There is still one of those trucks stuck in the tundra out by the Seatuk river that the military lost there in 1949.It sank out of site and should be well preserved.
Can you imagine finding that? There has been a rumor that 400 GMC CCKWs were buried by the Australian Army in WWII. The trucks were in wooden crates (not assembled) Apparently people with metal detectors still look for them. Maybe its just something similar to gold fever: Thanks for watching!
@@AlaskaTrucker They did that at Port Mollar, Alaska too when they built a small airfield and radar base there.My dad was the canneryforeman there and he said a big so=easter came in and blew all the sand off what was buried. My dad asked if it was OK to take things and he was told that once it was buried it was written off. There was big bulldozers and tools galore. The cannery made out like a bandit and so did my dad. Should have seen the tools he got.
Thanks for another great video of these beautiful trucks. If you know of a pair of windshield thumbscrews that could be purchased for a g506 I sure would appreciate any info. Thanks from Jay
You don't drill to find a drink where you love to play... a couple acres of this in death valley would have more critters/people going crazy for all the enjoyment possible... I see those rock crawlers in the utah area where steep rock faces or boulders are... like to see one try to tip toe through that in early spring. I am glad we don't have alligators here. Quite the "Skeeter" farm, not been too bad so far here in outer wasilla... so far. Winter gone and our month of summer begins, made me wonder what took some of the big rigs off of the road? I see a lot being fixed again to get away from the cow pee fuel mix our fine government has us believing (trying to fool) we are saving us from global warming. I haven't seen many winters like our last one since I was a kid well into the sixty years ago when I was just getting to be a young teenager working in the snow till breakup and working till it was so deep we just had to quit as dragging a turn in the morning to find what was on the ground was a relog in the summer months, then it was easy to find all we missed by a big margin. South east was krazy expensive an we had to leave town or die from alcohol. I do have a good bunch of fun remembering my days south before moving here permanently in 84 to never go out again except on a medivac and then get patched up enough to come home. I did grow up as a kid in skagit county washington on the cascade mountains... played logger/truck driver till uncle sam gave me a trip to another south east. Not all were bad people, just hard to tell who you helped an who then still shot you again. I was one of the armys best targets, I found some foreign metal a few times. I guess the rumor god only wants the good and the young cause seventy almost three years, still here an kinda wonder if he just forgot my name. I always wished that I had a turn on driving the ice roads, might of been fun.... sorta. You can find the lowest temp you don't ever want to see again there. I see the follicle on you, matches my own till I get mad and cut a bunch off... couple weeks and it still looks the same. Could use some help tugging it back on top of my noggin. Oddly I have forgot all of the names or what the initials stood for on the g i rigs. I was on top of it when I drove it hauling short logs to the bottom of hills where a regular rig hauled to town. I ain't sure any of our rigs would of made even one trip fifty miles on the highway. Could always count on them starting and working us to death every seven or so hours we worked from can't see to can't see again. I always loved how those old rigs would get into a tuff spot, and the motor would just drop and grunt right on through with me feathering that throttle ever so easy like so a axle didn't break... had a lot of them for stack extensions or stacks for the flatbed trailers. Had just enough to hold the bottom row of timber, the rest we bailed on and it would go out and around like a orange when done. Poor old rigs were packing more than a highway rig was allowed yet they kept going till they didn't an that was usually too late for fixing then... didn't have much rust jacking as we twisted them enough to keep it to a minimum and then it needed a patch to stop that break. Yep, good time past... thank you for this good memory
This truck is a joy to drive and has been in the family for 60 years now. Thanks for watching!
Any trucks for sale? Looking for a driver powerwagon, cckw or 506. Great videos!
Groovy old American trucks bought back to life.
Look at this old boy running like a champ!
A proper swampbuggy which can carry a useful payload! Thank you.
It is a joy to see these old trucks running again thank you.
The military had some of those trucks at Yakutat when we lived there in 49 and 50.
Thanks for saving them 🤠
It's great to see the old trucks in action thanks for sharing
What a treat! Thanks for the video!!!
What a beauty! I dream of owning one of these truck some day!
Old is gold ! ❤❤
Beautiful video!! Thanks!
I really enjoy your channel. You show all the bea old trucks. Still moving around.
Trucks that could handle any job
Already running the a/c up there :-)
Awesome trucks! Thanks!
There is still one of those trucks stuck in the tundra out by the Seatuk river that the military lost there in 1949.It sank out of site and should be well preserved.
Can you imagine finding that? There has been a rumor that 400 GMC CCKWs were buried by the Australian Army in WWII. The trucks were in wooden crates (not assembled) Apparently people with metal detectors still look for them. Maybe its just something similar to gold fever: Thanks for watching!
@@AlaskaTrucker They did that at Port Mollar, Alaska too when they built a small airfield and radar base there.My dad was the canneryforeman there and he said a big so=easter came in and blew all the sand off what was buried. My dad asked if it was OK to take things and he was told that once it was buried it was written off. There was big bulldozers and tools galore. The cannery made out like a bandit and so did my dad. Should have seen the tools he got.
So awesome epic video
Hermoso trabajo el que muestras, saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🚜
Looks like aircraft tires under those chains.
I like it. 2:19
👍👍
Thanks for another great video of these beautiful trucks.
If you know of a pair of windshield thumbscrews that could be purchased for a g506 I sure would appreciate any info. Thanks from Jay
You don't drill to find a drink where you love to play... a couple acres of this in death valley would have more critters/people going crazy for all the enjoyment possible... I see those rock crawlers in the utah area where steep rock faces or boulders are... like to see one try to tip toe through that in early spring. I am glad we don't have alligators here. Quite the "Skeeter" farm, not been too bad so far here in outer wasilla... so far. Winter gone and our month of summer begins, made me wonder what took some of the big rigs off of the road? I see a lot being fixed again to get away from the cow pee fuel mix our fine government has us believing (trying to fool) we are saving us from global warming. I haven't seen many winters like our last one since I was a kid well into the sixty years ago when I was just getting to be a young teenager working in the snow till breakup and working till it was so deep we just had to quit as dragging a turn in the morning to find what was on the ground was a relog in the summer months, then it was easy to find all we missed by a big margin. South east was krazy expensive an we had to leave town or die from alcohol. I do have a good bunch of fun remembering my days south before moving here permanently in 84 to never go out again except on a medivac and then get patched up enough to come home. I did grow up as a kid in skagit county washington on the cascade mountains... played logger/truck driver till uncle sam gave me a trip to another south east. Not all were bad people, just hard to tell who you helped an who then still shot you again. I was one of the armys best targets, I found some foreign metal a few times. I guess the rumor god only wants the good and the young cause seventy almost three years, still here an kinda wonder if he just forgot my name. I always wished that I had a turn on driving the ice roads, might of been fun.... sorta. You can find the lowest temp you don't ever want to see again there. I see the follicle on you, matches my own till I get mad and cut a bunch off... couple weeks and it still looks the same. Could use some help tugging it back on top of my noggin. Oddly I have forgot all of the names or what the initials stood for on the g i rigs. I was on top of it when I drove it hauling short logs to the bottom of hills where a regular rig hauled to town. I ain't sure any of our rigs would of made even one trip fifty miles on the highway. Could always count on them starting and working us to death every seven or so hours we worked from can't see to can't see again. I always loved how those old rigs would get into a tuff spot, and the motor would just drop and grunt right on through with me feathering that throttle ever so easy like so a axle didn't break... had a lot of them for stack extensions or stacks for the flatbed trailers. Had just enough to hold the bottom row of timber, the rest we bailed on and it would go out and around like a orange when done. Poor old rigs were packing more than a highway rig was allowed yet they kept going till they didn't an that was usually too late for fixing then... didn't have much rust jacking as we twisted them enough to keep it to a minimum and then it needed a patch to stop that break. Yep, good time past... thank you for this good memory
Sweet ! Are u making video's of the machines also ?
If this was a GMC CCKW, where is the third axle?
👍🖐👌