Truck & Transportation History

.....i dont know a any tyre chains that are warrented fer 516 miles [each way].....lol....

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......it;s not that we havent ran tyre chains fer extended periods...

....it;s cause [as ruppster mentioned] ...the chains limiit our speed ....the tyre chains wouldnt last that long ta make near that long ta make the trip anyway...and will take the sidewalls a the tyres ............out sides bein a very bad ride ..ta boot....lol

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...we was jest talkin bought tha ;;ole days;; a the haul road jest last night in the garage with some fellow truckin buddsa mine ....

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...he beat....my record .......on one particuler trip i chained [and unchained] ....29 times on one trip ......

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...he chained and unchained 34 times .....

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...on that thousand plus mile  round trip  lap outta fairbanks.alaska..ta prudhoe bay ....

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...with me bein  outta anchorage ....its nuther almost 800 round trip  miles from fairbanks for i even  start goin north from fairbanks........

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[didnt do no chainin from anchorage ta fairbanks though]

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...gotta remember.......although there are few roads.....

.....alaska is  one third of the sizea the entire   lowere 48 combined.....and ittsa ...long ways,,, between places

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....chainin part is  notta record i;d care ta repeat though........lol

jim k tomer .......the altar boy

Anthony

Jim, now some wiseguy is gonna come on here n say, what if ya do that and miss a shift..well, real truck drivers dont miss them shifts.. yur only allowed to miss shifts on the flat where it dont matter..

And, while we're mentionin Lisa... anyone remmeber Lisa from Lisa truck Lines? kinda reminds me of her when younger..babester..

1972 KW925 SC350 12513 240WB, restoral in progress, 1936 CAT RD4 w/LPC 4A blade restored ground up

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...right foot ....mashin yer moter...

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...left foot slightly on our brake treadle valve[foot brake]  while goin down the road, ta periodicly thaw out our brakes...ta melt the snow outta our wheel ends ...

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..esp so .....if your not runnin backin plates[dust covers]...

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when yer packin 20lbs[or so] a snow in each brake spider .....

.....it aint gonna stop very well ferra long ways anyway.....

......and snow and ice packed brakes may not hold ya while spun out onna hill either.....

.....[hate it when i go off backwards.....lol]....

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......so ya wanna keep the snow and ice melted out when  ya anticipate needin the brakes....

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unfortunatly .....,she was advised ta do that after the fact of needin brakes at an un opprotune time...

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...fer those of you watchin............dont belive ever thing that hollywood has cut and pasted ....matter a fact......if they would jest show and tell the way it really is ......it would be more dramatic than there ;;;hollywood;; version.....

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......but ever thing is pretty much real [its jest how they format it] and add there drama fer vewiers......

......they [the film crew] arrived in november and stayed most all winter.....and they picked onnea the best years ta film cause there wassa very bad winter .....and lottssa carnage on the haul road ......although a very bad year fer those runnin it....

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...and they didnt havta wait long ta seea serious wreck...

...i can remember some years past when there wassa bad winter when there was lottsa freight ta go north ....so they [the truck pimps] hired outta work dirt dobers......with absoulitly no haul road exp ta haul pipe north.......comment was made .....ya haddta havea reservation ta getta place in the ditch...lol

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...they was cleanin up wrecks /and pickin up drill pipe all the next  summer long......from that winter;s disrupted haul...lol

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...the continuance of the hugh/ alex thing is most all ;;;hollywood;; though

jim k tomer .......the altar boy

If you needed to keep some power to the throttle, how else would you do it?



Eddy Lucast 

ATHS Online Division Charter Member

...its kinna like it looks on the drama series...

.....if i member right itsa bought 77 mile on the dalton....and jest north of the yukon river......when travelin north one has already tranversed allotta grades  from fairbanks......

.....while enroute .....ya jest come on it [and if the rare time of daylight durin winter] and notice that the road jest dissappears and thers nuther part over there a long ways away..

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....ya call on the radio while approchin it [as northbound trucks have right away]........southbound trucks hopefully stop before desending, cause ya dont wanna meet any body on it

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....ya creep off from the top atta bought 9mph ....and start pickin up gears as ya go down .........usually end atta bought 70 mph[or however fast yer truck can go] ...at the bottom......and hope ever body heard the radio .....and they [state maintance] hassit graded good at the bottom.....grit yer teeth ....and hang on fer the ride

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...when i used ta run it [the dalton] all the time........i used ta make comment .....that if i wanted ta take a passenger up the haul road .......jest drop em off fromma helicopter on toppa roller coaster .....and ill wait in the truck ta start the journey....and they can ride from there....lol

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..if they rode [which many have] from the beginnin of the trip ...they would already have gotta ;;feel;; a whats bought ta come .....cause they woulda already hadda taste a the ;;taps;; fore ya got there....

......although impressive ......lisa is know by most haul road guys assa ;;steerin wheel holder;;;.....but i think she does a pretty good job though...[ive had gals drive fer me also ....but ...flatbed freight is somewhat difficult fer em]...

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matter a fact.....lisa was jest over at onnea my ;;allstars;; wifes places a bizz yesterday lookin atta 4 wheeler......

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...back in the ;;good ole days;; id hook up with somea my ;;;buds;; and race back ta fairbanks after unloadein in prudhoe bay [even after bein up 20 hrs or so] and see whos gotta buy the whiskey back in town ........last one hasta pay the bar tab......back then the bars were open till 6 am and reopened at 8am in fairbanks ..

[[[[jest nuff time ta clean the floors i guess]]].......lol

.......even though i was racin back ta town witha buncha k model 600 cummins and 3408 cats .......the ole v12 detroit usually got me back ta town soon nuff that i rarely hadta pay the bar tab though......lol.....[never try it today though]

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..i used ta give somea the gals that waitrest at coldfoot truckstop rides back and forth from fairbanks......

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....those were some ;;interesting;; days ...[not ta mention some long nights also ].......i may add......lol

jim k tomer .......the altar boy