Thunderbird Yarders, Loaders, and Etc from the Murray's in Eugene Oregon

[Kiwi Logger]

I am not 100% sure but the problem with the Wharerata is there are multiple owners, I am pretty sure HFF are harvesting a portion for the local Iwi, JNL have a portion that is in the process of a treaty settlement? and then there are all the smaller blocks?? But all up there are possibly 100 plus people get out of bed every day and head up there to work!!! Between the Loggers, Truckers,Roading,Forest Managers and Siviculture that one Forest is a big employer on the East Coast.

 

[johnson]

Them greens don't know nothing about life or logging,hey here is an advice instead of chaining your self to trees that are about to be cut down go and see places that were already logged guess what,the trees are replanted.Can you find Thunderbird brochures online?

 

[REDFOX]

I Know of 2 Machines up North of the Bridge. One is a TY90 Serial# 9058, a very nice Machine. I have some awesome photos of this Yarder working. The other is way up Spirits Bay

 

[Roadswitcher]

I Know of 2 Machines up North of the Bridge. One is a TY90 Serial# 9058, a very nice Machine. I have some awesome photos of this Yarder working. The other is way up Spirits Bay

9058, that's probably the unaccounted for TY90 that we have been looking for in NZ - do you have any ownership/history details.
Is the Spirits Bay machine a TMY 50.

 

[REDFOX]

9058, that's probably the unaccounted for TY90 that we have been looking for in NZ - do you have any ownership/history details.
Is the Spirits Bay machine a TMY 50.

Colin Rosewarne owns this TY90. He also runs a TMY70. The TMY90 further north is owned by Peter Mold. Will get serial# when im talking to him next. Paul Olsen also has a TMY90 working in the BOP. I beleave there is another 90 on the water to go to work up North.

 

[johnson]

I no of TMY-45 TMY-50 TMY-70 models,but I never heard of a Thunderbird TMY-90.What is that some kind of modification to the TMY-70?

 

[johnson]

I have a question for Contract Logger/Rusty Grapple,I was just looking at some pictures of Thunderbird yarders an I know that there were only 2 Thunderbird TT-90 built but I saw pictures of them at Papac,Nygaard and Hopkes Logging,now I know that Paoac bought their machine new and they still have it,but are the Nygaard and Hopkes yarders the same machine that was bought new and later sold or are they different machines because one is marked TT-90 and the other TTY-90.The question might be kinda stupid but when I don't know something i ask.

 

[Roadswitcher]

Colin Rosewarne owns this TY90. He also runs a TMY70. The TMY90 further north is owned by Peter Mold. Will get serial# when im talking to him next. Paul Olsen also has a TMY90 working in the BOP. I beleave there is another 90 on the water to go to work up North.

Thanks for that feed back - am wondering if Peter Mold's 90 might be #9043, ex Tasmania and I think ex Kiwi Logger. Not sure where that one is now. The Spirits Bay TMY 50 I was referring to was one that went to Peter Mold in the mid 90's, #5079 - good to hear he is still going.

 

[Kiwi Logger]

No our TY90 I believe went to Nelson that was a7guy machine, I saw Molds when it was brought in and that was an eight guy machine with the heavy duty pole on it.

 

[johnson]

The thread is kinda dying so here are some pictures of JM Browning's Thunderbird TSY-255,or as Jay calls it the Mighty Mouse:

 

[johnson]

JM Browning part 2,setting er' up and starting yarding:

 

[johnson]

JM Browning round 3:

 

[furpo]

HarvestPro 355

Nice photo KiwiLogger. Im guessing this is your one. Stolen from TradeMe

 

[Kiwi Logger]

Yip thats our 6355 this time last year actually.

 

[johnson]

Thunderbird TY-80 on a Skagit T-100 trailer Ex Weyerhauser Listing #:428730 S/N:Y8035

 

[johnson]

There were only 4 TY-80's built. 3 were slackline hoists, and one was a highlead hoist.This one as you can see is a highlead hoist.

 

[utr7777]

Does anyone know of where I might find a used eaglet carriage for sale, also need the jacks for intermediate support.

 

[johnson]

There are some eaglet carriages here I will check out some more websites I know later
http://www.mylittlesalesman.com/Inventory/Index/1/243/0/338586/New-and-Used-Eaglet-Motorized-Carriages-For-Sale?SuperCategoryID=0&advertiserID=0

 

[johnson]

I couldn't find anything else.

 

[REDFOX]

There were only 4 TY-80's built. 3 were slackline hoists, and one was a highlead hoist.This one as you can see is a highlead hoist.

Pete Dancer brought a TY80 #8036 down here a few years ago with Thunderbird 840 log loader. The yarder is working up North.