BC logging equipment left to rust

KW850&T800H · Jun 24, 2012

I think this thread is a suitable place to post one of the last Sparmatics left, it's located near Valemount BC, 350kms south of Prince George.

Hayes Clipper (information on the S# in the Hayes Thread) Same location as Sparmatic

Hayes HDX rusting in the weeds, wrecked (same location)

An old MAck B(?) model rusting away at the same location

KW850&T800H · Jun 24, 2012

An old Caterpillar in the weeds, same location as the last post.

DerelictTexture · Jul 2, 2012

Hey Skadill, thanks for the use of the Skadill/YouTube enterprises helicopter and yacht on Canada Day. Here are some of the results..

[video=youtube_share;__yYZk_aePw]http://youtu.be/__yYZk_aePw[/video]

DerelictTexture · Jul 2, 2012

July 1 2012 photo...Kenworth off-road gravel truck, M-4 tank drill and a Traxxon rock drill

skadill · Jul 7, 2012

John Deere 690E and Lorain Log Loader

Derelict Texture was the tour guide this day,we'll have a lot of the same photos,but they're all great and not easily gotten,These are very difficult finds to come across these days.A walk around video of these pieces seen at: http://youtu.be/oZunHCDnmLM

Vigilant · Jul 7, 2012

That Mack in post #41 looks to be an A model.

Vigilant · Jul 7, 2012

^^^ The one above has a one-piece windshield; the one in post #42 has a two-piece windshield.

KW850&T800H · Jul 7, 2012

Interesting info, thanks, I've been wondering for a while and I'm happy that someone knew for me as I'm not too good with Macks.

HDX · Jul 7, 2012

Vigilant She is either an LJ or a LF Mack The cab is the giveaway The distinct cover over the rad would give the model number an "M" A lot of the Macks up this way (BC ) were the exposed rad therefore the model number would end in "L" for logging My LM Mack has an exposed rad therefore it is an LMSWL The same truck on the eastern seaboard with the same cover over the rad as the picture above would make it an LMSWM The "L" is for logging whereas the "M" is for mining

Vigilant · Jul 7, 2012

As always, many thanks, HDX. Good thing I said it 'looks to be', eh?

My dad ran several off-highway L Model Macks at Vail in the late Sixites/ early Seventies. Any idea what the entire model designation might have been?

His rule of thumb was that a truck had to be 'old enough to vote' before he would sell it. That's right, 21 years old. How times have changed in that regard, and probably for the better.

I have always been partial to KW, in the woods or on the road, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for pre-R Model Mack log trucks.

KW850&T800H · Jul 8, 2012

I couldn't ask for better info! Thank you HDX! :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

HDX said:
Vigilant She is either an LJ or a LF Mack The cab is the giveaway The distinct cover over the rad would give the model number an "M" A lot of the Macks up this way (BC ) were the exposed rad therefore the model number would end in "L" for logging My LM Mack has an exposed rad therefore it is an LMSWL The same truck on the eastern seaboard with the same cover over the rad as the picture above would make it an LMSWM The "L" is for logging whereas the "M" is for mining

skadill · Sep 11, 2012

Boneyard

Photo I took at a fly in Logging Camp near Bella Coola,B.C. Spring 1993,wish I'd taken more

DerelictTexture · Sep 12, 2012

Skadill, who knew that taking photos of rusty stuff was going to be so much fun ?

Who knew that all the "junk" that was getting cast aside, was going to be looked back on so fondly?

All the stuff that's running today is steaming full speed ahead to the scrap pile sooner or later.

Good thing that you and are aren't getting older or more decrepit.

skadill · Sep 14, 2012

Waiting and Wondering

Seems the 90 foot pipes are better show pieces than 'go' pieces anymore

skadill · Sep 14, 2012

Old D6

Long since been scrapped out.

skadill · Sep 16, 2012

Marion Steam Shovel

Was last run in 1974 on compressed air.Appears to have been used to push bundles off logging trucks into the water below.full video inspection at http://youtu.be/VNKA-f2VYdI By the way, the above D6 was scrapped,the photo below is an 8 and it's still there.

DerelictTexture · Sep 16, 2012

That's some serious eye candy, Skadill !...well done video, one more time. Love that rivet construction. Hope to hook up for another road trip one day soon.

skadill · Sep 16, 2012

D8

It was scooped up last oct. for new import car material.(nothing to do with me)

DerelictTexture · Sep 16, 2012

Any idea what year that D-8 was?

skadill · Sep 16, 2012

Guessing only, I'd say 1949

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