Lumber Yard - side loading fork lifts...

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Do you have these machines in the US and/or straddle carriers for lumber?

If so… does anyone make a reasonable model of one?

Any other big fork-lifts short of the container shifters? (Kibri do one of those).

TIA [:P]

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D&K models from Germany use to make resin cast models of a forklift log loader.This model was HO scale and about the size of a piggy packer.Kibri does not make any models like the ones you have requested.

Patrick

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Heres a link to gasoline alley web-page.They have a old Cox HO straddle carrier,although not the best model …a straddle carrier none the least.

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/trains.htm#H-O%20SCALE

P.S What scale are you looking for ?

Patrick

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I’ve never seen a straddle lumber carrier in the US, neither a running one, nor a junked one, someone please post a pic to prove me wrong (NOT a model, either). I have seen the (real) straddle container carriers. I have also seen the giant container forklifts, similar to the Kibri model. The only other lumber loaders I’ve seen are either a regular off-road forklift, or a wheeled front end loader with forks instead of a bucket, or, in paved sawmills, any regular warehouse type forklift. If you’re modeling a large sawmill, you could use a wheeled front end loader with forks.

Brad

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I saw a straddle lumber carrier in a video. The video was on the Pickering Lumber Co. and associated railroad, circa 1950-54. It picked up a stack of lumber roughly 4’ wide by 4’ tall, and tore around the lumber yard at a good clip.

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A firm call ON-Trak model products makes a Gerlinger Lumber Carrier. Their # 5109. See Walthers 2007 book on page 777

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Glad to oblige:

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Wow! They’re better than the ones we get! [:D]

You’ve just got to love that unprotected chain drive! [:O] OUCH!

Thanks for answers everyone. [8D]

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Glad to help. I have seen these around here in BC. The bottom photo is from New York.

Can you post a picture or link to the ones you are used to? Would be interested in seeing those.

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Sorry… don’t even have a pic…yet. Found some links though…

This is an all-terrain…

http://www.sjf.com/forklifts/TAG078.jpg

Found some!

http://www.servisvzv.cz/EN/side.htm

Having lifted the load at the side the fork frame draws back into the platform and the load is placed on the deck while the vehicle moves around. They move around pretty fast!

Timber is moved on them both loose and banded/wrapped.

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Thanks! I have not seen anything like those for moving lumber here in BC.

For us, “timber” is the raw logs. We use a lot of these for moving timber (logs) at saw mills: