That's cool HDX, I wanted to see more detailed pictures of an HDX self loader.
That's cool HDX, I wanted to see more detailed pictures of an HDX self loader.
-The Young Snag-
More pics of 1964 HDX selfloader - now retired truck
Oh wow, thanks, what a beast. Did it have a Detroit in it? And could it haul the same amount of wood with that extra weight?
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Hayesno!, thanks for ALL the info and pics on the BC/Canadian iron!!!! I love the mothballed trucks! Its amazing to me that the equipment can literally outlast the job!!! The fat truck have to be one of the few machines or tools A logging company stuggle to kill!
I have a better question: Where'd the rearends go and who put the little ones under it?? You dont spend this kind of coin on a truck only to put 46,000 lb rears under it, thats for sure. Somebody must have needed the planetaries and then just thrown these cheap light rears under her. Hard to believe....must be a story there?Originally Posted by Hayesno1
Good point, I can't really see them though. Just a post of cheap highway axles then. Now that's underkill.
-The Young Snag-
Many of us despise that term, "fat truck". These trucks built BC, and deserve more respect.
Were the out riggers on that Hayes not Hydraulic or are the rams just removed. Does not seem like they would do a very good job of stabilizing without the downward force from the rams.
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No kidding, these old ones deserve respect, look what they've done for the industry.
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The first 2 pictures should of went with post #35 but i just found them yesterday The 3rd pic is a chunk truck. Not sure how the chunk truck loaded it self, i don't see any kind of boom for loading with . I see a drum and fairlead up top . Maybe they just dragged the logs up on back of the load . Anyone knows how this really worked love to hear it .
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Born2Clearcut; Super pictures - thanks for sharing them. Hopefully someone can add further information/history.
Jim Falconer has a good shot of another hayrack chunk truck on his page (Section 1, page 4) at Hanks Truck pictures. Looks like they pulled the logs up onto the truck with the overhead gantry and cable. Doesn't seem like a very versatile rig since it appears you need to line up the truck for your direction of pull.
You can also use a snatch block for an angled pull. When I was a kid my grandfather had a rig like that old KW 10 wheeler in the second picture. One guy on top to run the controls, one guy on the ground to run the rigging. The drum ran on a single rail and had dead-heads on the outside stringers. Us kids hated that thing. If you were on the ground you got to be a human haul-back, rigging slinger, setter, hooker, and, with two sets of rigging, you never stopped moving. It was the first job I ever had in the woods.
If I remember right that bar acoss the top of the hayrack was powered to the back and the log hoisted up over the back then the bar was run to the front and the log (chunk) was pulled to front of the truck .Was fun to watch load ,the one they had in Zeballos(contractor) used to come onto your landing after work and load out your chunks, Or your bunk logs depending on who was watching
I would agree, around here they have a couple of septic tank delivery trucks with a similar set up, pick a load, trolley either front or back depending whether you want to load or unload. I have borrowed one to grab some firewood on occasion, and it worked well.
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