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I spotted numerous details that
told me this was my
old ride.
– Randy Krieg, former Quad operator
Top left, clockwise: Peyton Sorgel and cousin, Declan Blevins, at Peterson’s 80th celebration event in San Leandro, California in October 2016; Randy Krieg on Peterson’s newly restored Quad D9 No. 79; Matt George (C) and family; Jeff Goggin (R) and family
original because those plates were in really rough shape. Without a doubt, it was the Quad I operat- ed in Alaska back in the 1990s.”
As a young operator working for Wilder Construc- tion, Krieg had been so fascinated by the custom machine that he had kept a detailed journal with lots of drawings and close-up pictures. “I spotted numerous details that told me this was my old ride,” said Krieg, elated at its reincarnation. “The very first thing I looked for was the reinforcement plate welded onto the front unit’s right track frame after it had cracked back in the late 1980s. That fab-and-scab plate was still there. The dual cross braces welded on the front sweep ROPS were an- other sure clue, as was the rain guard for your left shoulder. And all those nose bracing plates on the
Top to bottom: Page from Kriegs’ journal on the Quad D9 he once operated; Proof—the original serial number plate stamped 90J79, D9G
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