Lmackattack Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 found this on another forum... what is the wrecked 6 wheeler? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maddog13407 Posted November 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2015 V200 International it looks like 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Owch! Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1977vega Posted November 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2015 Tree was built like a Mack tho 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Hopefully the driver jumped before he got squashed. That looks fatal if he was inside it. Interesting how it wraps around the tree so far. Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailyDiesel Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I guess crumple zones are a good idea after all! Quote www.dailydieseldose.com Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 looks like he hit that tree full blast wow never touched the brakes...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Looks like a sugar maple Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex g Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 If he was aiming for tree he got a bulls eyeSent from my SM-G386W using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 V200 International it looks likeYup. Got the I.H. triple louvers hanging out. Wrecker operator has a lot of faith in the cable splice by the hook! Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Looks like it has serious toe in. Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-312956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 looks like the b model is a B62sx or B68sx maybe? check out the chromed air cleaner. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg1 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Looks like one of Dunns trucks from Cochranton. They ran Internationals. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 You really hope it is a case of the driver failing to set the brakes and it rolled down the hill into the tree. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 looks like n ambulance attendant in white standing guard over the body in the cab. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoos Brothers Construction Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Looks like one of Dunns trucks from Cochranton. They ran Internationals.I was thinking the same thing! Cools locals pics for Us! Thanks, Josh Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoos Brothers Construction Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I bet That picture was taken in Meadville Pa at the bottom of the big hill on Rt77 coming into town where Rt 77 meets Rt27. They don't let trucks down it any more because of to many truck run aways over the years. Josh Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I did a little bit of research to see if I could figure out when this happened, and who was involved. Info is pretty scarce from that far back, but it looks like the dump truck was owned by W. L. Dunn Construction in Cochranton PA. Dunn is clearly readable on the driver's door, and it sure looks like Cochranton if you put the letters on both doors together. They went out of business in 2010, and judging by what was auctioned off, they had about 20 dual axle dumps, and a few trailers. They were in business for about 90 years.... Vernon Motor Sales, who apparently owned the wrecker, is still listed as being an active corporation in PA, but I can't find anything on the web that would indicate that they are actually still in business. And I can't find anything about the accident, except for a very blurry page from the Titusville Herald in 1960 which a search led me to, but which I can't open without subscribing to the archive service. But given the age of the Mack, that year wouldn't be out of line....I also believe that Josh is correct about the location, and it looks like the accident, was, in fact, at the intersection of 27 and 77. If this link works, you can see that at the bottom of Hickory, the 20mph speed limit is ending for trucks at the bottom of the hill, and if you cross over Rt 27, the road opposite is still brick, and you can see that where the wrecker is sitting, it is on a brick road. And if you change the view on google map so that you're in the intersection and look back up Hickory, you can see the arched window on the second floor of the yellow house on the corner, which is in the view of the picture of the crashed truck to the rear left of the truck. Looks like the tree is no longer there... I'm thinking it would be right about where the fire hydrant is now based on the roof of the porch of that house, which is what I believe is in the picture to the immediate left of the Dunn truck.Would be very interesting if someone could actually find an old newspaper article about the crash!Here's the current link to the Google map - hope it works:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6399225,-80.1372793,3a,75y,210.58h,93.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shdyBBZG_vZb4Sr0fY2rmAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 judging by the ambulance guy standing guard over the body it looks like the dump box slid forward and crushed the cab also. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Yeah, he was clearly loaded, so between the tree in the front, and a load in the back, that can't have been a good outcome, unless as someone suggested, he jumped before impact..... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Titusville Herald July 24, 1965Cochranton Man Critical After Crash A Cochranton man was in critical condition at Spencer Hospital in Meadville last night after the truck he was driving struck a tree, according to Meadville city police. John Kramer, 20, of Cochranton, RD 3, was operating a dump truck owned by the V. L. Dunn Construction Co. of Cochranton on Hickory Street in Meadville, police said. The truck was traveling down State Road Hill when an unknown factor caused Kramer to lose control of the vehicle. It crossed the intersection at Washington and Clark streets, then struck a tree. Kramer was pinned inside the truck for about two hours while rescuers worked to free him. Fire trucks stood by in case the truck caught fire, police reported.An article two days later reported that he did not survive. Possibly the cause of the accident was that he fell asleep?   1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Thanks for the great detective work getting "the rest of the story" to go along with the picture. Sad to hear the driver, so young, didn't survive. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Likewise - thanks for that final piece of the puzzle! Too bad he didn't survive - and only 20.... :-( Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42816-b-model-wrecker-from-pa-old-pic/#findComment-313330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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