Log and Lumber Truck Pics

[Dave Hadden]

Pacific P-16 logging truck with typical load.

Fleet parked for the day. Multiply this by many times and you'll see there were a lot of big logging trucks in use here in BC.
Not so many these days though.

Unloading a normal load from a highway truck. We used Raygo-Wagner L-90 stackers as well as large Cat stackers at the dryland sort in Port Renfrew, back in the day.
They took off bigger loads than the one pictured here.

Clever things that we be, we even used trailer tag-a-longs or "B" trains where we could. Couldn't get that timber out fast enough back then.
Hindsight is great eh?

Take care.

 

[ChrisF]

You bet.

Oh man... never thought I'd say this but that is AWESOME!

The amount of torque in those powerplants has to be off the charts, the way they twist the frame at the launch. I love it.

 

[mercer_me]

A few of the Pelletiers Macks.

 

[mercer_me]

A Ford LTL 9000 the Pelletiers used to own.

 

[371groundie]

are those tripple b-trains in the drag racing vid?

 

[Skier76]

Some really cool pics in this thread. Thanks for sharing.

 

[STLfirewood]

Here is mine thought you could use a laugh.

Scott

 

[floyd]

If those logs are going to sawmill it would make unloading easier if you put some stringers under them so a guy could get forks under the load.

 

[STLfirewood]

If those logs are going to sawmill it would make unloading easier if you put some stringers under them so a guy could get forks under the load.

I did that on the first load. here I take them they unload with a regular grapple loader. They told me not to worry about it. Thanks for the advice though. I only take the grade to the mill the rest is turned into firewood.

Scott

 

[hammerlogging]

I don't know how you're getting scaled but if I showed up to a mill with a 10' veneer log with 4' of 2 clear sided I'd be selling a 14' with 2 clear sides, FAR less value than that 10 foot veneer, know what I mean? Buck down for grade.

Not to mention what is happening to your footage with that taper.

Pretty white oak though.

 

[STLfirewood]

I don't know how you're getting scaled but if I showed up to a mill with a 10' veneer log with 4' of 2 clear sided I'd be selling a 14' with 2 clear sides, FAR less value than that 10 foot veneer, know what I mean? Buck down for grade.

Not to mention what is happening to your footage with that taper.

Pretty white oak though.

Right now around here on the scale I sell (which isn't much lumber) grade white oak is only being bought by stave bolt mills. That load scaled a little more then 1200 feet on Doyle scale. It brought $1 a board foot.


Scott

 

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[Joe46]

I've seen that "65" Pete on the road. There is actually 2 older trucks. I believe they are called "Vintage Trucking".

 

[mercer_me]

I know a guy that used to drive a cab over pulp truck. He said it was nice knowing exactly wear your front tires are.

 

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[wvlogger]

A few of the Pelletiers Macks.

Them old macks right there are some of the best trucks you could get for off hiway use now. have you seen the 6x6 mack log loader they have? It is on one of the Mack trucks

 

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