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Old 12-24-2018, 12:23 PM   #1201
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Old 12-26-2018, 08:39 AM   #1202
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Isn't it? I'd say pretty much an ultimate tow rig
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Old 01-01-2019, 05:35 PM   #1203
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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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Old 01-01-2019, 06:04 PM   #1204
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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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Old 01-02-2019, 10:44 AM   #1205
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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!
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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!

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This guy was busy pulling rigs out all weekend:
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Old 01-02-2019, 11:04 AM   #1206
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Old 01-02-2019, 06:39 PM   #1207
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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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Old 01-02-2019, 07:51 PM   #1208
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This guy was busy pulling rigs out all weekend:
any more info / pics on this sexy beast ?
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Old 01-03-2019, 09:37 AM   #1209
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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...
I never knew truck companies would use cabs from other companies until more recent years. But cabs are a very expense thing to design and build. I guess those Macks were the predecessors to the ones you see now as dumpster trucks. My friend has a C-cab Ford with a crane mounted. He's a sign painter, so it is a bit 'painted up'
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This one was at a show. A pretty handsome example
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any more info / pics on this sexy beast ?
I only know it from that one show. Haven't seen it since. It's built by Walker, who made big specialty trucks. It is a runway drier. That is a jet engine on back that did the drying. I'd like to know more myself. That was '09 at the ATCA (Antique Truck Club of America) national show in Macungie, PA. Maybe through their website or other searches you could find mention. It was the star of the show that year!
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Old 01-12-2019, 06:12 PM   #1210
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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 $$$$$$$
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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! )
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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Sure was, but I have a question.

Was the tugs Detroit powered?
Like these?

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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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.

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