1 Log Load
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Normally in Oregon logs are required to be secured to
each other with a total of 4 wrappers. Wrapping a
single log load makes no sense, so an alternative rule
calls for a single tie securing the log to the front
bunk. This has been done here, and also a second chain
was added securing the log to the trailer bunk.
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Notice the double extension reach on the trailer. This
longer than normal reach is used for hauling poles and
piling. Up to 1/3rd of the load may overhang the rear.
Occasionally you will see a manually steered trailer
moving extremely long items with a cab on the trailer
and a second driver steering the trailer. This concept
is familiar around big cities where fire department
ladder trucks have to navigate narrow streets and short
corners.
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This is a 75' bumper log cut off Shellrock Mountain,
near Rhododendron 1972. The log was skidded and loaded with
a Cat D7 and a Cat 955 with log forks. It took both
machines to load the log without a roll-way. You can just
see the business end of the two cats in the edge of the
photo. The log was sold to Neidermeyer-Martin and sent to
New York City for use as a bumper log for ships. Over
20,000 feet in a single log that went for something like
$5,000 in 1972!
A special thanks to Lyle McGlothlin for furnishing these
photos.
- - Updated 12/11/2012
- - Updated 05/22/2008