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T.V. Message Board Vol. 23 November 14, 2011:

T.V. Message Board Vol. 23 November 14, 2011 Running Time 12 minutes 00 seconds

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October 29th, Mike Graham passed away in Salt Lake City from lymphoma. Many of you at our company today may not know Mike as he retired in 1998.

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Mike in the early 1980’s

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L-77 loading up a dozer

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At that time he had worked for us 20 years. His son Todd also works for us as an Anchorage hostler.

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Mike loaded up & headed to Prudhoe with oversize load

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We met Mike in 1978 when the then owners of Weaver Bros, Ron and Neil Bergt shut down the company. Dad purchased the operating authority with the intention of restarting the company.

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L-77 loaded up with jeep and booster Early 1980’s

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At that time we had less than 20 employees, all but a couple were in Kenai.

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Mike had worked for the “old Weavers”- we restarted up operations in Anchorage and opened a terminal in Fairbanks. Back then most of our work was linehaul work – not local hostling .

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Loaded in Seward with a unit headed to Nikiski

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It became apparent pretty quick when he came to work what type of hand he was. He came to us with his truck- the first of 5 Kenworths he bought during his time with us.

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L-76 at North Star dock with a concrete beam headed to Cantwell

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Early 1980’s – Mike in middle, John McHugh (L) and Willard Estep (R)

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Phred Richardson washing # 76 & 77

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All 3 of these trucks were purchased by Mike – the one in the middle he sold to DJ Wilson – early 1980’s

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He was a “Detroit Diesel” guy mixed in with all the other Cummins and Cat guys. He definitely was in the minority with his love of that noisy Detroit but that didn’t stop him from telling us we were wrong about owning the other engines.

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Hauling pipe for natural gas pipeline in Palmer – early 1980’s

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#77 with Fuel Tanker - 1993

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1986 - #77 with Drop Axle

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When there were heavy loads he enjoyed hooking up to them. He was our heavy-haul guy for a long time – a lot of the pictures you see are of him hooked to a lowboy and oversize load.

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Many of our employees today help to continue the great legacy we have here – Mike helped to build that legacy. He was one of those guys – like the story of the mailman – nor rain – nor sleet – nor dead of night will keep him from his rounds.

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When he left for Prudhoe Bay and other places you could almost set your clock by him – and there was one thing you could depend on – he was going to get the load there and get back safely.

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Mike relaxing at WBI picnic in 1980’s

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As owners we just never worried about Mike – he was a professional – he and his truck were always ready to go. To say he was a hard worker was an understatement.

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1989 – Mike in middle, JH on left, Dave McCloud on right

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I got a chance to go with him to Pump Station 2 one time with a heavy load out of Anchorage. We were convoying up with another heavy load and a number of pilot cars.

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Mike headed up Atigun Pass to Alyeska pump station

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Pulling the Chandalar shelf headed to Pump Station 2

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We made it to Nenana the first night (in the winter) about 11 pm. We went to bed – about 2:30 am he was calling on the radio that he was ready to go and it was time to get up. He had some pilot car drivers not too happy with him – but you get the picture.

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One of Mike’s trucks leased to Sealand 1990

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Mike in middle with Phil Evans (L) and Dave McCloud (R)

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Mike in #41 with crane - 1991

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I moved to Anchorage in 1985 – and can still remember many times coming to the office at 5 in the morning on a Saturday or Sunday – Mike would already be there -

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- or maybe he hadn’t gone home since coming home from a trip - he said he always wanted his truck to be ready to go when there was a load.

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1993 – in Tok with Fuel Tanker

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Mike Graham up at cabin – Dale Foster on his left

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Mike with #76 & asphalt doubles - 1994

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Mike was not just a valuable employee but a great friend. We learned many things from him – not only about trucking but about life in general.

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Mike getting #77 ready for the road

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L-76 (leased to Sea-Land) with new L-77

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1996 – Mike with L-77 when it was new

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#77 – Mike in Valdez picking up connex of military loads for delivery to Fairbanks area