uhhhh…. must be a guy thing. All I see when I look at that truck is a huge gas bill.

Love’em! I want one!! And I’m a chick.

i saw that puppy last night on burrard street, the thing is absolutely monsterous. the picture doesn’t do justice.

Yeah, I see this truck on Dunbar quite regularly. Saw it yesterday, in fact, which led me to Google “grizzly truck”, which led me here.

Rumour has it that the Grizzlies are being made in Campbell River on Vancouver Island now. Just word on the street.

As for Jocelyn and the gas comment: Well, Smart cars are great, but try taking one off-road. The fact is that this vehicle will definitely get you from point A to B. A reminder that fuel economy is kilometres travelled divided by litres of fuel consumed. If you have a vehicle that can’t get you where you want to go then distance travelled = 0km, giving us a fuel economy of 0km/litre. Definitely worse than a Hummer.

I worked for the Grizzly Truck Company during its final days. As far as I know it was bought by a company in Arizona and all the assets of the company were moved there. Whether or not they are still in business I do not know.

An addendum to my last post. I do know that the owner of the defunct Grizzly Trucks started another company called Blue Grizzly Truck and Equipment Ltd. and the owner is Geoff Buck.

I happen to work with the guy who owns this babe,I couldn’t believe my eyes when i first saw it. ‘Bad ass’would be one of the words i would use to describe a truck that makes hummies squeal and cower

well - the company went broke when the US imposed embargos on Iran in the 80’s(?) - only a few left running …. too bad as they are a real truck (a’int no damn H2) and buddy had a real vision.

The company went broke in New West and the owner hung himself in the shop. Not nice. (97)

I worked with this company in the early 90’s for specification applications of low speed cruise control. The truck features a Cummins heavy truck engine and all mechanical components are designed to be field enterchangeable with logging industry equipment parts and fittings already on site where you are working. I still have some books on the trucks. The owner wanted to make a truck that could survive the logging industry conditions. It is the most heavy duty vehicle for off road ever built so far and simple to repair.

That’s fascinating. I had actually thought they were made as Uber beasties of the road. Knowing that they were made for logging roads helps me fend off the feelings of overkill.

In the summer of 96 I had the opportunity to see the small plant in New Westminister BC and to meet the owner and spent time talking about buying one in the future. He let me take pics of his truck and a truck being built. Later when I was in town again I called to talk to him sadly though, I was told he had been killed in an industrial accident a few days earlier and the furture of company was uncertain.

I still have the truck booklet that I requested showing the many body and drive train versions to meet ones specific requirements.

This truck is awesome and still my first chocie.

I’m not able to find any info on the company and would like to know if it is still being built and if they have a Web Site.

I have seen these truck in Fort St. John BC. Canada. They were used in The oil patch, I do know that there were at least 3 in town in the time frame of 92 - 95. These trucks were very impressive very heavy. I never had a chance to work on one, but I do know they were built like tanks. They make the H1 look like a tin can. I do think I know who owned one in Fort St. John so I will make some calls and find out if they are still around. I will post again if I find one.

It is a fantastic machine. It is amazing how many people have been struck by it enough to comment here. I intend to soon try to abtain more photos and post them here.

There was two of them around Comox on Vancouver Island when I was there in the early 90’s. There was an enclosed type as the picture above and a Pickup model I beleive in red. Amazing truck. There are several logging companies on the island so I assumed they belong to some of them.

I would like to buy on if ever anyone sees one for sale. I run a company in Whsitler Called Canadian Snowmobile Adventures. My number is 604-932-8809
Thanks

I saw one 3 nights ago on Granville Street at 70th in Vancouver. My initial reaction was that it was one of my designs which I worked on several years ago. However, when it passed me, I realized that this machine was a simple design compared to the more aggressive and classy looking machine which I have drawn…..However, the Grizzly is an awesome beast though.

I have been thinking for a few years to build a true Canadian SUV,…… put the Hummer 1, 2 and 3 to shame….

If I see the Grizzly again I will try to take some pictures.

Saw one today on the Inland Highway between Courtenay and Parksville….. wow.

Seen a cattle hauler pass threw Ponoka AB this summer, I’ve got to get one for my ranch if anybody can find these listed some where please comment with info

[…] Well to my surprise, the post on this website to gain the most comments and readership has been that of the Grizzly Truck, a made in British Columbia Monster of a vehicle still to be seen in small numbers around the western half of the continent. With the help of photos from another site Grizzly Info and linking to the only other blog post on the Grizzly I could find (helpful in the comments section) I have made here a collection of all of the photos and information so far gained by having the post up on Willbop for the last year. I have not included comments from the other blog site but you can go ahead and link there to see them. Some are repeats from here. […]

I fabricated the bodywork for the grizzly trucks back in 1991/2 along with liviu popivic in North Vancouver. liviu company was called T.C.B. industries (taking care of business) Geoff Buck owned grizzly and did all the assemblie work. Not sure what happened to liviu and T.C.B. I moved back to Ireland in 1996.

It looks like our friend at Canadian Snowmobile adventures finally got his hands on one. I just saw one this past march with their logo on it. What an awesome rig!!!

I’d also like to buy one. Anyone who knows where I might find one, please let me know.