Wet fish - wet day

Despite pouring rain, the herring trucks were at it again since the fish must be processed while they are still reasonably fresh. As each boat arrived a new line of trucks was ready to take on the catch. By mid-day today several of the trucks previously photographed had been and gone, and trucks I had not been able to photograph before came into view. I was also able to station myself to see the wild variety of tank trailers they were pulling.

Joel Smith Fisheries' Freightliner was hauling this shorty tanker that appeared to have staeted life as a B-train pup.

 

Comeau's Fisheries of Saulnierville, NS, are the largest operators of herring seiners , and they also operate the largest fleet of trucks, several with the same paint scheme. This traditional F'liner with square rad and low rise sleeper looks very good.

 Another Comeau Freightliner is of the newer design and set back axle. Note the drain lines from the top of the tank and the flushing line along the side.

This previously photo'd Pete, also running for Comeaus, shows the work platform on the tanker where the loaders work to direct the hoses from the seiners into the top hatches.

Exceptionally nice looking black Mack was hauling a tanker with a dimple. Its trailer was loaded with a worker standing on a separate pumping chute, so did not have to stand on the trailer.

 Nice set back KW was hauling what looked like a grain trailer, but in fact had delivered ice to several of the seiners. The boats carry the ice to keep the fish cool. The insulated tank trailers do the same, since the fish are pumped into the trailers in a slurry of icy water.

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Mystery crate

A big object, covered in white shrinkwrap, arrived today at Fairview Cove. Unusual for such cargo, there was no indication anywhere what the content might be.

Hauling the crate is Express Mondor of Lanoraie, QC, using a straight stack Peterbilt (unit # 2013-175) and a 60 tonne float with four axles and a three axle jeep.

The cargo is mounted on a steel frame, and has a small bump out on the back corner.

There were two escort vehicles associated with the operation, one of which was a 2012 GMC Sierra.

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Nice KW

The herring keep coming in and so do the trucks to haul them away for processing. Today there was something different. A tandem axle straight truck with a van body and a nice one too.

This Kenworth is painted in a deep British Racing green with a matching stripes on the van. It is operated by Stoney Island Fisheries Ltd of Stoney Island Harbour, Cape Sable Island, NS.

It was delivering a cargo of ice to one of the fishing boats before it set out for another trip.

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Boomer

A crane truck with Alberta plates has appeared in Halifax. Did he overshoot the driveway? Perhaps with the slowdown in the western Canada economy the owner is expanding east. In any event it is an impressive unit.
It is a Manitex 4596T, with a 90,000 lb capacity.

The chassis is a Western Star tri-drive, featuring twin steering axles forward and three drive axles in the rear. The heavy frame also carries a fifth wheel for hauling a semi-trailer.

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Herring travel in style

As previously reported herring seiners periodically unload their catches in Halifax depending on the season of the year. They were here in force on Saturday May 30, and there was an interesting variety of trucks to take the loads, and most were high end models.

Glistening set back KW was hauling fish boxes which were loaded on at a time, it is from Baie Ste-Anne, New Brunswick.

Nicely painted KW was looking sharp.

Sleek Pete carries an Acadian flag on its front bumper.

Western Star featured a two tone green colour scheme.

The last three trucks pictured above were running for Comeau's Seafoods Ltd of Saulnierville, NS. When not hauling herring tankers, they are just as likely to be hauling frozen fish to markets in New England.

Plane Peterbilt did not standout from the crowd, but it is nice to see a low rise sleeper.

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Big Lift

When a "three-pack" double stack container car derailed last evening in the north end of Halifax, CN brought in some heavy equipment (and a lot of smaller gear) to set things right:

First order of business was to move another half dozen cars that had not derailed. To do this, since the track was blocked for locomotives, they called in this monster Cat 980M from Dexter/Municipal Contracting. It was last seen doing snow clearing in Halifax this winter, but it is not normally allowed on the streets due to its size.

The Cat was brought in by this Western Star from Dexter's large fleet.

This locally based Freightliner hi-railer (CN 176403) was on the scene early on.

Overnight this CN hi-rail crane truck arrived from Moncton. Its truly impressive crane boom was not enough to lift the loaded cars.[see post script]

Early this morning, before the fog lifted, this Faun Tadano 200 tonner arrived. It is seen here detaching its dolly, which it is required to tow on public roads, to distribute its weight.

Once it had been moved closer to the derailment, it loaded its two ballast units from the accompanying vehicle, a veteran Sterling (that has been on these pages before, when it belonged to Partners Crane rentals, a company taken over by A.W.Leil.)

Once in position, the two cranes made short work of lifting the cars and getting them on the track

The cars were then towed clear by the Cat, so the track could be repaired. 

A number of miscellaneous CN vehicles were also on scene, several of then hi-railers:

GMC Yukon hi-railer. 

Several Fords,

and some more Fords.

For those who need to know, the string of cars was being hauled out of the HIT Terminal by yard engines 9410 and 9486, both GMD GP40s.

Post Script

If the mighty Peterbilt crane looks vaguely familiar, it has been shown here before, but in its previous "life".

Originally built as a Brute 150, it was recently rebuilt in the US and given a Peterbilt cab, but underneath all that it is still a Brute 150.

http://truckfax.blogspot.ca/2010/06/is-it-truck-is-it-train.html

Since it was rebuilt it has been given a new number: CN074778.

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Star hauler

A Mills Heavy Hauling Western Star had another imported log forwarder today. This one is a Rottne F15c from Sweden. http://www.rottne.com/en/

 

The F15c is an off road model, which according to the literature can be fitted with tracks on its tires.
http://www.rottne.com/en/skogsmaskin/f15/

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