Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

Only the dead and down Just the rusty and crusty Simply the broken and tired Limited to the lame and limping Here's a great video that I recent ly found....The history of logging in the Squamish area. Exc ellent footage of steam donkeys, logging trains and such..   Over grown truck mounted yarder Bone yard of the great ones Yarder in the background will show up in other photos Up close and personal Top of the pipe of an over grown truck mounted yarder in the background...Kenworth logging truck in the foreground Jackson Bros Logging Truck mounted yarder set-up in the 70's. The photo is from the Peter Jackson collection and the Sechelt online archives...this is from the days when my dad was a faller for them. http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/02/loggingre-posted.html

Logging isn't what it used to be. But then again, you could say that at the end of every decade for the last 100 years. From horse and oxen logging to steam from steam to diesel and diesel to helicopters innovation and the desire to go bigger drove the push to build new mechanical monsters. Loggers fall in love with their machines as much as they do with bar girls and pinups posters Bragging rights over horsepower and reach Cutting speed and comfort The new machine that is tight and fast the old clunker that needs jumper cables and ether two wheel, four wheel, six wheel and eight wheel drive Air assisted brakes beside a computer assisted engine Crew hauling crummies Log hauling off-road  trucks Stackers, packers and whackers Road builders and drill rigs High lead, ground lead and skyline Fuel trucks, shop trucks and low bed trucks Push cats and loaders The logger's life When you're in it You pray to get out When you're out You pray go be ba...