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

    Another question for you, gentlemen...a member here forwarded to me a .pdf copy of the 071 production list, which runs from 1974 to 1984. The serials run from 70001 to 70233, which would be 233 units completed. I've also heard production of 250, though that could be someone rounding figures...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Splendid! The terminations on the image of the new yarder are just what I had in mind for the guylines; easy to do with plastic tube and ship rigging thread. With the form established I can figure out how to get a steely metallic shine on the black thread (black and tan the only options, I'm...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Greetings, gentlemen! I would like to beg your indulgence if I may and ask some questions that my sound elementary to many if not all of you. Being as I am not a logger, I freely admit my ignorance about how the job gets done. As I have posted before, I'm working on a scale model of the...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    That would be great, Torkel! First step is to positively identify that rig as a 009 on a Pacific chassis, and I'll be the first to admit I am not competent to identify it myself. Once the yarder & spar are positively identified, then it is on to finding general & detail images along with any...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Madill 009...check. I've got a .pdf copy of the operator's manual, sourced from one of the kind fellows here...ContractLogger, I think it might have been you? I'll have to do more digging with respect to the series "S" spar to get a better idea of what's involved with that. Don't suppose...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Thanks, HD! The Wichitas are one of the problems that took me a long time to solve. Each one has something like forty parts before you start adding all the little bolt heads, and there's almost thirty of those. Times six, for a 318, 3x 218, and 2x 216. The winch drums will spin freely on...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Gentlemen, it's been a while since I've been here, and perhaps this thread is not the right place for this. If so, I apologize and would ask the moderators to move it appropriately. A few years ago I was here looking for info on the 071, intending to build a 1/35 scale model. Several of you...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Thanks, Torkel! I do have this manual, provided to me earlier by another member of this forum in the days before DropBox existed. For reference I have the operator's manual, a production list, a factory brochure, and hundreds of photos. A goodly number have been found on this site and...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    The gears are standard items from Plastruct, and everything else is Evergreen stock. The bedplates are laminated from several sheets of .030" stock, and the axle shafts and winch cores are built up from Plastruct tubing. The winch flanges are slightly out of round, because the fit of the...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Hi, everyone! I haven't been out here in ages, but I wanted to post today to give you all a look at what I've been doing. I'm the guy on here who has no professional ties to the forestry industry, but is a big Sherman tank fan...and thus, very interested in the Madill 071 yarders built on...
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    Madill 071 operator's manuals?

    Splendid! A PM is the next thing on the agenda. Thanks, Contract Logger!
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    Madill 071 operator's manuals?

    Hi, all! Thanks to Alleyoop and JeremyM70, I've gotten access to a local 071 here in Oregon and have been putting together some great documentation on the machine as reference for my model project. I assume that the 071 had operator's manuals, with detailed technical information, component...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Thanks for the tip, Alleyoop! I'll give him a call tonight and see about getting down there to fill the camera and a notepad. It will be quite a while before the model really gets going, but I'll try posting some pics in the models section as it progresses. Have to check about file sizes...
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    Stupid yarder rigging questions

    Thank you, sir! Looks like I've got a lot of reading to do on that site, but it should tell me just about everything I need to know.
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Thanks, Jeremy! I'll try PMing alleyoop on this forum to see about looking that machine over. These machines are as fascinating and varied in their configuration as the Sherman tank hulls they were built on. Obviously a lot of customization was possible; some of it done at the factory and...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Jeremy, Hallback; thanks to both of you. I'll have to give Mike Pihl's operation a call and see what can be arranged. Tillamook isn't far either; though I wonder if the machine is still there. It's now six weeks or so since the sighting. Worst case is, I get out there and no yarder, so I...
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    Stupid yarder rigging questions

    Hi, all! First off, I'm asking this because I'm not a professional logger, nor at all familiar with forestry operations. But I am trying to build a model of a Madill 071 Tower Yarder, and I am trying to understand the functions of it's winches to better understand how to approach replicating...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Hi, all! Been a while since I've looked in on this thread; nice to see more pictures of the Madill 071s. I live near Portland, OR, and I would like to find a machine within a couple of hours' drive that I can go over with a tape measure. I'd like to build a replica in 1/35 scale, as I have a...
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    1:32 scale lowboy tractor are any made?

    I'll have to miss that one, Justin; bummer about that. I've got a car club event that day in Newberg (I live in Hillsboro). If you do any of the scale modeling shows, I'll be at the Seattle IPMS show on April 9th showing a couple of Shermans (M51 Type A with scratchbuilt interior; Coldstream...
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    1:32 scale lowboy tractor are any made?

    Coming to this one late. I've found that there is very little 1/32 stuff around in kit form; a few Snap-Tite trucks and a few old AMT trailer kits available on eBay. I myself usually do 1/35 tanks, but I'm working up a 1/32 tank transporter to carry one. Building a Mack DM895SX tractor using...
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