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Right: Carr Fire damage in Shasta & Trinity counties (Aug 8, 2018), Eric Coulter, Bureau of Land Management
Left: Tallac Hotshots fireman does burnout procedure to slow Carr Fire ( July 23, 2018), Gaule/Jones, USDA Forest Svc. Right: Fire service trucks gather in the glow of the Carr Fire near Redding ( July 2018), Neal Waters/Wildfire Pics
Top: Aerial fire retardant drop, photographer unknown, Flickr 2020
Left: Fire dozer on Kincade Fire in Sonoma County, CA (Oct 2019), Neal Waters/Wildfire Pics
Right: Team Ghilotti gears up for Tubbs Fire cleanup (Nov 2017), courtesy of Team Ghilotti
Top: Cleanup in Coffey Park in Santa Rosa after Tubbs fire (Nov 9, 2017), Ed Coffey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Center/R: Dump trucks loaded with debris in Coffey Park (Nov 7, 2017), Ed Coffey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bottom/R: Tubbs Fire cleanup at John B. Riebli School in Santa Rosa (Nov 12, 2017), Ed Coffey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Top: Thanksgiving meal for relief workers in Coffey Park (Nov 2017), courtesy of Team Ghilotti
Bottom: Team Ghilotti spearheads holiday events for workers at Coffey Park (Dec 2017), courtesy of Team Ghilotti Top/L: Fighting the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA (Nov 8, 2018), Neal Waters/Wildfire Pics
Top/R: House ablaze in Paradise, CA (Nov 8, 2018), Neal Waters/Wildfire Pics
Bottom: The Camp Fire destroyed downtown Paradise (Nov 8, 2018), Neal Waters/Wildfire Pics
Center: Page from journal Randy Krieg kept on Quad D9 he operated—No. 79, (1990s), courtesy of Randy Krieg Bottom: Original serial no. plate off Quad No. 79, stamped with S/N 90J79, D9G, (2016), courtesy of Randy Krieg Top: Covington Virginian article “Int. 64 job in Alleghany County Requires Gigantic Construction Rigs”, June 1964, courtesy of Edgar Browning archives
Center: Oman Quads used on I-64 contract in Covington, VA ( June 1964), Edgar Browning Collection
Bottom: S.J. Groves using one of Buster Peterson’s original Quad D9s, northeast USA, courtesy Ad Gevers
Tommy VanLandingham, job superintendent for Granite Construction in Alaska, courtesy of Randy Krieg
Top: Quads work on Arborio Construction’s I-87contract in Warren County, New York (1967), Edgar Browning Collection
Center: Quad D9s were featured often in Morrison-Knudsen’s publication, The Em-Kayan (Oct 1966), Edgar Browning Collection
Anaconda bought 13 Cat Quad D9s for Twin Butte Mines in Arizona (1964-67), courtesy of Ad Gevers
Quad D9 owned by Coppage Construction, bought in 1972, courtesy of Coppage Construction
Top: Original delivery plate of one of Anaconda’s Quad D9s—imprinted with S/Ns 66A4108 & 66A4109, taken in 2018, courtesy of Randy Krieg
Center: Co-founder Tony Scarsella watches Quad D9 on jobsite (circa 1970s), courtesy of Scarsella Bros.
Bottom: Scarsella’s first Quad D9 pushing Cat 941 at SeaTac airport in 1970, courtesy of Scarsella Bros.
Top/L: Dick Colf with his restored Quad DD9H, the last one Cat produced (taken in 2019), courtesy of Dick Colf Top/R: Boston Powercat restored Quad D9, photo taken 2020, courtesy of Boston Powercat
Bottom: Karl (left) & Rupert Boston, with their restored Cat 666 scraper (2020), courtesy of Boston Powercat
Randy Krieg with Cat 24M motor grader he helped develop, Cat’s Arizona proving ground, courtesy of Randy Krieg Quad D9 #79 working on the Glen Hwy in Alaska for Wilder Construction (2000), courtesy of Randy Krieg
Randy Krieg and the Quad D9 model he built in 1990, courtesy of Randy Krieg
Bottom: Civil Engineering trade article “Siamese-Twin D8 Tractor Provides Double Horsepower Capacity”, (May 1950), Edgar Browning Collection
Left: Assembling Hungry Horse Dam Twin at Cat dealer shop in Kalispell, MT (May 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer
Right: Twin D8 at Hungry Horse Dam site (spring 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer
Top/L: Welder working on giant 21-ft. rake for Trisdale Twin D8 (spring 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer
Top/R: One of the giant 8 ft. diameter steel balls Trisdale used in clearing contract, (circa 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer
Center: Redding contractor, John Trisdale (circa 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer
Bottom: Trisdale’s Hungry Horse Dam Twin D8 at work, (circa 1950), photo donated by anonymous Redding customer Top: Construction Equipment article “Heavy Work Unit Combines Record-Size Bulldozer & Twin D8”, (circa early 1950s), Edgar Browning Collection
Bottom: Coal Twin pushing coal at Tanners Creek Power Plant (1953), Life Magazine photographer Andreas Feininger, purchased from Getty Images
Left: Coal Twin distributing coal off conveyor at Tanners Creek Power Plant (mid-1950s), courtesy of Gene Dixon/ retired employee of Tanners Creek Power Plant (1972-2008)
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