[1976gmc20]

The folks I used to work for in the winter had a pair of GM dump trucks, either 1.5 or 2 ton. One was a 1946 and the other was a 1947 and so they had completely different cab styles: the 46 was the old 41 pre-war style and the 47 was the "Advanced" style.

This was in the mid-1980s and those dump trucks were still running around their property and even some of the forest service roads. I drove both of them at one time or another as needed for hauling wood or trash, etc. You could go out there in cold weather and brush the snow off the seats and start up those old six bangers after sitting for days or weeks.

They also had a few 3/4 tons of similar vintage (47-54) with flat beds and the doors removed for running around between the cabins in the summer.


Those single axle semi-tractors with gas six bangers must have moved awfully slow up any sort of grade, but I guess as long as they kept moving it was all good for the time.