BC logging equipment left to rust

[HDX]

The LMSWL Mack book-- Does it give the serial number 075 Should start LM2DL2###D VERY GOOD score

 

[075]

HDX it covers fromLM2DL2836L to 2839D and LM2DL2784D to 2787D 153-54" wheelbase and 185-54" wheelbase .If you have use for it it is yours

 

[dirty4fun]

075 Finding the manuals is about like hitting the lottery. Glad they are safe, even if they are a little stinky.

 

[RCP57]

What model of Euclid truck did you find the manual for? The one for the Euclid preloader trailers must be fairly rare? All of what you found is cool stuff and irreplaceable so it's great that someone like you found it. I would love to build a Euclid logger model someday, are there many pictures of the preloader trailers that I could maybe ask you to copy for me sometime?

Thanks, Reg

 

[jackd]

Just scored today from the attic of our old shop some old manuals. A bunch of blue prints for 120' VIEW sparmatic tower.

Any chance of borrowing those 120' Sparmatic blue prints for copying purposes? I'll even buy them off you... Trakloader let me borrow three sets of manuals that he scrounged out of the shops up in the Queen Charlotte's, a few years ago. I took them to Staple's and ran them through their machines and made some copies, before returning them. I missed the chance to grab the original Tyee archival set when the machine shop owner threw them out a few months before I visited his shop in Burnaby. That one still hurts. Send me a P.M. if you this is something that you could help me with.

 

[skadill]

Kw

Weed Watcher.

 

[skadill]

A Fine Nine

Maybe not a logger,but many found their way up a logging road over the years.Video walk around at:http://youtu.be/bMHsyPyfldM

 

[Vigilant]

I ran a D9H for a while back in the mid Eighties, loading scrapers. Quite a rush indeed, in good dirt. Ripping blasted rock and loading scrapers out was a bit less entertaining.

Running scraper in the rock, I learned quickly that sitting in the operator's seat would just about guarantee that you would bottom out hard, and literally feel your guts start to tear. Until I hit smooth ground, I rode with the backs of my thighs sitting on the very front of the seat. Still a rough ride, but a bit less wear and tear on the innards.

 

[72hayes]

075
If possible I would be interested in getting a copy of the Skagit SJ2H. They were built in the early 60`s and were one of the first Juicers built. Tony ( the Skagit Guru) told me they had a tough time selling the few that were built as everyone thought Hydraulics were a fad and would never replace clutches and brakes! I have a SJ2 conventional and would like to find a manual for it but I think the undercarriage is the same as the Hydraulic so it would help. I am also curious what a small loader built for Interior Jackpine would be doing in your area. good score by the way!
Thanks
Doug

 

[075]

Sorry I have given that manual away already. Rayonier bought several of them (three I know of) we called them earwigs. They used them for sample loads.When ever we got a sample in what they called salvage load (40 ton small pulp) they would unload them with it and reload it with them after wards. Holberg , Jeune Landing and Mahatta all had them. I am sending them to Torkelh and he puts them on Drop Box for all to see and copy. I think the reason they got them in the first place they could put anyone on them to load and unload trucks, They just sat there for weeks sometimes not being used.

 

[ben46a]

That d9 hasn't been in the dirt much since a paintjob., still paint on the trackframes.

 

[Vigilant]

That's the first D9 I have seen in the woods. All that I recall seeing Weyco run were D7s and D8s. Mostly D8s out West, 7s on the East Coast.

 

[skadill]

Logging Nines

There was many more than a few D9's building road for the worlds biggest logging trucks in B.C. years ago.

 

[Vigilant]

I keep forgetting y'awl have REAL trucks up that way, and need REAL machines to build road. None of those wimpy little D8s and KW 848s that I saw growing up in Washington. I sure wish I could have spent some time on the island back in the day.

Imagine my dismay the first time I read some of y'awl's posts belittling the 848 and even cracking jokes..... compared to the Hays and Pacifics. Now, it makes perfect sense.

 

[Vigilant]

Now I'm curious. I doubt seriously that y'awl would break a D9 down for an off-highway move since weight is less of a factor, but do you even bother to turn the blade?

 

[Redwood Climber]

Logging with D9's

That's the first D9 I have seen in the woods. All that I recall seeing Weyco run were D7s and D8s. Mostly D8s out West, 7s on the East Coast.

There were more than a few D9's used in logging here in northern California also. Timber Salvage Co. (Lyman Goucher) had a D9G he used for logging old growth Redwood. He was a cutting contractor for a number of years, just falling timber. That included building layouts (soft beds) to fall the trees into to reduce breakage and also rigging and pulling trees against their lean in order to fall them into a more desirable layout. He logged with this D9 for a number of years, it is unbelievable how much wood you can hang on a cat that big. This nine had a Hyster D89 winch when I first started, it worked it so hard it (the winch) needed to be rebuilt every winter. He then bought a big brand new CAT winch a model 59 I believe it was. It had a real scream when you pulled on her hard. It was real fast too.
I believe it ran a 1 &3/8 inch bull line, I remember it was huge! the hook must have weighed 40 pounds.......at least it seemed like it to a scrawny 127 lb. kid. We had a big steel wedge we used for splitting big logs. We also used a huge moving block to block purchase big logs with. We used a 1& 1/2 inch bull choker on the log. I believe they were 50' long. We ran a 150' bull line on the cat, so when we used the block purchase, we could only advance the cat about 60' at a time. We only used the block purchase on the real big ones. If it was 9' in diameter or smaller, no problem, just hook it up and it would pull it. It was an amazing time for an 18 year old kid, fresh out of high school....sure wish I had taken some pictures.

 

[trakloader]

I saw an old ad for the Sj-2H Hydraulic Earwig Loader, pretty funny name. I guess the grapple reminded them of the grapple on an earwig.

075
If possible I would be interested in getting a copy of the Skagit SJ2H. They were built in the early 60`s and were one of the first Juicers built. Tony ( the Skagit Guru) told me they had a tough time selling the few that were built as everyone thought Hydraulics were a fad and would never replace clutches and brakes! I have a SJ2 conventional and would like to find a manual for it but I think the undercarriage is the same as the Hydraulic so it would help. I am also curious what a small loader built for Interior Jackpine would be doing in your area. good score by the way!


Thanks
Doug

 

[caycusion]

south island today

 

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