Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

[hvy 1ton]

All Hitachi and Deere Forestry machines are made right here in BC. Aldergrove to be specific. Someone said they're making 13 a month right now.

Yep, they come out of the Deere Hitachi Specialty Products shop. I don't know where cat builds the FM's though.

 

[SPMiller]

Yep, they come out of the Deere Hitachi Specialty Products shop. I don't know where cat builds the FM's though.

I do, Cat Forest Products in Prentice, Wisc

 

[cutting edge]

All Hitachi and Deere Forestry machines are made right here in BC. Aldergrove to be specific. Someone said they're making 13 a month right now.

...and they'd better put an extra shift on,the way things are going these days.

Hotcakes I tell ya.

 

[hiluxman]

heres a cool roadbulider video on a chinese website realy its a real roadbulider a hitachi ex1800 and a hitachi ex700 with gauding a cws thumb and has anyone seen a 70 ton roadbulider before

http://v.cehome.com/video/index/3445

 

[csquared]

All Hitachi and Deere Forestry machines are made right here in BC. Aldergrove to be specific. Someone said they're making 13 a month right now.

I believe its more like, 1.3 a day. Brandt takes about 60 percent of everything that comes out of that plant, and there waiting list is into October.

 

[WC&T]

heres a cool roadbulider video on a chinese website realy its a real roadbulider a hitachi ex1800 and a hitachi ex700 with gauding a cws thumb and has anyone seen a 70 ton roadbulider before

http://v.cehome.com/video/index/3445

Those machines are owned by Rognlins, who owns Northwest Rock Quarries Inc, . Not sure what quarry that was in but they are based out of Aberdeen, WA. I believe they own almost all the quarries/gravel pits around the harbor (Quigg Bros. own 1 i think) and I am pretty sure they are sorting and loading rock for the jetty at Westport, WA.
here is a link to pictures of the jetty work on rognlins website.

http://www.rognlins.com/WestportJetty.htm

 

[diamondtguy]

I wonder if the Aldergrove shop is looking for people...I could use a career change again...Cory

(Pacific Truck 1977-1987)

 

[SPMiller]

This one still works...

 

[jr-transport]

this is one of our loaders an old Komat'su PC200LC with a 5/8 cd Superior clam on it. I can load 13-16 cd of 8ft. poplar in about 25-35 minutes with it. Good machine, just needs a final drive.

 

[KW850&T800H]

What used to be a loader, but bought about 2 years ago new, one now has a scrap metal magnet on it, the other has a claw. Hitachi.

 

[KW850&T800H]

Those turned out better than I thought

 

[JTL]

First and only Prentice I've ever seen in person that wasn't mounted on a truck or RT carrier.

 

[JTL]

Woops, forgot the pictures!

 

[John C.]

Where did you take those photos? Looks kind of familiar.

 

[JTL]

Where did you take those photos? Looks kind of familiar.

Dallesport, WA. Down in the industrial area.

 

[Ryan Rønning]

You sure do not see to many of those.

 

[Vigilant]

Ronglins bought out Friend & Rikalo some time ago, and took over all their quarries. I'm so old, as a young lad, I knew Sam Rikalo when he was still alive. He and Don Friend were close friends of my father's.

I used to go to school with Randy Ronglin years ago, in Central Park. His dad built our family's house. They say Randy lives high on the hog these days.

Small world.

 

[lg junior]

You sure do not see to many of those.

Here is an old prentice that I use to have. Notice the drive chain sprockets, LS78 Linkbelt tracks. It originally had an undercarriage from a Hy-hoe excavator.

 

[SPMiller]

I've got a walk around of a prentice log loader track mounted i should upload someday

 

[Ryan Rønning]

Prentice actually made some pretty impressive machines.