Truck Shop
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Falstaff, Lucky and Old Bavarian.
I suspect it is a full load of 32's. (Compared to the camp building alongside it.) Typical loggers, load everything up until it breaks, fix it and back off just a hair.Is that a pup behind that new Pete?
Nope, that is a full load, 32s perhaps but a full load. Now, when you refer to a pup, I immediately think of a short logger trailer. What I'm seeing is two long log loads powered by the Pete in the foreground. You didn't need a lot of power, there was no adverse in those days it was always favorable grade. You just needed good brakes.If you fix it it should be good for a few more pounds…
I’m referring to the log behind, at a 45° angle to the load on the first Pete. Maybe they have a truck tucked into the back of that load?
With a whopping 4-71 for power-it was a all day event.How about this old GMC 620 from Oregon
I'd say 6-71, 2 valve head, 5 & 4 with a tall gear ratio.With a whopping 4-71 for power-it was a all day event.
Looking at this again…that bunk/wing log on the new pete appears to be well over 64’ long if the other “long logs” are 32’.Fageol went out of business Jan 1 1939, Sterling bought Fageol for about 5 cents on the dollar.
Sterling then sold the remainder two months later to Peterman for $50,000. Below is from best
of records by a known Peterbilt aficionado one of the first if not the first Pete built in 1939.
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Well how about splitting the difference a 5-71--it's just another detroit powered jimmy-mostI'd say 6-71, 2 valve head, 5 & 4 with a tall gear ratio.
I'm betting there's about 18,000 board feet in that log so you're looking at about a 55,000 lb logWhat do you reckon a log like that weighs?
I noticed when I drove by today that your shop looked like a ghost town. Is all OK?I'm betting there's about 18,000 board feet in that log so you're looking at about a 55,000 lb log