Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

A bit of chainsaw work and hacking  gave us a better view of these machines , than we had last year. The 892 has obvious wear and tear...likely ended up as a tail-hold machine for a grapple yarder. The TD-20 looks pretty good, but perhaps had some sort of catastrophic mechanical failure...or maybe it just wasn't the tool for the job in a changing business world. Video tour of the machines S tanding on top of the Madill...looking over at the TD-20 and 892 I think that ol d hulk was a D-8 at some point the stripp ed out C at View from the office Standing on the TD-20...looking over at the Madill/Mack LRSW

Several decades ago, someone drove this Timberjack skidder into it's last parking spot....hit the kill-switch and walked away. Maybe the nature of the business changed or the ambition wilted...could be that it was too much trouble to keep running...but there it rests. The forest that it was meant to harvest, grew up around it in an attempt to devour the old enemy. It certainly looks like a good candidate for a rebuild if the right person was so inclined. But then again, it's just one of the dozens of old West Coast logging relics that are parked on this property. Here is a video tour of a section of the property full of abandoned machines and trucks....it ends at the skidder And...a video tour of the 550 Timberjack Zoom Zoom Fitz tries it on for size

Spring has sprung  The grass has riz Time to get back to the Lost treasures biz May 5/2013 return to the "Lost Treasure Trove of Abandoned Logging Equipment"...this time with a chainsaw. We hacked our way into 3 machine sites to get better photos and video.  I've heard stories of people using computers to hack into things...but trust me...that wasn't going to work here today. Although...I do remember times when I was tempted to take a chainsaw to my computer. I don't know how many Mack LRSW trucks still exist...but I'm guessing it's not many. Here's a video of cutting our way into the yarder site..Hearing protection and safety glasses required from here on .... Video Tour of the Mack LRSW/ Madill yarder Turbo diesel power Shooting into the sun Front brakes...that had to be rare...way back when Me standing on the yarder pipe...looking over at the b ushed in 892 and TD-20 ...