Mountainman
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That link to the logging photos made me want to see some pics of other old log trucks. Does anyone have some to share?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Old Log Truck Photo Album?
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Here is a good link. Check out the Hayes and Pacific pages.
Duh! Forgot to add the link.
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/
Duh! Forgot to add the link.
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/
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Take a look at these two threads, many photos.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=47466
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=45595
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Take a look at these two threads, many photos.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=47466
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=45595
wow thats nice tom trees
That is some load - Compare it to the stuff hauled nowaday - 
Mountainman
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I would say that load would easily gross out at around 150-175,000 pounds. They still had a few of those old L Series Macks with the offset hoods while my dad was there. They were hot, loud, rough riding old trucks. IIRC, originally, the driver's seat was not even spring-loaded. All you had to soften the rough ride were the springs in the crappy rigid seat. Many of the exhausts on the old off-highway trucks were just a straight pipe coming up from the exhaust manifold, in front of the cab.
Mountainman
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Thanks for the link, 2dogs. I used to post there, but it has been a while.
Yeah, but they had factory water bag hooks. Woo-hoo!
RandyMac
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Orange seems to be the color.
Greystoke
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Ahh...the good ol' days :drool: I was born way too late in the game...thanks for posting guys
Mountainman
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I wish now that I had taken a whole BUNCH of pictures now and then.
Mountainman
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Here are a few from Canada. A Hays with self-loading trailer, and a couple Pacifics. I believe I got these from this site a few years back.
PB
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Orange seems to be the color.
Big trucks and big Macs, a good sight.
It isn't very often you see a loader dwarfed by a truck.
My mom has some pictures of my dad's log truck from back in the 70's. I will see if she can dig them up.
Greystoke
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The trucks are cool and all, but I am sad that I was not the faller that cut those logs!
RandyMac
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I didn't fall those either, I'm by the truck in the blue shirt, chasin' landing while my shoulder heals up. Landing man jobs were for old guys or injured whippersnappers.
The loader is a beat 988, with a crazed Portagee at the wheel.
The loader is a beat 988, with a crazed Portagee at the wheel.
The first pic is of a Macmillian Bloedel hayes, Hayes just shut down a few months ago I went to the auction.
Hows this for a load, 15,000 tons. Theres also a video about the rivtow capt. bob which tow the log barge rivtow hercules http://www.dieselduck.ca/videos/01 ddp/ddp.Hercules in Ladysmith.wmv
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Mountainman
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There also used to be an outfit called Bloedel-Donovan years ago. I suspect that they were gobbled up into the present day McMillan Bloedel. Sorry, I left that info out when I posted the pic. IIRC, Weyerhaeuser bought McMillan Bloedel out recently, didn't they?
Not sure about the Bloedel-Donovan, There was Bloedel Stewart and Welch in think it was the 30's. Im pretty sure weyerhauser bought out Mac Blo but i cant remember when.
Mountainman
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Weyco has bought up a bunch of old names down through the years: Clemmons, Donovan Corkery, Saginaw..... The funny one was when Schafer Bros. Went out of business. They despised Weyco, and refused to sell their holdings to them. They sold to Simpson (I believe) instead, and Simpson turned right around and sold Schafer's holdings to Weyco at a profit.
On a sidenote, Schafer's old shop is still standing today, as is the roundhouse they built right beside it.
On a sidenote, Schafer's old shop is still standing today, as is the roundhouse they built right beside it.
