Quarry Truck
Dec 8, 2013 14:05:55 #
Had some time to play in post processing. Not trying for anything serious. :roll:
Truck left at the abandoned quarry in Becket Mass and a nut from the truck.
Truck left at the abandoned quarry in Becket Mass and a nut from the truck.
Quarry Truck
Nut
Dec 8, 2013 14:09:50 #
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Dec 8, 2013 14:16:32 #
It is interesting how things change and still stay the same. That old truck looks like it was used as a parts truck for newer versions thru the years. You still see that in quarries today.
Dec 8, 2013 14:31:45 #
Wow, that is just the coolest old truck I've ever seen...I'm drooling at your photo. Would love to see a color version too.
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Dec 8, 2013 22:50:34 #
That is my part of the country about 20 years ago .... then I moved west .. Nice shot of an old truck and in B&W also.
Dec 9, 2013 07:59:22 #
Curious as to the purpose of the fan in the back of the truck - dust control / spreading?
Dec 9, 2013 11:39:27 #
Ugly Jake wrote:
Curious as to the purpose of the fan in the back of the truck - dust control / spreading?
It is used for extra push up out of the Quarry ... kind of like the fan on the back of old VW bugs I have seen around!!
Dec 9, 2013 17:25:08 #
James56 wrote:
Wow, that is just the coolest old truck I've ever seen...I'm drooling at your photo. Would love to see a color version too.
Thanks everyone for your comments and interest.
James56- here is the original shot you were curious about.
And since I never learned to leave well enough alone :mrgreen: I grunged-up the shot just for the fun of it.
Original Truck
Grunge Truck
Dec 9, 2013 17:55:17 #
Ugly Jake wrote:
Curious as to the purpose of the fan in the back of the truck - dust control / spreading?
At one time(when new) this was a truck mounted Air compressor unit. It was set up near the Pneumatic drill that was used to drill the holes that dynamite was put down to break up the rock into crushable pieces in a gravel pit, and into slabs for making tables and counter tops. It carried a 4 or 6 cylinder engine to power the 4 cal air compressor you can just barely see behind the cab of the truck. That fan was for the radiator that was behind it. My guess is they took the motor out when it went bad and scrounged parts from this truck to keep another one running.
Dec 9, 2013 18:54:04 #
jethro779 wrote:
At one time(when new) this was a truck mounted Air... (show quote)
That's what I thought - cooling fan for something.
Dec 9, 2013 18:57:05 #
Thanks for posting the color version. Wow, a lot more gone than I first thought. But still an interesting piece. Your grunge version did a great job of bring out the detail.
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