A company called Sherp Canada held a demonstration outside Whitehorse. These machines are made in Ukraine and can go through mud, water, ice, snow — you name it.
One thing I noticed though, is that they tear up the countryside. This is partly because of the huge wheels and the method of turning, which is like a tank. Wheels turning forwards and backwards, pivoting the vehicle, tend to mash the ground and dig into it.
The manufacturers hope the Canadian Forces will buy some.
The Alaska Highway is cleaned by road crews during the summer. The road produces big clouds of dust especially when driven by heavy trucks.
Six wheels, three gas tanks and built to withstand warzones.
What is this vehicle?
“I bought it from the German police” says the driver, Mario Goldstein. He explains the truck was formerly used to carry a water cannon.
Now it has driven him through Pakistan and India as well as North America.
Goldstein briefly stopped in Whitehorse last week while on a tour of Yukon and Alaska.
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Yukon is roughly the size of California with a huge network of highways; some of the longest roads you’ll find in the world.
Long winters mean almost constant repairs of the asphalt during the short warm season.
Posted in Alaska Highway, Construction and trades, Vehicles
This old warthog of a vehicle has been left by the Alaska Highway.
From the chains you can tell it was used for clearing snow, moving heavy equipment and getting some tough work done.
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Here’s a massive landscape on the road that connects Alaska to BC and Yukon.
Click to zoom in — you can see a tiny car for scale on the road. Yukon is a destination for road trip tourism and in summer the roads see hundreds of campers, RVs and motorcycles.
Posted in Alaska Highway, lakes and water, Scenery, Vehicles
This year Whitehorse has more snow than usual. This requires a lot of work to remove.
Roads tend to be wide here. Graders plow the snow into the centre of the road between lanes. Later a mechanical shovel comes by and lifts the snow into a dump truck.
As you can see crews have been working day and night.
Posted in Vehicles, Whitehorse, Winter
Coffee out of a thermos and beautiful moonlit scenery.
The only sound is the engine idling, the occasional creak of a branch in the wind and the click of a camera shutter.
Posted in Alaska Highway, Vehicles, Winter
When it’s -35 outside a truck needs extra maintenance. These large trucks were seen in Watson Lake; a stop on the supply chain to Whitehorse.
We’re a long way from getting electric vehicles that can run at this temperature and pull this much weight.
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Driving from Whitehorse to Watson Lake is a great way to appreciate fall colours. Northern Canada is perhaps the world’s best place for a scenic road trip.
Life in Yukon 