1930 looks to be correct, based on other photos on the web.
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Judging by the long running boards (versus shorties for the larger series), looks like it could be a 1-ton Universal LR set up as a road tractor. Looks like you can see a 5th wheel of some sort and the corner of a trailer in the pic.
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My guess is either a 1929 LQ 1 1/2 ton or a 1930 LR 1 1/2 ton truck.
It has six lugs on the wheels, which means it is a 1 1/2 ton truck. Also the radiator emblem is definitely from '29 or later.
The last year of that era for one ton trucks was 1928, model LP and was also the last year of the four cylinder engines. Directly after '28, the trucks offered were either 1/2 ton or 1 1/2 ton.
The 1930 AD shown by Peggy's link is a 1/2 ton truck because it only has four lugs on the wheels, which means it was built on a car chassis.
The truck in Bremquest's pic above is definitely not a 1932 because in that year, the hood louvers went the full length of the hood. Whereas in '29 and '30, the louvers only covered 1/2 of the hood.
As for the short running boards, that's what you got when you bought a truck without a bed and without rear fenders.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum "I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O"
We did a 1928 1T dump truck with a 4 cylinder that had no provision for front brakes, the backing plates were just dust covers. Was this available from the factory? Was used off road at a gold mine.
To answer Evan's question, the '28 one ton with no front brakes would be the model LO. It was only available for the first six months of 1928.
The dump mechanism was not built by Chevy. There were a number of body builders that provided specialty bodies for the Chevy truck back ends. Springfield, Hercules, and Martin Parry come to mind. I don't know if these specialty bodies were sold through Chevy dealers or not. I suspect they were.
