The forestry and logging pictures thread

[GoBigBlue1984]

JJ, is this Tom Fales jr?

 

[jacob j.]

JJ, is this Tom Fales jr?

Hey Brett- no, that's a Canadian Facebook friend who is still cutting up in Port Alberni.

 

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[CrystalRiver1]

What is that contraption?

 

[jacob j.]

What is that contraption?

Steam Donkey. That's how they logged the big wood in the olden days.

 

[jacob j.]

 

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[CrystalRiver1]

Steam Donkey. That's how they logged the big wood in the olden days.

I'm beyond impressed, as a matter of fact I was impressed before you named the device & what it's function/purpose was!
Clearly, a different breed of men!

 

[RandyMac]

Donkeys were invented in Eureka by John Dolbeer, the originals were built in 1883 near the current site of the city zoo.
There are probably 100s still left were they pulled their last log.

 

[rocketnorton]

hooray wiggle wagons.

 

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[jacob j.]

Canadian faller Dana Brady: