'57 CHEVY: LAST Privately Owned Maine DOT Truck!

#1957 #gm #highway #america #transportation #chevrolet #funny #amazing #history walk around of the very last privately owned plow truck that the Maine DOT rented before they purchased their own trucks. It's a TIME CAPSULE!

[@allenkranawetter9482]

Cool

[@gregedwards1921]

I lived in Bryant Pond, 15 miles away, I've seen that truck working and plowing snow many times, rt 26 was a winding hilly challenging piece of road!

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thanks for watching, Greg! My dad remembers the truck on the road too, and knew the owner well.

[@rpeek]

That's neat Luke. That little door would let him get a shovel full of dirt without having to dump the load, so that when he got stuck on an icy spot he could throw shovels full of dirt under the tires to get her moving again.

[@rpeek]

That clock/speedometer is a "tachograph". You turned the key and opened it and put a round wax paper disk in it and closed it. The disk would go around like a clock and the speedometer needle would make a mark on the disc, like a record player. The disk would have a record of when and how fast the vehicle was driven. They could be also used for a court record. If anyone accused him of doing anything questionable the tachograph would show what he was doing at any particular time. I ran those in the Mack trucks I drove for UPS back in the 70's.

[@MrLuckytrucker21]

Nicknamed the (tattletale box)!

[@rpeek]

@@MrLuckytrucker21 Yea I hated them.

[@hereintranzit]

Yes, that’s a Wagner SANGAMO Tachograph, an analogue data recorder made in the 1940s in Springfield, Illinois, USA. In Europe the tachographs were made by companies like VDO Kienzle, Yazaki Kienzle, ARGO Kienzle, Stoneridge / Veeder-Root, ACTIA MERA-POLTIC, etc., with the german VDO Kienzle in the lead, have been manufacturing tachographs since the ‘30s -‘40 too and are still mandatory in all commercial vehicles in Europe to this day, though since the 2000s the recorders are digital, no longer using paper diagrams, are shaped different and no longer placed on the instrument panel in the place of the speedometer.

[@thomasfreeman7770]

Chelsea manufactured PTO equipment. In this case to drive a hydraulic pump to operate the dump body and also in this case to operate the plow attachments.

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thank you for the detailed explanation! I've never owned a truck that had the PTO control on the dash.

[@canalm4ch4d03]

Chelsea pull knob is attached to the transmission, to engage the dump body up and accelerate to lift it

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thank you for the info. And thanks for watching!

[@boilerhouseblues]

Nice! I would enjoy recommissioning it. Lovely truck!

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Very cool old piece of history. Thanks for sharing Luke.

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thanks for watching, George!

[@liljoeii6091]

Thank you for sharing that's pretty cool thank you for the video

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thanks for watching, buddy!

[@robertrhodes9123]

See the USA in a CHEVROLET! Vintage history.👍👍

[@krazium1776]

thats some damn good history wow

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thanks for watching!

[@krazium1776]

That intro song sounds a lot like stonewall jacksons way I love it

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Haha yea. I try to put a little something in each of my history videos 😀

[@ilikethemoldercars]

gone by this truck many times

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Me too. Finally had a minute to stop and look it over. Thanks for watching!

[@rickwalker7105]

Did you notice total working hours on display ?

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

I actually mis spoke. It's in fact a device to keep track of how fast the driver was going at certain times. See rpeek's comment below. I didn't mean to spread misinformation! Haha. My dad actually knew the guy who owned it and ran it for the state.

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

Chelsea PTO control

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thank you, and thank you for watching! Stay tuned for more!

[@donnieallums4847]

Do you know where this truck is in Maine ?

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Dixfield. It’s on display there at the DOT. Thanks for watching!

[@donnieallums4847]

@@AntiqueCarsRCool thanks for the reply . I shared this with my girlfriend that is a retired teacher from n
Maine. Hope all is well with your family and friends ☮️❤️

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

My pleasure! Same to you! Hopefully I can continue to bring you content you enjoy!

[@johncraig9869]

What a difference between now & then. Drove a Western Star plow with all the goodies this past winter. Truck was an automatic, electric mirrors, sirus radio along with 2 way, joy stick to operate blow, wing, sand/salt spreader, dump box, tail gate

[@AntiqueCarsRCool]

Thanks for watching, John! This truck had a couple features I had never seen before. Wish I could find some pictures of it in action. I don't think it has run in at least 20 years!