Any brand log trucks

[Hallback]

 

[Jumbo]

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.

Most of those moves are at less than10 mph, so the cold isn't too bad.... And, most of the time the trailer is "locked" into a straight trailer position. There is only a man up there when maneuvering around obstacles.

 

[Welder Dave]

I think they averaged 14 MPH. It was a double lane transporter. I think the operator had to stay for the entire trip but they had to stop when it got dark and resume the next day. I think there might not be cab in case a load needed to be lifted over the back end of the trailer. The rear powered section was pretty compact. It was probably the best episode of American Trucker. The shop was 80,000 square feet and very impressive. The burning table was 85' feet long and they used robots for some of the welding. Everything started off from flat plate. They showed a sheet of 1 1/2" plate that weighed 20,000lbs. The founder of the company was a genious and designed the trailers on the shop floor. (Very similar to Art Henuset who designed the Polarbear trencher on the shop floor.) Sadly he was killed in a drag racing accident. I read on the internet his wife died several years later but it doesn't say how. She drag raced too. I think their son is running the show now.

 

[GunnieSacked]

Beaver Creek, Port Alberni Vancouver Island

 

[GunnieSacked]

 

[GunnieSacked]

Arch-logging truck pulling a large cluster of logs - Northern BC

 

[GunnieSacked]

Having a Bad Day!

 

[Welder Dave]

They don't seem too shocked that the truck flipped on its side. That's a big log.

 

[Jumbo]

They don't seem too shocked that the truck flipped on its side. That's a big log.

Well, once it's on it's side, there isn't much to do until a Cat and a shovel arrive to put it on it's feet, might as well pose for some photos.
I can remember a Weyerhaeuser pickup truck "parked" on top of an old hemlock stump about 15 feet off the road. There were many photos taken waiting for the boom truck to lift it off the stump.

 

[mekanik]

Probably not a lot of body damage. The sheet metal was probably over 1/16" thick.

 

[Welder Dave]

Some people would be very upset if a truck rolled on its side.

 

[Truck Shop]

They don't seem too shocked that the truck flipped on its side.

That's because that truck doesn't exist, it's AI.

 

[Jumbo]

Hmm, that would explain the lack of duals on the drivers and lack of bunks with stakes or cheese blocks. It looked odd, but my untrained eye didn't want to believe what I was/wasn't seeing.

 

[JaredV]

It does seem a little fishy that the fender doesn't look to be damaged and it hasn't dug into the ground. And why would it tip over on a wide flat area?

 

[Truck Shop]

The Net is so full of AI altered media/photos I've gotten real leery of most I see. Even old
Corporate ads for cars, trucks, farm equipment have been infiltrated. A few weeks ago I saw
a ad supposedly from the mid 40's for Cummins with B&W corp/engineers/ at a desk. I've
seen most, this one I didn't remember, close examination showed five fingers/one thumb
on one of the people in photo.

 

[GunnieSacked]

1940’s Peterbilt 354 DT

 

[Truck Shop]

Hall Scott powered butane burner.

 

[Welder Dave]

They were the most powerful engines at the time. I read an article about them a few weeks ago.

 

[Truck Shop]

They were the most powerful engines at the time. I read an article about them a few weeks ago.

If the carb doesn't ice up.

 

[GunnieSacked]

If the carb doesn't ice up.

As long as you keep the rad topped up, you’re good to go.