Antique Trucks at Gold King Mine & Ghost Town

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It may look like a junkyard, or a truck graveyard, but this site houses some of the most interesting trucks and machinery that we've ever seen! Out to the north of the mountainous town of Jerome, Arizona lies the Gold King Mine & Ghost Town, where the owner, Don Robertson, has stored hundreds of antique trucks, Studebakers, and machinery that he has collected since the early 1960's. He has stored and lived on Gold King since 1982, and has a wide collection of stories of living out there. How interesting it was to explore what he has collected for over 50 years!
Highlights:
1:09 - White Compact Cabover (former Safeway truck)
2:03 - White 3000
2:44 - Ford Model AA Tanker Truck
3:33 - First lineup of assorted trucks and flatbeds
4:32 - Yavapai County Wayne Street Sweeper
5:50 - Mack Tanker Truck
6:12 - 1937 Studebaker K-25 Car Carrier
6:35 - Autocar Tanker Truck
6:58 - Peterbilt Motorhome Conversion
7:16 - Walter Snowplow (El Nino Fighter)
7:31 - 2nd Lineup of Assorted Trucks
8:03 - FWD COE Flatbed
8:20 - Oshkosh
8:35 - Autocar U8144T COE, International West Coaster COE, Internationals
9:42 - Dodge A-100 Motorhome
9:57 - REX
10:15 - c. 1963 Studebaker Diesel Truck
10:18 - 1963 Studebaker Zip Van
10:41 - Don Robertson's 1928 Studebaker Speedster
11:03 - 1947 Ford Tanker Truck
11:08 - 1949 Nash Tow Truck
11:14 - 1947 International KB-12 "The Other Woman"
11:45 - c. 1963 International Sightliner
12:05 - International Fire Truck
12:11 - 1946 International KB-12 Shell Tanker Truck
12:53 - International KB-7 (?) School Bus
October 17, 2016 - Don Robertson has passed away at the age of 73. A real icon of Jerome and the antique trucking world, he will sure be missed.

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@Chevy4x4dawg 7 лет назад

I first met Don at the ATHS show in Colorado Springs. He had the IH Shell tanker there. And those that say it should be converted to a RV well that's what Don did. That weekend show he stayed in the back compartment at night. At the ATHS show in Hutchinson KS he showed "The Other Woman" another KB International with lowboy trailer. He also got in a very heated bidding war with some d bag over the blue and white Studebaker tow truck. The crowed cheered when Don won the auction. I have never been able to make it to his home in Jerome, but hope to one day. There are other videos of his trucks (some driving) and the large engine you hear in the back ground. I also did not know of his passing what a true legend he was!! One last story, at the KS show there was a severe thunderstorm and tornado. Don was camped under the lowboy trailer and had to make a run for one of the buildings at the fair grounds. As far as complaining that these trucks are rotting away I rather see that than someone cut them up into a Rat rod or melt them down to send to China. I know Don is up on Heaven highway driving a KB!!!

@twinrodders 7 лет назад

Great stories! So that's why there was that back compartment in the IH Shell tanker. There's a great picture of Don's '47 International KB hauling the '46 Shell Tanker on a flatbed at the ATHS National Convention at Colorado Springs hanging in the gift shop at Gold King Mine. He used to make it out to many of the National Conventions, even came out to the one near my area in Fontana, CA in 2004 with the two IH's. I don't recall him having a blue and white Studebaker tow truck. Maybe the one he won was the Nash tow truck at 11:09? He was a very interesting person, with lots of exciting stories to tell about his years collecting trucks. True that these trucks are better off where they are rather than becoming hot-rodded or destroyed! Luckily Don's stepdaughter, who now manages the place, says that the trucks are there to stay, and hopefully will not leave for a long time!

@1940limited 5 лет назад

@@twinrodders The tow truck at 11:09 is ash.N

@jessupblackmoore1600 5 лет назад

I agree with not chopping them up but it would be so nice to see em restored to there former glory

@billpotokar360 2 года назад

...correction , late 40s NASH...

@garychandler4296 5 лет назад

To some a junkyard, to me...one of the most beautiful places on Earth! I could spend a month there, exploring, researching, and taking photos. Truly wish I could afford to!

@captainmorgan1107 7 лет назад

8:47 That is one of the rarest trucks there parked next to the U model Autocar. It's a 40's IH West Coaster cabover. Very few were built, it would be nice to see that one restored.

@garychandler4296 5 лет назад

It is great, but I thot the Autocar was far better, unusual and stylish...what with the reversed doors, grills and all. How would you just LOVE to be able to drive a.restored unit of each of these beauties? As an ex-trucker, I'm drooling a bit!

@1965Gindy 5 лет назад

SIGHTLINER!!! Man this guy has a lot of my favourite trucks. Along with that Autocar dump truck.

@januarioqueiroz3122 5 лет назад

Peaceful place wrapped in natural sound and resting remains of the past. It is a good place for meditation and reflection of our ,sometimes, confused existing!

@salahn.j.al-alawi9944 4 года назад

We. Would. Sorry. , to. , say. , that. , such. , these., trucks. , can. , easily. , be., used in more time. , and jobs if., there is decision a

@BlueAustinMaxi 5 лет назад

I just want to go out their and fix them all (I’m 14 by the way) they are all so beautiful and awesome

@marka.bilinski1961 4 года назад

Moshu Da great Nice that someone as young as you has an appreciation for old iron. Please keep carrying the torch.

@tonyrigo9096 5 лет назад

That was cool thanks for sharing that

@jessupblackmoore1600 5 лет назад

So sad. And to think people up here are paying 5000+ for those trucks with bullet and rust holes in em to restore

@jessupblackmoore1600 5 лет назад

Dream job to work there and get to fix all these old beautes up

@boobayloo 5 лет назад

So many nice projects.... hope they wont let it rust forever. Kids being born today will still have the chance to restore one of those big boys there.

@Olli-mb9tt 5 лет назад

Super cool old trucks I've not seen before (most of). The COEs reminded me of some European trucks like Citroen HY and of 70's corgi toys trucks. Greets from Germany Ruhr Gebiet (-area the former home of steel (Krupp) and coal :-)

@danbywater6333 8 лет назад

4:35 is a Elgin street sweeper I worked on one just like it for the city years ago I think the year is 1938

@marka.bilinski1961 4 года назад

It’s a Wayne, unless Elgin and Wayne merged at some point.

@chocodiledundee1 8 лет назад

Man some really amazing trucks , the rust is only surface , it must be in the dry desert area ... Thank you for posting its gorgeous ! There's a place here in South Australia on Gepps Crossing truck dismantle they have this blank cab over WHITE prime mover and it looks totally restored , looks amazing . Greetings from down under

@tracyghani9349 7 лет назад

this is a mans candy store, we were just there. Every man that walked out of there would tell the next guy how great it was in there

@twinrodders 7 лет назад

It's unfortunate that Don Robertson has since passed away. It was nice to hear his interesting stories of living up there for so many years.

@email4664 5 лет назад

Ahh, a museum without funding. Good iron in those hills

@ryansshow3289 Год назад

o yes i like. it so much and I have one in my room by the way

@the.porter.productions 5 лет назад

What a gold mine! Let me at some of those! The Shell tanker would look good on my ol truck. Wow!

@GfrmdaBrnx 5 лет назад

Thanks for posting this video showing all the old trucks and buses too. Great job and please keep posting these cool videos, hope you can find some more old buses too. They are so cool! 👍🏻

@the.porter.productions 4 года назад

This guy sure appreciates the old equipment! There’s a lot of wonderful old trucks, etc there! 🥰

@grassman8100 5 лет назад

I hope my heaven looks like this

@billpotokar360 2 года назад

...8:06...we hauled this one from camp verde with NO chains tying down... hey don , how many chains did you use?... i thought YOU tied it down... well if it falls off , it AINT mine... ...OOPS ( haha )...

@tracylemme1375 5 лет назад

Nothing but a bunch of precious junk.

@1940limited 5 лет назад

What happened to his collection when he passed away? I'm sorry he's not still around. I could spend hours roaming around that place looking at all the trucks. Many of them appear to have been driven in. Some are still in decent shape.

@unitedstatesofbuild4915 7 лет назад

Dont let these go to the crusher!!

@john8201 4 года назад

Nah they are still there, out in the middle of nowhere

@john8201 4 года назад

jason9022, you don’t even know what the hell you are talking about. Have you even been out there? They are all still there.

@danbywater6333 8 лет назад

5:55 by the cab of it looks like a 55mack it's like the heavy highway model as far as I can tell the easiest way to tell would be to pull a front wheel bearing and call mack truck with the part number

@outdoorlifemaine6691 Год назад

I've checked out truck out the other woman before that truck has 48 speed transmission 6 cylinder Cummins I swearing the video I've watched on it and had a gasoline Continental

@BravuraMediaCompany 8 лет назад

What a cool place, the old tractor equipment looks amazing!

@billpotokar360 2 года назад

...6:02... ...don robertson and me hauled this bus up here... ... ...loading and UNloading , major pain in the ass...

@snowwhite7677 5 лет назад

Is he selling any of them?

@whattherust 5 лет назад

I was there today. It is an amazing place for an old truck fan. Unfortunately the trucks that were in running condition look to be in worse shape than when this video was shot. Almost all of them looked like they have not moved in a long time.

@willboyd4607 3 года назад

Probably the most famous vehicle in the collection if the Corbit truck. I has been the subject of a lot of oil paintings as well as a magazine cover. Too bad it's not in this video.

@alejandrodominguez6624 4 года назад

Un museo de camiones a cielo abierto. Excelente material. Gracias por compartirlo.

@eliaslundstedt5607 3 года назад

Some of theese are in too shit of a condition to be restored beyond a little touch up to look nice, but many of them I would like to see just have a service, so rust removal and protection, change of tires maybe, a wash and tidy up. Not even do the paint all nice, and not fix dents, as they are all history.

@dnovello 5 лет назад

Don's KB12 init's glory: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wyT073WNUwI.html

@doutordelmar 5 лет назад

One old Studebaker truck, It os Very, Very rare!!!!!!

@jamieryall8341 3 года назад

These old trucks had no A/C, power steering, power brakes & were a bear to shift.

@kelvintorrence5994 4 года назад

Where is this place at and are these trucks still there

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 5 лет назад

It seems here that someone just realized that they could profit from their old junkyard. But I still love it! I would be happy to go there, and if I could own all that I would be in heaven!

@Critter23466 4 года назад

Sweet find; my kind of adult Disneyland

@gavinmcvey8177 5 лет назад

Looks like a museum what's the banging ??

@jackjohnson7396 4 года назад

Excellent video! 👍

@abrahamantoniosanchezrubio266 4 года назад

Que hermoso y nostálgico lugar, es como un museo al aire libre 🤗

@billkramer1853 5 лет назад

Lots of old iron there I'd love to spend a couple days just walking around

@cosanostra4286 Год назад

This trucks well be good for another 100 years on the las vegas desert 🏜

@jeffscott8323 4 года назад

2 maybe 3 million dollars worth of trucks maybe more

@lyon406 4 года назад

I give away its NOT a junkyard is that there are no flat tires.....

@rossifan7347 5 лет назад

Love that shell tanker.

@ronaldeisel5927 5 лет назад

Looks like the Star Wars Cantina of trucks, too bad you didn't show the machine that was making the noise throughout the video.

@garychandler4296 5 лет назад

Yep, that idling hit or miss pump really was the PERFECT song for this awesome video!

@robertpradella6550 5 лет назад

What a beautiful place.This is heaven right here! Love it!

@americodonaire7857 4 года назад

Que recuerdo para my ml abuelo era ingeniero mecánico diecel de chell en viña del mar en la avenida que va a la salina esta la petrolera se reparaba los camiones que asian las entrega de combustibles mi abuelo los reparaba y salíamos a probarlos en esos tiempos era muy conocido en Viña el sellamaba Ernesto Donaire A empleado de chell chile

@robertpradella6550 4 года назад

@@americodonaire7857 I wish i knew what you were saying.Thankyou for your response.. Have a wonderful day,☺

@the.porter.productions 4 года назад

Visiting this again. Boy, I would love to get my hands on some of those trucks! Are they for sale? Most of them are probably in good shape and really worth the time and effort to fix them up. He has a good variety of trucks and most you don’t see that often. Worth a trip.

@amosabsolutecreations6757 2 года назад

Wait, where is the DUEL truck? 🤯😅💀

@rosagutierres8025 4 года назад

dont loss american history reparen los camiones

@luismendezcastillo491 3 года назад

Camino hacia el terror..no cabe duda..

@mihalvich 4 года назад

That yellow mustang at 12:40 though..

@davidmora4485 4 года назад

Tantos camiones arruinados quiero uno

@karlk6860 5 лет назад

I have been to Jerome 3 times in the last 6 years and never realized THIS was near or I would have been there! I wonder whats going to happen this this place since the owner has passed? I watched the all the pics and I am a big OshKosh fan and always thought I should own an FWD, you know restore them all and make them all pretty once more but in all honesty after looking at all the pics all these beautiful trucks and other equipment seems to be resting very comfortably right where it is! I wouldn't touch anything!!

@bcabmac 4 года назад

Wow. There is some very rare truck tractors! Car carriers from those years? You almost never see. The Shell tanker belongs in a museum. I'd love to buy the Dodge van motorhome or the custom white motorhome. Is any of this stuff for sale?

@waynecarter4200 3 года назад

cool,there is a 56 international s-160,i had one in very nice original condition,hunter green in color,lot of fun to drive,people loved looking at it,i rebuilt the bed,very cool railing system

@balablue1717 5 лет назад

Wow beautiful trucks out there, the patina on them is the best art of mother nature, rare trucks. How beautiful these trucks must be back then working in the mines. They all deserve a restoration and a new leash of life please, heart goes out for them.

@markfortin421 4 года назад

👋 Hello...Man Oh Man what a collection!! There is just about one of every truck ever made there, and then some. The one red tanker truck reminds me of the movie "Duel", and I was drooling throughout the whole dang video, because I live in Michigan...the heart of the rust belt. Detroit is actually built on top of the world's largest salt mine, so in the winter, guess what's on our roads? 💘 Loved the video, just subscribed. Thanx. ✌☺💥

@jeffscott8323 4 года назад

If these trucks could talk

@lourdesunate1413 4 года назад

Good Video....Excellent description of the Location of the Place...Thanks!!

@259v8-v5d 6 лет назад

Studebakers at 0:37 0:55 6:14 8:20 10:51 9:54

@NeilLB7 5 лет назад

@8:53...what's amazing here is that AutoCar still exists and makes a truck to this day called the Expeditor that looks like the grandson to that white AutoCar. It's mainly a refuse truck chassis...but still...it's still producing trucks after once being owned by other companies and perhaps nearly forgotten about.

@chocodiledundee1 8 лет назад

11:20 "the other woman " Wow I don't blame the truck driver ... She's indeed one gorgeous lady !! That's for sure I will dream with , this truck is absolutely fabulously gorgeously amazing !!!

@rejane7340 4 года назад

How many memories and stories these abandoned and rusty trucks have thrown and forgotten in a valley!

@Rust-Trap-Ranch 4 года назад

Great tour. However, I could hear that old engine hittin in the background. Just as it got louder and I thought youd film it youd walk away. AHHH

@bluesharp59 5 лет назад

Very cool video and trucks. A thumbs up liked for you.

@l4046 4 года назад

Rats paradise 🐀🐀🐀

@iamrichrocker 4 года назад

bet Rick, from CTR is watching..and drooling...

@whitenas 4 года назад

I was there in 2007 . They lit off the huge propane generator. It was cool place for any motorhead!

@jimmotormedic 5 лет назад

I hope my back yard looks like that someday. And the view ain't bad either

@augustoemery2610 4 года назад

Deu p conhecer vários caminhões da mina q estiveram no BRASIL na minha infância, mesmo modelos.

@justinmil1 4 года назад

I love all of those old trucks and equipment but what in the hell is that noise in the background.

@Romeo_GR 4 года назад

Just immagine how great it would if these vehicles (or at least some of them) could somehow be restored!!

@chevy-yd2kt 7 лет назад

Cool place there i was there in sep 2009 looks still the same i saw don riding on his harley there on the terrain and they had a donkey and wen he saw you commin he ring his bell so that you must gif him some cookies , very intresting place 👍

@jamesberlo4298 7 лет назад

Thats unbelievable, almost every Rare Truck there is, Restorers would flip over that place.

@gpowerdragon9852 5 лет назад

I saw an old school Studebaker truck too bad those don't exist anymore

@NeilLB7 5 лет назад

Is 6:09 a Crown Coach school bus. What it was converted to there I have no idea. Year...no idea as that design probably spanned many years.

@Darstrom 7 лет назад

what a place! So many interesting trucks!!

@chocodiledundee1 8 лет назад

REX... Wow it must be MACK competition back on the days !! Some awesome trucks wow !!

@Caje-zf8md 4 года назад

When trucks had style. You could actually tell one manufacturer from another.

@carlnapp8673 7 лет назад

There are trucks and vans that one only knows from books. They ought to be rescued!

@ryansmith8975 7 лет назад

I was there last summer! Such a cool place! The tanker truck would make an awesome motorhome. I would like to have had the black Dodge flatbed for a build!

@sadakhan9603 4 года назад

Where is this truck yard is located ? We should restore these gold trucks

@Chevy4x4dawg 7 лет назад

4:35 is a Wayne street sweeper. I believe manufactured in Indiana. Approximate late 50s to mid 1960s. Way after the 1930s. 5:55 is a B model Mack. Maybe a B 73 which was a heavy haul / off road rig. Made from the late 50s-late 60s. 7:00 is a Peterbilt 350 or 351 with stretched frame and his body added. This is more than likely something Don did or caught his eye.

@twinrodders 7 лет назад

Thanks for the help!

@TheCalgarydoug 7 лет назад

Thanks for this video. I have a photographer friend who has posted quite a few photos of this place. Always nice to see more.

@waynejohnting2954 4 года назад

Awesome place, wish I was rich. It would be awesome to bring it all back to life. If the castings aren’t frozen and cracked , sadly this was many people’s livelihood at one time and proof ya can’t take it with you. Hopefully someone has the ability to save these

@1223-n9e 4 года назад

@slendyadventures9A-91 4 года назад

A want to get all Dodge from there!

@harmless1106 4 года назад

Anyone know what that stubby white truck was?

@reddirtfarm7704 4 года назад

We got really close to the gas engine that we kept hearing. What a disappointment not to see it!! Still Thanks for sharing!!

@twinrodders 4 года назад

Come to think of it, at the time of filming we had no idea where that sound was coming from! I would love to go back and see how things have changed over there.

@internationalR- 5 лет назад

The trucks between 11:45 and 12:15 are all international trucks.

@jeffscott8323 4 года назад

Betcha most of them would run again

@riasgremorypanasonic6968 4 года назад

This is dream for hot rot . Wen i see dis ,i have so many iders for Trak,s

@jeffscott8323 4 года назад

Cars dont rust to much out there low humitidy

@jeffscott8323 4 года назад

Waste of good machinery

@frankbanks4014 Год назад

I heard don died.rest in peace.

@twinrodders Год назад

Yes, he passed just a few months after this video was shot.

@normanrhone2791 4 года назад

End results of chasing riches.

@colbikes6017 7 лет назад

i know cool to look at but some of those need to be put back on the road such a waste.

@Chevy4x4dawg 7 лет назад

At least you can see them. Had it not been for Don they would of been melted down and no one would have seen them.

@scampsboytes9088 5 лет назад

@@Chevy4x4dawg Thank you, you are right on. Those that make the most noise forget that he saved them from the crusher. I go thru the same thing. It is a museum in its own right.

@PorscheRacer14 4 года назад

I remember watching an old video of him taking that KB12 around the bends near town. I was miffed why she was sitting there until I read the description. He'll be missed. I hope they'll continue to live on again sometime. Thanks for this.

@twinrodders 4 года назад

If you're talking about the video by Lindsey Crawford, that is one of my favorite trucking videos. Really shows off the kind of driving skills that Don Robertson had. I would love to try making one of those types of videos myself with other cars and trucks. Don was still around when this video was shot, and I got to meet him before I left. He passed away about 6 months after my visit. As for his trucks, I believe most of them are still at Gold King Mine, based on pictures that I have seen. I read somewhere that the International Sightliner at 11:45 was sold off, and as far as I have seen, there are no signs of that White 3000 at 2:03. I'd like to visit again and see how things have changed there.

@PorscheRacer14 4 года назад

@@twinrodders Yep, that's the video!