New purchase

lyle niemi · October 14, 2014, 10:57:34 PM

I had to have my own log truck 8)

Brucer · October 14, 2014, 11:33:31 PM

I'm still trying to become an expert at sawing -- I think I'll leave the trucking to people that know what they're doing :D :D.

fishpharmer · October 14, 2014, 11:42:34 PM

Nice looking truck! Often I wished to have self loading log truck.

redbeard · October 14, 2014, 11:43:05 PM

Very Nice!

JustinW_NZ · October 15, 2014, 03:59:52 AM

Dam, that could be handy.

What's your policy on loaning things? :D

Justin

slider · October 15, 2014, 08:26:18 AM

Lyle nice addition to your operation now you can go fetch .

Magicman · October 15, 2014, 08:29:38 AM

I like it. I would love to have a bob-tail with a loader. ;D

Dan R · October 15, 2014, 09:25:26 AM

Lyle,
I see a RB sticker in the window. Must have been the recent Edmonton auction? Not enough wheels or axels to make it a coastal BC logging truck.
Dan

Dan R · October 15, 2014, 03:05:58 PM

Lyle-
oopps deleted my picture in My Galley - Learning curve

highleadtimber16 · October 15, 2014, 03:13:07 PM

Dan, is that a Hayes or Kenworth?

Dan R · October 15, 2014, 04:11:36 PM

I'm thinking a Pacific. It is in the Toba valley. 50 Kms north of here. The Klahoose Band does the logging and Allterra Power is in there with two run of the river power houses. Third one is just being built. Where are you in Gibsons or Sechelt?

Dan R · October 15, 2014, 04:47:40 PM

Sorry Guys, Here's the picture I had posted.
Dan

delvis · October 15, 2014, 05:44:09 PM

I've had more than one job now where it would have been nice to have an Anderson log trailer and loader to just haul the wood back to the home base and saw it where we are. Not to mention going to buy the odd load of saw logs now and then.

highleadtimber16 · October 15, 2014, 06:07:43 PM

Dan, My mill is in Sechelt. I live in Halfmoon Bay.

hardtailjohn · October 16, 2014, 06:46:32 AM

Lyle, with one bid, you've bought yourself 2 jobs! Log truck driver and loader operator! Looks like a handy rig...enjoy!
John

Peter Drouin · October 17, 2014, 06:19:58 AM

Nice loads of logs.

lyle niemi · October 19, 2014, 06:09:35 PM

I took the old log truck on the maiden voyage today, the neighbour had a small load of spruce that he didn't want and said that I might as well saw it up before it goes bad. It was tricky running the picker and I was a little nervous

thecfarm · October 19, 2014, 07:36:10 PM

Man that looks good.

downsouth · October 19, 2014, 08:04:14 PM

Yes it sure does look good!!!
Lyle it looks like you got a good operation going on up there.

ozarkgem · October 19, 2014, 08:15:50 PM

Quote from: lyle niemi on October 14, 2014, 10:57:34 PM
I had to have my own log truck 8)

Where do you get your trees from? the background looks like treeless prairie.
Sweet truck.

customsawyer · October 19, 2014, 08:46:45 PM

Nice.

lyle niemi · October 19, 2014, 09:54:33 PM

Quote from: ozarkgem on October 19, 2014, 08:15:50 PM
Quote from: lyle niemi on October 14, 2014, 10:57:34 PM
I had to have my own log truck 8)

Where do you get your trees from? the background looks like treeless prairie.
Sweet truck.

Alberta is a big province with many landscapes

scully · October 19, 2014, 10:04:00 PM

And here I was just hopeing to build an awsome log arch ! :-\

mad murdock · October 20, 2014, 09:04:41 AM

Nice self loader there Lyle!! The most important thing about slinging those long logs is taking care not to bring the end onto your lap. Some pretty long pieces for your first load! Way to go 8) I bet that loader will do nicely for many jobs around the mill yard

brianb88 · October 21, 2014, 09:47:32 PM

I second customsawyer's comment: Nice!

Brucer · October 22, 2014, 12:00:52 AM

There's a serious learning curve with those machines. I once received a load of unscaled logs so they had to be laid out for scaling. 24 logs had to be laid out parallel with 2' between them. Setting them on both sides of the truck, he had to reach out 50' to place the first log. "Not a problem", he told me. He then proceeded to swing the first log (52' long) and place the small end on the ground 50' away from the truck. Then he rested the butt of the log on his load, slid the grapple down to the butt, and tossed the butt end out to land exactly parallel to the truck

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The guy who currently delivers my logs bought a used self loader about 4 years ago, with absolutely no experience with logging trucks. Since then I've watched him slowly progress from "pick and place" to gently slinging the logs over the top of a pile. It'll be a while yet before he can toss one end of the log 50' from the truck.

FarmingSawyer · October 22, 2014, 06:33:52 AM

That looks like a really versatile loader. I really miss having access to a short-bed self-loader. It would be perfect for most of what I do and great around the mill yard. I could have gone out and picked up that load of hemlock I was looking for the other day....

The old boy I used to work for had a trick for getting logs away from the truck or placing logs further away....he'd lower the outrigger a foot or two on one side and raise the opposite one, leaning the truck over. I don't know how he managed to sit his seat and not tip over, but the boom was there to stabilize things if it did tip...... he then would flick the grapple and grab the end of the log and reel it in......I swear he could pick the 4" end of a 40ft cedar and pull it close enough to load.....and yes, he'd put 40ft on an 18ft bed.....put the long logs on the bottom butt in, and stack the rest of the load over it, weigh it all down with the boom.....

backwoods sawyer · October 24, 2014, 10:48:30 PM

Today while headed south across the Columbia river I thought of you up on your new truck. There was a barge with a high manlift working on a new bridge. Lot of sway. not sure how I managed it, left turn right turn thing but I managed to cross the river headed south twice to get a better look :