Logging Oregon 60's 70's

[Big Iron]

Finally got a rainy Sat morn so I scanned some more old photos from the past. This site was above Neskown, OR in the late 60's or early 70's. I was driving for W.E. McFarland at the time. The Washington 208 yarder was streched out close to 7000' on several of the roads they logged, they were using a helicopter to string hay-wire with on those road changes! Log loader was converted Bucyrse excavator with the frontend converted to a logger. Anyway nice big spruce, Hemlock and Fir.

 

[bobcat ron]

Those were the good ole days, logs were actually logs, not the sticks we have nowadays.

 

[72V]

Nice pictures, Big Iron.

 

[Dig-UP]

big iron, big timber

 

[Wolf]

So that's what happened to all the big ole' trees up there. Bummer.

 

[Wolfcsm]

Can remember 1 log loads comming down 26, on Mt Hood in the 60's.


Hal

 

[Wolfcsm]

Here is some Northwest stuff.

Hal

 

[Wolf]

those are huge logs. any more trees like that up there?

 

[John C.]

I haven't seen anything that big since I before I was tall enough to reach the handle on my dad's pickup. They were mostly three log loads when I was in grade school.

There are some places that have a few big ones standing. They are mostly on the coast. A trip down the coast hiway, highway 101, will reward you with a small idea of what once was.

 

[dundonrl]

those are huge logs. any more trees like that up there?

being from western Oregon, I can show you plenty of trees like that.. here's the biggest one I know of, about 15 miles from where I grew up.

the top photo, where it's broken off is 5' in diameter...

 

[Canevari Timber]

those are huge logs. any more trees like that up there?

Theres a whole bunch of logs like that still in humboldt county C.A. they're just in state parks so when they fall they just get to rot away or they burn down because the under brush is so thick because they have to keep the land natural for political reasons. What a waste of land and timber!!!

 

[nedly05]

Theres a whole bunch of logs like that still in humboldt county C.A. they're just in state parks so when they fall they just get to rot away or they burn down because the under brush is so thick because they have to keep the land natural for political reasons. What a waste of land and timber!!!

Same story for the Adirondack Park in sunny Norther NY!!

 

[LogDog]

Big Iron
love the R model mack.

 

[Big Iron]

Big Iron
love the R model mack.

spent a lot of hrs in that old girl 1965 RL700L, 335 Cummins opened up just a little, Mack Quadraplex, Mack rearends on rubber biscuits, Peerless trailer. She shined up real good, unfortunately on the Oregon coast with the rain it was a constant process keeping her that way.

 

[thejdman04]

Great pictures.

 

[D5G]

Wolfcsm, those are some amazing old pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[CANN Mulching]

I love the old pictures. Just think how it was back in the day!!
Awesome big trees!!!!!!

 

[Wylie5]

Re: Big Trees

It's been a long time cents I have seen some logs like that, In my home state of Tasmania, Australia I have seen some big trees lick that, one log loads, some of these big old blokes are still standing to day, in the South - West off Tasmania.

Great photos

Cheers Andrew.

Here is some Northwest stuff.

Hal

 

[alleyoop]

Big Iron I live in beaver and know ken fallen real will i have bilt and rocked roads for him ,and he is still going he just laid off one side.I got a old steam yarder out of thr woods just aver the hill from there and it is going in the logging musm.in feb.at brooks ore. i will post pic as soon as i can fig. out how to

 

[Tomtj460]

big tree in tasmania

Heres a good tree somebody found in Tasmania