Popular Post NycHeavyIron Posted July 10 Popular Post Share Posted July 10 NYC Sanitation DM 686sx hauling a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer in Freshkills Landfill, October 1992. I am unsure the year this truck was built, someone told me these were the same spec as the dm600's used in vietnam. The low boy was made by Etnyer. The Mack was heavy spec but i do not know the specific details of it, these dm's had wetline set ups behind the cabs and full work light packages. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 ls that the operator l see in the dozer in the first picture? lol .....Hippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycHeavyIron Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 13 minutes ago, 70mackMB said: ls that the operator l see in the dozer in the first picture? lol .....Hippy Yes..yes it is lol😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Wow!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 A picture can share a thousand words but also a thousand sounds! Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 I'm not sure that Cat tractor is even chained to the trailer! 2 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycHeavyIron Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 7 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: I'm not sure that Cat tractor is even chained to the trailer! It’s not😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted July 11 Popular Post Share Posted July 11 9 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: I'm not sure that Cat tractor is even chained to the trailer! 1 hour ago, NycHeavyIron said: It’s not😆 very rarely was anything chained down in the landfill. those trucks also very rarely went over 5 mph when loaded...... and only around 20 mph empty. if i remember correctly, their to speed was around 45 mph. 4 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 1st picture the sign says "Truck Overloaded Do Not Proceed". ls that for the outbound trucks l hope? .....Hippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted July 11 Popular Post Share Posted July 11 1 hour ago, 70mackMB said: 1st picture the sign says "Truck Overloaded Do Not Proceed". ls that for the outbound trucks l hope? .....Hippy that was for overloaded inbound trash haulers. there was a wooden pile/ plank beck bridge on an access road for pickups going across a tidal river that went from that side of the landfill over to the main truck facility. it was replaced with a large concrete pier bridge around 1990 trash haulers liked to go in the victory blvd gate and cut over through the landfill roads to the scales at the main gate to avoid the long lines 3 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycHeavyIron Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 22 hours ago, tjc transport said: very rarely was anything chained down in the landfill. those trucks also very rarely went over 5 mph when loaded...... and only around 20 mph empty. if i remember correctly, their to speed was around 45 mph. Correct, topped out at 45, geared low 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Yeah, I guess if you weren't going out on the highway, it wouldn't matter too much. I do remember once, when I was a kid, seeing a D6 sitting on the side of the road next to a 2-axle lowboy trailer. Seems he had not chained it down "because he wasn't going far". But, it was a curvy, rough mountain road. And, somehow, it slid or bounced off. My dad knew the guy, and stopped and helped him get it loaded back up. Funny the things you remember...and the stuff you can't! 2 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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