Mack trucks in the arctic

[gimpyrobb]

Not even front wheel drive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AYwLzwGReU

 

[M813rc]

I thought "I'll watch a few minutes of this..."
I ended up watching 23.5 minutes!

Heckuva trip. "Many dogs".

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

 

[Karl kostman]

Gimp thanks for posting this video it was rather amazing what those folks and equipment went through on a trip like this, it makes me think about my trucks and their ROUGH day is driving on a gravel road! That is pretty sad! Thanks again Gimp its a whole different world today than when this was filmed!
Karl

 

[Shark Bait]

There went a half hour of my evening. Lol. Very cool. Thanks.

 

[jcappeljr]

Awesome video,thanks..

 

[73m819]

Those trucks are moded quarry trucks. that is some driving.

 

[badgimp]

Good history lesson! Wow, air starters on them things! lol so glad we don't use them now, but then again they have their advantages.

 

[Artisan]

That was fun...Kinda reminded me of grammer school and
VIDEO day that was always great in school... HA! Remember
when COLOR TV came out?

 

[85 USMC M998]

Thanks Gimp
I even learned a little history.

 

[Shark Bait]

That was fun...Kinda reminded me of grammer school and
VIDEO day that was always great in school... HA! Remember
when COLOR TV came out?

The sound of the movie starting out with it rolling in and out til the projector took up the slack. Loved movie day!

 

[marchplumber]

Thanks! Purdy awesome. Different breed.

 

[therooster2001]

My god that music was awesome. I have a couple of T-6 training videos that must be from the same narrator.

 

[wsucougarx]

Loved this movie. Felt like a kid at a pizza parlor watching an old time movie.

 

[wreckerman893]

Driving a Mack is like kissing your sister.....it's OK as long as nobody sees you and you don't start liking it too much.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Driving a Mack is like kissing your sister.....it's OK as long as nobody sees you and you don't start liking it too much.

Says the man that learned to kiss from his brother!

 

[Hoefler]

Great movie. Thanks for sharing this.
Pete

 

[dilligaf13]

Awesome movie!! Thanks for the share.

 

[Dirt71]

Bad Ass!!!!

 

[steelypip]

I had always wondered how the bulk goods to build the DEW line stations got there. One look at a map of the line shows that essentially all of it was in the square, utter middle of northern nowhere. Presumably airdrops were adopted for smaller scale resupply as was done with the LORAN stations before they were automated. But getting the bulk equipment and supplies into the arctic in the late 1940s was not a small logistical problem. Nowadays we've got a lot more capability to airlift and a lot more capable offroad truck capability thanks mostly to arctic oil exploration.

Then they had custom-built Mack trucks, which seem to have done the job. I would like to see what they were plowing the road with, though...

[later]
I see they used big bulldozers, presumably either Cats or LeTourneaus. It seems, though, that the trucks could move a lot faster than the dozers could have broken trail...