A look at the old & new style Hess Tanker Trucks through the years!

I thought that it would be a nice idea to post a few of the older style Hess delivery tankers for you to see. Out of all of the many Hess trucks that Hess released I have to say that the tankers are by far the most impressive ones to date. Let's take a look at a few examples below of the tankers starting with the newest and graduating to the original models and see for yourself. Enjoy!

New Hess tanker with Volvo cab.

 New Hess tankers at the oil refinery in New Jersey.

Tankers filling up for their daily deliveries.

 Here is the older style model White 9000 cab.

 Hess tankers in the supply yard in the early years.

Original Hess tanker that has been restored and on display in Woodbridge New Jersey.

Hess tankers in the supply yard in the early years.

Here is the original Hess tanker the Leon Hess drove  for deliveries.

Real Hess Snow Plow & Sander Truck

This trip down memory lane is brought to you by an actual, honest to goodness, real life Hess truck.

Seeing this truck caused a question to rise in my brain. Does Hess still run a private fleet? I remember seeing trucks like this Freight-liner FLD and Volvo's on the road all the time but they seem to have disappeared in recent years. A few minutes on Google lead to a disturbing answer. Hess announced in March of 2013 that they plan to sell the portion of their company responsible for refining and selling gasoline. Following the sale Hess will be solely a petroleum exploration and research company. Retail operations and storage facilities will be sold. What this means for the Hess truck remains to be seen but it doesn’t look good. After all, if you no longer have Hess gas stations where do you sell Hess trucks! Maybe someone will buy the name rights and continue the tradition. I may want to reconsider my previous statement on the value of the modern collectible lineup.

As you can see from all these the photo's this truck wears the location of local Hess tank farm. No doubt this Freightliner was at one time an OTR truck now serving a second life as a plow. It still wears NJ plates, the home state of Hess. I’m glad to share these photograph's of this Hess truck as it soon may be collectible itself!