a couple of TDI pics for you all

[dirtmvr]

Thanks to Fred, I have finally figured out how to post pictures. Here are a few of my NB "Genie" with her big TDI brother "Wiggly", and my son Griffin.

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[This message has been edited by VW Derf (edited May 23, 2000).]

 

[CFriedriszik]

dirtmvr,
is this yellow monster your daily ride ?
Tell us more about the specs and the way it feels. I am always hungry for new experiences

Can you fix that 3rd link above, or can I mess with your post ?

 

[dirtmvr]

The truck is a Caterpillar D400D, which means it is capable of hauling a 40t load, with a gross weight of about 70t. We use them to haul blasted rock for the most part.
I don't drive them daily anymore; now I bid the jobs to keep them busy! They are strange to get used to because of the way they articulate- it is possible for the dump body section to completely rotate (flip) on it's side while the front two wheels stay on the ground. They max out at about 35mph, are all wheel drive, and have 405hp with powershift transmissions. Between the air-ride seat and the big flotation tires you really feel like you are floating along. I don't know why that other picture link didn't work, I'll look into it some more.

 

[Scottmcg]

dirtmvr, I remember my dad when I was about your son's age taking me out in the terex titan (?) he used to drive at a sand and gravel company here. Bounce, bounce, bounce,
Nice Beetle. Later, Scott.

 

[Karl Roenick]

I like the look of your saftey-hat equipped NB a lot better than the MSA Safety Bug!

 

[BeetleGo]

Aside from a white exterior/black interior,
your colors are da bomb! Really looks nice, don't it?

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BeetleGo, went that-a-way

"You said this was a DIESEL?!"

 

[VeeDubTDI]

Those have to be the coolest pictures i've ever seen!

You call that big thing "wiggly?"

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2000 Yellow New Beetle 1.9T Manual

 

[VeeDubTDI]

You should have loaded the NB into the back of the Cat.

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2000 Yellow New Beetle 1.9T Manual

 

[dirtmvr]

Hey VeeDubTDI:

Glad you liked the pictures! I want to get one with the car inside our big excavator bucket, but I haven't had the chance yet. Soon though!

 

[STNK BG 1]

dirtmvr, you'll have to come down here and see some of the monsters CAT makes at the local mining truck plant. They do not, however, put Firestone tires (also made here) on them.

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2k1 NB 5 spd Yellow. No mods.
Putting my trust in German engineering.
Gisteren een droom...heden werkelykheid

 

[dirtmvr]

STNK BG 1: Yes, I would love to get to that factory and also the tractor factory in Peoria. I was in the wheel loader factory once in Chicago, and that was cool. Lots of robots welding up excavator frames and bikers building loaders! Cat is a pretty progressive company; they had some mining trucks and a large wheel loader running purely on satellite control in their proving grounds in Arizona. And no Firestone tires! We use Michelin for 99% of our heavy equipment (and Delo 400 oil!).

 

[VeeDubTDI]

That would be so cool! Do get some pictures of that.

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