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  1. Redwood Climber

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    What a Beauty! Thanks for posting the pictures of the BU 199. She's a beauty! She does need a coat of paint but what a machine! Everything about her is all about work. Takes me back about 27 years......how I wish I could hear her ROAR!! one more time.
  2. Redwood Climber

    Kenworth Thread for 848--849--850

    Water Retarder These trucks were part of a fleet that Joe J. Rossi Co had for off highway log hauling out of Fort Bragg, Ca. They were a contractor for Georgia Pacific which had a large mill and oodles of acres of timberland. GP ended up buying the off hwy trucks from Rossi and they became...
  3. Redwood Climber

    Kenworth Thread for 848--849--850

    Contraption Behind Cab. I am certainly not an expert on heavy trucks, but many of the old off highway trucks had a hydraulic (water) retarder. They needed a large water tank for the retarder so they put a large tank behind the cab. If you look closely you can see the tank goes to the other...
  4. Redwood Climber

    British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

    TL 15 Yarding Mr. Vigilant, If you look very carefully behind the boom you can see a short A frame gantry with the haulback sheave. Coming out of that sheave is a very faint cable, the haulback, most likely 5/8 inch diameter. If you look above the log deck you can see a sunspot. Running...
  5. Redwood Climber

    British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

    Jim Atchinson High Climber Thanks for the story of Jim Atchinson not many climbers live through a fall of 90 feet. It is hard to believe we did not take better care of our injured and disabled employees back then. Shame on us. A fall from 50 feet is generally considered the "coffin zone"...
  6. Redwood Climber

    British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

    D8h 46a I agree Sidney 43 It looks like a High Horse 270hp 46A to me. I can't see clearly but the low hp (230hp) had the hydraulic pump and tank in front of the radiatior, I can't tell on this one. But no wait..... the air cleaner says low hp model. The high horse 46A had the air cleaner on a...
  7. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Eatons or Wichita's Newer vs Later Are those Eaton water cooled brakes? That would tell us it is a later machine. The early machines had Wichita's. The guards over them make me think Wichita's, many of the Eaton equipped machines had only a roof over them. Also notable is the hood, it seems to...
  8. Redwood Climber

    guyline replacement

    Howdy K.... I would not go longer than 5 years. Many yarders that log 5-6 months out of the year don't go over 5. Your machines are logging 9- 11 months. Expensive yes, but when everything is riding on two or three guy lines it's not worth the few thousand you save. They are not making many of...
  9. Redwood Climber

    BC logging equipment left to rust

    Most likely a 366 or the pre runner to the 366. The duel stacks say it is a 6v53 jimmy. The 266 had a 453.
  10. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Believe it to be a different machine. Howdy there Young Man!! Nice to hear from you! If you hit craigslist portland (Oregon), it was posted yesterday. Jan. 4. Do a heavy equipment search (Yarder) in the Portland Craiglist & you should be there. We may be looking at the same machine. I'm not...
  11. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Skagit T110HD Sad to see the Skagit thread buried so many pages back. Anyhow, there is a Skagit T110HD Self propelled yarder for sale on Craigslist. I believe it is a BU 99. Year model 1973. It must have been one of the last 99's built. I've not read how many BU 99's were built.That's just...
  12. Redwood Climber

    BC logging equipment left to rust

    Logging with D9's There were more than a few D9's used in logging here in northern California also. Timber Salvage Co. (Lyman Goucher) had a D9G he used for logging old growth Redwood. He was a cutting contractor for a number of years, just falling timber. That included building layouts (soft...
  13. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Forester/logging 39 years sitting in the seat of a yarder.......and your still sane? Tell us about the yarders you ran, model, year, tracks or tires, swing or tower, grapple or choker, carriages etc........... and pictures!
  14. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Cool we would love to see any pictures of logging equipment you have. My father worked for Simpson out of Korbel and Klamath. California for 36 or so years, I worked for a company that was bought out by Simpson, and my son works for Green Diamond (Simpson). I now do some contracting for Green...
  15. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    The Steel Wheeled Monstrosity! Welcome to the Forum Northriver69, that is a great picture of a powerful machine in her day. I was only 3 or 4 when she was built, so I can't say that I know much about her. I'm always interested in learning more about yarders, so here goes with the questions...
  16. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    So I do have a question about this BU 98 being moved with the Pacific P16. in the first picture I see exhaust coming from the stack of the 98, at first i though maybe they left it running to keep air in the system for brakes and tooter. Then I looked at the drive axles and they don't look oily...
  17. Redwood Climber

    Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington

    Tower ID I believe that is the same tower as in post # 1011 in the Vancouver Island BC thread, if you look closely it looks to be the same BU 98...yarder # 51-54. Drums look the same, air tank is mounted in the same place, toolbox looks the same...... I was surprised to see the yarder...
  18. Redwood Climber

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    Bu 98 / bu 739 Thank you Mr. Camptramp for all the pictures of the long line yarders. The two towers you have listed as #51-54 and #51-55 are different models. #51-55 in post #1006 and #1007 are a BU 739, a later model which replaced the earlier BU 98 model Skagit. #51-54 in post # 1009, #1010...
  19. Redwood Climber

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    Nice Pictures Thanks Mr. Born2clearcut.. those are some nice pictures of a BU 739 trailer mount. It is a nice compact unit. It looks like it is just out of the paint booth. It has a raised tower cradle for moving with a truck or cat. It has eight guy lines, I'm not sure but it looks to be a...
  20. Redwood Climber

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    That sounds right, the LP- Mike Graves machine was on the opposite, (or right) side of the machine. The rigging slinger I spoke to said he was pretty sure it was the first BU 199 that Skagit built. He also said that they pulled it over once, they were having problems with the poured knobs on...
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