Seems like Fiorito had one out south of Sedgewick road on 16 in Port Orchard in 77 or 78. Last one I ever saw on a job.Dad worked around quad 9's pushing scrapers when I was a lad. I remember him telling stories about them. He was setting grade on the I-82 job between Yakima and Ellensburg in 1968~70
Dad worked around quad 9's pushing scrapers when I was a lad. I remember him telling stories about them. He was setting grade on the I-82 job between Yakima and Ellensburg in 1968~70
One of the back tractors has a air cooled motor now ,they tried to start it with a slug of water in it.I've seen two sets in the Scarcella yard in Kent. When I was there, they appeared to have been sitting for years.
I have seen those... they were on the Southside probably 12 or 13 years agoThere used to be a set of quad 9's between Fernley Nv and Fallon Nv along the south side of the Reno highway. They were parked with some old 651's and 641's if you could imagine that. I think the owner moved them to the north side of the highway where they are probably still sitting.
Dad got a 1968 Datsun pickup brand new for that job, and put 60,000 miles on it in two years. We lived in Selah, so most if it was on gravel/dirt.
The bridge was late to get completed, so everything came in either from the north, or in his case up the creek roads off the canyon. If you zoom in on google you can see the dirt roads just north of the dam, and up at the top of Wymer Grade. He bombed all over in that truck and it never let us down. I don't know where it went in the late 80's when the farm got broke up, but it was driving.
It did get a new bed, thanks to a scraper doing what they should never ever do, back up
You sure ,those may be uncle Tonys .A lets not forget Mario, he had two sets.
I traveled that section of 82 hundreds on times, the corners are all 150 mph plus.
or Uncle NicksYou sure ,those may be uncle Tonys .
Bob
One of the screaming italian bunchCould be that was years ago, could belong to anyone of that mob.
Did you work at the kennels at Tukwila ?And how many people don't know the Nintendo game was named after Mario Segale. I worked for Segale one winter in the early 80's.