The Crazy Way 1950s Truckers Fit 5 Cars on Short 35-Foot Car-Haulers
States used to be strict on truck length. Car shippers got around it by building giant trucks with sliced off cabs and cars parked on engine
Hauling cars is an art form, and the utilitarian truck are the brushes with which hard-working drivers paint onto the canvas that is the open road. Decades ago, car hauling used to be very different on account of strict length restrictions on trucks. Back in the late 1940s, the state of Illinois had the shortest length restriction of all, so car hauling companies had to get creative to maximize loads. The result was a trio of absolutely insane trucks that towered sky high and packed cars so tightly the trucks had cars parked on top of their engines.
