From: Nigel Hay - MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 09:51:49 PST
I took part in the 1992 MVPA Alaska highway trip - you can see a few pics on
http://www.milweb.net/News/alaska/index.html
Well worth reading is a book by a veteran civy trucker of 1942 Cyril
Griffiths called "Trucking The Tote Road to Alaska"
Enjoy the snow while it lasts, NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cole" <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] speaking of Snow
> Back in '68 my family drove the Alcan highway to Alaska from Michigan,
> visited all of the major sites and drove back. It had about 800 miles of
> gravel back then all neatly graded. 45 mph was about the max speed to
> drive it safely. I understand it is all paved now and is a really nice
> road in the summer. People commonly drive it from Alaska to the lower 48
> and it is not a big deal. It certainly was back in '68. My father
bought
> 4 new tires in Fairbanks due to the excess wear from the gravel. I don't
> recall seeing any old MVs back then along the road, however there probably
> were some. I was 10 at the time and was more interested in Corvettes and
> Camaro's and those new Dodges with big wing on the back and the pointy
> nose. (Superbirds). (:->)
>
> Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:19:46 -0600, Bill Chambers <bchambers@hoovers.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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> --
> Dave
>
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