Here's something for 'The Keeper of the Flame' , knowing how much he likes oilfield trucks. And Biglorryblog Dennis Child and a good friend of his in France Jen-Luc Dossman for sending me a couple of wonderful Paccar oilfield truck brochures from which I have been able to take these pictures.True ships of the desert!
So let's start with this superb bonneted behemoth...the 6x6 963 'family of oilfield rigids.designed for extreme off-road work,Poweer comes from a Cummins 15-litre ISX or Cat C15with a Clark (Dana) powershift 7-speed box.
Obviously with air con too (and tyre inflation system to help you through and your sand tyres the dunes..)
It's not a mirage...it's a Kenworth!
Nice blue and white version---and you can see that massive wheelbase too... Now click through for a cabover oilfield truck..no really!
Behold the mighty K500. And for an easy-peasy pie...what does this cab normally sit on?
Under the hood you can have the same Cummins ISX or Cat C15 or a C13 too..but I have no idea what that kit is on the back. Anyone?
The last two rigs appear to be blenders for a frac unit. Here's a link to my flickr page with a similar rig as used in the Alberta oil fields:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dieselhorse/2299129169/
The cab is normally on a Daf truck.
Would anybody know of any Kenworth Super 963's available for purchase?
Glad to see the yanks using the same cab as ihave been rrestoring for the last five years mines 20 yrs old & called a seddon atkinson strato. shame they didn't stop around when I H dabbled with S A (4 -11) the same might be said about DAF with Foden in 15 yrs time, when Hino have demolished the opposition !!! Devay vu B S A Triumph norton etc
i am wondering if anyone knows where to buy any of these 963 model oilfield bede trucks. i work in oman and am looking to purchase a few HEAVY oilfield trucks with 91000lb rear ends or bigger with large winches(60t or bigger)
if so ...please reply to my email
thanks
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