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  1. Contract Logger

    Antique Logging Tools or Machinery on Dispay

    It seems like most of the towns and villages up and down the Pacific Coast, from California to Alaska have some old logging, construction, or railroad equipment on display. Many of you on this forum are actively working to preserve this history in lots of different places and locations. Trucks-...
  2. Contract Logger

    Weyerhaeuser Company Logging Operations

    OK Here it is. Post your pics of Weywerhaeuser logging equipment and operations from any age or location in this thread. I have hundreds, OK, maybe thousands, and as I find and scan them I'll post, so keep checking this thread for the next 5 years or so....... Here's a starter pic: KW C500 at...
  3. Contract Logger

    Ariel Logging- Balloons, Helicopters, or Otherwise.

    I have alot of old pics featuring aeronautical devices used for logging. For a few years in the early 90's I was a loading/trucking contractor working with Columbia Helicopters and Evergreen Helicopters around Washington State. I have been in the hot seat of the shovel scrambling and cursing as...
  4. Contract Logger

    Logging Equipment- Dead at Mt. St. Helens!

    When Mt St Helens exploded on May 18, 1980, many logging operationas were destroyed in the blast zone area. Along with that, 3 of Weyerhausers logging camps downstream were wiped out completely. Over the next few weeks I'll post a few pics from those days on the mountain. Some of the logging...
  5. Contract Logger

    Skidders- Tracks ot Tires, Lines or Grapples- Lets see what you've got!

    Post us some skidder pics fellows. I'll start with a small grapple machine.......
  6. Contract Logger

    Bucyrus-Erie Machines, Modified for Logging

    I ran across some old sales literature and thought this would be a cool thread. No doubt many of us worked around the 30-B and 38-B machines, so I saw these gems and scanned em' in! They're old and grainy, so bear with me. Oh- and add any you might have! We can start with some early hydraulic...
  7. Contract Logger

    Hydraulic Excavators turned into Log Loader, then put on Rubber Tire SP Carriers!

    Used to be a million of these in the woods. All makes, models, shapes and sizes! Not so much the last 10 or so years. Show us your pics. I'll start with these. Oops.
  8. Contract Logger

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    I have a few thousand old Skagit yarder and loader pics. We can all post pics of Skagits here in this new thread dedicated to them........... Here are some from 1969.
  9. Contract Logger

    Terex Loader and Mack DM Series Trucks in Alaska (Pics)

    I was in Ketchikan last week and saw this Terex loading trucks in a quarry. I don't know much about them but thought you may like to see. Outfit had a bunch of these Mack trucks- some with offset cabs, others with standard cabs.
  10. Contract Logger

    Southeast Alaska- Water Transportation of Equipment

    On the coasts of BC and Alaska, often your job tomorrow is on an island different than your job yesterday. Southeast Alaska is made up of over 1,000 islands covering a land area of around 22 million acres. Total population of that area is about 75,000 people. The 2 largest 'cities' are Juneau...
  11. Contract Logger

    Unloading Logs With an A-Frame Yarder

    In BC and Alaska logs are hauled to the water by truck, and unloaded into the water several ways. Here, an A-Frame lifts whole loads off and drops them in the water...............These were taken in Alaska.
  12. Contract Logger

    Alaskan Logging Equipment, Left to Rust

    I live right smack in the middle of the 'Tongass National Forest', an area of 17 million acres of mostly old growth timber, on over 1,000 islands. Logging here started way back in the 1902's, and eventually progeressed through the 60's, 70's and 80's pretty much OK. In the early 1990's, under...
  13. Contract Logger

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    Giant trucks, giant loads, giant machinery! Enjoy.
  14. Contract Logger

    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    The First and Largest Manufacturer of the 'Mobile Steel Spar', along with many other logging equipment innovations. Share your pics, memories, and everything else with us here! I'll start with an old Madill 009 on a Hayes truck.
  15. Contract Logger

    Volvo- Some Neat and Interesting New Machines

    Volvo is making a real run at building logging and forestry machines. I am impressed with some of thier ideas and ingenuity, but more than anything for investing big R&D money in forestry in these trying economic times. When I was logging we always wanted a leveling shovel-logger. I tried...
  16. Contract Logger

    Thunderbird Yarders, Loaders, and Etc from the Murray's in Eugene Oregon

    When the big yarder maufacturers went broke in the early 1980's, Ross Murray (Ross Equiment) jumped in and built a fine line of yarders, and then starting in 1988 built hydraulic log loaders, delimbers, and processors. I have owned several of these machines over the years, and no doubt you guys...
  17. Contract Logger

    Berger Manufacturing- Logging Equipment Built in Seattle

    Lots of Berger machines around left over from the heyday. Anyone have any pics or info to share? Here are some Berger pics from 1960's/70's advertising.
  18. Contract Logger

    Cranes and Shovels-- converted to load logs

    Post Your Pics of Loading Logs- with converted crane equipment. I know you have em'!
  19. Contract Logger

    Washington Iron Works and thier machines

    There seems to be alot of interest the the Washington yarders and log loaders, so here's a thread devoted just to/for them. Share your pictures, your stries, or just sit back and enjoy ours if you like! I suppose I'll have to start, so here goes...............
  20. Contract Logger

    Logging Equipment Pictures

    How about a thread for posting our logging equipment 'in action' pictures? New, old, or otherwise- lets show each other where we've been and what we were using. I'll start with some cable logging gear from the 1960's..........
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