I drove a nearly new '74 Diamond REO ready-mix truck summer of '75. Truck was less than a year old. Company had five of them, 20,000# frt axle, 38,000# tandems, 9 yard REX mixers, 555 V-8 Cummins rated 206 HP and a 5-speed Allison & 3-speed Brownie, 2:1 underdrive, 1:1 direct, & .8:1 overdrive.
The company had some older '66 White Mustang mixers and a pair of '70 White Constructors, the REO was very similar. Summer of '76 I drove one of the '66 Whites, buddy had my old REO. He drove it 3-4 years and it got scrapped! Truck salvage yard pulled the mixer off and sold it, the rolling cab/chassis sat in the yard for quite a few years. I always thought it would have made on heck of a grain truck, put a 22-24 ft aluminum dump box on it, twin cylinder hoist. It needed a better paint job, Construction Orange was not my favorite color, and maybe some more HP if possible. When it was loaded up to 50,000-52,000# gross it was pretty doggy!
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