Machinery rolling in - and out

Numerous pieces of construction, agricultrual and mining machinery have arrived in Halifax by sea in the past few weeks. They soon rolled out again by truck - several pieces a day. In no particular order here are some examples:

An unusual looking piece of Schmidt equipment was hauled away by an orange colured Quebec truck (I will not name the company since I got into trouble when I mentioned them once before). I have always liked their trucks - including this able Western Star.

The load is a TJS -C630 jet sweeper for snow clearing at airports. It has a 6.3 meter sweep broom.

A lot of Sandvik mining equipment arrives through the Port of Halifax.

This straight pipe Peterbilt is working hard to haul a Sandvik Leopard "down the hole" drilling rig. The Pete could still be heard when it was well out of sight and "down the road".

 A much smaller Sandvik Commando was a much easier haul for this Western Star:

The rig came with some crates of parts and pieces.

There seems to be no end in demand for JCB backhoes and other diggers. These ones are outbound for a dealer in Quebec:

Bossé et Frère, from Montmagny, QC, run a low rise Freightliner and step deck to haul this pair of telescopic boom units.

This "through the fence" shot shows three crane trucks imported for Sarens crane rentals (believed to be Liebherrs). They are being lashed down on rail cars for the inland leg of their delivery trip. (The ship Oberon in the background is not the ship that brought them to Canada.)

 The big load of the week is an unidentified piece of equipment hidden from prying eyes by a blue tarp - but seemingly a Caterpillar due to the colour of one end sticking out of the tarp. (I may be in trouble again). New models arrive before they are officially announced and the company does not like people "scooping" them, so are known to threaten them, and their truckers, with legal action. The last time this occurred I suggested that tarps are cheper than lawyers (and reusable at no charge) so perhaps they got wise. 

The big multi-axle Aspen dolly/trailer/dolly was a good haul for the Western Star (I have not named the truckers - see above).

 Even the slight "lump" of the railway crossing resulted in a bit of bottoming, so some care will be needed on the rest of the journey. You can guess what is under the tarp - it is a tracked vehicle and it is painted yellow:

Local readers will know the name of the trucker from the company number on the trailer, and in fact the unit may be for their own quarrying or road construction operations. Their transportation and logistics arm runs nice equipment like the flat top Western Star.

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