John Polillio Sr. & John Jr. are a father and son dynamic duo. These two gentleman run an excavation business with trucks and equipment from back in the old days and they wouldn't have it any other way.
John and his father did some work on my 988a years ago. They did an awesome job for much less than the job was worth. It would be difficult to express the amount of respect and admiration I have for these guys !
One of my first commercial driving jobs was at an excavating company in '76.....they had PLENTY of these old A-Cars, and Macks, and Brockways. I was in a '67 Brockway stubnose 10 wheeler with a 13 speed. They were true working trucks. They were late '60s and early '70s so, at the time, they were....well, just trucks! Haha! Great memories watching this one Mike!
I am a huge Autocar fan. In my opinion that style Autocar is the best looking and most badass looking truck ever manufactured. These were beautiful examples. Thank you for sharing
That’s the best smell in the world especially when it’s damp out those old diesels have that certain smell absolutely beautiful looking Auto cars absolutely gorgeous
Mike- Great interview. The Dad is a salty guy. Next time you go by ask to see the '71. I love seeing an interior with 2 sticks. Peace and grease, rocks and cows. JM
Used to drive by their garage all the time, always loved seeing their Autocar trucks in the yard. As soon as I hit the lottery I’ll be buying my vintage Autocar trucks!
Now don’t get me wrong I like all your videos, but this... this is something else. Awesome running that old gear. Thanks for taking the time to call in.
These guys are awesome, my kind of people! Love the older equipment, just as tough and reliable as the owners, no ac, no problem! I try to keep my truck clean, but these guys have me beat by 1000 miles, my hat is off to them!
These are 2 great guys. I’ve know them for years. Just talked to both of them last week. You should see there daily driver with the quad box. Another fine gem.
@@TheBostonTrucker There's a little boy that's been fighting cancer since February...He has been in the hospital in Halifax Nova Scotia....His name is Tryson and he ❤ trucks and construction equipment....if you could sometime send him some videos of you I know he would love it ....He has a Facebook page that is called Team Tryson .
Awesome guys and equipment! No plastic on any of that compared to today's crap. I can't believe the Autocar's steering wheel doesn't have any splits in it.
Love the old Autocars and the old Cats . I have had them both. As senior said the new equipment is junk. I still have a 1976 Cat 920. I love this machine it runs circles around the 928 I had. Notice , had.
Great Video!!.... Too bad he didn't start the No.4 A-Car with the 1693 Cat in it... would have sounded Wayyy better than that "Cum-a-part" Cummins. lol Brings back lots of memories for me. I got my 1st truck driving lesson on my 13th b-day from a guy who use to pick me up at my house in the winter since I was about 9 or 10 yrs old, when he was out plowing snow in the Auburndale area. He had two A-Cars... similar to the Narrow Nose in Polillio's shop, also with the square fenders and skid pans below the front bumpers to protect the oil pan in case you drive over the top of some little car that pulls out in front of you from the side. lol : ) Both of his A-Cars had 5x4 sticks, both were Cummins powered - an NHC 250 with the famous "backdrop" exhaust manifold (loved the "pop" in the exhaust with those), and the other had an NH 195 Cummins (later re-powered with a 335), they were late 1950s and 1961(?) vintage. He was from the Wellesley area.... last I saw of him, he had retired (this was in the early 1980s) and he and his wife had opened a Pizza & Sub Shop in Wellesley. I drove for George Littlewood in Waltham for a short while after I got back from Nam, a Diamond"T" ten wheeler with a 6-71 "Jimmy" and 5x4 sticks.... and also for Trio Equipment in Woburn for a while, then moved out of Mass and went over the road with my own rig as an independent Owner/Operator, all over the US, Canada and Alaska. I took a break from over the road in the mid 1980's for about a year and returned to Mass and drove dump trailers for Eddie Perkins, out of his original "Eddie Perkins Trucking" yard in Sudbury..... I wonder how he's still doing, if he's even still alive now, in 2021. Thanks for the memories.... and All the videos you put out, I subscribed to your channel last fall (2020) when I first found some of your videos, and "like" them all... I watch them from afar, here in the western US, and far away from lots of "civilization... where it's quiet and very peaceful, beautiful mountains and clean mountain air to breath. : )
Excellent decision to drop by, and a real Thanks to them too. Hope the opportunity will come when the beast (#4) will be outside so we can see it all, and with it running.
Couple of really fine looking trucks there! Great sense of New England pride on display with that touch of old school reality! Thank you for the tour... -Bob...
About once a month I deliver a load of lumber up the road at coheeno. I see those trucks and equipment at that shop. They are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the video.
that was awesome those guys took the time to show those trucks and equipment, everything they have is the good stuff, and the restoration on the D7 was beautiful, along with the autocars, thanks for the video.
My uncle used to run dump trucks back in the 60’s and retired in 2000. All of his trucks looked like it came off the dealer show room floor every Monday morning.
As a 22yr old dude that runs equipment all day long on pipe crew. Seeing that old excavator just blows my mind. Just thinking how those old timers ran those machines with no A/C, no soundproofing, and most importantly NO RADIO. Majority of those dudes that ran them back in the day are half deaf and crippled now, but those machines themselves are still running longer than the new hunks of junk Cats putting out now.
Old mechanical engines for life mechanical mafia lol. I keep a fleet of tow trucks going its hell. But it pays. My favorite truck on the fleet is a 89 379 with a big cam cummins 855. With a 18 speed its the hardest pulling 30ton heavy wrecker on the fleet it gives the new 60ton a run for it s money lol
We oft not think about it , but where I come from there is a big difference between a man and a dude and men don't like to be called dude . Its kind of like being called boy .
Love this video, I grew up in Hanson, Mass. And as a very young kid, I loved trucks and heavy equipment, I remember being excited when I'd see the local contractors out and about, they built a sub division behind our house, I'd watch Lynch from Whitman, and Lancalotta from Hanover all day long. Great days to be a kid in the late 60s if you loved trucks and equipment. I moved to Maine at 6 years old, and grew up to work for a local contractor running equipment and driving dump trucks. Living the dream. Keep up doing what your doing
It's crazy how a mom and pop company keeps to the routes, old school classics, just beautiful, beautiful trucks and smart company my goodness this got me all slobbery
Those are some awesome trucks that's when they actually made a truck like a tank and I love the smell of diesel fuel to gets the blood pumping in the morning lol thanks for sharing this
If you think of it. Back in the day Autocar was probably the only one that could compete with Mack. And had more room and comfort than the R model. And many are still earning,especially in New England.
love these trucks and equipment. Never seen a truck mounted k model Insley like that, only crawler mounted like my shovel. My 75 Autocar will never look that good and surprised they move those machines with only a 350 under the hood.
@@tempestmkiv yeah i guess it was common then. thinking about what used to get moved on single axle trucks now requires a 55 ton lowboy and triaxle truck. speed limits were lower and less traffic made it easier im sure. now everything is a drag race
Hmm! Oh yes this father/son true old school truckers. This old girl '73 Autocar started up better than most new trucks! Nice dozers too. I operated an old Int. D#8. Thanks indeed amazing video. #keepontruckin 👍🏼
WOW, WOW and WOW So very impressive, thank you so much for this video. I'm embarrassed at that state of which I keep my truck, yes my truck is clean but you blokes take keep trucks to whole new level I'm really gunna have to lift my game Thank you so much for posting
Yikes, BostonTrucker...this is a slice straight out of my "boyhood", growin' up on Long Island. I was fascinated by construction equipment...dump trucks, transit mixers, dozers, you-name-it! Back in the late '50s - early '60s, there was a huge outfit in metro New York -- Colonial Sand & Stone -- that presided over just about every construction site throughout the City and the five boroughs...mostly Autocars with the squared-off fenders, needle-nose hoods, and the all-important "breast board" in front of the grille...all painted in the famous Fiorello LaGuardia-inspired green-and red with gold lettering! I absolutely loved watching these beautiful machines. Off the road, I admired earth movers of every description, including Euclids and Caterpillars...D9's are bad-ass machines...never saw one in person, though...must be quite a sight. Fabulous video, Mike...thank you.
Man, that was awesome and those trucks were beautiful. You're definitely going to have more videos with those guys loved them old cats, nothing past 1988😂, I'm with him on that 👍🇺🇲
Got neighbor who's collecting old trucks and equipment I'm helping restore it all...unfortunately we live in that one state truckers hate, stupid emission laws he had to park and sell off half the fleet now we change stupid sensors all the time. The old trucks just ran 24/7 no issues, these new trucks freak out if the battery is a lil old.
