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Recent content by Ted Sr.

  1. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    They did have their own motor, to run the hydraulics to run the spinners, open the gates and raise the box. You had to work at them to keep them sanding. The top of the load would freeze and Chunks of frozen sand would block the gates. It was a challenge for sure.
  2. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    Eve River got H291 to H298 brand new in 1968-1969
  3. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    The H22 was an Eve River truck from brand new, after the fire it was rebuilt bu our body man Wayne C. Not sure of the year?
  4. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    I got the H02 in 1981 brand new, it was the first Pacific at Eve River.
  5. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    I don't know if you know the whole storey or not but Sweed was heading for the dump loaded just before the adverse at TS when he smelled something burning and pulled over to see what it was. As soon as he stopped the flames that were going under the cab because he was moving now started to rise...
  6. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    I would love to see it, I have a few pictures and will post some of them them as soon as I learn how
  7. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    Yes I was, I started working for M&B in 1969 hooking on a grapple yarder, started driving fat truck later in1969 till April 2001 when we merged with Kelsey Bay and Menzies bay to become North Island Timberlands. I continued driving through Weyerhaeuser, Cascadia and Westeren Forest Products then...
  8. Ted Sr.

    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Red & White Iron, Past and Present....

    It was a transmission hose, it got a pin hole in it and a very fine spray hit the exhaust and caught on fire.
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