Sinotruk

 Sinotruk (Hong Kong) Ltd is part of CNHTC, the state-owned Chinese National Heavy Duty Truck Group. They produce a line of trucks called Howo some of which are exported. They are rarely seen in the overcrowded North American and European truck market, so it was a surprise to see one in Halifax today, June 18.

The Howo 266 model straight truck has been fitted with a stainless steel tank and pumping gear, for an unknown use. It arrived in the port area on a truck operated by Timewise Tilt-N-Load Inc of Mississauga, ON. It may be going to Newfoundland or to the French islands of St-Pierre et Miquelon.

 It seems likely then that the tanker body was installed by a Canadian company in order to ensure certification for Canadian use.

Timewise operates from the Greater Toronto area to Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and New Brunswick, but this is the first time I have seen one of their trucks here. The slick long wheelbase Kenworth carries the name "Hurricane" and is hauling a Trail King tiltbed trailer.

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More Wheels

 If you need to haul big, you need more wheels. That is certainly the motto of Atlantic Tiltload Ltd, when they had a Terex Finlay J-1175 Tracked Jaw Crusher to transport.

The Western Star, fleet number 78, had a spare axle not in use, but the Trail King trailer rig had all its wheels on the ground, including a three axle jeep and two axle booster. According to the Finlay web site, the operating weight of a J-1175 rock crusher is 113,096 lbs / 51,300 kg. I expect shipping weight might be a little bit less.

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More crushing, more axles

 There seems to be a run on rock crushing machinery coming into the Port of Halifax lately. Today there were a pair of Terex Finlay units (I only got a photo of one) and Atlantic Tiltload Ltd was on the job with multi-axle trucks and trailers.

The Western Star with flat top sleeper was equipped with an air lift third axle and the red Trail King trailer had a two axle dolly. Unfortunately I could not see the whole rig. The Terex Finlay J-1160 is a "Primary Mobile Jaw Crusher" suitable for demolition, recycling and quarry work. A similar Terex Finlay was hauled away before I could get my camera out.

Another Atlantic Tiltload rig was also lead by a Western Star - this one with a high rise sleeper, third axle and a black multi-axle Trail King complete with three axle jeep dolly and three axle booster. I didn't see what load it was taking.

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