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Old 06-06-2010, 07:14 PM
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Yeah a cummings M11 set at 350 HP with a 10 speed behind it.
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Oh. Must be a new engine. I have a Cummins in my Kenwerth
I guess my engine is just a little more excited than yours.
 
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Old 06-11-2010, 04:35 PM
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True, you won't really find tubes in tires down here, but they are quite common in Alaska for cold weather use. They would be easy to get once you get to more northern climates. You can use them even in tubeless tires.

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Well the truck I have is in good mechanical shape, although I would worry about the body, thats why I would likely buy a different truck before going back. Would I have to go somewhere special to buy tubes? I sure I haven't seen tubed tires in a while.
 
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Check www.carlile.com they run trucks on the Alaskan Highway.They are currently hiring drivers.
 
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Old 06-11-2010, 09:01 PM
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Your website link isn't right, but I think I want to stay in Canada anyway, although the dalton does look more interesting.
 
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Sorry about that.The company is Carlile.They have been featured on Ice Road Trucker this season.
 
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Old 06-14-2010, 02:05 AM
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You have to work in your own country.

Cabotage rules.

If you are serious, go work for Continental Cartage starting now, and keep quiet about the Winter Road. They are a Landtran affiliate to Tli Cho, the company that they were all working for in the first year series.

First dibs go to their own drivers, then they fill from outside, and they also do a lot of the pre-positioning of freight in Yellowknife before the winter.

350 HP might be a little small, but see if they'll take you, economy the way it is, who knows?

The time to get your air system up to snuff for arctic conditions is right now. You want a few months of nice dry air floating around in there. Fresh desicant in the air drier, get the leaks and crappy hoses changed out. Rubber, not plastic, for the lines to the trailer.
 
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Old 06-15-2010, 02:06 AM
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I'd love to head up there now and work, but I have a seasonal job here for a family owned business, climbing trees if you can believe it.
 



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