Leonardo Favaro Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi guys, i'm new member here and i finded your forum searching for Scanias in US, i have a lot of material from 85 and 92 but now i'm searching for a few test units in 60's and 70's, this photo i have posted belongs to Richard Stanier and its from 1978 in Connecticut, but a friend told me he saw a photo of a Scania being tested in 60's, he saw this photo at Double Clutch Magazine, anyone know anything about it? Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 SAAB Scania had a corporate office in Milford Conn. and a large parts distribution warehouse in Meriden/Wallingford . Kouguts bought 3 tri-axle new Westchester freight lines bought 25 tractors they all burned or crashed B.A.C. bought 4 cab chassis. Quote Ed Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Pretty interesting. I would be likely to learn more about. Vlad Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 In New England a regional trucking company, Holmes Transportation, ran a lot of Scania cabovers as well as Macks in the 70s. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Favaro Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yeah thats exactly the history i heard, but a friend said that photo he saw on Double Clutch Magazine wasnt Holmes Scanias, it was another company....... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Gay's Express in Vermont had a couple of Scania trucks. They got bought out by Holmes. There was a picture in the Double Clutch which I can find in a little bit. Guy Wilson Trucking in the Rutland, VT area also ran Scania trucks into the early 90's. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Favaro Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Thanks for looking this image to me! We are hunting for those US Scanias. A friend sent me a few photos and said that a few Scanias was sold by a Mack dealer in the Chicago area. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The extent of the Scania information is in the picture caption. Double Clutch magazine Volume 38, No. 2, Feb/March 2008 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Favaro Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 WOW, Thanks a lot!! Really really thanks!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 There was an owner operator in southern Minnesota who had a V8 powered conventional with sleeper, haven't seen him in over a decade though. He was very happy with the Scania, last I talked to him he had over a million miles on it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 A landscaper in Glen Cove N.Y. has a pair of R400 MACKS with factory Scania Diesels, seemed to be dependable power packs. MACK and Scania had a agreement than I believe. 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/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 FYI Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 APA mostly ran Scania in their fleet of R-400 & MB cab overs . There is few guys still race them down at the Diesel nationals in English town drag strip every September . Quote Ed Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leonardo Favaro Posted March 26, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2016 Yeah people from Abreu Truck Service. They also rebuilded one T113 dump and putted a V8 engine. (Photos of before and after of truck) 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
98989 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Hello everyone, Leonardo and I do big research about Scania in the USA. I guess we have spent together some 10,000 hours in that. Here is list of U.S. companies that used Scanias before 1980s , i will write about them, because someone might more easily remember one of companies or trucks. -Hartman Express used straight Scania trucks too ( one guy told me those were ex. Holmes trucks) -Gay's Express in Bellows Falls VT, had them ( from j hancock photo) -Schiavone Scrap in Connecticut had both L series ( from first post ) but also LB111 ( cabover) -One company from Connecticut had 4x LB81 distribution trucks in 1978 As far I could find out, the exact number of L81, LB81, L111, and LB111 trucks sent to U.S. is unknown. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Scania and Volvo were pretty popular in the Newark, New Jersey area with dump truck operators in the up to the 1980's as a good portion of the operators were from Portugal and Brazil. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Scania and Volvo were pretty popular in the Newark,New jersey area with dump truck operators in the up to the 1980's as a good portion of the operators were from Portugal and Brazil. Joe, a lot of these Scania trucks are still in operation around Newark, I see a few every time I go to the port. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Leonardo You have same surname as my mum, there not many Favaro's are you related to the Favaro's from Rhode Island and where did you folks come from? Harry Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Favaro Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 7 hours ago, harrybarbon said: Leonardo You have same surname as my mum, there not many Favaro's are you related to the Favaro's from Rhode Island and where did you folks come from? Harry Wow, thats really interesting to know, i'm from Brazil but Favaro family have italian descent, but originally in italy is writed Favero. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-328987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leonardo Favaro Posted March 30, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2016 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpgeneration Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 When I was a young man my Boss had a R-400 dump with a backward shifting quad box and a small Scania diesel, I drove it for 2 years, if horsepower was dynamite that thing could not blow it's nose... great on fuel used about 30 gallons a day.. it was a lot nicer when they upgraded to the DM-800's with the 250's he wanted me to pay him when he bought me the new truck... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hi Leonardo Thank you. My mum's family go back approx 200 years in the same village and the name was always spelt as Favaro, but who knows names have been changed over the years. We did have cousins in Rhode Island name same as yours, sadly most are no longer with us, but mayde some younger ones hanging around, welcome to the Big Mack site. Harry 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 On 3/26/2016 at 9:00 PM, Leonardo Favaro said: Yeah people from Abreu Truck Service. They also rebuilded one T113 dump and putted a V8 engine. (Photos of before and after of truck) That yellow tractor bears a striking resemblance to a Volvo VT880..... or am I crazy??? Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 On 3/31/2016 at 9:24 PM, Outbehindthebarn said: That yellow tractor bears a striking resemblance to a Volvo VT880..... or am I crazy??? As they say, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". Volvo has long attempted to reach the same heights as Scania, and one can't blame them for trying. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Schiavone scrap yard used mostly Mack's. As I remember Blakeslee had a Scania dump about the time they had the Cat powered superliner tri axle lowboy. Back in the 80's Love that St Johnsbury F model. Those were the days. Edited April 2, 2016 by james j neiweem Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44449-scania-in-connecticut-in-78/#findComment-329274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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