Logging truck identification help

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Can someone share their knowledge and provide the make, model and vintage of this logging truck? Thanks.

Mark

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Hi

it’s a REO truck, probably a 1955 model

Martin

Québec City

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Thanks. I thought it may have been a White Motor Company or Dodge truck, but I have little expertise in this area. Example: I wasn’t aware of REO before.

Mark

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Looks like a post merger Diamond - Reo.

Which would date it 1967 or later.

CHUCK

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Could it be a Diamond “T” ???

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Check out this web site:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/kl_dt.htm

Here is a '49 Diamind T that is close but maybe not quite right?

There may be more info on that web site too.

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I agree, when I saw the photo, I thought that’s a Reo; no idea the year. If you want a second opinion, you might e-mail George Barrett at Sheepscot Scale Products; I am sure he could identify it. sheepscot@gwi.net

http://www.sheepscotscale.com/portal/

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We are all wrong. Here is the answer:

Mark

Glad to hear that you enjoyed your visit.

The trucks are as follows - red - 1945 Hayes & yellow - 1947 Hayes. Both trucks are fully operational, and we still use them to haul logs (short distances), and we also dump them at our rebuilt A-frame. The last Hayes logging truck was built in 1975.

Neil Malbon

GM, McLean Mill NHS

Mark

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Its shown here along with a bunch more Hayes, look on Page 2 for some more shots of the McLean Mills unit:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/kl_hayes.htm

I’m used to this kind of Hayes:

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Here is a picture I took of an active Hayes logging truck, waiting to be loaded. Location is south of Port Alberni, BC. Date was May, 2008. It has a 2004 re-build date.

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Those offset cabs are something most of us (well, at least I) don’t regularly see. I remember seeing some offset cab, flat-bed trucks occasionally in central California several decades ago, but I have no clue if they were Hayes trucks, although I think it was unlikely they were. They were designed to carry extra-long loads (like pipe or rebar) without articulation (like a cab-and-trailer combination.).

Since Hayes was a logging-truck specialist centered in Vancouver City, BC (west coast, mainland Canada), it is now no surprise to me the logging companies on Vancouver Island (a short ferry-hop from V. City) used them.

Mark

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These large, off-set cab Hayes are not legal for public roads, they are strictly off-road beasts. The bunk widths can be as wide as 16’, with gross payload of up to 200 tons. They are massive, designed to carry the big wood of the BC Coast.