Post by muleskinner on Jul 2, 2011 20:58:57 GMT -5
I have been looking for this truck as a project for a long time now and finally found the Stick Blueprints for it. There were actually a few of these which made it on the interstate circuit for when I was younger back in the late 70's I took a fill in job with a local Oregon trucking unit hauling grain and when I stopped at a truck stop, low and behold there in the lot sat one of these units set up with a small curtain van on top and pulling a jointed pup behind, loaded with lumber. The first thing which came to mind was who ran over what as there was a crowd standing around it.
The truck was a more radical design and it is my guess it was influenced by the Butler design only smaller, for over the road use. The cab was set back under the top trailer deck as were the wheels and engine with the driver in a reclining position in the cab about 12- 16' above the ground. The one which I seen also was a single steer unit as the twin was still in the testing stage with Strick. The cab offered no real protection from a front end collision and the headlights offered no real vision at night because of the closeness to the ground. Also from the drivers position a Volkswagen Beetle of the day could block the forward and outward vision of the driver while in motion.
If the truck had a head on collision with a car, Animal (Deer, Cow, Etc.) or something unmovable like a bridge abutment or tree, the driver had very little chance of escaping with out injury. The only safety feature about it was the fact that roll overs were at a very minimal because of the very low center of gravity of the truck itself. So with that said i can honestly say I do not build interstate rigs but I am going to construct a model off of this truck just as I remember seeing it in Portland at the truck stop. Because it was a lumber truck, and unusual, It will fit into my Old Logging Equipment theme.
The Strick Cab Under as built in the late 70's.
The Butler Brothers truck of the 60's. The influence of this rig can be seen in the Strick Cab under above.
A later model European model Cab Under which can trace its roots to the American and Canadian design.
William
The truck was a more radical design and it is my guess it was influenced by the Butler design only smaller, for over the road use. The cab was set back under the top trailer deck as were the wheels and engine with the driver in a reclining position in the cab about 12- 16' above the ground. The one which I seen also was a single steer unit as the twin was still in the testing stage with Strick. The cab offered no real protection from a front end collision and the headlights offered no real vision at night because of the closeness to the ground. Also from the drivers position a Volkswagen Beetle of the day could block the forward and outward vision of the driver while in motion.
If the truck had a head on collision with a car, Animal (Deer, Cow, Etc.) or something unmovable like a bridge abutment or tree, the driver had very little chance of escaping with out injury. The only safety feature about it was the fact that roll overs were at a very minimal because of the very low center of gravity of the truck itself. So with that said i can honestly say I do not build interstate rigs but I am going to construct a model off of this truck just as I remember seeing it in Portland at the truck stop. Because it was a lumber truck, and unusual, It will fit into my Old Logging Equipment theme.
The Strick Cab Under as built in the late 70's.
The Butler Brothers truck of the 60's. The influence of this rig can be seen in the Strick Cab under above.
A later model European model Cab Under which can trace its roots to the American and Canadian design.
William
