Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

[HDX]

72HDX Welcome aboard Sorry but NO MORE DISMANTLEING NO NO NO Think SAVE SAVE all the artifacts

[72HDX]

72HDX Welcome aboard Sorry but NO MORE DISMANTLEING NO NO NO Think SAVE SAVE all the artifacts

I know. Its sad that they seem to be worth more as parts. Its just hard to get replacement pieces. But I don't think we'll be dismantling anymore trucks.

[donkey doctor]

Saw a bit of this video on the news the other night. Don't recall seeing it on any of the forums. It was made by a V.I. logging co. I think. Hope this link works. Regards D.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IlXTpZlRjQ

[Motat]

Fantastic photoes
Do these trucks cart to water where they are rafted ??????
Kind regards

[diamondtguy]

That is me under that BCFP Pre-Loader.Picture is at the Pacific plant in North Vancouver..I have never seen that pic before...To funny......Cory

[diamondtguy]

I guess i cant edit my post..Picture is on page two..Brand new Pacific P-16 SL/PL

[RJE]

here's a couple pices i took last week.
pic #1 is a Cypress 7280, processor, and LL loading a truck.
pic #2 is a P-16, WFP # 2231 with a decent load of cedar.
pic #3 is a 2011 CAT 330D LL just finished its trial run, WFP Holberg Div. bought it.
pic #4 is a 2011 Deere 3754 LL during a trial run, apparently it was bought by a contractor on N. Broughton Island.

All pics are WFP Port Mcneill Div. the trial machines have since been shipped to their current owners/divisions.

[jackd]

I found this old thread again this afternoon and decided to bring it back to life. The variety of equipment and companies represented are quite impressive - this is the thread which probably brought me to this site to start with. The shots were taken during my trip through Port Alberni this past July and were taken in the Cameron shop yard. Once more a great old P-16 in M&B colours but working under the name of a current owner.

[hoglogg]

nice truck i lived in tofino in the 70s , my oldest brother worked for millstream, i think they were contractors for m and b , sure was buisy there then .............

[BCFP VET]

Hayesno1 The photo you posted above of the Pacific P9 with the water tank on it was an ex Canadian Puget Sound truck from Jordan River-- Unit #2140, CPS was sold out to Rayoneer and then to Western Forest. There was maybe 5 Pacifics and 5 HD Hayes's went there new in 1970 Hal Fladager was the Master Mechanic there for many years until he retired a few years ago. Nothing there now but memories and a few empty buildings.

hdx, cps was never soldout to rayonier bc ltd, cps was a sub or rayonier, and rayonier never sold out to western either, whonnock industries and domans and bcfp bought out rayonier canada, on the island, 1982 then rayonier sold out there pulp operations to these same groups in 85, my dad worked for cps at jordan river camp, there are some older logging trucks up there with the old cps logo's on the doors, and yeah

[BCFP VET]

does anyone on this site have any pics of carley logging in sooke to share and canandian puget sound timber in 70's or 80's also looking for canadian pacific forest products maybe merill ring properties, or malloch mosley logging, i spent a great deal oftime on my days off livingin my cabin in leechtown bc and saw many different outifts operating outa the sooke area and up by china creek area upwhere the jailuse tobe, thnks

[Dave Hadden]

hdx, cps was never soldout to rayonier bc ltd, cps was a sub or rayonier, and rayonier never sold out to western either, whonnock industries and domans and bcfp bought out rayonier canada, on the island, 1982 then rayonier sold out there pulp operations to these same groups in 85, my dad worked for cps at jordan river camp, there are some older logging trucks up there with the old cps logo's on the doors, and yeah

After a 98 million dollar profit in 1979 (best ever til then) BCFP bought Elk River Timber out of Campbell River for 151 million as I recall. As noted they were also one third of the Domans, BCFP, Whonnock deal which was another 50 million and they also had some heavy investments at MacKenzie with more investment scheduled to come.
All basically went for a crap during the next decade, as we all witnessed.

Lost era now.

Take care.

[69hayes]

Heres the same IHC today, taken last week

Some pics from Munns shop summer 2005. I think all trucks went for RB auction in 2005/2006. I remember I saw the blue IHC in Port Alberni area. I like those KW 848 preloaders. Autocar seems to have homemade pit fenders I have not seen them since

[69hayes]

1955 Oshkosh 50/50 last used for hauling shake blocks out of the bush

[HDX]

BCFP VET Thanks for the info on CPS I was not sure just how that whole scene played out down there with ownership Still was a beautiful little community When I first went down there in the 70's it was still CPS By the way I got an old very faded picture I took back in the early 70s when Chum Carley was moving some of his stuff through Franklin one weekend Was a "B" model Mack hauling the little lowbed with a small wooden long boom shovel on it and a very old Pacific water truck for a push truck The Pacific actually looked like one of the original "ELDER" Logging trucks Ring any bells????