Diamond Danebo
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Handly & Phillips 737 older pics were on the OP, now its in south island NZ
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Skagit Iron and Steel Works, Sedro Wooley, Washington
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Handly & Phillips 737 older pics were on the OP, now its in south island NZ
Hallback
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I hate seeing them cross the pond.
Rusty Grapple
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Those are not the same 2 Skagit 737's although they did both belong to B&M Logging at one point. Both were painted yellow and black when B&M owned them. The machine shown in blue/white in your pics is currently owned by Ken Risseeuw at Willamina, Oregon and is still B&M colors, yellow and black. The machine that went to NZ with Gale's was a 737 that B&M had picked up much earlier, and sold to Gales about 2012. Gale's painted it orange/black/white once they got it to NZ.
Here a couple of pics of the machine currently owned by Risseeuw on the move in Oregon last winter. This is the blue/white colored machine in your pics above. I'll dig up some pics of the machine Gale ended up with (the orange one in your pics above) and post those for you here when I can.
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Rusty Grapple
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Here are some pics of the 737 B&M ended up selling to Gale Contracting in NZ. This is the machine seen in the orange/black/white paint in your pics. These pics are not great quality and were taken at Chehalis, Washington when the yarder was in for service at McPaul Machine. This was a nice yarder when it went to NZ and with Gale taking care of it, I'm sure it still is today.
Rusty Grapple
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Sorry for the double post of 1st pic, this site is quirky with pics. Tried to delete but that isn't working. Here's a pic showing that same 739 behind the C500 lowboy truck at B&M when the yarder is looking fresh and clean. The Gale boys do look at the forum here from time to time so hopefully they can add details about this yarder that they might share with us. I didn't get the serial number of the machine that Gale got but they may be able to reply to this and add at some point.
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Diamond Danebo
Active Member
oh wow i was way off, must have got my wires crossed with Matt. thanks for clearing that up Eric.
Rusty Grapple
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Its all good mister, just a little confusing as they had 2 of the 737's that they have reworked, repainted, and then sold. This was mostly just a great opportunity to share some pics I had of both machines when B&M had them. I also figured if you had a connection to the Handly & Phillips machine you would be happy to know that she is still here stateside and working full time in Oregon, so I could offer a smile for you in that regard.
B&M sure have owned some dandy yarders through the years. They still do own a bunch and are using a pair of 739's daily as well as other yarders too. You have a happy Sunday and I hope you enjoy the pics and misc tidbits as much as I do.
Rusty Grapple
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Here's a Skagit BU-80 at B&M Logging, pics taken as the yarder was parked at Mineral in the later 1990's. Painted yellow/black in the B&M color scheme.
Rusty Grapple
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Here are some pics of a Skagit BU-94 they own and are using as they need it. This one is mounted on a Skagit T-100 self-propelled carrier.![225434_155276317873489_100001733641485_350733_3896395_n[1].jpg](https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/data/attachments/170/170917-c3e63867f54ccf707010de60a520547a.jpg "225434_155276317873489_100001733641485_350733_3896395_n[1].jpg")
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Hallback
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Great photos as always!
Rusty Grapple
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I hope all is well, post more of your yarder mister.
Hallback
Senior Member
I will as soon as we get it to another setting. We are just running the Westcoaster right now but that will probably change next week.
ForestEng
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Anyone have access to a 737 operators manual?
petepilot
Senior Member
have looked at most of the pictures from pg1 to here` some awesome machinery. am curios though how long does it take from the time you get to the site to setup and be ready to pull wood?
Jumbo
Senior Member
Lots of variables to answer you. Are the guylines already in place, has the layout been made? Working for Weyerhaeuser in the 60s and 70s, we had a "bull gang" who went out with a line truck to string guylines and make the first layout. (two old broke down experienced hooktenders to do the thinking and the operating and a pair of young guys to do the running.)
With everything in place, we could be filling the landing with logs in four hours at most. If nothing is ready, it might take days. I have heard of Simpson on the peninsula having to stretch 3000' of guyline, that is a lot of work. You had to pack out into the brush 2 or 3 16" Ropemaster tail blocks and the associated straps. then you need to string haywire. With a bull gang, everything went much smoother.
Hallback
Senior Member
It usually takes us about 6/8 hours from driving on the landing to rigged & logging.
petepilot
Senior Member
thanks for the replys guys I was guessing a full day at least
grapplewrench
Active Member
My son and I have both been smitten with the inherent spirit of Skagit iron.
We have read a few stories of outfits that started out with SJ series mobile
loggers and how much they loved them.We were considering an SJ4 for
doing narrow roadside work in our small outfit to compliment our TMY45.
The only part that worries me as far as parts/reliability go is that power divider/downdrive piece.I have studied the brochures Rust Grapple put up for hours.Any other knowledge,wisdom,stories of these rigs would
be greatly appreciated.Thank you guys for all the great photos,stories,and
hard won wisdom.The photos of those restored big tube yarders fill me full
of awe and desire.
Grapplewrench Sr.
We have read a few stories of outfits that started out with SJ series mobile
loggers and how much they loved them.We were considering an SJ4 for
doing narrow roadside work in our small outfit to compliment our TMY45.
The only part that worries me as far as parts/reliability go is that power divider/downdrive piece.I have studied the brochures Rust Grapple put up for hours.Any other knowledge,wisdom,stories of these rigs would
be greatly appreciated.Thank you guys for all the great photos,stories,and
hard won wisdom.The photos of those restored big tube yarders fill me full
of awe and desire.
Grapplewrench Sr.
Blk prince
Senior Member
grapplewrench. I started out on wrenches in 1967. We had only the SJ7. We did not have any issues with downdrive at all. The swing shaft was biggest issue and could replace that in 10-12 hours. One contractor had a SJ4 and it just kept going. All of these were loading in landings. Later one SJ7 was used to log small corner patches. Not too much help I know
grapplewrench
Active Member
Thank you,it does help.
Looking at all the other parts of the machine,it looks like most of it can be off the shelf stuff,including the transmission.That little 4cyl CAT seems to be the predecessor to the 3304.I love the idea and operation of a machine like this,and
given that it's purpose built with strawline drum and all,I'd rather run it ,than a brand new yoder complete with bluetooth DEF injection and zero character.
If I get an SJ4,I intend to spend my winters making it nice in the same spirit
as Haulback did his beautiful rig.Some folks might criticize us for denying a
museum it's iron,others might criticize us for not having enough business sense because we're "playing with old junk". The satisfaction of taking a beautifully engineered piece of iron from a better era and putting food on a bunch of dinner tables with it can't be beat though.
Grapplewrench