Interesting Story about Scouting for Trucks
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Interesting Story about Scouting for Trucks
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Ross,
Cool article. I've been using Google Earth and streetview for similar searches.
I do a lot of traveling around New Mexico and SW TX for my job and I'm always looking for different routes to take (I get bored with the same old highways). So, not only do I used Google Earth and streetview to find new ways to get from Point A to Point B (I don't shy away from hundreds of miles of dirt roads)
Then on the routes I find I always keep my eyes peeled for interesting relics and potential projects.
Google Earth is a great time kiler....LOL
Bobby
Cool article. I've been using Google Earth and streetview for similar searches.
I do a lot of traveling around New Mexico and SW TX for my job and I'm always looking for different routes to take (I get bored with the same old highways). So, not only do I used Google Earth and streetview to find new ways to get from Point A to Point B (I don't shy away from hundreds of miles of dirt roads)
Then on the routes I find I always keep my eyes peeled for interesting relics and potential projects.
Google Earth is a great time kiler....LOL
Bobby
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I tried it today and I can't get those close up shots like the ones pictured in the link. Maybe it doesn't cover the north so well. All I get is a big fuzzy blur. I know there has to be some old iron around here and was hoping this was going to be my in.
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There once was this guy who said he had a stash in his "back 40" so I did just this and it turns out his "back 40" was his back 40 feet of yard behind his house!
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Thats how I look for stashes - There's a guy I know that is second gen scrap yard - He also raced Flathead Stock Cars - I've wheedled some stuff from him but I know he is holding out - I googled the back end of his yard and found the three fabled trailers he has - When I ask them about them he denied it until I was able to describe the colors, position and the surroundings - I did get inside one and came away with three toploaders for 25 bucks a piece - I also just found out that he has some land a few counties over - I'm still narrowing that down
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I found a f7-f8 53-54 dump truck in New Mexico . I will get a close look at it next time I go out to my daughters . I found a hot spot that I think there is at least 3 dozen trucks that I m going to look at . I found a crew cab but I can t make it out. I think it is a 56 or 56 f700
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I'm pretty sure you guys used this to see if I was going to be serving Pepsi or Coke for Truckstock. Almost once a week, I'd get some obscure email asking how far apart the houses were, was that hay field a good place to camp, who is that sitting in the lawn chair, etc. 
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Many years ago I used to fly all over Edwards AFB and China Lake reservations doing routine range sweeps before military operations began. I was always finding old cars and trucks had been left out in the middle of no where's ville. Some of them were complete, some not so much.
I don't have a clue how one would get the ok to recover them from the range area but there is a bunch of discarded iron out there.
I don't have a clue how one would get the ok to recover them from the range area but there is a bunch of discarded iron out there.