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SilverMiner · 03-18-2013, 01:07 AM

terryj- YES that is the sort of story I was looking for, from someone who actually drove those trucks.

So what exactly was the deal with the heaters anyway? For some reason those Alyeska trucks were rumored to have legendary if not mythical heaters. Was this true? What made them different from the regular trucks? Why were they prone to starting on fire?

In Montana in the late 70's early 80's it was very common to see trucks for sale in the newspaper classifieds that said "pipeline truck GREAT HEATER". Now, this was back in the day when you paid dearly for every word so the sellers clearly thought it was worth mentioning.

03-18-2013, 01:07 AM	#11
SilverMiner Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Idaho Posts: 335	Re: 1974 Alyeska yellow trucks terryj- YES that is the sort of story I was looking for, from someone who actually drove those trucks. So what exactly was the deal with the heaters anyway? For some reason those Alyeska trucks were rumored to have legendary if not mythical heaters. Was this true? What made them different from the regular trucks? Why were they prone to starting on fire? In Montana in the late 70's early 80's it was very common to see trucks for sale in the newspaper classifieds that said "pipeline truck GREAT HEATER". Now, this was back in the day when you paid dearly for every word so the sellers clearly thought it was worth mentioning.