Hallback
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A lot of good very late model very low hour gear selling at Chilliwack next week. Does anybody know the contractor or the reason it is going across the block?
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Pacific trucks in the logging industy
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Welder Dave
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Don't know the reason but a great example of good equipment being sold at RB contrary to what some think.
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I have a friend that has his eye on it,
hoechucker
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That truck makes that 568 look like a mini ex
skyking1
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I hope to get up there soon and see these trucks up close.
Truck Shop
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It's not a Pacific but it's a big friggin log.
Jumbo
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Well, it appears to be a 24' log, about 10 to 11 feet in diameter, more than likely green. Anyone want to guess where the nearest scales are? Rough guess (conservative) of weight is 49,593 pounds. Figure 16531 board feet and 3 pounds to the board foot of green Douglas Fir. And those are small tires.
Nice load.
Nice load.
John Shipp
Senior Member
Wish my tyres looked as good when overloaded. Are they solid rubber?
hoechucker
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I don't think that's a real picture. A log that big would have been a 16 or 20 I'd think. If you zoom in around the driver's head it looks like it was cut a pasted on. I could be wrong. It's happened before
Jumbo
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I doubt they are solid, tires of the era of that truck were pneumatic. They did have flats/blowouts by the dozen. According to stories of drivers in that era, fixing tires was a continual event.
Truck Shop
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I thought that also when I first saw it, but the shadows under the load and around truck
trailer frame are right on. The driver could have been pasted {he probably needed to be
pasted} but the rest looks correct. When looking at the drive tires {rim to top of tire and to
bottom of tire} there's a pretty good load on those. JMO.
trailer frame are right on. The driver could have been pasted {he probably needed to be
pasted} but the rest looks correct. When looking at the drive tires {rim to top of tire and to
bottom of tire} there's a pretty good load on those. JMO.
Jumbo
Senior Member
I am pretty sure the photo is all original, I have seen a colorized postcard if not exactly the same, one very similar.
skyking1
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That's all well and good but how did they load that big bugger?
Truck Shop
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How did the Egyptians build the pyramids?
John Shipp
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How did the druids get the Stonehenge made?
Jumbo
Senior Member
With the mainline. You gut shoot it as dead center as you can with either one or two bridling and pick it up, back the truck under it and off you go. the probably had to bridle it since most chokers were 40-50 in length and while one would go around it, it would be a tight fit so a bridle would be easier to work with. You can see where they picked it up. I bet it went as peeler block. I also noted there was little whisker pull, fallers did a nice job.That's all well and good but how did they load that big bugger?
skyking1
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how did the Ghostbusters defeat the stay puft marshmallow Man?
Truck Shop
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Jumbo
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It's 8AM here, just looking at that photo makes me glad I'm siting home right now. It is a "cool" photo in many ways, but looking at that snow, and the sloppy road, I don't miss it at all. Chains on chains off, 3-4 times a day. Never minded chains on, but chains off with slush running down your neck just was plain uncomfortable.
I don't know my old trucks very well, by the emblem, what is it? The emblem on the door looks like one of the Murphy trucks. out of Sutherlin I think they were.
I don't know my old trucks very well, by the emblem, what is it? The emblem on the door looks like one of the Murphy trucks. out of Sutherlin I think they were.