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Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

camptramp

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Hallback said:
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That HDX Hayes looks a lot like the Wahkash #12 HDX Hayes in post # 3035 Hayes Trucks in the logging Industry .
I'm sure there is a story on how that happened . I hope the truck wasn't messed up to bad getting the logs off it and out of the ditch .
 
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camptramp said:
That HDX Hayes looks a lot like the Wahkash #12 HDX Hayes in post # 3035 Hayes Trucks in the logging Industry .
I'm sure there is a story on how that happened . I hope the truck wasn't messed up to bad getting the logs off it and out of the ditch .
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The driver shared that photo & I believe you are correct in it being Wahkash's.
 
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Hank R said:
How long did the recovery take ?
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Bruce tells me the Log Loader was the first rubber tire machine to cross the bridge/culvert . A log that was used to build the "crossing" broke , causing the loader to end up where it did . There was a Grapple Yarder in the area and there was Grade Equipment building road in the area . The rescue of the machine took a little more than a day . Damage was minimal , after standing the loader up on its wheels , fluid levels were checked and topped up or changed . Engine was turned over by hand , then engine started up .
 
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stumpfarmer said:
Yes this is all correct, I know the driver. He started losing brakes and put er in the ditch at like 4mph. Suffered just a couple scrapes on the truck and some broken water tank bolts.
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A very smart Logging Truck Driver . When things go wrong , they go wrong in a hurry . When they do , look for a soft spot and ditch it . The truck is not a write off , the driver is not off work injured and the 15-16 foot bunks and stakes took most of the abuse . Well done .
 
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Seems mishaps with juicers are never as impressive as line machines . But its not every day you get your log loader ripped off the lowbed by a train. The grapple was hanging about 10' aft of the beaver tail when the Dayliner going south bound met the grapple on the old Buckley Bay Main crossing . The train had to be re railed and the log loader which we had just converted from an excavatorA.T.O.M. 1987 (166).jpg A.T.O.M. 1987 (168).jpg was written off ,never picked a log.
 
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Yikes! I've worked on RR jobs and they are scary, how much energy they are packing. Sitting here I remembered the rail delivery trains with ~1600' sticks of rail on roller cars. Imagine a sudden stop with a piece of rail going where it wanted.
 
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