"Back in the Day"

[petepilot]

Oh, and for reference he is 6'4".

I would not have argued with him if he wanted to run that saw by himself

 

[Hallback]

Haha, he was the hardest pushing guy I ever met. Everyone I know that worked with him said how good he was. He is long retired & lives outside Port Angeles now.

 

[Hayesno1]

Another interesting video. This is from Northern California 1962

 

[hoechucker]

Another interesting video. This is from Northern California 1962

Does anyone know who this is? That has got to be really close to where I'm at.

 

[roodee2]

Thanks Jumbo years ago I hear of the "Silver Skagit" , other than knowing it was in the Hope B.C. area , and it had something to do with the Skagit River and Ross Dam I have little Knowledge of it . Do you know when the project was finished .

"Rigid clearing specifications had been set by British Columbia to ensure that the proposed High Ross Lake site would be free of trees and other debris in order to enhance its value as a recreational area. The Decco-Walton Logging Company of Everett, Washington was one such company operating in the Skagit Valley. Two hundred American logg rs were: employed near Ross Lake felling and yarding timber for the 42 mile trip to the booming grounds below Hope, at. which point they were towed down the Fraser River to mills at. Everett. " Page 43
From: https://skagiteec.org/wp-content/up...-The-Skagit-Valley-Recreation-Area.x27155.pdf

 

[Hallback]

Does anyone know who this is? That has got to be really close to where I'm at.

That looks like one of your jobs, nothing but the cream!

 

[hoechucker]

That looks like one of your jobs, nothing but the cream!

Looks like it could be but our trucks don’t need those tall of stakes

 

[Truck Shop]

Didn't really know where to put these photos, Long-Bell Mill Longview Wa. One is the head rig,
It's something to see timbers cut that size and the amount of board feet in one, in the days of
great lumber.
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[Truck Shop]

A few photos I took a couple of years ago of the operators room at the old Louisiana Pacific mill
that operated in Walla Walla. Walla Walla was a going concern in those days. Allot of timber ran
through this mill, created allot of jobs.
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[Truck Shop]

 

[skyking1]

Thank you Mike those are spectacular pictures. I would love to see where those big timbers were going to be used.

 

[Hallback]

That's where I broke in cutting timber was on the old long bell Ryderwood tree farm. As a matter of fact the Longview fiber company still had their offices in the White House in Longview up until a few years ago when they were sold. Now Weyerhauser has offices in there

 

[skyking1]

they used some big timbers making Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Nothing as big as those railroad logs though.

 

[Truck Shop]

Stayed a night there, neat old building, massive fire place.
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Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.

 

[Jumbo]

In 1978 I was working in the overhead of the Cornish School of Arts in Seattle. My journeyman and I measured the ridge piece that was 30"x40" x 96' one piece. It ran longer, but we could not measure the overhang outside. The ceiling joists and rafters were 4x12 on 16" centers. All rough cut, no planing. What really got our imagination was thinking about getting it up to the ridgeline 4 floors and an attic above grade.
Building engineering long before CAD cut everything to the minimum.