Nineties Logging

[Tugger2]

I have those whistles on 2 of my cranes . They do get attention on todays jobsites . So far ive had no complaints at the safety meetings.

Think of those whistles echoing off the hills back in the day when there was a couple of 009 s working up a steep valley. Clouds covering the back end ,the smell of bark and ground up dirt, while your head down a##ss up welding a pin back in a grapple ,truck sitting there with half a load ,woods foreman barking over the radio how are you doin up there. Its along time ago for me but i did enjoy those days.

 

[grapplewrench]

Thank you for sharing that video.Can anybody tell which BU that
Skagit yarder is?
I worked around Timberline strokers and then Waratah dangle heads for years,and given the same operator the dangle head
would way out produce the stroker,but in a 16 load a day and less situation,I prefer the stroker do to power,not slipping,and not waiting a week for parts.Those dangle heads,that have all the moving parts in them,are beating against logs and slash all day.Especially with a new operator.
Had a buddy that ran a Timberline stroker while I had a Timbco 445 with a quadco hot saw.We were a matched set.
For a week in 2000, we shipped 30 loads a day up above Stirling City.it seemed like every Doug Fir had two long logs in it.

 

[Hallback]

That is a Skagit BU-737 with the optional skidding drum.

 

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wrong

 

[Truck Shop]

same