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EARLY QUADS ON THE JOB
In the summer of 1964, Buster had five of his quads out working on jobsites across the country, according to trade publication Roads and Streets.4 No. 101 and No. 106 were with S.J. Groves on a pair of joint-venture contracts on I-64 near Hun- tington, West Virginia. Oman Constructors had the fifth original machine (No. 105) on their I-64 contract near Covington, Virginia, and No. 104 on another job in Gates, Tennessee. Peter Kiewit & Sons had No. 102 working in Byron, California on a portion of the Central Valley Water Project. An Operating Engineers News article5 confirms Kiewit’s use of the “experimental” quad on the San Luis Canal project.
4 “Linked Pushers—Major Breakthrough?”, Roads and Streets, November 1964, p39-41.
5 “Experimental Cat to San Luis Dam Site”, Operating Engineers News (Local 3), February 1964, p13.
Top to bottom: Article about I-64 job in Virginia; Oman Quads used on I-64 contract in Covington, VA in June 1964; S.J. Groves using one of Buster’s original Quad D9s
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