old logging pics southern tas

Not that I am a tree hugging greenie, but I read a book similar to the one Ute253 talked about, about logging in California in the 50s and 60s and we visited some of the places in the book when we were over there a couple of years ago. There are some hills which to this day are as bare as the day they were first logged because taking the trees down allowed all the subsoil to wash away and now there is nothing left for new trees to grow in. I guess, responsible sustainable management of the forest is the answer.

Not that I am a tree hugging greenie, but I read a book similar to the one Ute253 talked about, about logging in California in the 50s and 60s and we visited some of the places in the book when we were over there a couple of years ago. There are some hills which to this day are as bare as the day they were first logged because taking the trees down allowed all the subsoil to wash away and now there is nothing left for new trees to grow in. I guess, responsible sustainable management of the forest is the answer.

yes we have a lot to thank our pollies for they introduced clear fell logging in the 80's in the Otways for OHS and no doubt other area's as well and went from something well manged to what have now didn't take them long to stuff up a good thing. Anyway let's not get to serious

....Asea Brown Bouveri were (are?) a tassie hydro contracting outfit in longford (tas) and still had a couple of these pacifics in their yard in around 2000..

..ol' mate was peering through the fence and reckoned he was checking out a peterbilt conventional....can't really blame him, as there is more than a passing resemblance

also operated in the hydro scheme were the the twin steer pacific conventional winch trucks that had a slope bonnet not unlike an SAR....very tough looking beast

cool pics not that mucth different then the old pics i have seen in vancouver island canada what kind of log loader was that

Ol mates safety hat will be made from steel wool

If you're interested in early logging practices (USA) there is hours of reading in this site.....very interesting read, with photos too.

www.vannattabros.com/index.html