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Isn't it? I'd say pretty much an ultimate tow rig
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Truly enjoyable thread. It took me several days to go thru it all. I was around Gypo loggers in the 1970's so many of these old trucks were still working hard back then.
My contribution is this old Mack that has a home at the Ross Island cement plant in Portland. It's been there since I moved here in the late 80's. It gets washed regularly but I've never seen it moving. |
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Nice looking B-Model.
I would rather drive that than any of the other ones there, lol. |
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Yes it is nice. I have seen one other B Mack with what I believe is the exact same front fenders flared/tire/axle set-up. I wonder if that was available on the late ones. I don't recall seeing flotation steer tires until maybe the '80s on trucks. More common now of course. This truck was at the Macungie ATCA show in '09. A totally rainy weekend. Tore that park up!
Attachment 1852750 A fleet of Macks on the west coast is a sight, no? Is there a western plant? I should know but not sure at the moment. I was under the impression Macks are fairly uncommon (or were) on the west coast. Paccars used to be seldom seen back east This thread is sure enough big, and been running for a good while. That's the problem. At this point I have no idea what I have or haven't posted from my folders. And I'm not going back through to check. I don't even want to think about it! :lol: Same show: Attachment 1852751 Attachment 1852752 This guy was busy pulling rigs out all weekend: |
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Big Rs
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This was in my Hemmings Daily E-Mail 1962 Mack From Canada. I drove these for 40 years. Only they were badged as Fords "Bench seat bolted to the floor" Ahhhhhhhh...
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Attachment 1852996 Attachment 1852997 Attachment 1852998 This one was at a show. A pretty handsome example Attachment 1852999 Quote:
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I will add these photos to the group. They are from a project we did awhile back. The job was to transport the 219 ton turbine from Vancouver WA to the Revelstoke Dam in British Columbia. These are of the truck unit that transported the turbine from Vancouver to Lake Roosevelt (above Grand Coulee dam) where we barged it up to the dam.
First photo is of turbine as delivered from the ship. Second is of the trailer and trucks at the Lake Chelan load site Third is of the turbine hanging from the trailer. Fourth is of the turbine being set on to the transporter. Fifth is the turbine on the transporter moving down the boat ramp to the barge. |
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Transporter moving onto the barge.
Turbine and transporter rigged and ready to go upriver. Underside of the turbine. |
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Cross fingers for the barge..... The weak link $$$$$$$:m6:
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The barge had to be trucked to Lake Roosevelt and assembled. Using a system of Flexi-Floats the barge was assembled and welded together. A wood deck of crane mats (8" x 8" beams if I remember correctly) was laid down for the transporter to ride on.(https://www.flexifloat.com/Reference...onPhotoGallery Attached to the front of the barge were a pair of 500 HP thrusters (Think large outboard engine that turns 360 degrees). Then 2 small tugboats for propulsion with a 3rd one for a back up. In addition we had a jet sled to run ahead of the barge and take soundings.
1st photo shows wood deck, welded float sections, the 2 power units for the thrusters, and the control station for them. 2nd photo show thrusters raised up for loading the turbine. 3rd photo moving on the upper end of the lake. 4th photo moving up the Columbia river 5th running the rapids. |
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In the locks at Arrow dam.
Approaching the lower end of the Revelstoke dam (Too much coffee photo! :lol:) New turbine supply pipe being constructed at Revelstoke. It was more than 300 miles up river for us. The turbine was constructed in Italy so we were but a small part of the trip. |
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So, each tube against the damn will have a turbine....(?) Wow...
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Yes. When the dam was first constructed they preassembled 2 extra supply ports in case they ever needed to expand the power generation capacity. This was the first additional turbine added to the power house. Photo shows the new tube being constructed and in the upper right side of the photo you can see the last unused supply port.
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That's quite an operation.
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Sure was, but I have a question.
Was the tugs Detroit powered? |
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Roadway Express 75 Years of Service
BIG transport https://dailybuzz.nl/buzz/exceptione...-de-bocht.html |
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If I remember correctly the Pine Cat has a 671, the Cougar a 871, and the Island Chief a 379 Cat. |
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Found this beauty on Craig's List. I've never seen this style of rear drive before.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/c...794315705.html |
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Roadway Had A Great Run. I shared it with them for 30 Years. 1984 - 2004. Oh and God Bless that Teamster Pension...
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