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after about a year the xm977 will arrive at about 0830 tomorrow, of course pics will follow
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arrives 9/24
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COOL! I wondered what happened to that thing...
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That sounds great Ron. Glad its coming home. See you next weekend at Unicoi.
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ooh... Ok if I swing by tomorrow?
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sure, it is being droped off at the truck turnaround just before the bridge
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Joel, you need to be at home wrenching on your Deuce!!!!!!! 
Congrats Ron!!
Congrats Ron!!
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it will be at least 1700 before I get there
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ok, but you miss all the fun
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how much do you think the 8x8 weighs? that is one STEEP hill whe you turn off 53.
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not any more, NEW road, easy grade.
i would say about 16 to 18k
i would say about 16 to 18k
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It's here!!!!
Here are a bunch of pictures from the recovery of the XM977 and bring and putting it in it's new home.
Here are a bunch of pictures from the recovery of the XM977 and bring and putting it in it's new home.
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Looking good!
Looking good!
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Nice.
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Say Ron, does that thing have a Kenworth cab, and a LDS-465-2?
DD
Say Ron, does that thing have a Kenworth cab, and a LDS-465-2?
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More Pics.
More Pics.
More Pics.
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More Pics!
More Pics, Hope you guys get your pic fix with this operation.
More Pics, Hope you guys get your pic fix with this operation.
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it has a PC&F (pacific car and foundry) emblem on a kw cab, both are owned by the same company, it has a 8v92 detroit (the same engine as the hemtts)
anybody that wants to come by and take a look, come on, my ph# is 678=450=5512
it has a PC&F (pacific car and foundry) emblem on a kw cab, both are owned by the same company, it has a 8v92 detroit (the same engine as the hemtts)
anybody that wants to come by and take a look, come on, my ph# is 678=450=5512
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Isn't that just a Kenworth C500 with a green paint job?
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no, it was part of the hett program, it is a prototype for pc&fs entry
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Ok, thought maybe you found the long lost Halliburton Mongolia truck.
In 1976 Halliburton placed an order for 30 C500 trucks with Kenworth. Due to various production delays the delivery stretched out almost 4 years with the last truck being delivered late in 1979. The trucks were an 8 wheel drive configuration with single tires on all axles. They were also cab over models.
Round about 1989 Halliburton downsized it's Mongolia operations. 26 trucks were liquidated, 2 were returned to the US, and 2 were wrecked while in service. Of the two that were returned 1 went to Jacksboro TX where it sits today in a storage yard. The other went to Houston and was sold at public auction in 1997. It has not been seen since.
Of the 26 left in Mongolia 5 found their way into Siberia where they are working the oil field up there. Kenworth makes a damn tough truck apparently. The whereabouts of the other 21 are unknown, it is rumored that 3 were appropriated by the Chinese military, converted into troop transports and are serving in Tibet. However this has not been substantiated with any photographic evidence.
The truck that returned to the US and was sold had a large pump mounted on the back for pumping drilling mud. The one in Jacksboro TX has a 4,000 gallon tank to hold drilling mud.
If you happen to see some red paint under all that green then maybe you do have the missing Mongolia truck.
Heavy trucks are something of a hobby of mine. Hope you don't mind me sharing some information with you.
In 1976 Halliburton placed an order for 30 C500 trucks with Kenworth. Due to various production delays the delivery stretched out almost 4 years with the last truck being delivered late in 1979. The trucks were an 8 wheel drive configuration with single tires on all axles. They were also cab over models.
Round about 1989 Halliburton downsized it's Mongolia operations. 26 trucks were liquidated, 2 were returned to the US, and 2 were wrecked while in service. Of the two that were returned 1 went to Jacksboro TX where it sits today in a storage yard. The other went to Houston and was sold at public auction in 1997. It has not been seen since.
Of the 26 left in Mongolia 5 found their way into Siberia where they are working the oil field up there. Kenworth makes a damn tough truck apparently. The whereabouts of the other 21 are unknown, it is rumored that 3 were appropriated by the Chinese military, converted into troop transports and are serving in Tibet. However this has not been substantiated with any photographic evidence.
The truck that returned to the US and was sold had a large pump mounted on the back for pumping drilling mud. The one in Jacksboro TX has a 4,000 gallon tank to hold drilling mud.
If you happen to see some red paint under all that green then maybe you do have the missing Mongolia truck.
Heavy trucks are something of a hobby of mine. Hope you don't mind me sharing some information with you.