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[Lucky13]

Good times....

I still remember working for SAAB, when we had to let some air out of the tires to get one of these through the doors,
which we on occasion drove Leopard tanks through.....

 

[skyking1]

I operated no volvos that old. And also probably that new either. They make a great articulating off road truck. They set the industry standard.

 

[Viking1066]

Buffalos the net

 

[Viking1066]

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach 1942 the net

 

[Viking1066]

WASPs at Foster Field, 1944 the net

 

[topspeed]

I operated no volvos that old. And also probably that new either. They make a great articulating off road truck. They set the industry standard.

My god father operated BM Volvo on a saw mill where I worked when I was 17.

 

[skyking1]

My god father operated BM Volvo on a saw mill where I worked when I was 17.

I've operated probably a dozen different models of off-road trucks. From Cat 769 to Volvos to Moxies, John Deere 400 off-road. I've got a picture somewhere of that one.
I've loaded more of them. One job was a hazmat cleanup and I had a fleet of seven coming to me I was in a 450 Hitachi with a big smooth bucket.
Three heaping scoops for the 30 tons.
One of my favorite small excavators was a Volvo 88. Here I am 35 ft below road level getting an assist from a 345 Cat. The federal inspector emailed me this picture.

He had his bucket on backwards bringing me down drain rock that I would dip out. This is up in Mount Rainier national Park.
Later, he put his bucket on frontwards, and then we hooked buckets and he drug me up out of there.
A real assist!!