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Re: Epic Vancouver road trip!!
Thanx for jogging the old brain!!
I worked for Kaiser Coal back when that big truck first arrived. They assembled parts of it down along the highway close to where it sits now. Hauled the box up the hill on a seperate trailer. They drove the cab and chassis up the main road. It broke down 6 times. Mostly hydraulic lines. The four most senior 'Deuce' drivers (200 ton haul trucks) got to run the big guy. It spent a lot of it's first year getting fixed. Hauled a lot of rock though!!
I ran a 100 ton for a couple years. You haven't lived until you've driven uphill at 2 mph for 3 miles with a 140 tons of coal on board or downhill when the brake retarder failed and your rear brakes went up in smoke and you trailed a big ball of fire until you went up the runaway lane.
Enjoy your trip!!
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