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Are the first picture of a DC6?

Anaway great pic.

Lars-Gunnar

Holger wrote:Hi Nick!

Thank you for joining the site!
You are doing a great job, both here and at Maskinisten

Kind regards
Holger

I support that!
Lars-Gunnar

In the north of Canada they have a mine on an island far from land. They conveyed all types of material/equipment on a way as goes on ice during the winter. They runs their trucks when it is 60 degrees below zero and sometimes they broke down. They use both scrapers and dozers and they broke trough ...

Such machines is made for use in mines I beleive. In the north of Sweden in the county of Norrbotten where Malmberget and Aitik can be found they use large excavators of Libherr make. They are huge but not the largest as can be found. The largest excavator are in a mine as is a large island in Canad...

Yes, I support Nick. Very rare one. Thanks for posting such uncommon picture!

Lars-Gunnar

Just got here! Top site, top pics. Richard Hi and welcome on board. Hope you will find it interesting! Thank you very mush! Thats was a great admission to a site only little ower a week old and to Holger Gremminger as have developed this message board for us as is as are crazy on new and old machin...

Thanks Holger I don’t remember exactly how I come to meet ”Diesel Gypsy” but it was when I was searching trough Internet after trucks I guess or trough another website. His real name is William Weatherstone from Canada. He had set up an own homepage where he added stories from the past with hi...

Hi all lovers of old machines from the past and now! My name is Lars-Gunnar Åström. I’m living in the middle of Sweden in a city called Sundsvall as has 95.000 inhabitants. I’m not an operator for any machine but I am interested of them in general. Trucks/lorries, excavators, front loaders and...

Another unforgettable memory I had during 1963 was when I was asleep when our house suddenly began shake and I was immediately awoken. Because our house only was 6 meters from the way I ran to the window and what saw I? A huge Caterpillar D9 :shock: and an another D4 or D5 was moving down the way on...

In my native village a guy had a Caterpillar D6 or D7 during the 50 – 60 century’s and I saw this machine many times. My father as drove a 6 axle lorry/truck had sometimes to help him move it using a simple trailer without brakes. The Volvo Titan was filled with gravel and was only allowed run a...