D-6 Cat and Arch beside the Island Highway

By Mike Pearson
The first rusty machine to be spotted  on the Vancouver Island road trip. I spied the top of the logging arch as we zoomed south, towards Victoria. It took a while to find a safe spot to turn around. When I turned off the highway to go back, I found this ...
http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/vancouver-island-field-logger.html

When I was finished with the skidder, I doubled back to the property with the D-6 and Arch set-up. The owner was out working on his KW livestock hauler rig...and was only to happy to chat and allow me into his field to grab a few photos.
The post that features a 1939 D-7 from the same trip is here..( also roadside )
http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/1939-d-7-cat.html


Fancy wheels on the logging arch and hard rubber tires ( many decades before low profile tires and 22" rims were popular )








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