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Re: [oletrucks] tipper???

To: "wayne osborne" <wayne@chevytrucks.org>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] tipper???
From: "K. M. Lehmann" <klehmann@bentonrea.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:14:08 -0700
I was hoping one of our fellow Englishmen would tell us what "tipper" really
means.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne osborne" <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
To: "Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston)" <bill.hanlon@hp.com>;
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:06 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] tipper???


> Thats what I was thinking is a dump---but he states it's factory original
> as designated on the title which poses another question...   In todays
> world, dealers sell trucks with just the cab and front sheetmetal with a
> bare frame on the rear. Was it done this way back in the fifties? Was most
> of the items such as wrecker, dumps and various other setups done by the
> dealer or did a company purchase the bedless trucks and adapt to their
> needs?  Never really thought how these came to be back in the oletruck
> era.. Guess i'm trying to ask are these options factory/dealer/buyer
> installed?    --wayne
>
>
> At 10:45 AM 7/18/04 -0500, Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston) wrote:
> >Got to be a dump truck.

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