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Below: The combination consists of tractor unit, ODU
single axle Nooteboom trailer and 20’ container.

Above:
resource. I often asked him for help When it came to re-painting, he went The 20’ container is printed with the “Historical
and he was successful in locating the to Jan to get permission to paint it in House of Mammoet” markings.
missing items, most of the time!” Jan the old van Seumeren paint scheme.
van Wees was a life-long collector of Once the DAF 2600 was finally
historical material of van Seumeren restored, the search began to find a
and later on Mammoet and was also suitable trailer. Mammoet was
the co-initiator of the ‘Mammoet contacted and, indeed, they had an
Club’. Jan not only worked for the old low-deck trailer of the ODU type
company until his retirement in 2003 that Opa Jan was able to purchase; it
but he is still actively involved at was almost as old as the tractor truck.
events. Since his retirement he’s been The last step of the project was to get
given the pet name ‘Opa’. a 20-foot container and furnish it as a Above:
museum. There Jan can present all of The ODU Nooteboom trailer from NZG.
One of Jan’s friends, a truck mechanic his collected company memorabilia.
by trade, purchased a DAF 2600 At the 10-year jubilee of the
tractor-truck with a 6x2 chassis, an Mammoet Club, the finished
almost exact match for the former fleet tractor-trailer unit was revealed to the
#25. He needed to draw on the help public and can now be seen regularly
of many for the restoration of the truck. at events across the Netherlands. Until

Above:
The ODU Nooteboom trailer from NZG.

Above:
the end of this year, Jan is able to The DAF 2600 is 1:50th scale and produced
drive the unit himself but, unfortunately, by WSI Models.
after that his driver’s license runs out.
Mammoet Merchandising issued the
Above:
Both WSI and NZG supplied set shown here in a limited series of
the individual parts to realise 500 pieces especially for Opa Jan’s
the finished result.
50th company jubilee as a ‘thank
you’ and to honour his lifelong
commitment. While the DAF 2600
tractor truck and container came from
WSI, NZG contributed the historic
low-deck trailer.
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