Any brand log trucks

[Truck Shop]

 

[DMiller]

Are there any Steerable Trailer/Trucks still used in the NW? Any on Static Display anywhere from the ones I saw in the early 80s?

 

[Hank R]

I have heard of Steerable lowbed trailers for off road. may be some still around not sure.

 

[Truck Shop]

Have never seen any around here, stinger steered anyway on long loggers.

 

[Jumbo]

Eons ago, Loggers World had a story about a Peerless or perhaps General I can't remember which, "steerable trailer." This was back in the early '70s. All I remember it operated with a toggle switch and was only used in the woods, not on the highway for long loads. When you reached pavement, you locked the wheels in "normal" and it was a standard extendable reach trailer.
I can only assume it was a marketing failure since after the article I never saw or heard of one. Possibly it was just an experiment. It was designed for hauling poles out of the woods. Findley had a couple of photos of it in operation. Anybody have all their old LW papers?

 

[DMiller]

Ones I remember were equipped with a side slung Cab, Air from lead tractor, some had a Small pony engine running PS and I suspect some form of Generator. Tandem, with a Steer axle, Everything Under the Bunks.

 

[92U 3406]

Steerable like this? Never seen logs hauled on these before but they haul a lot of pipe with this style trailer.

 

[GunnieSacked]

Steerable Pole Trailer

Steerable Extendable Pole Trailers - Adams Trucking

Adams Trucking has steerable extendable pole trailers which allows longer loads to be maneuvered easily in tighter narrow areas.

www.adamsindustriesinc.com

Stinger Steered Trailer

Stinger steering

 

[Truck Shop]

I think those would be unique to the timber in a certain area. Around here not too many
harvested for poles that long, not much harvesting of anything.

 

[DMiller]

Last ones I saw were around Portland. No physical connecting link to forward tractor. Always had Big timber on them. Box with plexi windows as cab just behind steer on L side. Operator sat close to ground!

 

[Truck Shop]

Sounds like a aircraft type tug.

 

[JaredV]

Sounds like the rigs they use to haul precast beams and such. Never seen or heard of one used to haul logs. Since logs taper and are lighter on the skinny end, a normal pole trailer can be quite a ways up under the load. It would be interesting to see a log load big enough to require a steerable trailer, though!

 

[Jumbo]

Sounds like the rigs they use to haul precast beams and such. Never seen or heard of one used to haul logs. Since logs taper and are lighter on the skinny end, a normal pole trailer can be quite a ways up under the load. It would be interesting to see a log load big enough to require a steerable trailer, though!

There are several YouTube videos of steersman trailers hauling poles out of the woods, all with poles well over 150' in length. Darned if I can find one right now.

 

[Truck Shop]

Otherwise and nothing other than a Steer Car with a set of bunks.
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[DMiller]

Otherwise and nothing other than a Steer Car with a set of bunks.
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That would be a similar to what I remembered. Ones I saw then were considerably more crude and bunks.

 

[Truck Shop]

That would be a similar to what I remembered. Ones I saw then were considerably more crude and bunks.

Steer cars of yesteryear were definitely crude.

 

[DMiller]

Man Cab was actually Side Saddle on Frame on the ones can remember. Other side had the Pony motor and Hydraulics system

 

[Truck Shop]

Man Cab was actually Side Saddle on Frame on the ones can remember. Other side had the Pony motor and Hydraulics system

Probably didn't work well--bad vision.

 

[Welder Dave]

I was watching a show about a heavy haul company that also built the trailers, Diamond Heavy Haul. They had a 550 HP steerable pusher on the back but what seemed odd was the operator stood up to steer and it was completely open with no weather protection. Not too good when a lot of heavy moves are in the winter when the ground is frozen.

 

[GunnieSacked]

Pole trailer hauling

Pole trailer explained