BC logging equipment left to rust

[skadill]

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Old roadbuilder

 

[skadill]

Kenworth log trucks

Green & white KW showed last insurance in 1998.Taken last fall.Video at http://youtu.be/S8orz9bmTKw

 

[Vigilant]

That green and white KW is still a beautiful truck. Would love to know what it had for and engine. My gut feeling says a 1693 TTA.

 

[SPMiller]

Old roadbuilder

Funny thing, the operations manager of that place is coming down next week.

 

[skadill]

stuff last year

dinosaur bones from a logosauros

 

[HDX]

skadill Very nice shot of the Mackosaurus skull and jawbones in the background there!!!!

 

[Greatwestcam]

piece by piece they disapear

 

[D6 Merv]

Hell that HD11 looks far too good to go to waste

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . I don't quite understand either D6 Merv. Can some someone explain for us . . . was the value of this equipment so low it would cost more to take it back to "civilisation" than what it was worth?

If so it sure seems to be a screwed up system that can leave gear rotting after just a few years of logging . . . I smell something POLITICAL?

Cheers.

 

[Vigilant]

I suspect that if, for example, the engine and undercarriage were both shot, it would make perfect sense to park it.

 

[Murk100]

Old water tank set up beside a creek in the block we've been logging been there from the 60s.. pretty sure its from the railway years of Port Renfrew

 

[sowdenmechanics]

Hey Skadill Some of the yards you come by have some sweet pieces of equipment say if somebody such as my self who loves to wrench and wouldn't mind bringing the eqiupment back to life could you give me hand or maby we could search for some iron graveyard

 

[skadill]

Trucks and D6

Stuff I've had the honor of seeing(and brushing out too.yuck)

 

[sowdenmechanics]

am an apprentice heavy duty mechanic with the hopes of having my own logging equipment and the trucks and towers i see on here are beutys and need to be restored or brought back to life there history and for me living in bc most of our towns were built around the industry if i was a serious buyer and wanted to buy some trucks and equipment from one of the yards and wrench on them and restore them how could i contact some of the owners or find the yard

 

[skadill]

Truck Mount Loader

Old pacific P9 with a barko backpack,only photo I took of this,didnt go in further,probably should have as its gone for scrap now.

 

[64Pacific]

Old pacific P9 with a barko backpack,only photo I took of this,didnt go in further,probably should have as its gone for scrap now.

That's a shame that they cut up the truck, it appears to be straight and solid without the typical cab corner or fender rust. I wish that owners would offer these trucks for sale or something before they cut them up - hence my websites, but sometimes you just don't have the time to sit on something waiting for a collector....

 

[skadill]

trucks in trees

some photos from a couple years ago that fit with the mood here.

 

[DerelictTexture]

Sheesh...Skadill, at least you could have knocked some of the branches and debris of the old girls...especially after spending all that time and money getting there in the Skadilicopter

 

[skadill]

009 Madill

This is actually the only pic I got,my battery went dead right then.Short video though at http://youtu.be/W889SfERgVg

 

[TorkelH]

Jubilee - post nbr 500!

Hmm, that in the front there look a little 044-ish, are you hiding something?