Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

[Hayesno1]

Loaders on trucks.. IHC Donal Duc, Hayes HD and Mack B-model, VI summer 2005

 

[Hayesno1]

What I like very much of the logging industry on Vancouver Island is how worn-out logging trucks get a second or some times a 3rd life when convereted to tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei. Here are a few examples - funny to see that Hayes seems to outlast the other makes
:canada

 

[trakloader]

Trakloader I see Roy from time to time Frank Ham lives across the street from me, Got him on driving for us for some years then he pulled the pin. Maybe get him back driving holiday relief. We got H271 .H147 (parted out after driver was killed coming down bad hill) and H149. I was driving lowbed then and rather than unhook all the time I adopted old H44 because none of the new guys would drive her(no power) because all she had was the twin turbo and everything else was KTA power. I sure liked to drive that truck nice and smooth but alas she went to LLL along with H271 We kept 149 till HFS sold her to some other outfit maybe south america. Mike Murphy sure did a nice job on those trucks. Is that old HDX with the yarder mounted on it still around? I think it had a Clark 8 spd auto trans in it. Im kind of looking around for one for a WHD I restored. I loved the scream of those trannys. If you ever get close to any of those Hayes's go to the drivers side in behind the front (steering) wheel where the bulkhead fitting for the front wheel brakes is and scrape off the dirt and rust and you will find the serial number The HD/WHD is just a little lower and back a little further. If you can come up with serial numbers I can tell you who got the truck new.Got all the factory Hayes records and blueprints here! Only thing is Hayes used a 7 digit number till 1970 then they went to a 4 digit number. I can tell you all about those sometime if you are interested and how to break the numbers down OK SD

J-23, sadly, is no more. Nothing left but wheels and bolts. However, the scrap guy did set aside the engine, etc. for possible sale. It did have the Clark, too. I could ask about it if you like. So The Duke has three of our trucks... 44, 258, and 271. And 149 gone to S.A..... Oh, well, at least old Roy is still kicking around. Nobody took better care of his truck than Roy, and his truck was always the top producer with lowest cost.

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[trakloader]

What I like very much of the logging industry on Vancouver Island is how worn-out logging trucks get a second or some times a 3rd life when convereted to tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei. Here are a few examples - funny to see that Hayes seems to outlast the other makes
:canada

Both H-289 and 34 were condemned to be fire trucks, and 289 is still happily pulling logs. Sounds like 34 is, too. 147 was the sand truck for many years, until she was re-built to haul logs again in 1998.

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks- hope yoy enjoy
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[trakloader]

Hayesno 1, keep them coming! Your pics are the greatest! Many viewers have probably never seen trucks like these. Some are unusual even to me!

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

More pics of tractors, sanders, line horses, water/fire dump trucks ei.
:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

Thanx trakloader - here are few more:canada

 

[Hayesno1]

Here is one of my favorites:wink2 - a Hayes WHD - I am pretty sure HDX can add some information this truck
:canada
and 2 pics of KW

 

[HDX]

Hayesno1 The WHD there was bought new by Cattermole Timber and then somehow was sold to Elk River Timber, They in turn were bought out by BCFP hence the paint scheme. She was sold at a R&B auction and Island Pacific bought her. She sits up at the old Crown Z shop at Courtenay at the present time but alas she had a runaway up there as a fire tanker and it overreved the engine and it came unglued. We are talking about saving her as we speak --she has an HD front bumper on her as you can see and it has 4700 rear diffs with 14:00X24 tires. We are talking to the owner about letting our Hayes Club stuff another engine in it to keep her going if nothing else than a parade truck. Not a lot of 4700 rear end trucks around anymore. We are doing up Elk River Timber #14 when time permits It also has the 4700 rears but has a 6-110 GM engine,also very rare.

 

[trakloader]

Hayesno1 The WHD there was bought new by Cattermole Timber and then somehow was sold to Elk River Timber, They in turn were bought out by BCFP hence the paint scheme. She was sold at a R&B auction and Island Pacific bought her. She sits up at the old Crown Z shop at Courtenay at the present time but alas she had a runaway up there as a fire tanker and it overreved the engine and it came unglued. We are talking about saving her as we speak --she has an HD front bumper on her as you can see and it has 4700 rear diffs with 14:00X24 tires. We are talking to the owner about letting our Hayes Club stuff another engine in it to keep her going if nothing else than a parade truck. Not a lot of 4700 rear end trucks around anymore. We are doing up Elk River Timber #14 when time permits It also has the 4700 rears but has a 6-110 GM engine,also very rare.

We're going to try hauling the old E&A light truck, ex Copper Canyon, out of Dinan Bay this Summer. I'll let you know how that works out! Is #14 a WHD as well? I don't think many trucks survive today with the 6-110, that's quite a find. A friend of mine told me that the first HDX he ever drove had a 6-110.

 

[trakloader]

Truck Driver

Here is a picture of one of the best truck drivers in BC, on his last day at QC Div.

 

[trakloader]

Western Star Tridem

Here is one of the Western Stars that replaced the HDX's and P-16's at QC Division. Look closely, it had just been brought in after tipping over. Almost every one of the Stars tipped over in the short time they were here. Every time you pulled over for one of them bloody things, you'd see them coming down the road tipping from side to side, wondering if it was going to tip right over on you. They also turned the whole mainline into washboard. Bunk pins kept breaking, suspensions broke, etc. Most of them were ready for the boneyard by the time E&A brought the big trucks back.