More. Yarding second growth, so most of the area has been logged before. Anybody knows what the iron behind the carriage is? The Dahlgren crew found it close to the road while yarding.
Im wondering if the Mark IV is Spolestra's old machine. John was saying after they sold it in the late 80's, it went to 3 or 4 different loggers in about the same amount of years, then he lost track of it.
Awsome pictures, by the way Torkel. Thanks for posting!
An M2A parked in Chehalis for service...
Main purpose is to handle out line to the chokermen, making it possible to yard logs from up to 150 ft latteraly to the skyline road. It's 2 types of motorized carriages; 1) slackpulling devices, that pull out the main line from the yarder through the carriage, and 2) carriages with their own winch containing dropline. In the last one it is the engine and winch in the carriage doing the latteral pull (like the Bomans), in the slackpulling device it is the yarder that does pull in. That means you also should have some device to prevent the carriage from coming up against the yarder when pulling in, this may be a hydraulic skyline clamp or a haulback line. I also have a thread here for carriages.What is the purpose of the engine in the carriage? I'm assuming there used to be carriages that were not motorized.
Chilton and Preston of Woodland Washington logged with this Berger T-23 for several years before buying a Thunderbird TY-90. The Berger was sold to a contractor working near Monroe Oregon and I got a couple shots of it being towed down I-5 behind a Shermann Brothers tractor doing 65+ mph!
The T-23 is a one-piece move if you use a 2-axle jeep and 2-axle booster, as seen here.
This would have been about 2004.
Great pictures!Gisbourne, NZ based MK2R. Machine is currently for sale.