Log truck Canadian style

[rovers90]

My cousin is a driver for a logging firm and he took me out for the day. He drives a Kenworth 550 (horsepower) and when empty they piggy back the trailer. We drove 4000 foot up a mountain on graded gravel tracks and then waited to get loaded. The loader lifts the trailer off, the driver hooks it up and then part of it slides out.

 

It took a while to load as due to the size of the logs, about 10m, he could only pick two up at a time. total weight of the load was about 35 ton. We then travelled back down the mountain and about 30km to a yard where this humungous machine unloaded the lot in one go!!!

[mark stamper]

I would give most my left leg to drive the wagon!

[Stubby]

Not messing about there then !

[alex_m]

The last picture put a smile on my face, good stuff!

[Yorkshire Brummie]

Don't you just love the noise those Trucks make as they push through the gears, Nice pics :-)

[difflock]

A proper wee dinky toy compared to an old style Hayes, or Pacific logging truck.

Nice loader though.

Cheers

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[shavey]

yes nice pictures good too see all the nice trucks and that huge loading shovel keep them coming cheers:thumbup::thumbup:

[monkeybusiness]

Great day out!

[ecotreecare]

Always impressive!! Very similar to how they do it here in NZ.

 

 

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[silky fox]

Yeah Rover..keep them pictures comin'...you obviously had a great time...what did Mrs Rover make of all the big boys toys?