And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Update: a commenter left a copy of an industry article on this rig, and according to it this turns out to be a 1948 Kenworth and its engine was destroked to 1870 cubic inches and its power reduced to 450 hp since no driveline components could handle the higher torque of the 2181 cubic inch Defender V12.
Sad news. I got a lot of these photos from a Facebook group that a good childhood friend used to follow. He went in for an operation a month ago and never came out. And since I don't do Facebook my source for great old pictures has now dried up. RIP, Dick Potts. I think of you every day.
The fact that he shared them with you and you shared them with CW who in turn shared them with us, speaks volumes, Elmo! The logging industry has always fascinated me! Thanks for all the great photos; greatly appreciated and yes, RIP Dick Potts.
Thanks, Zimmy. That means a lot. This was my truck: https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2020/11/65-kenworth-best-one-they-ever-built.html
I operated it from '83 to '87 after buying it from the guy I drove it for for five years. I parked it and went to work in the woods. Ol' Blue burned up in '94 in a fire that was stated by PG&E.
they don't make men like that anymore. fortunately i was able to meet and be around men like that in my early youth with my Dad. they are all gone now, never to be seen anymore until times get hard again. they made due with what they had to work with. i have seen them build some shit out of nothing but what was at hand.
Both of my grandfathers and my father worked at sawmills. Father’s side were sawyers, mother’s was a boiler tender. Back in the 60’s, I would watch the overloaded log trucks come into the mills. Logs were stacked several feet higher than the cab and trailer poles on the side. And these were real logs of southern yellow pine. Most were in the 36 in butt diameter. ICC would have had a field day with any of these trucks, busted lights, windows, bald tires, etc. Pulpwood trucks were in the same shape. Most of the pulp wood trucks were P/U trucks with the bed removed and pipe welded to the frame. Ah, the good old days.
Tall Trees and Tough Men by Robert E. Pike is an interesting anecdotal history of logging, logging camps and some of the men who worked the logging camps in northern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont before river drives were outlawed.
Amazon supposedly has copies for sale or your local library can get a copy through the library exchange program if they don't have a copy.
What a load!
ReplyDeleteAnd talk about finding a rabbit trail to follow! The truck guys know their business, and that photo spread took me down one.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/vintage-trucks/vintage-truck-1951-kenworth-with-600-hp-2181-cubic-inch-hall-scott-v12-the-worlds-most-powerful-factory-highway-truck-of-the-time/
Update: a commenter left a copy of an industry article on this rig, and according to it this turns out to be a 1948 Kenworth and its engine was destroked to 1870 cubic inches and its power reduced to 450 hp since no driveline components could handle the higher torque of the 2181 cubic inch Defender V12.
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ReplyDeleteThe tread pattern on the drive wheels I have not seen before. It reminds me of sand paddles. Any info on this tread pattern is appreciated.
Sad news. I got a lot of these photos from a Facebook group that a good childhood friend used to follow. He went in for an operation a month ago and never came out. And since I don't do Facebook my source for great old pictures has now dried up.
ReplyDeleteRIP, Dick Potts. I think of you every day.
Sorry for your loss, Elmo.
DeleteWhen I was young I lived two blocks from a lumber mill in Portland. Trucks like those seen here were not uncommon.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that he shared them with you and you shared them with CW who in turn shared them with us, speaks volumes, Elmo! The logging industry has always fascinated me! Thanks for all the great photos; greatly appreciated and yes, RIP Dick Potts.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Zimmy. That means a lot.
DeleteThis was my truck:
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2020/11/65-kenworth-best-one-they-ever-built.html
I operated it from '83 to '87 after buying it from the guy I drove it for for five years. I parked it and went to work in the woods.
Ol' Blue burned up in '94 in a fire that was stated by PG&E.
I lived in a town with a sawmill and log pond. Boy did that stink. Literally.
ReplyDeleteI live about a mile from this sawmill, no smells, just wood.
DeleteCool vids.
https://www.youtube.com/@Helmsburgsawmill
Yosemite logging Co.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4_mJuS9WWc
That's one of the best videos extant. Amazing engineering.
Deletethey don't make men like that anymore. fortunately i was able to meet and be around men like that in my early youth with my Dad. they are all gone now, never to be seen anymore until times get hard again. they made due with what they had to work with. i have seen them build some shit out of nothing but what was at hand.
ReplyDeleteBoth of my grandfathers and my father worked at sawmills. Father’s side were sawyers, mother’s was a boiler tender. Back in the 60’s, I would watch the overloaded log trucks come into the mills. Logs were stacked several feet higher than the cab and trailer poles on the side. And these were real logs of southern yellow pine. Most were in the 36 in butt diameter. ICC would have had a field day with any of these trucks, busted lights, windows, bald tires, etc. Pulpwood trucks were in the same shape. Most of the pulp wood trucks were P/U trucks with the bed removed and pipe welded to the frame. Ah, the good old days.
ReplyDeleteTall Trees and Tough Men by Robert E. Pike is an interesting anecdotal history of logging, logging camps and some of the men who worked the logging camps in northern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont before river drives were outlawed.
ReplyDeleteAmazon supposedly has copies for sale or your local library can get a copy through the library exchange program if they don't have a copy.
Nemo