From: HOWARD WRIGHT (dvsww2@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 12:23:53 PST
One of my buddies was a mechanic for heavy equipment on the Alaska pipeline
and they never shift the engines off, even when changing oil. One guy
would fill from the top, while another drained and when the oil was clean
they'd put in the plug. I wonder how the military did it?
> [Original Message]
> From: Auke Dijkstra <auke.dijkstra@wxs.nl>
> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: 2/18/03 11:35:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] speaking of Snow
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I've read some stories about truckers driving Kenworth's in the early
'50's
> in a magazine.
> They went from Oregon to Alaska every other week, sleeping in Hotels
while
> letting their
> diesel engines run all night. Another story was about operating
Caterpillar
> D7 and D8's
> and heating up the oil before an oil change and never stop the engine
longer
> then 15 minutes, I don't know if these stories were true.
> There were some stories in earlier Wheels and Tracks magazines about a
bunch
> of guys
> (MVPA?) along the Alaska Highway in '40-'45 vehicles, maybe there are guys
> on this list that know more about this.
>
> Regards,
> Auke
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Chambers" <bchambers@hoovers.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: dinsdag 18 februari 2003 19:19
> Subject: [MV] speaking of Snow
>
>
> > History Channel had a great show on the building of the Alaskan highway
> (oil
> > can highway) during WW2.
> > Actually went into the problems with permafrost and other conditions
that
> > met the military vehicles.
> >
> > Question: Were there modifications made to the dueces and bulldozers and
> > such to work in those conditions?
> > If so, what would have been done to keep them from frozen death?
> >
> > Also, has anyone been on it in the last several years? Sounds like a
great
> > historic drive, and was wondering if there is any remains, musuems,
stops
> > that I could plan for?
> >
> > regards,
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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