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Memories for us old truckers

Truck Shop

Truck Shop

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Those photos don't even show a thousandth of what is in that yard, there is just stuff laying everywhere. Cranes and more cranes, roll after roll of tracks and under carriage.
Shiv's the size of a truck tire laying tilted on each other and large wire rope til hell wouldn't have it. There is also some old train stuff and a Kenworth aluminum bus that is
only one of two I think left on the planet.

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DMiller said:
Poor ol neglected Corn Queen! LOTS of old Crane houses EVERYWHERE!
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My brother worked for Lampson in the 80's as a machinist in the Kennewick shop turning out Transi Lift components, He still knows a few guys there and we toured the yard in 2009 or so. I actually sat in the drivers seat of that old IH, somewhere around there is a huge old KW with a 12V71 and planetary rears that was one of their heavy prime movers. They also have an old 25K 992 loader painted blue that was used to build approach ramps for all sorts of heavy moves. In 1988 I watched them move huge generator rotors to the Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia river using 2 of those crawler units they built in house. Slow and smooth.
 
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Truck Shop said:
Notice the names of towns on the Kenworth bus below. I could barely make the same names on the one loaded on the flat car. Who knows it might be the same bus 80 years apart. Powered by a pancake Cummins.

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Thats a project worth doing! 100/ 125 grand might do it. Cool piece! Wenatchee, Eburg and Yaki Flats you can kind of get your head around... seems like a logical route and now were heading to P.A. LOL! Heres another formerly dead player resurrected in the late 80's early 90's and is also about the only survivor.bus1.jpg bus2.jpg bus3.jpg bus4.jpg
 
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I had to go past Hood River, left at 8:30 after hooking one up. Got back at 4:40 walked the yard and checked mileage and hours lined out the shop and went home to ZZZZZ.
Came back at 9:30 and found the tractor I went after had a split nylon coolant line to the DEF tank. I left as the sun was going down and got back as sun was coming up.
392 miles round trip.
 
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