Thread: Early Logging Equipment FOUND IN THE WOODS Thread pics wanted

Originally Posted by Mad Professor

Deer hunting stories

1) Early bulldozer, complete, too far in the woods to salvage for scrap and must have quit unexpected. Had a ca. 20 " grown oak between the blade and the radiator housing, that was 35 years ago, but I could find it again. I'm old school hunter/stalker, bring food , compass, and map........Massachusetts, largest area still without a road through it . P.S. Guess where? Hint: very early foundations higher on the mountain, all stone, 150 year old trees growing in them. Close to first quality glass made in America/USA.

2) Locomotive and coal tender. Following old grade bed came to prior trestle, at bottom of ravine, a locomotive (steam) and coal/wood tender. Others have seen this one too southern Vt. area. P.S. Guess where? I've several friends who have seen this, not more hints.

Edit: No Pics?

MP go back and get some pics - sounds very interesting and photogenic!

Originally Posted by Guido Salvage

Carl,

I seem to recall that one of the steam engines that is owned by the group that puts on the Berryville tractor show was used in a logging camp that later became part of the Shenandoah National Park. My memory tells me that they were able to get the Park Service to donate it to the group on the condition they could extract it. I have not been to the show in about a half dozen years, but believe there was some sort of storyboard attached to the engine that related the circumstances.

About 40 years ago I was walking a wooded section of our property and kicked something in a shallow gully. I dug around in the leaves and found a small axe head that I still have somewhere.

Sorry, no pictures of either item with me now.

Gary

Gary...Find the pics. LOL

Originally Posted by paccity

these are in the woods. the first one is a moolack steam yarder. the second one is a willamette yarder that was converted from steam to a gas flathead ford power. they will be going to our museum for preservation.Attachment 200866Attachment 200864Attachment 200865

Nice - those things look like you could just fill with water and put a fire under and they would be ready to go. Weren't they also called steam donkeys back in their days?

Originally Posted by buzz sawyer

Pics are coming through for me now Carl. Nice size and clear. Good thread.

Whatca doing up so early?

Carl,

Down around Cass and on the way up to Bald Knob there are lots of items that were left in the woods from where the area was logged back around the turn of the century. No pictures of that either.

On New Year's Day in 1976 I embarked on a several day hiking/camping trip from Madison County and headed towards Hoover Camp. Part of the way I followed overgrown logging roads, the last of which dead ended into a rather significant hill. There were still chestnut boards stacked in piles even though the area had been part of the Shenandoah National Park for 40 years.

Gary

Even at my advanced age my memory is still somewhat intact. I found these pictures and captions on the Berryville show website.



1880 Tanner & Delaney Portable Steam Engine, discovered and rescued by SVS&GEA members in the Shenandoah National Park in 198?.



The Tanner & Delaney Portable Steam engine was built in 1880. It was located on the border of the Shenandoah National Park and is on indefinite renewable loan from the United States Interior Department. The engine was recovered through the cooperation of the National Park Service office at Luray, Virginia. The cost of restoring this magnificent engine was $2,628.45.

Originally Posted by Guido Salvage

Carl,

Down around Cass and on the way up to Bald Knob there are lots of items that were left in the woods from where the area was logged back around the turn of the century. No pictures of that either.

Gary

The area around Cass and Snowshoe WV has a ton of logging history, and I imagine there are a lot of relics out in the woods. Heck, what remains of the town of Cass is pretty much a relic! I would love to go exploring around there someday.

Originally Posted by s219

The area around Cass and Snowshoe WV has a ton of logging history, and I imagine there are a lot of relics out in the woods. Heck, what remains of the town of Cass is pretty much a relic! I would love to go exploring around there someday.

I first visited Cass around 1973. At that time the large building next to the river was still standing. When I went back about 5 years ago I found out that it was the victim of arson. A lot of rusty metal was left but that was about it. The woods on the downhill side of the tracks are littered with old pieces of metal and they have reconstructed an old logging operation at Whittaker Station.

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Hi.

I collect antique bottles. I focus on pre-1900 hand finished bottles, and more specifically, New Hampshire pharmacy / druggist / medicines.

This one you show here is from the mid-1960s, as the cap would have rotted away completely if it were older. Whiskey.

Copy from a bottle website:

Bottles marked "Federal Law Forbids…"
It is not uncommon to come across screw-top liquor bottles from the 20th century that are boldly embossed on their shoulders or bases with the above text. After Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933, US laws once again allowed the legal manufacture and sale of alcoholic drink. Liquor was legal but producing it was subject to greater Federal control.


With its cork top, you might think this bottle is older than it is. With its FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS embossing, we can date it from the 1930s to 1960s
One law required that alcoholic bottles must be embossed with the text, “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE” This law went into effect in 1935 and was repealed on December 1, 1964.


A few pictures of what I collect..I have about 100 of them now....sorry, no pictures of old logging iron.

Gary...

Great photos of the old steam locomotive. I'll have to put Cass on our list of places to visit and definitely schedule a trip on the train through that beautiful country side.

Oldtimer...

Thanks for the insight on the old bottle. I'm going to surmise it is old/dirty used motor oil that was left by a logger using an early chainsaw. Now if I can just find that chainsaw he left close to it

Carl,

You might inquire as to whether you could get on a train in the next couple of weeks to see the leaves at their peak. When I went back to VA three weeks ago they were starting to change in the mountains.

You could stay at Snowshoe or in one of the restored company houses in Cass. Another option would be to stay in the train car that they pull to the top of the mountain and leave overnight. Lots to see in the area, I would also take in the radio telescope observatory in Green Bank as well.

Gary

Not logging equipment, but I did pull these out of the woods. One of the guys in my wedding sold his 1100 acre farm about a dozen years ago after living there almost 40 years. In addition to farming, his father had also been a logger and operated a couple of sawmills. I grabbed these blowers as well as a number of sections of conveyor track that were still in the woods.



After realizing that I had no use for them, I threw them on my rollback with some other scrap and sent them overseas.

A good subject, and type of treasure hunting. Guido salvage 73 eh? Good year man the one I was born LOL!

Nice Jerr-Dan. I used to drive one in the early 90s to move modular buildings around (mainly guard shacks, but also some sheds), and of course the occasional vehicle. I got to the point where I could operate the controls with my eyes closed. That one had an Isuzu diesel chassis/cab, and the Jerr-Dan roll bed was all aluminum with red oak planking (beautiful welding and fab). I always thought a roll-back would be sweet to have in general.

Ooh! Good thread. Just found a boatload of old hand-logging tools in our warehouse. Need to figure out how to photograph them so ID marks are visible. We're putting together a history of our outfit, and these will be centerpieces. Pics as soon as I can get them taken.

Originally Posted by madhatte

Ooh! Good thread. Just found a boatload of old hand-logging tools in our warehouse. Need to figure out how to photograph them so ID marks are visible. We're putting together a history of our outfit, and these will be centerpieces. Pics as soon as I can get them taken.

Looking forward to seeing them. Bring um on!

This arch sits a few miles from the ocean at the bottom of the Skyline to the Sea trail in Big Basin Stae Park. There is a tracked arch on some BLM land near here too.