Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

The first trophy piece of the road trip. I was turning around to go look at another possible treasure beside the road, and found this in the next driveway. I'd love to get some input on who the manufacturer is...and the approximate years it would have been on the market. When you are done...here is a previous installment on "Field Loggers" in BC's Interior region.   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/04/field-loggers.html

Driving towards downtown Lake Cowichan, and spotted a yarder tower sticking up above the trees...pulled in to investigate... What does a grapple yarder do?? Here are a couple videos..

Driving around Vancouver Island, scanning the side roads and fields for rusty machines. Some people knit socks, some people play golf....I look for rusty old machines to photograph. The video is here... And the photos that go along with the video