looks just like the old Mack tandem axle dump trucks driving around my old neighborhood when they were building the neighborhood and hauling all the dirt out from excavating foundations and basements. Loud and slow going up all our steep hills! Tiny little green cabs in those B models.
Looking forward to a video after you get it finished. Been wondering--do you and your family own all those facilities and the gravel pit seen in most of your videos? That's really quite a place.
No, we don't own the place. It's a concrete outfit started by the Barnes family in the 1960s and my father was their first employee. We view them like family and I hope they view us the same way.
From. Canada. I. remember. when. I. was. in. my. early. 1967. or. 1968. spring. I. was. about 21. or. 22 year’s. old. I. caught. a. ride. with. a. truck. driver. with. Grimshaw. trucking. from. Edmonton. , Alberta. too. Hay. River, NWT. 1. way. in. one. of. these. B. model. Mack’s. it. was. quite. a trip. small. cab. and. I’ am. sure. it. was. a. 4. X 4. or. 5. X4. transmission. And. I. think. it. was. powered. by. a. 237. Diesel. motor. and. the. truck. had. a. Long. wheelbase. pulling. I. think. was. a. 45. foot. Fruehauf ( bull. pen. wooden. sides. standing. up. about. 5. or. 6. feet. tall). holding. the. freight. In. on. the. deck. and. it. was. tied. down. with. strap’s. and. chain’s. Anyway. I. got. up too. Hay. River, NWT. , hitchhiked. outside. town. too try. too get a job. driving. dump. on. a. Dam. project. outside. town , they. had. a. full. crew. , we’re. not. hiring. had. too. many. people. at that. time , I. was. broke. had. enough. money. took. an. old. Greyhound. bus. from. Hay River, NWT. too Edmonton , Alberta. I think. the. bus. was. one. of. those. torpedo. shaped. old. Flyer. bus. that was. a real. trip . / Have. a good. day. / Bill. S. Canada
