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PROVENANCE OF PETERSON’S RESTORED DD9G NO.79
Peterson bought DD9G No.79 (90J00079 / 91J00079) from Granite in April 2012
1969 Built at Caterpillar’s East Peoria factory
1969-70 PeterKiewit&Sons1bought#79andbroughtittoAlaska
1970-71 FirstjobissectionofParksHwyinHealyCanyon–240milesnorthofAnchorage 1972-73 PKSusedonGlenHwyalignmentjobnearNelchina,Alaska
1980 Alaska Unlimited2 bought #79 from PKS and used on numerous projects in northern Alaska
1988-89 AlaskaUnlimited&WilderConstructionjoint-venturedon20-milerealignmentjobofAlaskaHwy from Tok River Bridge to Midway Lake.
1989 Wilder Construction3 bought Alaska Unlimited’s equipment fleet including #79 and the back half of another Quad they believe is a Buster Peterson 66A original.
1990-91 WilderConstructiondoesSnohomishCountyLandfillprojectinEverett,Washington
1991 Wilder Construction does landfill project in Idaho
1992 Quad #79 is transported back to Alaska for Glen Hwy project but is in too poor a condition; goes to NC Machinery in Anchorage for repairs and sits out Glen Hwy job
1993 Spring/Summer: Quad #79 works on Parks Hwy 4-lane Expansion from Eklutna to Glenn Parks Interchange
1994 Spring/Summer: Quad #79 works on Seward Hwy realignment (milepost 50-53)
1994 Fall/Winter: Quad #79 works on exit of Glacier Hwy near Seward, Alaska
1995 Spring/Summer: Seward Hwy Reconstruction near Turn-again Pass
1999 Spring/Summer: Anchorage International Airport – reconstruction of Main Runway 7R
2000 Spring/Summer: Glen Hwy Reconstruction from Sutton to King’s River (milepost 61-67)
2001 Spring/Summer: Alaska Railroad realignment at Fort Richardson
2002 Spring/Summer: Park Hwy Expansion near Wasilla, Alaska (buy out-transition: Wilder/Granite)
2003-07 FortGreelyMissileBase–ConstructionofnewtesttracknearDeltaJunction,Alaska 2007 Granite Construction4 completed a five-year buy-out of Wilder Construction
2012 Granite sold Quad #79 to Peterson-Cat5
2015-16 Peterson-Cat’smainshopatSanLeandroHQdoesmajorrestorationofQuad#79 2016 Summer: Newly restored Quad #79 goes on tour for Peterson’s 80th year anniversary
Quad #79 has had 5 owners:
1 Peter Kiewit & Sons (1969-80)
2 Alaska Unlimited (1980-89)
3 Wilder Construction (1989-2007)
4 Granite Construction (2002-2012)
5 Peterson-Cat (2012-present)
All information on this page provided by Randy Krieg.
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