Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:52:51 +0000
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: Logging Roads and Trailers
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wish I got all the emails. Keep picking them out of SPAM and labeling them "Not Spam" but still most go there.
On Monday, July 27, 2020, 7:41:12 PM PDT, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
Hi,
Ah that’s the other car under a tree!
The pics are very representative of the area. The logging truck, not a Hayes with a v12 Detroit diesel, I think it’s a Pacific p16. I’m almost sure. But I don’t know what engine they used. Must have been big, for that truck has a rep for non Hwy heavy hauling.
It’s a vintage classic Dan. And as you have seen, a few still around working.
I love this island, and it’s getting more and more people coming and exploring. Not that it was quiet before, but you can sense the increase.
Thanks for the pics
Alistair
Ps the mud and dust pattern in the van after driving the roads... don’t it make you think a better mudflap could be invented? :-)
>> On Jul 27, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi Alistair and others...
> Here are some pics of or tripto Vancouver Island... logger roads... it's not the same car under the tree but quite close...
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069498
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069499
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069500
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069501
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069502
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069496
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069497
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>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:32 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Dan I’m confused, not unusual but...
>>
>> That cortina under log is at Gordon River camp, a wee bit south and out of a direct path to cape scott :-)
>>
>> Surely you must have seen it on another trip?
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>>> On Jul 24, 2020, at 8:12 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> yup... it's the car under the tree I am talking about .. we were on our way to Cape Scott Provincial Park on our tin top synco. Large gravels on the road and a lot of washboard.. I will dig out some pictures..
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:51 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>> Hey dan,
>>>>
>>>> Took a pic of the locally famous car under a tree ( cortina mkIII) some years ago at the old Gordon river logging camp. The car is gone now.
>>>>
>>>> https://shufti.blog/2011/03/27/gordon-river-trip/
>>>>
>>>> Interesting history of that particular camp, some info online if you do some search. Late 40s into the 50s was one of the largest camps in the province. More like a small town with school, stores, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Had reputation of producing some of the best old growth doug fir. Changing tech etc made these camps obsolete.
>>>>
>>>> Alistair
>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 22, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be reached by logging roads."
>>>>>
>>>>> yes.. specially in the Northern part of Vancouver Island. I remember seeing a shoe tree on the side of a logging road... and a car wreck under a tree on display...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://holberg.ca/project/nearby-attractions/
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:31 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> Well that’s the problem with assumptions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be reached by logging roads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dirt, gravel, roads that are used by logging trucks and associated equipment. And also used by locals travelling to and from communities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The logging dynamic here on the island has changed over the last 50 years. Smaller crews on the whole. Smaller cut blocks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Active logging areas are well marked, often gated or cable strung across road. The logging on the most part is carried out from the smaller spurs, not the main roads. But the trucks take their loads on the main roads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Weekends quieter, as is the heigh of summer when most times logging is suspended due to fire risk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sometimes , some roads have gate locked even if no active logging. Fire risk. Sometimes gates closed to reduce access to equipment on the weekends.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I understand the mailing list is very US centric, but there are other areas of the world where vans travel under different conditions :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alistair
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