Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
well, I was thinking of that other company, but you have to give Komatsu credit. Besides, it's kind of fun to watch them sneak their product down the side streets when they are ready to ship....
(this is the frame/engine/etc. of a mining truck, FYI. Cat does a similar thing when they ship mining trucks out of Decatur, but I think it's usually via rail)
I was a QE for a company that built the cabs for some of the Komatsu trucks in a "past life". Used to have to visit their plant fairly often. I'm about an hour and a half North of you near the Quad Cities.
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