British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

[SPMiller]

Nice pictures,what were they trying to achieve by putting the bucket facing away from the excavator?

Superior break out force was a result

 

[Born2clearcut]

Raising Spar Tree

 

[Born2clearcut]

few more

 

[RCP57]

What kind of truck is that in the center of last picture? Was this in Renfrew as well?

Cool pictures, I always look forward to seeing more of them!

Reg

 

[TorkelH]

Great pictures Born2clearcut! First thing for me to do in the morning these days is looking at HEF for more pictures from your collection!

 

[Born2clearcut]

I'm glad you guys enjoy the pictures ,I've been kinda Slackin on posting pictures . Yes RCP57 this is in Renfrew area . Not sure what kind of truck that is , maybe a Mack, maybe not lol here's a close up picture of it , maybe someone in the forums could help us out on what Make and Model the ole line horse is

 

[HDX]

VERY CLASSY She is a Corbitt model 50SD6 / White Model 666 6Ton powered by a HXD Herc 855ci Gas engine and 6 wheel drive These trucks were built by both Companies and were the same truck For you military guru's they were G-512 and G514 In this picture you can see what appears to be an M26 "Wiffle Tree" welded onto the top behind the cab Must have been for hanging a block for some special purpose These old Line horse's / Rig up goats were always heavily modified by the "Rig Up Crews" that worked them The blacksmith shops would make all kinds of special job related equipment for these guys Born2clearcut this is one of the few remaining sets of pictures showing the raising of a tree WELL DONE

 

[RCP57]

VERY CLASSY She is a Corbitt model 50SD6 / White Model 666 6Ton powered by a HXD Herc 855ci Gas engine and 6 wheel drive These trucks were built by both Companies and were the same truck For you military guru's they were G-512 and G514 In this picture you can see what appears to be an M26 "Wiffle Tree" welded onto the top behind the cab Must have been for hanging a block for some special purpose These old Line horse's / Rig up goats were always heavily modified by the "Rig Up Crews" that worked them The blacksmith shops would make all kinds of special job related equipment for these guys Born2clearcut this is one of the few remaining sets of pictures showing the raising of a tree WELL DONE

Very interesting... Thank you for the post! That would be a cool truck to make a scale model of someday. Anybody have more pictures of those trucks?

Reg

 

[69hayes]

Just paste this into your browser, lots of info on these trucks, http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_corbitt_white_ww2_6ton.php

 

[RCP57]

Just paste this into your browser, lots of info on these trucks, http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_corbitt_white_ww2_6ton.php

Thanks!

 

[Born2clearcut]

Rigging a Standing Tree
Here's a standing tree starting to be rigged up , looks like he's doin some guyline work in these pictures

 

[kiwi450x]

Very cool pics Born to clearcut. This stuff is intriguing. Makes you realise how easy things are these days, comparitively.

Like Torkel, I enjoy the stuff you put up too.

 

[Born2clearcut]

You're right Kiwi , We work hard in the the bush today ,but they worked harder back then . They were a very inventive bunch back in the day, which has got us to the point we are at now in the logging industry.
1958 Sled # 762 Side No_1
This Sled can be seen in the background of a few of my other post in this thread

 

[Born2clearcut]

1958 Harris Creek area
Here's a couple pictures of what a wooden spar tree looks like after its all rigged up and ready to log .

 

[DerelictTexture]

I'm thinking that the rigging/guywire design was done by the wire and cable salesman...or the engineer had a spar fall over in the past...and he said "not this time!"

 

[trakloader]

Wooden spars flex a lot, so they need an extra set of guylines to prevent the tree from collapsing. The taller the tree, the more guylines. Some had three sets in total.

 

[trakloader]

Nice pictures,what were they trying to achieve by putting the bucket facing away from the excavator?

Those shovel fronts were popular for a short period in the 70's-80's. They really produced, the Poclain they had here often built 800ft. of subgrade in a day. I think they only stopped using them because they still had to work off of mats.

 

[Murk100]

I sure enjoy these old school logging pictures you've been posting...thanks

1958 Harris Creek area
Here's a couple pictures of what a wooden spar tree looks like after its all rigged up and ready to log .

 

[trakloader]

Hey Murk, I have a ton of old pics to post! All colour too. I posted some in "Back in the Day" and have about 20 more to do.

 

[Born2clearcut]

The first few pictures picking out a wooden spar ( 1958 Bear Creek ) the other pic's are of a rigged wooden spar . The last pic is of a wooden spar and setting both taken in 1959 Harris Creek, Renfrew area