Do you work your truck?

Uncle Josh

Mine has to work to earn it's keep.



Sorry about the little images. Still figgering out the new camera. More complicated than a Hudson!



Ah, that's better.

faustmb

The truck barely even sags with a full load of hardwood logs! cool.



Reminds me of the '67 International we used to have. Load it to the hilt and go.



I don't plan to use my truck for hauling wood, maybe hauling a trailer though.



Matt

dave s

I use mine for picking up parts and trailering car to local shows,

Unknown

I NEEDED TO SEE THAT! i WAS GETTING DISCOURAGED BY ALL THESE 10OUT OF 10 CARS AND TRUCKS HERE IN THIS SITE. mIND YOU, THEY ARE ARE all wonderful! Mine won't be....:rolleyes:

[Deleted User]

Now THAT'S what trucks are for! Not sittin 'round the the parking lot at a car show. Cool pics, Unc....denver

hudsontech

faustmb wrote:

The truck barely even sags with a full load of hardwood logs! cool.



Reminds me of the '67 International we used to have. Load it to the hilt and go.



I don't plan to use my truck for hauling wood, maybe hauling a trailer though.



Matt

Weren't those old hay binders something else!!!! I had a 64-65-66 (never did figure out what year it was, as I recall it was a C-1100 - tho it was registered as a 64) International - the "middle" model - the one with the half-ton body on a 3/4 ton chassis, with the BG-241 six cylinder (THAT I remember) that could outhaul a lot of newer trucks.

I had sideboards on the bed and regularly filled up with wood from a wood lot of my Dad's we were cleaning out before he sold it. Bed was 8' 6" long, by 4 feet wide by 2 feet high. Figures out to around a half cord of wood - with the side boards we went up another 18 inches or so. She'd haul it all out of the woods, no problem.

Had the split master cylinder - one side to the brakes, the other to a slave cylinder on the clutch. Good rig - loose the brakes, couldn't shift it. In my case the slave cylinder went. Found a new one, put it in and adjusted it shade tree style - loaded the truck, drove it up a hill coming out of the woods, and kept adjusting the cylinder until the clutch didn't slip any more. Hey, it worked.

It wasn't fast, but it was rugged. I dropped a (small) tree on the bed once - it just put a small dent in the edge of the bed. At least I didn't have to haul the tree very far after I cut it up.





Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

HudsonTech

Memphis, TN

MikeWA

Hey, Alex, not to be nit-picky, but the farmer nickname for the Internationals was "corn binder". They were truly bullet-proof. Dad's truck of choice was the late '40's one ton flatbed models, when we had the dairy farm in the '50's and into early '60's. The folks made one of their very infrequent overnight trips in 1959 (I was 11), and left me and the hired man "in charge". Hunters cut a fence in a remote field, and a State Trooper knocked on the door at 1 A.M.- they had about 12 or so of our heifers corralled out by Interstate 5! We couldn't get the cornbinder started, so ended up hauling them home, 2 at a time, in the back of the hired man's '46 Hudson business coupe. Got a little gamey toward the end, but no problem, just hosed it out the next morning, and we were good to go!

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Now I heard about "Hauling a$$" in a Hudson before but never "Hauling Heifer", unless you count my ex-wife!

that's a classic story.

PaceRacer50

Unknown

The end of Mike's story made me think that it wasn't the first or last time a few cows were in the back of a Hudson.

faustmb

hudsontech wrote:

Weren't those old hay binders something else!!!!





Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

HudsonTech

Memphis, TN

My dad had a 67 4wd stepside as well as a 68 2wd fleetside. The 4wd was incredible, even after the truck was long retired from road use we used it around the shop for pulling old cars around. It had bald tires and still would pull about anything and never get stuck. We had boards on the side of the bed that were as tall as the roof, and would fill it with hardwood till it was spilling over. It was on the helper springs, but did the job fine for many years. We sold the pair to a kid who fixed up the 68 pretty nicely. He used to brag about how the 4wd would out do all of his buddies newer trucks.



Never had a Hudson truck until this year

Sarah Young

dave s wrote:

I use mine for picking up parts and trailering car to local shows,

I would have to pull over just to watch you drive by. What do you have under the hood of that truck?

dave s

350 Oldsmobile with 350 transmisssion and Nova positraction rear end.

Jay_G

I use mine to carry the Christmas tree home, firewood, a 600 lb gun safe, moving friends, getting other hudson parts. I also use it to haul stage lights around and it was in an Opera at the Redlands Bowl a few years back. It was the star of course. The stage lights helps finance the hobby.



Jay