Hauls, Backhauls and New Hauls

 A tremendous amount of machinery has been moving through the Port of Halifax recently. It would be impossible to track all of it, but this is what I have been able to catch by chance.

This morning Atlantic Tiltload had a pair of John Deere timber forwarders, model 1910G and called out their  Freightliner number 18 and International HX number 19 for the work.

 Both tractors are equipped with an extra axle and at least one of the trailers is a Talbert.

The Earl Paddock company from Stoney Creek, ON specialize in transporting military vehicles and are seen here often with both wheeled and tracked vehicles from General Dynamics for export. They are usually in and out so quickly that I don't get to see their well kept fleet of Kenworths.

 

Many of these military vehicles have passed outbound though Halifax recently.

Today I did spot Paddock Kenworth number 512, backhauling a Liebherr L 580 wheel loader.

 Speaking of loaders I saw this big Komatsu WA600 ready for the road, but no sign of the hauler.

Another operator of well kept Kenworths is the oversize load specialists Transport Watson from Quebec. In 2020 the QSL (founded as Quebec Stevedores Ltd) acquired Watson + Sycamore from Groupe Robert, but have retained the Watson identity so far. Their trucks are well known in Halifax for hauling aircraft components imported by Bombardier. I recently spotted what appeared to be a pair of new Kenworths:

Unit number W3913 is ready for a wide load with flags in place. It is a T880 model with mid-rise sleeper.

Unit W3912 appears to be built to a similar spec (but with a bull bar), and a large headache rack equipped with storage compartments.

What I think is a new name to the Halifax area is Sunbelt Rentals (a huge North America wide operation with 1,1000 locations.) I recently spotted their Peterbilt tilt deck, bearing Alberta plates.

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More Saudi LAVs, Earl Paddock delivers

The seemingly endless supply of LAVs continues to roll through Halifax, for shipment to Saudi Arabia. As usual it is Earl Paddock Transportation of Stoney Creek, ON wheeling them in. This winter the LAVs, although shrink wrapped, are being kept under cover in a waterfront warehouse, so that they do not have to be dug out of the snow when the ship arrives.
Yesterday morning this KW W900 (not the usual T800) awaited an unloading time. A Saudi ship is due today to take the latest deliveries from General Dynamics Land Systems in London, ON.
See also a previous posting: http://truckfax.blogspot.ca/2012/01/saudi-arabian-lavs-in-halifax.html

Big MAN updates

The remaining five MANs left the terminal on Thursday afternoon - just at 5 pm and right into rush hour traffic. It turns out that two of the MANs were 3 axle models, but otherwise appeared identical to the others. A convoy of similar spec Earl Paddock KWs did the hauling.
I am also able to say with some certainty that they were all wheel drive either 8 x 8 or 6 x 6.

1. Typical 8x8 MAN, and Earl Paddock KW, with rad blanket.

2. One of two 6x6 MANs, hauled by the only square nose KW in the convoy.

3. Typical Paddock KW had the second 6x6.

Big MAN in town

Also arriving by ship this work were a half dozen four axle MAN extra long straight trucks. These mighty MANs appear to be built tough, and for some special purpose.

Note the single tire rears and position of fuel tank. The second axle appears to be a steering axle only, but it's hard to tell if the front axle has drive.
You have to wonder if any Canadian manufacturer could have met the specs for this truck. There are so few commercial cab forwards now, that might have been a problem. Mack has its everlasting small tilt cab,  but none of the other majors has one these days.
That is another of those splendid Earl Paddock KWs doing the honours. Based in Stoney Creek, ON, they do a lot of hauling of military vehicles, and are almost weekly visitors to Halifax with General Dynamics LAVs for the Saudi Arabian defence force. (Another thirty or so of them went out this week.)
Sorry for the cut-off photo, but he was powering out of the pier and I caught him on the fly.