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!!!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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! 👍🏻
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
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 :-)
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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 👍
Rex built transit mixer bodies and did buy some REO trucks, replacing the badges with their own. If I'm not mistaken there were quite a few of them that worked in the Milwaukee area and the cabs were painted in the same green.
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.
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!!
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 !!!
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.
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.
@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.
👋 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. ✌☺💥
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
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
11:45 is international harvester 1968 cab over day cab I drove one just like it when I was young and that's what my boss called it anyway it was very rare and that's about all I can help you with what a great place this is brings back allot of memories
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?
meu sonho é ir conhecer o Gold king mine também, uma pena o proprietário ter falecido recentemente, imagina a bagagem de conhecimentos que esse homem não tinha... Se Deus permitir logo logo vou conhecer esse lugar!
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.
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.
...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 )...
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!!!
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!
@@twinrodders The tow truck at 11:09 is ash.N
I agree with not chopping them up but it would be so nice to see em restored to there former glory
...correction , late 40s NASH...
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!
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!
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SIGHTLINER!!! Man this guy has a lot of my favourite trucks. Along with that Autocar dump truck.
How many memories and stories these abandoned and rusty trucks have thrown and forgotten in a valley!
This guy sure appreciates the old equipment! There’s a lot of wonderful old trucks, etc there! 🥰
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.
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!
What a beautiful place.This is heaven right here! Love it!
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
@@americodonaire7857 I wish i knew what you were saying.Thankyou for your response.. Have a wonderful day,☺
I just want to go out their and fix them all (I’m 14 by the way) they are all so beautiful and awesome
Moshu Da great Nice that someone as young as you has an appreciation for old iron. Please keep carrying the torch.
What a gold mine! Let me at some of those! The Shell tanker would look good on my ol truck. Wow!
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.
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!
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! 👍🏻
That place is a Dreamland !!!
What a cool place, the old tractor equipment looks amazing!
Un museo de camiones a cielo abierto. Excelente material. Gracias por compartirlo.
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
Oh wow so many antique trucks!
That was cool thanks for sharing that
Que hermoso y nostálgico lugar, es como un museo al aire libre 🤗
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 :-)
what a place! So many interesting trucks!!
Nothing but a bunch of precious junk.
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.
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.
@@twinrodders Yep, that's the video!
One old Studebaker truck, It os Very, Very rare!!!!!!
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
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
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.
Love that shell tanker.
REX... Wow it must be MACK competition back on the days !! Some awesome trucks wow !!
Sweet find; my kind of adult Disneyland
Good Video....Excellent description of the Location of the Place...Thanks!!
so many beautiful trucks resting in peace
I was there in 2007
. They lit off the huge propane generator. It was cool place for any motorhead!
Very cool video and trucks. A thumbs up liked for you.
Thank You for this !!!
Just immagine how great it would if these vehicles (or at least some of them) could somehow be restored!!
Excellent video! 👍
I hope my back yard looks like that someday. And the view ain't bad either
Dream job to work there and get to fix all these old beautes up
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!
Thanks for this video. I have a photographer friend who has posted quite a few photos of this place. Always nice to see more.
thanks for shareing great video I for one love old trucks.
I hope my heaven looks like this
Thats unbelievable, almost every Rare Truck there is, Restorers would flip over that place.
Some nice trucks here
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.
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 👍
"REX"...Wow it must been "MACK" competition back on the days !! Some awesome trucks wow !!
Thanks! I think that REX is supposed to be a REO (Ranson E. Olds)
Rex built transit mixer bodies and did buy some REO trucks, replacing the badges with their own. If I'm not mistaken there were quite a few of them that worked in the Milwaukee area and the cabs were painted in the same green.
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.
Super musée de camions top
Nice restorable stuff
Camino hacia el terror..no cabe duda..
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!!
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 !!!
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.
There are trucks and vans that one only knows from books. They ought to be rescued!
When trucks had style. You could actually tell one manufacturer from another.
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.
@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.
Super video cool merci 👍❤❤❤
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
It’s a Wayne, unless Elgin and Wayne merged at some point.
👋 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.
✌☺💥
Cool place
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
Lots of old iron there I'd love to spend a couple days just walking around
bet Rick, from CTR is watching..and drooling...
This trucks well be good for another 100 years on the las vegas desert 🏜
o yes i like. it so much and I have one in my room by the way
Your videos are the best
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
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11:45 is international harvester 1968 cab over day cab I drove one just like it when I was young and that's what my boss called it anyway it was very rare and that's about all I can help you with what a great place this is brings back allot of memories
Thanks for your help!
Older than a '68, late 50's or early 60's International ACO Sightliner.
Fascinante.
Que hermosa ballada entre todos estos tesoros
It's a excellent place to visit and know about lorries i wish i had a place in india
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?
que lugar lindo um dia vou aí parabéns pelo vídeo João cidade de Mafra SC Brasil
meu sonho é ir conhecer o Gold king mine também, uma pena o proprietário ter falecido recentemente, imagina a bagagem de conhecimentos que esse homem não tinha... Se Deus permitir logo logo vou conhecer esse lugar!
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
...6:02... ...don robertson and me hauled this bus up here... ... ...loading and UNloading , major pain in the ass...
Dont let these go to the crusher!!
Nah they are still there, out in the middle of nowhere
jason9022, you don’t even know what the hell you are talking about. Have you even been out there? They are all still there.
Where is this place at and are these trucks still there
Studebakers at 0:37 0:55 6:14 8:20 10:51 9:54
Deu p conhecer vários caminhões da mina q estiveram no BRASIL na minha infância, mesmo modelos.
We got really close to the gas engine that we kept hearing. What a disappointment not to see it!! Still Thanks for sharing!!
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.
Maravilha,um Paraíso!!!
Looks like the Star Wars Cantina of trucks, too bad you didn't show the machine that was making the noise throughout the video.
Yep, that idling hit or miss pump really was the PERFECT song for this awesome video!
This is dream for hot rot .
Wen i see dis ,i have so many iders for Trak,s
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.
Thanks for the help!
End results of chasing riches.
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.
Is he selling any of them?
...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 )...
So sad. And to think people up here are paying 5000+
for those trucks with bullet and rust holes in em to restore
That yellow mustang at 12:40 though..
Anyone know what that stubby white truck was?
Looks like a museum what's the banging ??
I saw an old school Studebaker truck too bad those don't exist anymore
A want to get all Dodge from there!
Where is this truck yard is located ? We should restore these gold trucks
I love all of those old trucks and equipment but what in the hell is that noise in the background.
GOLD KING Mine
The trucks between 11:45 and 12:15 are all international trucks.