Contract Logger
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Washington Slackline Yarder on VIEW Sparmatic Carrier
This slackline Washington started its life logging in Canada in a location long forgotten. It was later aquired by its second owner- Mayr Brothers of Hoquiam Washington and logged there until the big auction at Mayr Bros- 1984 I think.
Mike Walch of Auburn Timber was always running 12 or so yarders in those days, and he picked her up at the auction and last logged with it in the Tacoma Watershed in the later 1980's. He has some great video of this rig working and hopefully I'll get the Rusty Grapple site going enough to add his videos- we're working on that now.
Mike has pulled the hoist off the VIEW now, and while the VIEW is long gone the hoist does exist and may work again- mounted on something more mobile and easier to move over the highway.
I have more and better pics of this yarder, but connot find them at the moment.
This slackline Washington started its life logging in Canada in a location long forgotten. It was later aquired by its second owner- Mayr Brothers of Hoquiam Washington and logged there until the big auction at Mayr Bros- 1984 I think.
Mike Walch of Auburn Timber was always running 12 or so yarders in those days, and he picked her up at the auction and last logged with it in the Tacoma Watershed in the later 1980's. He has some great video of this rig working and hopefully I'll get the Rusty Grapple site going enough to add his videos- we're working on that now.
Mike has pulled the hoist off the VIEW now, and while the VIEW is long gone the hoist does exist and may work again- mounted on something more mobile and easier to move over the highway.
I have more and better pics of this yarder, but connot find them at the moment.