click on the above to read the fine print on the truck specs, engine, brakes, etc etc, and the load specs
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
the Paul Bunyan load, September, 1952. A 1949 Peterbilt 390, 12 foot bunks, and adjustable Rossi chocks. the 40 foot logs were 7, 8 and 9 feet in diameter. 53,670 board feet. Driver, Wes Copeland, previously a WW2 bomber pilot
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I think you mean 40 foot logs.
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DeleteRedwood, no less. And the trailer has water cooled brakes!
ReplyDeletehow has this never popped up before? I've never seen or heard of it until now
DeleteAll I know is that's a lot of tree right there.
ReplyDeleteFantastic makes me wonder how the logs were loaded. I bet it all goes back to the seven simple tools and some very smart men.
ReplyDeleteHas to be something simple, there's not many people who set up complicated mechanisms in the forest.
DeleteId love to know where the truck and trailer is
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DeleteLogs were all tops, selected over a year of Logging, tops are half as heavy as the Butt Cuts. The load was loaded in Branscomb, CA in 1952. They dug a pit and drove the truck in the pit and rolled the logs on the bunks, the peaker or top log was rolled and assisted in the saddle with a heal boom loader. Lubberke Logging of Ukiah, CA was the logger involved.
ReplyDeletethank you! Artistree Wood Sculpture was wondering about how they were loaded! I hope he reads your comment!
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