Alaskan Logging Equipment, Left to Rust

[JMJ_D31]

Man I would love to have one of those old trucks. Especially the one with the low-boy hooked to it.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[gordo1boys]

Looking to buy kenworth heavy duty rear suspensions in some pictures in alaska. any help with where the old wrecked weyerhauser bone yard is near ketchikan?

 

[johnson]

It would be cool if someone would make a map of abandoned logging camps and places where you can find abandoned equipment.

 

[tireman]

It would be cool if someone would make a map of abandoned logging camps and places where you can find abandoned equipment.

Doing that would only invite thieving lowlifes who would scrap the stuff.I agree it would be nice to see in person, but unfortunately a few have ruined it for the rest.It's a sad reality of what the world has come to.

 

[Vigilant]

Doing that would only invite thieving lowlifes who would scrap the stuff.I agree it would be nice to see in person, but unfortunately a few have ruined it for the rest.It's a sad reality of what the world has come to.

This.

 

[johnson]

I agree with you on that one tireman,it is a crying shame that we cant enjoy seeing this great equipment just because some thief cant keep his hands to him self,if the owner wants to scrap the equipment its his choice,but just because the equipment is sitting somewhere in the forest doesn't mean its there for taking IT STILL HAS AN OWNER,and it should stay there where it is as a reminder because what happened to Alaska logging could happen anywhere in the US or the world,and it is a shame that we cant enjoy seeing this great equipment on the internet,because many of us probably won't have a chance to see it in person.Thanks for the great pictures and stories everyone especially Contract Logger.

 

[Steve Frazier]

Let's not go down this road again please.

 

[dieselfreak]

contract logger I have sent you a few messages but your inbox is full. don't know how else to get a hold of you. just wanted to ask some questions, not publicly of course. big fan, DIESELFREAK.

 

[johnson]

Well if we cant see the pictures of the old iron,can we see the pictures of the equipment working in Alaska today,there are still a couple outfits left working up there,so if someone has pictures please post them.

 

[johnson]

Alaska Logging in action

Is this the Ketchikan Skagit BU-739?


I Found some action shots but I'm not shore if it's the same machine

 

[gaberygaard]

Hey This is Rygaard a buddy sent me this . Who is the owner ? I am interested in it for parts. They only made 37 of these I have 3 of them myself. Contact me by e mail at rygaardlogging@aol.com . Cool Pics Gabe

 

[jazzyoil]

i am looking for a 150 ton low bed to buy so if anyone one knows where i could find one could you let me know

 

[Cletus]

RE; Post 143

I hope to have it looking like this again! I was 16 when I talked my dad into buying it.

 

[Cletus]

Off Road?

i am looking for a 150 ton low bed to buy so if anyone one knows where i could find one could you let me know

 

[sowdenmechanics]

Hey contract logger am an apprentice heavy duty mechanic with the hopes of having my own logging equipment and the trucks and towers i see on here or beutys and need to be restored or brought back to life there history and for me living in bc most of our towns were built around the industry if i was a serious buyer and wanted to buy some trucks and equipment from one of the yards and wrench on them and restore them how could i contact some of the owners or find the yards

 

[Vigilant]

Hey contract logger am an apprentice heavy duty mechanic with the hopes of having my own logging equipment and the trucks and towers i see on here or beutys and need to be restored or brought back to life there history and for me living in bc most of our towns were built around the industry if i was a serious buyer and wanted to buy some trucks and equipment from one of the yards and wrench on them and restore them how could i contact some of the owners or find the yards

Might want to contact him directly at his website: Rustygrapple.com.

Best of luck in your endeavors.

 

[Diecastmania]

I really think those EX400s are really cool! Sad to see em all siting! I would like to build one in 1:50 someday... It would be very cool to see them in person. NOT IN CUT UP PIECES! Thanks for posting these pics!

 

[AKlogr]

Is this the Ketchikan Skagit BU-739?
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I Found some action shots but I'm not shore if it's the same machine

This Machine originally was Ketchikan Pulp's, then it went to Seley, and now I believe Crown Alaska owns it. To answer your question yes it is the same machine, the most powerful machine I ever worked under- 23 years in the brush. I once fully suspended 2- 36' spruce, one 6'8" and the other 6'4" in Shelter Cove, with a shotgun carriage. 4200' of skyline out

 

[AKlogr]

This one is still logging, but I know where there is another that you can get pretty cheap

 

[ap40rocktruck]

Great thread, waiting for more photos to emerge. When the 2 big mills were still working, did they work year round or just seasonal? The camps must have been rather large to house all of the men who worked the woods.

Ap40