Hayes trucks in the logging industry

[Alusium]

Where was that pic taken?

 

[Welder Dave]

1949.
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Was Hall Scott known for fire truck engines?

 

[Truck Shop]

Was Hall Scott known for fire truck engines?

Absolutely.

 

[Welder Dave]

I thought so. Were they common in other trucks and we're they a good HD engine?

 

[Truck Shop]

I thought so. Were they common in other trucks and we're they a good HD engine?

As common as the common cold, a good engine for it's time and place in history.

 

[Welder Dave]

Did you work on any of them?

 

[Truck Shop]

Did you work on any of them?

Hall Scott was waning in the early/mid 50's, diesel power had finally been accepted. Hall Scott was done
by 59, too much weight and too much petrol killed them on a HP ratio. I never worked on any.

 

[Tugger2]

I worked for an outfit in the mid 70s that had a war surplus tank retriver for a carrier under a Madill 009 . a 6 cyl Hall Scott dual spark plugs ,giant saddle tanks to pack enough gas to make her up the hill. We had it in the town shop and got it ready to barge out to camp,its backfires were like hand grenades going off. We drove it on the barge late at night with a P&H shovel, some pickups and a bunch of new tools for the shop. Got word from camp a few days later the one of the pickups was gone ,the shovel was jammed against the side wall of the barge and the Madill was dragging its fairlead in the water off the stern of the barge .Sucked losing the pickup it was a1972 F250 4X4 that the gas mechanics claimed had been logger proofed and was carrieing all the the shop stuff,new enerpac porto powers ect..The only thing that saved the Madill was those big fat saddle tanks on the tank retriver,they molded to the edge of the barge and prevented total loss. probably squirted enough gas out to give the greenies a conniption fit.The west coast of Vancouver Island gets a bit rough sometimes.Sorry for getting off topic from Hayes.

 

[skadill]