Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

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Dave Whiskin Collectiop Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture is the #40-135 (BCFP #6-243) a Renfrew Div. HDX Hayes 2nd picture is Dispatcher Joe Wipplinger at Caycuse Dispatch Shack 1989 3rd picture is Ladies Day at Caycuse Div. 1988 4th picture is the Lowbed #6-249 with #9-27 on board 1988 .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. !st , 2nd , 3rd pictures a view of Lake Cowichan from K-8-E 4th picture #27-35 Grapple Yarder ,#320 log loader , #6-228 Log Truck . K-8-E , 1989

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection , Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture L-#5 Log loader Brian Schultz operator , #6-228 HDX Hayes log truck , Dennis Cronin Landing Man (exstreme) Archie Doucette Landing Bucker .1989 2nd picture Another enthusiastic Fletcher Challenge worker . 3rd & 4th pictures #6-251 HDX Hayes Log Truck and #6-220 HDX Hayes Line Horse on Nitinat M/L 1989 .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture #27-8 009 Madill steel tower on self propelled rubber tire carrier (This Madill was new at Nekite River Div.) #313 TL-6 Track Loader on Br. S9 2nd picture #27-44 Cypress 72-80 Grapple Yarder , #16-8 American 72-20 Log Loader .1989 3rd & 4th Pictures Mike Patton Operator & Kevin Worthington Landing Man with a TL 6 that was purchased used for Caycuse Div. 1990

 

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DAVE Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. Pro Logging Protest in front of Parliament Building's Victoria B.C. June 15,1990

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture empty meeting loaded (PCB) Pat Carson Bulldozing truck on Carmanah M/L 2nd picture empty meeting Fletcher Challenge #40-262 loaded on Rosander M/L 3rd picture looking East from along Nitinat Lake from Rosander M/L 4th picture looking East down the Rosander Hill along Nitinat Lake .1990

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st & 2nd pictures #6-261 P 16 Paciifc driven by the late Jack Cotterill on the Caycuse Summit . 3rd picture #6-245 HDX Hayes loaded off C-5 4th picture #6-252 HDX Hayes loaded at C-5 . 1990

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Div. 1st & 2nd pictures #6-246 HDX Hayes loaded on C5 . 1990 3rd picture Dave Whiskin standing beside #6-249 HDX Hayes after being repowered with twin turbo V 12 Detroit & fresh coat of paint at Caycuse Shop . 1989 4th picture #6-249 being unloaded at Caycuse DLS by a Wagoner Log Stacker operated by Nick Soyhe 1990

 

[Tugger2]

Great pictures! looks like the Wagner might have grunted a bit on those loads. We had 980 b s were i worked and had to pushoff .What a contrast to todays logging even if the 1990s seem like yesterday.

 

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Great pictures! looks like the Wagner might have grunted a bit on those loads. We had 980 b s were i worked and had to pushoff .What a contrast to todays logging even if the 1990s seem like yesterday.

I don't think that Stacker could unload an off highway logging truck with one "bite" , It usually took two or three "Bites"

 

[Tugger2]

Your right, it just looked like he was set for a whole mouthful .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture Sept. 11,1989 First load of logs on #6-249 HDX Hayes after rebuild #16-8 American Log Loader on M-10-K 2nd picture #6-249 HDX Hayes hooked to #27-17 Madill Slack Line Tower parked in down town Caycuse 1990 3rd picture #27-37 Grapple Yarder McClure M-10-E 1988 4th picture #27-44 7280 Cypress Grapple Yarder C-5-A

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture #6-249 & #6-246 HDX Hayes Trucks Dave Whiskin standing 2nd picture #6-249 & #6-246 HDX Hayes Walter Cooke standng . 3rd picture #16-24 Cypress Hydraulic Log Loader Richard Zboyoski operator . Richard was a very interesting fellow . He was raised in Caycuse went to work at a young age , when he retired (which was mandatory at 65 , at the time) at 65 , he worked into his 65th year long enough to leave with 50 years seniority . He had a very dry sense of humor , one time the dispatcher asked him late in the day if he had a late load for me . Richard responded with , sure , but tell him to bring his blankets , in other words I'll start loading him , but the truck will stay over night .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1990 Woods Foreman Bob Norcross on the "Ground" Richard Zboyoshi Operator on #56-32 Cypress 1825 Hydraulic log loader unloading it off Lowbed . Note number on loader is #54-85 when Fletcher Challenge took over British Columbia Forest Products it had previously taken over CZ . As a result the machine numbers were changed on BCFP machines to correspond with the CZ system . The first #56 was for "Line Loaders" so #54-85 was the wrong number on this machine , it was changed to #56-32 . The number #54-85 was issued to a Madill Super Snorkel .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. 1st picture D Branch 1990 2nd picture Barney Edgar Cat Skinner on #9-26 Cat , Barney was a talented operator , he also operated Excavators on the Grade crew . When log Processers were introduced to the Div. , he didn't take long to have one mastered . 3rd picture #16-72 7220 American Log Loader . 4th picture Landing Bucker Ron Pappenburger hard at work .

 

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2nd picture Barney Edgar Cat Skinner on #9-26 Cat

I've never seen a cat that big set up to skid logs. What is the story on that?

 

[Welder Dave]

Somebody spent a looong time hardfacing the push arms!

 

[Tugger2]

Where i worked a cat like that would cleanup small patches of right of way or blowdown . Sometimes yarding special wood for a bridge or or maybe a new snorkel for the loader. No holds barred in those days ,get wood however you could.

 

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Up until the late 1940's early 1950's most Logging rail grade and road grade were built by "Cable Grade Shovels" , as the "Bulldozer" was developed , it became more popular for use in building Logging road grade . By the mid 1950's Cats were the preferred machine for building Logging road grade . By the early 1960's Cable Grade Shovels were fazed out . This statement refers to the Port Renfrew area I grew up in . There is terrain on the West Coast of British Columbia that Grade Shovels out perform Cats , I know of Grade Shovels building Logging roads up until the late 1970's . As the Hydraulic Excavator was prefected , it replaced both Cats and Grade Shovels for building logging roads . The "Arch built on the back of the Cat showed up in the late 1950's or early 1960's , it was great for "Cat Logging" or for pulling logs off the right away before the Grade was built . The Cat in the picture was probably kept around to spread ballast on new Logging roads or to do chores like cleaning debris off roads and landings .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Fletcher Challenge Caycuse Div. !990 1st #40-128 HDX Hayes driven by Oz Nelson entering Caycuse Dryland Sort . 2nd picture Louis Patenaude unloading Highway Logging Truck with Wagner Stacker . 3rd picture Neal Sanders sorting logs with Chapman 1825 Hydraulic Log Loader . 4th picture Rick Perry moveing sorted logs to bund ler with Cat 980 Stacker .