My Dad took a job in the summer of '68 falling Big Timber on a high-lead show out of Whittier Alaska in Prince William Sound. We--my Mom and us 6 kids--all lived in a tent on the beach for several months. My brother & I (15 & 16 at the time) went up in the timber with Dad limbing, bucking, and packing the gas cans. And packing the huge 797s (we had two of them). Those saws of course are long gone, and I would like to acquire one just as a memento and a conversation piece. A 795 has come available, and looks very similar. My Google Search turned up this site, which is why I am here now. I found an old thread on the 795, but the pictures apparently have all been deleted (they have a red X thru them). Also I don't know how to contact those folks in that thread. Am seeking any info on the 795 and the 797. IF I buy the 795, can it be modified into a 797? Is there anybody still around that would have parts to do that?
What would be a reasonable price to pay for the 795? It is a running saw with a bar & chain, which is cool, although I don't really need a running saw as I just want it for a shelf-sitter.
Timber was big in Alaska in the 60s & 70s. After Prince William Sound we used those saws again in the mid-seventies in Nenana, which is in the interior, about 50 miles or so south of Fairbanks. The timber was pretty good size, (but not as big as Prince William Sound), and it was very tall and with very little taper. Most of it went to a local mill. Because the timber had minimal taper there were several house-log mills operating there as well. After the local mill closed most of the remaining timber shipped south on the Alaska Railroad to Seward , and from there to Japan.
What would be a reasonable price to pay for the 795? It is a running saw with a bar & chain, which is cool, although I don't really need a running saw as I just want it for a shelf-sitter.
Timber was big in Alaska in the 60s & 70s. After Prince William Sound we used those saws again in the mid-seventies in Nenana, which is in the interior, about 50 miles or so south of Fairbanks. The timber was pretty good size, (but not as big as Prince William Sound), and it was very tall and with very little taper. Most of it went to a local mill. Because the timber had minimal taper there were several house-log mills operating there as well. After the local mill closed most of the remaining timber shipped south on the Alaska Railroad to Seward , and from there to Japan.
