Thought I would post these pictures.

[PeterMack]

I had kept this picture and article for some reason and thought this would be a good place for them.

I think the R and CH was an article in Overdrive about the "new" CH coming out and how it compared

to the R. I kept the pic but not the article for some reason. I don't remember when I came across

the newspaper article, maybe 15 years ago but both trucks pictured are R models, plus it was just

an interesting story. Anybody from NH remember any of that?

[umodelnut]

Notice the R is still in front of the CH.

[j hancock]

That was the Meadow Pond dam that failed in 1996.

[felicello122]

That r model is sweet, I wonder if it is still around, that had a lot of goodies on it!

[BOB DINGSDALE]

Vinny: optical elushion

[farmer52]

I like the R and CH pic....looks like it was taken at the Customer Center (aka Engineering Center) on the steep hill.

Hmmmm...no black tire marks are visible.

[bulldogboy]

The dam break was in Alton, NH, March 13, 1996. A two year old earthen dam gave way dumping the contents of Meadow Pond onto the unsuspecting citizens below. Unfortunately, one woman was swept

away and died; her body was located several days later. She was trying to flee in her pickup while her husband attempted to move his tractor-trailer. Both were caught in the flood but the husband was rescued.

That's his TT unit in the photo. Ironically, their home was spared, it would have been a safe haven for them. Hindsight is always 20-20. A tragic accident.

bulldogboy

[umodelnut]

The dam break was in Alton, NH, March 13, 1996. An two year old earthen dam gave way dumping the contents of Meadow Pond onto the unsuspecting citizens below. Unfortunately, one woman was swept

away and died; her body was located several days later. She was trying to flee in her pickup while her husband attempted to move his tractor-trailer. Both were caught in the flood but the husband was rescued.

That's his TT unit in the photo. Ironically, their home was spared, it would have been a safe haven for them. Hindsight is always 20-20. A tragic accident.

bulldogboy

Dow thats sad. What was the truck that went down? Kinda looks like a Mack.

[Gmerrill0516]

That's what went down Bulldogboy. I remember looking at all of that shortly after the event. The ground floor of the houses were gone but the houses stood just the same. I didn't think they had found the woman's body but I guess they did. The dam was poorly made and not maintained. It was on private property and I'm not sure how the laws all work, but it was a shame as it was all preventable. It never should have happened. That was 18 years ago? Time flies when you're having fun.

[Back In Black Pulling]

I like the R and CH pic....looks like it was taken at the Customer Center (aka Engineering Center) on the steep hill.

Hmmmm...no black tire marks are visible.

I don't have a clue as to what you are referring to (black marks thats just crazy )

[PeterMack]

The dam break was in Alton, NH, March 13, 1996. An two year old earthen dam gave way dumping the contents of Meadow Pond onto the unsuspecting citizens below. Unfortunately, one woman was swept

away and died; her body was located several days later. She was trying to flee in her pickup while her husband attempted to move his tractor-trailer. Both were caught in the flood but the husband was rescued.

That's his TT unit in the photo. Ironically, their home was spared, it would have been a safe haven for them. Hindsight is always 20-20. A tragic accident.

bulldogboy

Sounds terrible, thanks for the rest of the story. I figured some east coast guys would remember that.

[PeterMack]

That r model is sweet, I wonder if it is still around, that had a lot of goodies on it!

I was thinking the same thing. Duel stacks, alum everything, spotlight, fog lights. That thing was decked out for an R. I think thats why

I liked the picture so much was because of the R.

[Lmackattack]

And I bet that r model could out pull the electronic ch

[farmer52]

I like the R and CH pic....looks like it was taken at the Customer Center (aka Engineering Center) on the steep hill.

Hmmmm...no black tire marks are visible.

Both look nice but the R is one "fine looking" truck!

[bulldogboy]

Dow thats sad. What was the truck that went down? Kinda looks like a Mack.

Vinny:

I don't know what kind of tractor it was. I think the "R" model dump truck in the photo may have been a town of Alton truck.

bulldogboy

[ws721]

The truck pulling the trailer was an R model in that photo. Yes the state came around many years ago and told private Dam owners that they were not safe and then the state made it damn near impossible to fix/rebuild them. So most folks just blew them up or let go to pot.

[Maddog13407]

def looks like a town truck in the pic also. you can see the trap door in the hood.

[rsb502]

Yeah that R would have been a sweet ride, definitely high dollar with all those options. Hell I think its the first R I've ever seen with moto mirrors.

[Green Dash]

That's a sad story. Here's a few more pics showing the amount of destruction caused by the failed dam.

http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/hsem/PhotoLibrary/techdisasters.html

[PeterMack]

That's a sad story. Here's a few more pics showing the amount of destruction caused by the failed dam.

http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/hsem/PhotoLibrary/techdisasters.html

Wow, looks ugly. Nice research on coming up with more pictures though. A+