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    The Timber Industry

    The Timber Industry of North America https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/timber_industry/#.Y-Cs6nbMKUk
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    Eye Witnesses to Logging - Pine Tree Camp Moose River Plains

    Eye Witness to Logging An excellent Video from William Jay O’Hern http://adirondackbooksonline.com/eyewitness-to-logging/
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    The giant, majestic redwoods that helped shape America

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6683251/The-giant-majestic-redwoods-helped-shape-America.html
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    The new 7280E Hybrid Electric Drive Yarder

    T-MAR Industries Ltd. introduces their New: 7280E Hybrid Electric Drive Yarder https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/vancouver-island-manufacturer-designs-and-builds-first-hybrid-electric-logging-yarder-8195909 Video included in the news article...
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    Crane people can you identify this Liebherr crane

    Not sure what is going on ?
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    D3K Cat parked in an unusual way!

    I am Not a cat operator, so I have no idea of how this occurred!
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    The Biggest Tree Crusher in the World

    Built for one purpose: to Crush! An up close look at the Tree Crusher https://wonderfulengineering.com/us-army-used-this-monstrous-tree-crusher-to-destroy-complete-forests-in-the-vietnam-war/ https://www.musclecarszone.com/biggest-tree-crusher-letourneau-g175/...
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    The Wheel Crane

    Before Steam and Iron this was the first Heavy Lift Crane with advantages over crank and capstan style cranes. The Wheel Crane was powered by either man or draft animals. https://dailymysteries.com/2020/07/14/crane-history-the-lifting-mechanism-is-a-wheel-set/
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    Have you ever seen one of these?

    Running gear and electrical equipment for the PPR_DD1 https://train.spottingworld.com/PRR_DD1 https://www.trains-and-railroads.com/prr-class-dd1-electric-locomotive https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_DD1
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    The Wrong Way to Tower up a Mobile Yarder

    This is Not the correct way to tower up!
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    The Engineering, Design and Building of a Timber Trestle

    This is a 4 part post due to the limited amount of photos available per post. 1st part Log Pile Trestles, 2nd part Timber Framed Trestles, 3rd part Log Crib Trestles and part 4 most notably combination of Log Pile Trestles and Crib Log Trestles with some Get Her Done with what you have...
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    50 Million year old Log unearthed at NWT mine

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ancient-log-diavik-nwt-1.7493209
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    Caycuse Camp 6 Mystery

    Amazing the things that you stumble upon. I was searching for an old story about a fellow by the name of Chicken Joe, who supposedly sold chickens, eggs and such to the logging companies around Homeymoon Bay, at Cowichan Lake. Short of the story is his relatives received royalties from WFI, for...
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    Timber Sawmills and Logging Railways

    This is an interesting site for anyone who is interested in old Logging and sawmill related topics, it contains many links to a large variety of Logging and sawmills layouts as well as modeling. https://www.zelmeroz.com/zoz_rail/timber/index.html
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    History of the Crawler Tractor

    I found this interesting video of the first working crawler tractor. Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best (later CL Best took over design development), invented a gas powered crawler that eventually became Caterpillar. And the story of C.L. Best: Caterpillar’s Forgotten Genius...
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    In the Beginning; Port Renfrew

    Looking back to the beginning history in the San Juan Valley a small hamlet grew into a major Logging identity! https://www.portrenfrewbeachhouse.com/history-of-port-renfrew/ https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/community/sooke-history-a-brief-history-of-bear-creek-camp-624860...
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    Northwest Logging; complete logging setup for 1880 to 1930 logging operations

    This is a document from the NMRA National Convention in Vancouver Details costs and equipment, lokies, skidders, logging operations, railway track layouts, setting up camp. Well worth the time to take a look. https://www.zelmeroz.com/zoz_rail/timber/resources/sabol_1965.pdf
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    The last of the Martin JRM Mars

    History making its way to its final destination to Prima Air and Space Museum in Arizona. Link to the story https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/last-of-the-martin-mars-dips-its-wingtips-in-water-on-vancouver-island-7636109 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars
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    Caycuse Fir Expo 86 Flag Pole

    First of all I do not have any photos of the Caycuse Fir Flag Pole, my apology if I have given you false hope in being able to have a picture gallery to view. I found Truck Shop's thread 'Don’t Break This One" and it reminded me of the Caycuse Fir that was sent to Expo 86 as a flag pole. I...
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    Lidstone And Shaughnessy, Bringing Logs To The Head Of The Chute, Cowichan Lake

    Lidstone and Shaughnnessy Logging the North Shore of Lake Cowichan using a V log chute. I have been trying to find out more about Lidstone and Shaugnnesy’s logging of the North Shore of Lake Cowichan. Seems they logged the top of Block 119 below Margarite ML or just above the road outside of...
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