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WOW, VERY NICE Bob, All I remember as a kid is hearing the Sterling chain drive dump trucks and cement mixers around here coming from a mile away. That was what I think of as a Sterling. What is this all about today, trucks with the Sterling name on them, I don't get it? Paul

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More great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Paul, When Mercedes bought the heavy truck division from Ford (Louisvilles), they had to change the name. The Sterling name wasn't protected so they just started using it. I believe that new company has since been closed down. The smaller trucks with the Sterling name that look like Dodge pickups are just that, a Dodge. Mercedes owned Chrysler at the time and moved trucks from one division to another.

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I love pics of old hard core work trucks, they havent made anything like that in a long time and I havent driven anything like that ever but I want too one day, maybe I can find an old B85 dump somewhere hiding in the weeds and fix it up that would be sweet. thanks for the pics.

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AP40: yes they were yellow.chain drive 1400x24 wheels and tires,15-1 ratio,275 supercharged Cummins with straight stack.no ear protection in those days but the more noise the more power.4x3 trans.they all had the square front fenders but don't know if they were factory ordered or made at the dealers or box factory.Boxes were made in vancouver B.C. ribbing on boxes was all railway track.we still have a box here.

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I missed one from Saita River dump on Alberni Inlet.A smaller model hauling in Washingtonpost-10079-0-66219900-1348357680_thumb.jpost-10079-0-61580300-1348357797_thumb.j[

Of course,by saying "smaller",you're really saying "LESS HUGE"...

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