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ground up resto !!

this is your captain speaking, we are preparing for lift-off ...

a lowrider quad ...

that bucket holds alot of sand !!

the dump buckets on these 797's are replaced regularly because they wear out from the sand.

on the highway when the new buckets are delivered on flatbed semi's, they take up two lanes of highway ...

big toys

a wild looking beast !!

Fort McMurray is the center of just one of the 3 large oil sands deposits in Alberta. The others are centered at Peace River and Cold Lake. In total these deposits cover about 140,800 square kilometers or 54,363 square miles in northern Alberta. This is an area larger than the state of Florida. Currently the bulk of the development is in the Fort McMurray area.

i'm not sure of the brand, but the machine is located in fort mcmurray alberta ...

hahaha, yah for sure !

the guys in that picture have the perfect look too ...

Dragline formerly used for surface mining oil sands. Syncrude had 4 in operation. Last one retiring at the end of 2005. These draglines would mine the oil sands and deposit them in what they call windrows. A bucketwheel, shown next, would then scoop up the windrows, passing the material by conveyor to crushers. It would then be slurried and sent to the refinery by pipeline for processing. Each used the energy equivilant per day of 30,000 homes to operate. Two of these bad boys have been disassembled and sent to Australia for coal mining operations there.

another cool photo !   are these drags electric powered?  i know the ones they have here in fort mac on the oil sands are electric, and use alot of juice ...

and a little extreme ...

hold on tight !!

that would be good on the farm ...

and very cute picture of your little one, looks like she is quite content.

nice picture, anywhere close to the water like that is so relaxing, and riding to get there is a big bonus !!  the water there reminds me of the clearwater river where i am and ride frequently. access is still there, but the old railbed that ran along it was torn up and making way for a 4 lane highway... way to go regional municipality of wood buffalo for such a brilliant plan to put a road.

cool on board photo,  are the cameras rolling 24/7?

Nice ride Ghost420guy, you are going to have so much fun with that i'm sure !!

yah, i dont remember where i got it (site) but i think the photo was from an asian country if memory serves... that was the nicest and weirdest bike out of the lot LOL

would this be comfortable to ride ?

i just thought this was too funny ... but i guess i have a warped sense of humour sometimes ...

looks like something from Mad Max or The Road Warrior

ain't that the truth ... LOL

the look on both their faces is priceless ...