diamondtguy
Senior Member
Wow...I guess the load took out the roof when it went over.Truck was either fairly new at the time or well kept..Thats a pretty big painted steel fuel tank...
Hallback,did you post any pictures? Not finding anything. Bp.............
I love em BUT......I never liked the idea of those rubber tire carriers.
I drove out BU-94 Skagit down the pavement many times!At Snoqualmie, we would move them up and down I 90 (old I 90) from the mill all the way up to Hansen Creek. Just road them. They would go up the highway each spring following the snow (with snorkels mounted) to pick up right of way. And, come back down at first snow. Those rubber tired machines were great when you were picking up the right of way. Of course in those days, tracked machines were not as fast as they are today when it comes to travel them.
I would love to see the face of a present day DOT employee watching that machine headed up the freeway at 15(?) mph just bouncing along, no cares in the world. I'm not sure when it happened, it was after my time, but during my time the only thing that wasn't roaded were tracked machines, if it had rubber, it roaded. Seeing a self propelled Washington 208 traveling down the freeway was a sight also.
how about up to Garcia ? Mine creek ?At Snoqualmie, we would move them up and down I 90 (old I 90) from the mill all the way up to Hansen Creek. Just road them. They would go up the highway each spring following the snow (with snorkels mounted) to pick up right of way. And, come back down at first snow. Those rubber tired machines were great when you were picking up the right of way. Of course in those days, tracked machines were not as fast as they are today when it comes to travel them.
I would love to see the face of a present day DOT employee watching that machine headed up the freeway at 15(?) mph just bouncing along, no cares in the world. I'm not sure when it happened, it was after my time, but during my time the only thing that wasn't roaded were tracked machines, if it had rubber, it roaded. Seeing a self propelled Washington 208 traveling down the freeway was a sight also.