S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

[Madill PSE]

Madill 120 rollover

Interlock Logging, Fort St. James, BC, June 1994

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 124 rollover

Revelstoke, BC, June, 1994

 

[Madill PSE]

1968 Madill 009 Tower Yarder

Shawnigan Lake, BC, July, 1994
Fatigue cracks on tower to be repaired

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 009 Tower Yarder - Quatsino

Coal Harbour, BC, July, 1996
Required A-Frame repair

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 009 Tower Yarder - Clowholm

July, 1996 - circumferential crack 20 ft up tower

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 4800 - 001 in Madill yard, Nanimo, BC

First production 4800 Log Loader. Test lifting a log in the Madill yard January 1996.
Machine was later delivered to Port McNeill.

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 4800 Log Loader - rollover

Zeballos BC, Jan 1997
Some punchings the machine was walking on gave way and the 4800 rolled sideways onto a log pile. The cab took the brunt of the fall. The window guard held but the whole cab was bent over, causing the door to be jammed and trapping the operator until window guards were removed. A WCB escape hatch was added to the door to ensure that the operator couldn't be trapped inside the cab.

 

[John Shipp]

Great posts Madill PSE, much appreciated here thanks.

 

[Madill PSE]

Great posts Madill PSE, much appreciated here thanks.

Thanks John Shipp, my photos show a lot of destruction. It paints a bleak picture of Madill as I was normally only called out when something went wrong.

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 2800 - Prototype in Kalama, Washington, January 1996

Machinery deck assembly and machine weigh-in (78,000 lb).

 

[Madill PSE]

Madill 009 in Harrison, BC, April 1997

Inspection for fatigue cracks on tower.

 

[Madill PSE]

Lowering 90 ft tower in Longview, Washington June 1997

Installed counterbalance valves prior to lowering tower. Shows how far the tower has to travel on the lowering winches before it could be supported by the raising cylinder.

 

[Madill PSE]

Hayes 009 Sarita (Port Alberni) June 1997

Structural inspection.

 

[Madill PSE]

075 Line Loader from Tasmania, Australia, being off-loaded at docks

Sep 1994 - the 075 came all the way from Tasmania for a rebuild at Madill's Nanaimo shop. It required more work than what was estimated in Australia so the job was quite long and expensive. Three trucks to move the machine - first truck for upperworks, second truck for cab, boom, and gantry, and the third truck for the rubber tire carrier.

 

[HDX]

It's only fitting that this should be on this thread.

 

[Hank R]

Sad news but thanks for letting us know..

 

[donkey doctor]

A true gentleman. He will be missed by those of us who worked for him. d.d.

 

[skadill]

Madill collection pics

Earliest 044 and 071 yarders

 

[skadill]

From The Madill Box of pics

The Madill 075 Loader is BCFP Renfrew Division.Yarder MacMillan Bloedel,no location

 

[camptramp]

The loader in picture is the #16-23 an updated Model 6 Northwest assembled by Madill on a Madill Rubber Tire carrier . Delivered to BCFP Renfrew Div. in the mid 1970's . As the Mainline and Opening line brakes were air over mechanical , setting a log down on a load was usually rather rough , the Machine was referred to as "The Pile Driver" .