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petepilot said:
now i`ve seen it all`a solid rubber tired railway. any thing that works :)
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There are area's on Vancouver Island and Inlet Valley bottoms that are Swampy . The easiest way to get early Truck Logging access was using " For and Aft " plank roads . Some time around 1910 - 1920 there were logging trucks with hard rubber tires . There is a Republic logging truck restored at the B.C. Forest Discovery Center at Duncan B.C.
 
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camptramp said:
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I was looking at this picture and could see a Madill 009 Steel Tower on left side . I could also see some kind of loading Boom sticking out from behind a sapling over the road . This picture was taken at CZ Nitinat Div. . There was a Contract side working there around the time this picture was taken . I can't remember the name , but they had a one off Madill 009 tower that had a hydraulic loading boom mounted on it . I think that is the one . The down side of it was , you couldn't move the tower to a new setting until the last load of logs was gone .
 
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camptramp said:
I was looking at this picture and could see a Madill 009 Steel Tower on left side . I could also see some kind of loading Boom sticking out from behind a sapling over the road . This picture was taken at CZ Nitinat Div. . There was a Contract side working there around the time this picture was taken . I can't remember the name , but they had a one off Madill 009 tower that had a hydraulic loading boom mounted on it . I think that is the one . The down side of it was , you couldn't move the tower to a new setting until the last load of logs was gone .
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Ah. The Skadill again! Never saw it but it was a legend around the plant. d.d.
 
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camptramp said:
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Looking at this reminds me of the story; a bunch of ladies of the era came out to see real honest to goodness loggers at work. Upon watching the second loader brand logs as they were placed on the truck, one exclaimed: "Look at that little fellow with his hammer driving the logs into place with only one or two wacks!"
It is a story I heard years ago, I'm sure it has been around since the beginning of truck logging.
 
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I would like to drive one of those hard rubber tire trucks with a load to see what it was like back then.
 
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