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Hi Dave, This history doesn't discuss your interest in the loading devices either hoes or shovels, of NSM during time period in question. In photos and the first post in this thread 170 Haulpaks are mentioned. Do not know when they left the Uk but in early 90's at least two of them showed up at a co...

Some good looking work. When dirt and weather are good its almost fun.

An update for pink box. An erroneous weight given for previous OEM lined boxes, weight actually well in excess of 100,000 lbs. Some time between parade last Sat and box being installed employees at this location wrote comments on sides of the box. After picture of truck at a shop door, went in to pr...

Eight days after first pictures. Picture#2 north end, pictures 3 and 4 center, picture 5 south end looking north. Won't be long until grass is growing.

There is a cost spread on box based on customer requirements, a box is neighborhood of $250.000 plus freight. This is a throw away box 18,000-21000 hour projected life. Taconite is extremely abrasive. Checked this info with a competitive box representative that agreed with the info. Know in past an ...

A new truck box being delivered may be only one in the world this color
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There has been much written about R.G. Mover of Men and Mountains of course may be most famous. Another by an Australian author is very good "The LeTourneau Legend by Philip G. Gowenlock." I am a bit partial to that one as author thanked some people people I worked with either at front or ...

Do you recall at your visit to Haulpak seeing any of the Tourneaucranes moving about. If you look at picture 009, just to left of flag then left of end of a bldg, an open area with trees showing in background, three thin objects appear vertically, those are the booms of three old Tourneaucranes. Sti...

Tracshovel depending on purpose of visit very possible you were toured thru the old test building, Building T. Mid 90's was era of the 4000 Loader. Short lived, reams could be written about that situation. Lots of 830 produced, time flies but if remember correctly first production of 830 was 1988, s...

This may interest ag and construction machinery history people. Photos are of demo of the last of the original Avery Manufacturing Co buildings in Peoria Il USA. May be possible still a few Avery Steam tractors as well as gasoline powered farm tractors in various parts of the world. Vintage Machiner...