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They're off
Six of the new double deckers got underway this morning. One was a slow starter following several days of cold weather, and may be playing catchup this afternoon. 1. OC Transpo 8058 lead off the...
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Cleaning the streets - Halifax style
With our notoriously variable weather, it's not unusual to see snow plows one day and street sweepers the next. Yesterday I saw this Allianz Jonhston sweeper ready to go to work to clean up the muck...
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Fords - digging deep into the shoe box
Once upon a time heavy Fords roamed the roads. The best looking (in my opinion) were the LTL 9000 series of long hood conventionals of the mid to late 1980s. 1. Seaboard Tank Lines ran this small...
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Long way from Texas
This shiny Pete from Jack B. Kelley Inc is a long way form its home base in Amarillo TX. The company specializes in transporting industrial gasses, and there trucks can be seen anywhere in the US,...
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How about some dromedary boxes
There have been may inventive arrangements to get more cubic capacity onto trucks, especially when length limitations were more stringent. This was especially true for moving companies, where loads...
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PACCAR - all shapes, all sizes
Pacific Car and Foundry (PACCAR) the parent company of Kenworth and Peterbilt is well represented on the roads these days, and is expanding its range of vehicles down in to smaller sizes, in addition...
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Call out the plows
Halifax City streets today.A big snow fall, followed by rain made for heavy work for truck mounted plows, so there was lots of other equipment out on the roads including this Komatsu. An impressive...
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Bell 4206D - big scraper tractor
Not a name I was familiar with until I looked it up, Bell seems to be a primo tractor for those big off road scrapers. Usually fitted with wheels instead of treads, it hauls the Terra Titan 44 cubic...
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BIG orange mine trucks
I spotted these big orange mine trucks at Hodgson Trucking in Eastern Passage today. I couldn't detect a manufacturer's name on them. 1. This loader did not have its bucket attached- judging by the...
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More Saudi LAVs, Earl Paddock delivers
The seemingly endless supply of LAVs continues to roll through Halifax, for shipment to Saudi Arabia. As usual it is Earl Paddock Transportation of Stoney Creek, ON wheeling them in. This winter the...
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Hysters for Vale
A big pair of Hysters arrived by ship the other day. The name Hyster has long been associated with forklifts, but these two certainly push the envelope.Type 46-41s CH They are in fact container reach...
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For Quebec
Equipment leaving Fairview Cove today appeared to be mostly for Quebec, and was being hauled by the two most popular truck brands in Quebec, namely Kenworth and International.1. Locations de camions...
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New apparatus for HRM Fire and Emergency Services
On March 19, staff recommended to HRM Council the acquisition of several new pieces of apparatus over the next three years. Interestingly the reports also listed the apparatus to be replaced. Some of...
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Transport Nouvelle Génération - return engagement.
It was re-run time at the waterfront Marriott hotel today as Transport Nouvelle Génération showed up with its truck bus hybrid carrying a swim team.. It was in June 2010 when I last spotted this beast,...
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The rush is on again
Those adventurous European travellers are starting to appear again for another season. Although early in the year, this does not seem to deter the hardiest types.These Swiss citizens are not...
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Still like COEs
I still like tilt cabs and COEs even if they are beasts to drive, due to cramped space and dangerous due to proximity to front bumper.This BC plated Freightliner with big sleeper and drom is a like a...
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Western Stars hual the big stuff
Some big roads on the roads of Halifax in the last couple of days, both hauled by Western Stars.1. Atlantic Tiltload's Western Satr unit # 48 was all ready for a big load yesterday. Complete with four...
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Western Star again
It seems that Western Star has a lock on the heavy hauler business in this region. Civil engineering contractors Gulf Operators Ltd (a member of the Irving Group of companies) of New Brunswick had this...
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Dogs for Export - but we keep a few as navigators
In addition to the thriving export market for old school buses and old COE cabs to Cuba, there also seems to be a demand far to our south for old 'dogs.This pair of Mack R model dump trucks were...
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Not always Star, but Liners too
Despite recent posts, Western Stars are not the only trucks on the road for heavy hauls these days. Atlantic Tiltload had their shiny Freightliner #76 on the job today hauling an oversize Cat 349E...
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