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  1. DCT

    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    I definitely wonder if I should have kept working for someone especially with our new governor but it’s nice to do a job I enjoy
  2. DCT

    Got an hour? Hear me on a podcast.

    It was rough growing up when my dad had 7 drivers, he always use to say those who can do, teach and those who can’t teach drive truck.
  3. DCT

    Got an hour? Hear me on a podcast.

    That would be awesome, ranting about hand cutters and truck drivers is almost a full time job though.
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    In the last 4yrs I have lost my grandpa,grandma and dad and I was 8 when my mom passed, I have siblings and my dad was the last of the family still logging so after 14yrs of crushing rock I quit and bought what I could from my dads estate and went back to logging so the family name would still...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    It’s definitely not easy, I’m 41 and have no immediate family left I thought I would have another 20yrs atleast before I had to worry about that.
  6. DCT

    Got an hour? Hear me on a podcast.

    You’re still one of Jason’s best guests, we use to work at the same aggregate company but I knew him even before that.
  7. DCT

    Welcome!!!

    DCT Springfield, Oregon Spent most my life logging except for a 14yr break to run 988 feeding a portable rock crusher as well as doing a large amount of the maintenance and now for the last year have owned my own logging company.
  8. DCT

    Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

    Southern Oregon before the rain
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Small world, I don’t think I have actually seen another 3000 with a stroker on it even though I know it’s not the only one.
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    That is some great info to have, thank you.
  11. DCT

    Any brand log trucks

    I don’t blame you they’re great trucks, I know he bought that truck originally from Mike Brown in Rein,Oregon and they became life long friends, he also had a 69’ for about 35yrs I will try to find a pic of to post.
  12. DCT

    Any brand log trucks

    I still have the red Pete in my collection but it’s got a Columbia dump box on it now.
  13. DCT

    Any brand log trucks

    The green 73’ Kenworth wasmy dads 2nd truck in about 1986, I’m the little kid and my dads standing on the truck and his best friend and driver on the loader. The gold Pete he had for a couple yrs in the mid 80’s. The red Pete was his first new truck in 89’ he set it up as a long logger then a...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    Thanks, if anyone knows any info on either machine would be great. My dad bought them both shortly before being killed in an auto accident 3yrs ago and so I bought them from his estate and went out on my own this year. One of his friends thought he bought the stroker from Surco here in...
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    S. Madill, Blacksmith, Founded in 1911 in Nanaimo BC

    I’m new here so thought I would post my madill buncher and stroker.
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