donkeydoc
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075
I was just a kid in 1978 but was involved in the install of the backstop, gantry, boom and cab of the first rubber mount 075. it was assembled at nitnat shop yard. one of Madills original field mechanics,Sam Mclean and I believe you, donkey doctor were there as well. Sam drove it to nitnat from some where ( maybe barged to chemainus and driven from copper canyon over to nitnat???) we used to use john gorosh cranes for boom, backstop assy. could bill Gilson have operated that machine at some point back then as well?? pretty sure that first machine had a different roteck bearing as well.
Hi I talked to my father Bill Forrester (madillbill) he looked up the 075 serial numbers and that 90020 was the first one built it was built for Lemare Lake Logging but they did not take it. Don't know why but the 2nd one built was sn:90024 and it went to MB Sarita div all the first ones had air tags on them then Hayes got the first water one. Larry
I was just a kid in 1978 but was involved in the install of the backstop, gantry, boom and cab of the first rubber mount 075. it was assembled at nitnat shop yard. one of Madills original field mechanics,Sam Mclean and I believe you, donkey doctor were there as well. Sam drove it to nitnat from some where ( maybe barged to chemainus and driven from copper canyon over to nitnat???) we used to use john gorosh cranes for boom, backstop assy. could bill Gilson have operated that machine at some point back then as well?? pretty sure that first machine had a different roteck bearing as well.