Dang, I have been by that place but never stopped. Just remember that it's on hyw 26 not hyw 6. Hyw 6 will take you to Idiotville. Yes. there really is such a place as Idiotville, Oregon. I don't believe that any one lives there, though.
One benefit would be that it allowed the use of both transmissions... crank the caddy engine, put both transmissions in low gear, and it would crawl just about anywhere... not to mention the 'torque multiplication' effect of using both low gears...
The front engine is also a flathead, so it probably only produced around 100 HP... a 'double low gear' would have been helpful in a 100 HP logging truck.
Very interesting...
-Bear
I wonder what the steering effort was, those were the days before power steering I think.The advantage is you could drive the truck to the work site, put it in neutral and leave the cadi running to run the hoist.