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Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

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It is interesting to note, in the last two postings:
Both the snorkel and the truck, have outside equipment brought in the do the lifting. Nobody walked a shovel down to do the recovery. I think these are the first two in this thread where contractor lifting has been used.
 
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Jumbo said:
It is interesting to note, in the last two postings:
Both the snorkel and the truck, have outside equipment brought in the do the lifting. Nobody walked a shovel down to do the recovery. I think these are the first two in this thread where contractor lifting has been used.
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Probably a couple of reasons for bringing contract cranes to recover wrecked and damaged equipment . Both these incidents happened along ways from where the Yarders and Loaders were located . By lifting the damaged items on the loader, the repair costs were less And recovering the wrecked Pacific logging Truck , further damage was reduced , by lifting it up on the road rather than dragging it up the hill side .
 
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camptramp said:
Probably a couple of reasons for bringing contract cranes to recover wrecked and damaged equipment . Both these incidents happened along ways from where the Yarders and Loaders were located . By lifting the damaged items on the loader, the repair costs were less And recovering the wrecked Pacific logging Truck , further damage was reduced , by lifting it up on the road rather than dragging it up the hill side .
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Your description is what I had assumed. More than anything I was observing the evolution of working in the woods.
 
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