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02-27-2021, 09:05 PM | #1 |
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Old Ford truck at work
In some family archives I found this old Ford truck. Thought it was pulling its weight with that load.
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02-27-2021, 09:12 PM | #2 |
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02-27-2021, 11:48 PM | #3 |
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I think that's a '36 and it looks to be working here in the Pacific Northwest. Still had mechanical brakes and we have a lot of steep grades in the mountains and foothills here. Some of the log bunks and trailers were converted to air brakes. If they didn't go that route they at least did a drip water system on the truck's rear drums in an effort to keep them cool. I read an account of a guy on Vancouver Island, last guy to leave down the mountain with his load that night. They had converted to air brakes and the driver wasn't used to them. On the first switchback he hit the brakes hard and the load shifted forward right up against the cab. No steering after that. As told he had an axe and had to chop each log short behind the cab or spend the night on the mountain. . That is a GREAT photo!
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02-27-2021, 11:59 PM | #4 |
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I would guess that's a Spruce. Perhaps somewhere on the coastal side, near Forks??? The bark doesn't look like Cedar nor Doug Fir. GB, your guess? Nonetheless that is a lot of tree for that truck. SPF weight is calculated at 3lbs/BF for engineering purposes. Take a guess at diameter and length and I'll calculate its approximate weight.
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02-28-2021, 12:45 PM | #7 |
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That picture would have been taken around Preston Washington in about 1936. The loggers would chop the trees down standing on spring boards several feet off the ground. Whip saws were then used to cut to length. This photo is my father and grandfather falling a big one.
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i do not recommend arm wrestling with those guys
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02-28-2021, 02:22 PM | #10 |
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Probably not a good idea. Despite the myth of the giant Paul Bunyan most loggers of that era were of short stocky brick outhouse stature. In those days loggers stayed in a camp and worked from sun up to sun down. Logging was primarily done in the winter months when the sap didn't flow. Imagine swinging an axe all day and/or using the crosscut saw, AKA misery whip all day, every day. Arms of steel and a head to match, HaHa!
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02-28-2021, 02:51 PM | #11 |
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I doubt if they ever got out of first gear with that load and 85 horsepower
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I wonder how long the clutch would last.....How often the clutch assembly needed to be replaced....
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