mstein,
Thanks for the info on the 4L group; I am definitely going to check that out soon! I have the logging bug too, and want to model a timber mountain scene with logging and possibly a lower valley or forest scene with pulp wood industry too.
As I stated in an earlier post my grandfather owned a timber company named Pioneer Timber Co. in Pineville, Louisiana and their primary product was pulpwood supplied to paper mills throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. He sold the business in the late 60’s, I remember as a young tike going to the train yard with him and my dad, and riding on one of the engines. It was a thrill of a lifetime! [:D]
Thanks,
Ryan
You Guys are amazing! Thanks especially to SilverSpike for those diagrams.
SilverSpike
Your grandad probably got out at a good time. The wood products industry has been going through a contraction for the last 40+ years. Pressures have been rise in productivity, environmental costs, foreign producers ability to ship competiivly and the slow down in government logging contracts. Then there are the regional differences in the US. A lot of timber in the PNW are on steep hill sides where as the timberland in the SE is considered quite abit flatter. Timber in the SE had reached market size during the 80’s and 90’s and was cheaper to log due to the comparatively flat terrain. My brother is a forest manager for one of the bigger private land owners in Western Oregon and just recently hired a gal from Mississipi. He showed her a topo map before he took into an area. She remarked she’d never seen the elevation lines so close before on a map.
Jimco,
Sometimes I’m afflicted with old timers and can’t remember things until after a day or two. The Shelton operation for Simpson Timber went from Shelton to Camp Grisdale. Simpson made the camp a flat spot in the road when they closed the camp as did Weyerhaeuser when they closed their rail operations at Vail. I’ve not seen a book on the Weyerhaeuser operations but there is a book on the Simpson operations called Down to the Saltchuck. It’s in the $40+ range. Your original question was about yarding and skidding though. There is a Canadian company called Madill. Do a google and you’ll see what they currently offer. I’m sure they will send you the 8x10 glossys on their current equipment if you ask. Madill is not the only one as John Deere is also prominent. I’d suggest you look up another Canadian company call supplyline. They are listed on the web. Click on equipment and then check out what the have for loaders, feller/bunchers and yarders. You’ll most of the names of manufactures that build modern logging equipment.
To both of you. There is a book on logging for almost every western Washington county, North C
sherwinh, You are welcome, always trying to help when I can!
Mike, My grandad did retire after selling the business and he was well off because of it! He lived another 30 years before passing, but I always remember the days he was in the business. Thanks for the tips on the books, I will have to check them out on Amazon.com.
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SilverSpike
Your grandad probably got out at a good time. The wood products industry has been going through a contraction for the last 40+ years. Pressures have been rise in productivity, environmental costs, foreign producers ability to ship competiivly and the slow down in government logging contracts. Then there are the regional differences in the US. A lot of timber in the PNW are on steep hill sides where as the timberland in the SE is considered quite abit flatter. Timber in the SE had reached market size during the 80’s and 90’s and was cheaper to log due to the comparatively flat terrain. My brother is a forest manager for one of the bigger private land owners in Western Oregon and just recently hired a gal from Mississipi. He showed her a topo map before he took into an area. She remarked she’d never seen the elevation lines so close before on a map.
Jimco,
Sometimes I’m afflicted with old timers and can’t remember things until after a day or two. The Shelton operation for Simpson Timber went from Shelton to Camp Grisdale. Simpson made the camp a flat spot in the road when they closed the camp as did Weyerhaeuser when they closed their rail operations at Vail. I’ve not seen a book on the Weyerhaeuser operations but there is a book on the Simpson operations called Down to the Saltchuck. It’s in the $40+ range. Your original question was about yarding and skidding though. There is a Canadian company called Madill. Do a google and you’ll see what they currently offer. I’m sure they will send you the 8x10 glossys on their current equipment if you ask. Madill is not the only one as John Deere is also prominent. I’d suggest you look up another Canadian company call supplyline. They are listed on the web. Click on equipment and then check out what the have for loaders, feller/bunchers and yarders. You’ll most of the names of manufactures that build modern logging equipment.
To both of you. There is a book o