Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

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Dave Whiskin Collection Timberwest HBO Div. 1st & 2nd pictures , Longline Yarder Operator Wes McKechnie climbing on Yarder . Looks like Dave W. is ready to help Yarder up a hill with #40-96 P16 Pacific .

 

[Hallback]

LOL, those photos warm my heart. Thank you!

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Timberwest HBO Div. 3rd & 4th Pictures #54-85 Madill 075 Super Snorkel operator Ernie Harrison loading out from a Cypress Grapple Yarder .

 

[Born2clearcut]

Can't remember if I posted these before. Timberwest Skagit 51-55 looks like a fresh paint job

 

[Tugger2]

Heres a long snorkel we built back in the early 80s on a 7220 American.It was 120'and ran a lightweight grapple that we also built. Sorry about the poor picture

 

[Hallback]

That looks like a 739 hoist on a T-110HD trailer. Nice unit!!

Can't remember if I posted these before. Timberwest Skagit 51-55 looks like a fresh paint job

 

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Rob Norman Collection Timberwest HBO Div. here are a couple more pictures of that same Skagit Tower .

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Timberwest HBO Div. Spring 2002 Dave has a big smile on his face 4 new Western Stars have arrived (#41-156 - #41-159) Dave got the $41-157 .

 

[petepilot]

nice truck but it sure won`t take the loads he`s used to hauling

 

[Hallback]

What a beautiful 739. I am surprised that they do not use towers anymore. You car reach out so much further & get more logs.

 

[Born2clearcut]

Always had alot of fun on the towers. Big crews lots of shannigans going on lol . Good production. Once everyone figured out and started getting good on the Grapple yarders that was the end of the towers. We went from 5 guys on the sidehill down to one guy.

 

[Tugger2]

It seems here in BC we have gone to extremes to take the men out of the equation. Tethering machines over cliffsides to fall and hoechuck wood. An 009 Madill seems pretty simple ,but i guess things change.At least the guy with 009 isnt buried in payments and no revenue right now.

 

[Tugger2]

Always had alot of fun on the towers. Big crews lots of shannigans going on lol . Good production. Once everyone figured out and started getting good on the Grapple yarders that was the end of the towers. We went from 5 guys on the sidehill down to one guy.

Lunch fires and either can mortars shooting at the the other side across the valley.

 

[Hallback]

Oh how I wish I just had the Skagit and a loader & processor. Life was so simple then.

 

[camptramp]

nice truck but it sure won`t take the loads he`s used to hauling

No it wouldn't Maximum GVW 60,200 Kilograms .

 

[camptramp]

What a beautiful 739. I am surprised that they do not use towers anymore. You car reach out so much further & get more logs.

Sad to say Timberwest had 3 Skagit towers at HBO Div. and 1 Skagit tower at their Nanaimo Lakes Div. , With our new CEO and our man John Mann at the helm things changed around 2002 -2004 . I'm not sure if either of the Skagit towers survived the "Scrap Dealers Torch" .

 

[petepilot]

No it wouldn't Maximum GVW 60,200 Kilograms .

132.000 still a pretty good load

 

[camptramp]

132.000 still a pretty good load

That axle combination has 7 axles and 26 tires and 3 pivot points . It packs a good load , but it can be scary to drive not very forgiving if something goes wrong . Two of those trucks ended up with gravel rash and a new mirror . (not that one)

 

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Dave Whiskin Collection Timberwest HBO Div. April 2 2002 #41-157 Western Star Looks like Dave's first load with a new truck , load doesn't look like its up to weight most likely the "Scales " have to be dialed in .

 

[Hallback]

That is horrible. When they are gone they are gone. Now we are buying that steel back in the form of Doosans & Kobelcos. Ugh...
There will come a day that we have to log that rough long-span ground again. Helicopters are too expensive and they will not build Road into those areas.

Sad to say Timberwest had 3 Skagit towers at HBO Div. and 1 Skagit tower at their Nanaimo Lakes Div. , With our new CEO and our man John Mann at the helm things changed around 2002 -2004 . I'm not sure if either of the Skagit towers survived the "Scrap Dealers Torch" .