Making of the Alaska Highway
Dec 4, 2022 16:43:39 #
Dec 4, 2022 16:46:43 #
Dakoda wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8EnbLh0N4
This is a bit long but pretty interesting. American know how at its finest. Theses men accomplished a historical feat.
Dec 4, 2022 19:01:37 #
Dakoda wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8EnbLh0N4
Thanks for sharing, Dakota.
Dec 4, 2022 19:28:32 #
Dakoda wrote:
This is a bit long but pretty interesting. American know how at its finest. Theses men accomplished a historical feat.
For all the in-fighting and division we seen to have, there is no other country greater on Earth than the good old USA
Dec 4, 2022 20:44:02 #
That was a very informative movie! I've driven the "Alcan" a few times...back in the early 80's, but never really stopped to wonder just exactly why it had been built.
Thanks for posting this vintage story from the archives of our magnificent Country!
Thanks for posting this vintage story from the archives of our magnificent Country!
Fishyaker back in 1981...no internet or GPS...just paper maps, fishing tackle and Kodachrome!
No trip along the "Alcan" would be complete without at least one flat tire!
Dec 4, 2022 21:08:03 #
fishyaker wrote:
That was a very informative movie! I've driven the "Alcan" a few times...back in the early 80's, but never really stopped to wonder just exactly why it had been built.
Thanks for posting this vintage story from the archives of our magnificent Country!
Thanks for posting this vintage story from the archives of our magnificent Country!
I envy you, that would have been a trip of a lifetime for me. I remember having a car jack like that, and a bumper strong enough to use that jack on. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 5, 2022 07:38:42 #
Jer
Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
Dakoda wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8EnbLh0N4
That was a great view of building a highway.
Thanks.
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Dec 5, 2022 16:37:57 #
Ted A
Loc: Eastern Washington
The road is all paved today except for a few miles east of the Alaska border. That's where the gravel holds up better over permafrost than pavement.
I drove the road twice with a trailer that had weather checked tires without any flat. All the old tire repair shops are now gone. Permafrost does make the highway a roller coaster in some places that can catch you going too fast. The front tires can leave the road.
I drove the road twice with a trailer that had weather checked tires without any flat. All the old tire repair shops are now gone. Permafrost does make the highway a roller coaster in some places that can catch you going too fast. The front tires can leave the road.
Dec 5, 2022 23:51:49 #
Dakoda wrote:
I envy you, that would have been a trip of a lifetime for me. I remember having a car jack like that, and a bumper strong enough to use that jack on. Thanks for sharing.
Boy, ain't that the truth.
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