1973-Joining the highways in 1973 meant you got to learn everything; trucks, graders, loaders etc.
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1973-We loaded the gravel in the pit in Strachan Valley then drove all the way to past Pete’s corner to dump.
Pete was the guy that built the cardboard house(or at least finished it in cardboard). He was what we called then a “remittance man’ and got money from his parents and family in England to not go home.
You could spot him occasionally working on the cardboard covering of his house. The sharp uphill curve just past his place was called ‘Pete’s Corner’.
Tandem
1977
I think this heading downhill towards the Co-op.
Grading
1977-Larry Smith
This work required a lot of skill. The trucks had to dump their contents within a certain length allowing the grader to level proportionately.