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I believe pic.21 was one of PCBs 7230s 1985? It was loading out from me on a 144 at the ball park Franklin River. I think he made a deal with Cypress and sent 1or2 5675 on rubber in and had 7230s mounted on the same carriers rebuilt. I remember yarding with a 144 a big tree-length fir I could hardly swing the butt to the side of the rd. That thing grabbed it and dragged it around like nothing, I was amazed at the swing power !!
Moving to a new logging site
Cool pics! That 7280 looks almost as burnt out as E&A's!
7220 Super Snorkel Kimsquit, Dean Channel 1988
This is what happens with a 7280 when you don't put the boom down far enough traveling uphill actually a friend of mines first day running this unit and didn't know it had an extra 5 tons counter weight. Owekino Lake
I do believe he had to change his shorts!!!!
lowbeding 6280 Squamish 2009
Awesome pictures! Both Olympic's and E&A's TL-6's sat up on their counterweights on steep hills, but nobody had cameras, I guess. It must have been quite a sight!
I thought you would enioy those shots. Supper snorkel streched out 120 ft. behind the loader and the 7280 sittin on her bum. I'm amazed it didn't roll over on it's side.
L-17 was a very rare configuration, 60' long boom with steel snorkel. An 80' long boom was available, too, but I don't think many 7230's were ever built with long booms. The long boom was faster to load with, but required more skill than a heel boom. Many of the M&B loaders had the "Luckhurst boom", simply an empty socket at the base, into which a log was inserted. A special cap went on the end of the log, with all the sheaves on it. The tagline went through a small block hung from the boom. Later machines had the long boom seen here.
Is that L-17 still up in QCI or could it be at Franklin R. M&B/Hayes/? have one down here looks awfully similar -the snorkel. I've got a great video of it working. I'll try getting it digital next week away for weekend, See snow in the Mountains again this am more time off:thumbsup