British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

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Jim Backland , BCFP .

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP .

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP .

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP .

 

[dirty4fun]

Great pictures of the excavator, checking how far down it was to solid ground. That much mud around it would of created a lot of suction to over come to pull the excavator out. That and throw in the steep angle it was sitting at to come up took some doing.

 

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6-248 Went to Narrows new

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP , Warner Bay Div .

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP , Warner Bay Div.

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP , Narrows Inlet Div. #6-248 Hayes Logging Truck .

 

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Jim Backland BCFP , Narrows Inlet . I believe this is also at Narrows Inlet , check the # out on this Pacific , I've never seen a number on a BCFP off highway logging truck higher than #6-264 in 1980 , there maybe numbers above #6-264 , but a jump up to #6-502 ? I did see a WHD Hayes at Nekite River Div. in 1975 that had a #50? that I assumed was an ex Catermolte Trethewy truck as there were other Machine's at Nekite R. with #50? numbers , a Madill yarder I ran started with #50? .

 

[diamondtguy]

Interesting..Pictures are very nice and the paint on the truck looks good so I imagine they are'nt really old but the checkerplate running boards are before my time there.They may have been replaced.
I also notice a skid plate on the Allison..I installed a few but they weren't that common.I am sure the camps made a few of their own..

Some really nice pictures...

 

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From what you can see, is that a Pacific P 16 frame . Why I ask is , could that be an ex Catermolte Trethwy Hayes that had the cab & water tank destroyed and was rebuilt by Pacific Truck in the mid 1970's after the high window cabs were introduced . Or a Pacific P 16 replacing a wrecked Hayes using the old number ?

 

[diamondtguy]

It looks to be all Pacific to me but I have never actually looked at a HDX frame.I know the big windows came in around 77.Larry at Pacific tells me there are actually 3 sizes of windshields..
One of the first P-16's I remember is Blk Princes super truck.The pictures I have don't show it having checker plate running boards..But he would know for sure..
I certainly don't recognize the fab work on the top of the water tank.The mounts look Pacific but I believe we had one or two ex Hayes engineers and maybe draftsmen..
It could very well be a "camp" built truck or rebuild.

Is there a reason why they have the rain cap pointed into the wind ???I thought they went the other way ???

 

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Don't know about the rain cap , might have been in a good position to tighten bolt . LOL

 

[diamondtguy]

Ha Ha...good answer
Is the fold up tounge on the back of the low bed a push plate for the pusher truck ??

 

[dirty4fun]

The center fold up on the trailer I am pretty sure is for the push truck to push on when needed. As I remember when the ramp on one side or the other raises it lifts the push plate. Has to be quite a sight when they have a couple trucks pulling and one pushing, going up and around all the switch backs.

 

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Yes , when the ramps are raised , the tong in the middle is raised so a push truck can pull up to and push . I spent a lot of time driving the push truck . Some guy's hated being in the push truck . In the Winter time there was lots of mud spray flying around , in the Summer the dust was so thick you could barely see loading ramps . the trick was to stay with truck bumper against the lowbeds push bar . if you got a couple of feet back from push bar and the lowbed driver braked , the push truck driver was going through the windshield . In the Summer time if you got a few feet back of the push bar , the push truck driver was blind in the cloud of dust , all you could do is come to a complete stop until the dust cleared , then catch the lowbed on the next hill . Tom Worth was the lowbed driver in Renfrew Div. , he was great to work with , he would let me use more power than he did until we got into hard up hill grades . When we started down hill grades and I felt him brake , I would back off . When we got off the hill he would let me build up power before he started pulling . That way I was always against the push bar . We use to make amazing time with a Madill or Cypress Grapple Yarder or Super Snorkel on board . The Hayes HDX's use to be a better push truck on switch backs than the P 16 Pacific's as the front fenders on the Pacific's stuck out so far , they could get hung up on the lowbed ramps on a tight corner .

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP Caycuse Div.

 

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Jim Backland , BCFP Caycuse Div .

 

[Hank R]

You are getting some real great pictures up for all of us to enjoy thanks.