What's new and not so new

 I don't often get to the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, but when I do I like to swing by all the truck dealers to see what is on the lots.  Usually there is something of interest. Sometimes it is a new truck ready to deliver and sometimes it is an older truck in for service or resale.

Today (April 23) was a nice sunny day, and this is what I saw:

A new Mack Anthem ready for delivery to Municipal Contracting. It has some nice options including a serious headache rack.

Hansen's deliver high end autos in enclosed trailers, but also carry cars in the open. This Volvo was in the yard, maybe for servicing.

The Kenworth dealer had this "triple screw" T880 - surely a fairly rare beast - and worthy of two photos:

 

The Western Star dealer had this 4900 with a very serious bull bar:

 Speaking of W'Stars, and bull bars I spotted this twin steer, at the Navistar International dealer's lot:

To round off the trip, I also saw a rare International LoneStar, but not at the dealer's. It was at the Petro Pass fuel stop. It also had a serious critter filter, specially configured to protect the LoneStar.

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Heads I win, Tails you lose

 It was more aircraft components at Fairview Cove today as two tail assemblies were pulled out on flat bed trailers. We have been accustomed to seeing the smart looking Watson trucks pulling these trailers, but today it was trucks from Total Transport + Rigging, the company that acts as local agents for oversize loads. Watson may pick up the loads from TT+R, but it looks like these ones will be hauled directly by TT+R.

First out was a cleam looking Mack Anthem. It is hauling a Paron trailer, still with a Mills Heavy Hauling sticker. (Mills was the predecessor to TT+R under previous owners).

TT+R trucks, as were Mills trucks before them, are usually painted red, so this may be an owner /operator rig.

A Navistar International equipped with a third axle hauled the second trailer.

The tail assemblies arrive on ships of the Atlantic Container line and are destined for Bombardier's aircraft manufacturing facilities in the Montreal area or Downsview, in the Toronto area. Bombardier used to own the former Short Brothers factory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but sold it to Spirit AeroSystems in 2020. It seems Bombardier still gets assemblies from Shorts, which ships out of Liverpool, England.

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These just in from Switzerland

Two expedition vehicles cleared customs and left the confines of the Fairview Cove terminal today, and were soon on the road. 

 The smaller of the two was a very rare brand for North America. I venture to say it may be the only one on these shores at the moment. Bucher-Guyer AC of Switzerland developed the DURO (DUrable RObust) in both 4x4 and 6x6 versions for military use. Starting in 1994 General Dynamics European Land Based Systems / MOWAG began full production, initially for the Swiss Army. Since then they have sold to other countries. A civilian version was also developed for vocational use, municipal services and fire fighting. Only a very small number have been built for expedition conversion.

Today's 4x4 unit carries the Bucher badge, but I could not see a label for the van body. It certainly appears to live up to the Duro name however. I wonder what the suspension is like.

The larger unit is a better known marque - Scania. This is a model 114C, tilt crew cab (a rare configuration, see a previous post), with an expedition style cabin.

The "Bodyduck" name is a reference to Team Bodyduck, the expedition operators, who have their own website describing their trip so far. The English version can be found here: https://www-bodyduck-ch.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de

Their Tranamerica trip was cancelled in 2020 but resumed this year with the truck shipped via Hamburg on the Atlantic Sail . Grimaldi Lines, the owners of Atlantic Container Line, are currently not allowing travellers to accompany their vehicles as they used to do (pre-pandemic), so they now have to fly in to Halifax to pick up the vehicles.

In addition to the Swiss flag on the front of the cab, the rig has an array of horns on the roof that should be totally useless to scare moose and bears. I would have invested the money in a "bullbar".

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Petes

 There was a time when a Peterbilt was a rare sight in Canada, but fortunately that has changed, and they are everywhere these days. That is not to say that they are any less pleasing to the eye. Peterbilt has managed to keep the classic look - thanks to popular demand particularly with owner/operators.

If you have wondered why it is hard to find a used car, here is part of the answer. Scores of used cars are exported through Halifax every week - headed in all directions overseas. Some arrive on their own wheels from local auctions, but others are trucked in from points west.

A pair of Petes - one white, one black, parked in perfect alignment at the Fairview Cove terminal, wait to unload. Trans Welvis of Rivière-du-Loup, QC is one of the larger car transporters. They use the popular straight truck/stinger trailer arrangement to maximize capacity. The ladder on the side reminds me of a ship's gangway.

A frequent sight in downtown Halifax is David Brown's long wheelbase, day cab Pete. It delivers to grocery stores, and seems to manage wheeling around the tight streets and parking lots.

There is space for a sleeeper, but that is not needed as the truck runs from its base in Cambridge, in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. (David Brown is part of Eassons, which also owns Choice Refrigerated Sytems, C.R.S.)

Can you guess the date that this photo was taken?

The picture was taken in 1987, but the truck was "Class of '82". It appears to have been painted for service with Maritime-Ontario, but at the time of the photo its owner was Roy Forest (I think) and it was running for Canadian National.

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