waukesha, and Cummins, which helped their heavy loads haul quicker. Ron Adams portrays this booming era with over 300 superb photos of trucks hauling cement, fuel, and a variety of goods to enthusiastic Americans.

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-19
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583881611

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International Heavy Trucks of the 1960s by Ron Adams Pdf

The success of International's 1950s semi-trucks continued into the 1960s. Many series were carried over from the 1950s, but International now offered more models in each series to make them more versatile. The pictures you see in this book mainly cover the bigger straight trucks and over-the-road and off-highway trucks; the popular trucks like the V series, R series, D-400, DCO-400, CO-4000, and the line of “stars,” to mention a few. As you look at them, enjoy and admire them, as many are long gone.

Author : John G. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Trucking
ISBN : 1850768382

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Big Rigs by John G. Smith Pdf

This text studies the history and growth of the industrial market of vast motor vehicles and trucks. It provides profiles of worldwide truck manufacturers and the vehicles they produce for different climates, environments, goods, distances, loads and weights. It also analyses 20 various rigs in terms of their mechanical specification, superstructure, cab details and use on the road, and describes the lifestyle of the long-distance driver.

Author : Ron Adams
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583883622

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Semi Trucks of the West by Ron Adams Pdf

Prior to the 1970s, when length laws were written to allow longer configurations to run on the national interstate highway system, you would only see a lot of these trucks west of the Mississippi. Configurations such as the Rocky Mountain Double were not allowed in many states. Semi Trucks of the West is the first book to showcase the unique truck/trailer combos and companies that worked the roads in the American West from the early 1900s thru the 1970s. Ron Adams has pulled 375 images from his vast collection to feature companies and truck makers, such as Navajo Freight Lines Inc.; Denver-Chicago Trucking Co. Inc.; Braswell Motor Freight Lines Inc.; Western Truck Lines Inc.; I.M.L. Freight Inc.,; West Coast Fast Freight Inc.; Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express Inc.; Garrett Freight Lines, Illinois-California Express Inc.; Ringsby Truck Lines Inc.; Watson Bros. Transportation Co. Inc.; Pacific Inter-Mountain Express; Transcon Lines Inc.; Big Sky Co-op of Montana; Garrison Fast Freight Inc.; Arrowhead Freight Lines Inc.; United Truck Lines Inc.; Strickland Transportation Co.; Peterbilt semi trucks; Sterling: International; Kenworth; White:Autocar trucks; GMC semi trucks; Fruehauf trailers; Mack semi trucks; Freightliner semi trucks. Trucks and companies from the following states are covered : California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming and Montana.

Author : Graeme Ewens,Michael Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Truck drivers
ISBN : 0890091781

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The Cult of the Big Rigs and the Life of the Long Haul Trucker by Graeme Ewens,Michael Ellis Pdf