Turns out to be a wrecker from Lindsay Milne's Roadside Assistance from Kentville, Nova Scotia. I have no idea what brought the big Pete in to Halifax, but I am glad I got the picture.
http://lindsaymilnesroadside.com/
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Lucky Catch
It helps to have keen eyesight - not to mention luck - so that you can get into the right position to grab a photo on the fly. All that happened this morning at the Fairview Cove terminal when I spied an odd truck emerging without a trailer., but
Turns out to be a wrecker from Lindsay Milne's Roadside Assistance from Kentville, Nova Scotia. I have no idea what brought the big Pete in to Halifax, but I am glad I got the picture.
http://lindsaymilnesroadside.com/
Turns out to be a wrecker from Lindsay Milne's Roadside Assistance from Kentville, Nova Scotia. I have no idea what brought the big Pete in to Halifax, but I am glad I got the picture.
http://lindsaymilnesroadside.com/
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Seeing Stars
There seem to be a lot of Western Stars on the road these days, and that's a good thing! They are particularly plentiful around the Fairview Cove container terminal where a lot of interesting RoRo and heavy cargo comes in from Europe.
This small Liebherr crane was recently arrived from Europe and was in transit by Total Transport/ Mills' Western Star and well used four axle trailer.
Working across the street Atlantic Tiltload had this Star on hand to move a portable building to make more parking room for idled buses.
Equipment Express of Ayr, ON had a shrink wrapped boiler to move. The company must have several similar trucks. This one is number 311, and I saw 320 here week or so ago.
On close inspection I realized that I got Armour, Sunbury and Midland trucks in the same picture, although in the background. I don't know who runs the Cat powered Peterbilt.
This small Liebherr crane was recently arrived from Europe and was in transit by Total Transport/ Mills' Western Star and well used four axle trailer.
Working across the street Atlantic Tiltload had this Star on hand to move a portable building to make more parking room for idled buses.
Equipment Express of Ayr, ON had a shrink wrapped boiler to move. The company must have several similar trucks. This one is number 311, and I saw 320 here week or so ago.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Right Hand Drives
It is unusual to see a right hand drive vehicle, but to see two of them within minutes is indeed a rare occurrence.
First up was this cute little street sweeper. Much smaller than the usual rig, it must be used for pathways and trails or other roadways that are too narrow for the bigger units.
The RAVO is a Dutch manufacturer, part of the Fayat Group, a French company. Very well known in Europe, they are fairly recent arrivals in this country. The RHD configuration allows the driver to cosy up to curbs where most of the road grit accumulates over the winter months.
Somewhat larger in scale is this well used European Volvo that I discovered driving around near the Fairview Cove terminal, so perhaps it had recently arrived from Europe. it didn't appear to have local plates or permits.
The rig was also equipped with an unusual looking Multlift body.
The plates it did carry were "SF 53 WFD" .
First up was this cute little street sweeper. Much smaller than the usual rig, it must be used for pathways and trails or other roadways that are too narrow for the bigger units.
The RAVO is a Dutch manufacturer, part of the Fayat Group, a French company. Very well known in Europe, they are fairly recent arrivals in this country. The RHD configuration allows the driver to cosy up to curbs where most of the road grit accumulates over the winter months.
Somewhat larger in scale is this well used European Volvo that I discovered driving around near the Fairview Cove terminal, so perhaps it had recently arrived from Europe. it didn't appear to have local plates or permits.
The rig was also equipped with an unusual looking Multlift body.
The plates it did carry were "SF 53 WFD" .
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