British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. San Juan Bay at Port Renfrew B.C.

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection An Island Tug & Barge or Seaspan Tug anchored at San Juan Bay at Port Renfrew , awaits good weather or the correct "Tide" to tow a Boom of logs to Victoria through the Juan De Fuca Straights .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. A water tank for filling water tanks on logging trucks(for water on brakes going down hills) . Or filling small tanks on fire trucks along M/L at four mile . Might even been a left over from the Logging Railroad days .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. Long Tom fire tankers , #6-236 HDX Hayes Preloader Logging Truck and a pump to fill water tanks .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. A former Dodge single axle gravel truck repurposed for a fire truck .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. The #208 HDX Hayes former Caycuse Logging Truck repurposed at Renfrew Div, for a water tanker in the Summer months and switched over to a Sand Truck for the Winter months .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. Launching the" Tow Boat" Foremast with a Wagner Log Stacker . The "Tow Boat" San Juan Prince in the booming grounds at Renfrew Div.

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. "Long Tom" fire tankers on site

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. Fire fighting equipment available when needed .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. #212 HDX Hayes Log Truck retired from Renfrew Div. log haul line up waiting to be shipped out of Division .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. A mobile "A Frame" built by Hayes Manufacturing in Vancouver B.C. used to "Dumo" Off Highway Logging Trucks at the new Dryland Sort at Renfrew Div. from about 1963 to 1966 .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. I find this an interesting picture . Usually there were just a Rigging Slinger and two Chokermen on the business end of the "Butt Rigging" , this crew has a couple extras .

 

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Peter Mortensen Collection BCFP Renfrew Div. A mobile "A Frame" built by Hayes Manufacturing in Vancouver B.C. used to "Dumo" Off Highway Logging Trucks at the new Dryland Sort at Renfrew Div. from about 1963 to 1966 .

Was there a specific reason BCFP used this rather than a LeTourneau or some other log stacker? I know LeTourneaus were around and used with off highway trucks at the time.

 

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Was there a specific reason BCFP used this rather than a LeTourneau or some other log stacker? I know LeTourneaus were around and used with off highway trucks at the time.

The BCFP Renfrew Div. Dryland Sort was one of the first on the Coast of B.C. To say there was a lot of trial and error would be an under statement . Some time in late 1965 or early 1966 the Mobile "A Frame " was parked and a Kenworth Log Stacker was used to unload the logging trucks , by splitting the load into two or three "Bites" .
It's interesting that I have found pictures of attempts to trip the stakes and use a Cat to push the loads off the logging trucks at Muir Creek DLS a BCFP contract operation in its beginnings around 1963 . Fast forward to the mid 1990's the logs that had been hauled to the Port Renfrew DLS are being hauled to the Honeymoon Bay DLS on Lake Cowichan . Other Logging Operations on the Coast have perfected a system of tripping stakes and pushing loads off logging trucks with 988 Cat log stackers . For the last few years of operation the Off Highway logging trucks were pushed off .

 

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The BCFP Renfrew Div. Dryland Sort was one of the first on the Coast of B.C. To say there was a lot of trial and error would be an under statement . Some time in late 1965 or early 1966 the Mobile "A Frame " was parked and a Kenworth Log Stacker was used to unload the logging trucks , by splitting the load into two or three "Bites" .
It's interesting that I have found pictures of attempts to trip the stakes and use a Cat to push the loads off the logging trucks at Muir Creek DLS a BCFP contract operation in its beginnings around 1963 . Fast forward to the mid 1990's the logs that had been hauled to the Port Renfrew DLS are being hauled to the Honeymoon Bay DLS on Lake Cowichan . Other Logging Operations on the Coast have perfected a system of tripping stakes and pushing loads off logging trucks with 988 Cat log stackers . For the last few years of operation the Off Highway logging trucks were pushed off .

That is a fascinating photo of the cat pushing the load off. Thanks for the clarification and additional information.

 

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Davs Whiskin Collection Honeymoon Bay DLS Cat pushing load off Off Highway logging truck . Late 1990's .

 

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I unloaded a few road trucks that way with a pitifully small crawler loader. Part of the strategy was pushing the trailer away from the tripped load and it would barely do that.

 

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@camptramp Don was my Grampa and thank you for the laughs; the apple (my father), didn’t fall far from the tree.

 

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The BCFP Renfrew Div. Dryland Sort was one of the first on the Coast of B.C. To say there was a lot of trial and error would be an under statement . Some time in late 1965 or early 1966 the Mobile "A Frame " was parked and a Kenworth Log Stacker was used to unload the logging trucks , by splitting the load into two or three "Bites" .
It's interesting that I have found pictures of attempts to trip the stakes and use a Cat to push the loads off the logging trucks at Muir Creek DLS a BCFP contract operation in its beginnings around 1963 . Fast forward to the mid 1990's the logs that had been hauled to the Port Renfrew DLS are being hauled to the Honeymoon Bay DLS on Lake Cowichan . Other Logging Operations on the Coast have perfected a system of tripping stakes and pushing loads off logging trucks with 988 Cat log stackers . For the last few years of operation the Off Highway logging trucks were pushed off .

Funny nobody noticed that is the Butler Bros roller skate!!

 

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Funny nobody noticed that is the Butler Bros roller skate!!

That is a picture taken at Muir Creek , it is Butler Bros. first logging truck . Butler Bros. logged for B.C. Forest Products at Muir Creek for a couple of years in the early 1960's before Malloch & Moseley took over the operation. The Dryland Sort at Muir Creek began operations soon after the Renfrew Div. Dryland Sort was opened up .
Butler Bros. were also logging for Pacific Logging in the Sooke area before working for BCFP at Muir Cr. . When Pacific Logging increased their quota , Butler Bros. concentrated on that part of their operation .
The idea of a "Push off" system for dumping logging trucks was tried very early in the transition of dumping logs in the water to dumping logs on dryland . I seen a primitive system for pushing off loads at a contractors camp out of Gold River in 1989 . But it was the mid 1990's before I seen what was a fine tuned system .