Without much presumption the trees most likely where saplings when this equipment was abandoned, left to become part of the landscape. A shame! The Timberjack looks incredible. Would love to see the It restored.
I don't know if it would be morally wrong on not, but if I knew where a piece of equipment was sitting abandoned like that timber jack (if it wasn't on private property) it would be going home with me! One way or another. I am not advocating stealing buy any means but if you did some checking and found that it was truly abandoned, I wonder if it would be legal to get it running and keep it. Have you ever explored that possibility? Just wondering.
the way vegetation grows over and through these abandoned vehicles is sure proof Earth is young as if it was old there would be solid topsoil everywhere with no visible rocks or barren land.
I run a 6N71 Detroit still, love the mention of the flapper for the blower in case of run off. I don't know how I'd fabricate such a flapper into the blower's air flow. It is my biggest fear with the big old engine , never heard of this idea. I know to have a block of wood when the Air pipes off for repair , watched some good videos of rags being sucked in the blower. Right on there Skadill, I've been a unfollowing fan for a long time now, love these videos and knowledge.
Heck that skidder being Detroit powered, dump some fresh fuel in it, get a new battery and it would probably drive out of there under its own power. Plus its got the air shutoff in case the fuel rack gets stuck. LOL
Most of this equipment was probably abandoned in the early 1990’s. The issue was the logging industry in Oregon, Washington and BC took a huge hit from the spotted owl. The US government nearly shut down all logging operations in Oregon and Washington in the early 90’s. The industry was never the same. You could go to auction during that time and buy this equipment pennies on the dollar.
Mr. T, you certainly know your old DDs. I'm impressed, you said it was a 53 as fast as I did (almost). Do you remember if any of those logging machines had an MT series Allision? Like an MT41?
That skidder is from the late 60's. Its way past its prime. You might find the odd home owner or farmer still running one but no logging business would touch it.
@@EasternExplorer I beg to differ around here they are actually very common.. a Friend of mines family has a sawmill and they have 4 of them old TimberJacks and are always looking for more
One theory as to why they may have been abandoned....perhaps they were so broken they couldn't be moved. I know it takes big trucks to transport these machines and perhaps they couldn't even load them on a truck, so they left them. And I imagine these areas are PRETTY remote, you couldn't get a truck in there even if you tried. They are FAR from the point they were originally brought in at. Just my theory. :-)
Your theory is accurate. Nobody leaves easy money on the ground. What viewers forget is those dead machines made many, many millions of dollars for the owners and the people who drove 'em, worked on them and throughout the whole timber and wood industry. Their replacements are doing it faster and more profitably today.
What is the location of this skidder. Is this in the US or Canada? I would like to rescue that beautiful skidder. Who are the owners? Need to know urgently. Thanks Skadill for discovering this Timberjack.
Who's land does this abandoned stuff you find sit on..? I assume loggers are contracted by the landowner so why is the loggers equipment left on a landowners property.
I have. I was taking pictures of an old Bantam crane and when I opened one of the side doors on the crane a possum greeted me face to face. Left a stain in my shorts for sure! ☺️😆
When something like this is clearly abandoned, and poses and environmental hazard, or safety hazard, is there any way you can file for title, in exchange for removing it...
skadill It sad really. It was that way here in Maine as well. Over the years the papermills and sawmills are closing to foreign competition. The few that are left set the price really low and if you want to sell timber you can work your life away at poverty wages, one big breakdown from bankruptcy. It’s not easy for the small hand crews anymore and not much better for the mechanical. Take care sir, thanks for sharing. I always look forward to your documented adventures!
why so top secret about the location of the machines in your videos and if they belong to anyone? if someone was interested in fixing them up why let them just sit there wasting away unless the owners ( if there are any ) don't want to part with them ? just wondering..
First of all,I'm not at anyones 'service'.No one evn knows any of the thousand plus videos here existed in real life.it is a gift to the public to see an undocumented world.They should either be uninterested,or grateful to be given a free trip I funded.As you can imagine some of these finds are very hard to come across,and are near untouched.I dont want my visit to begin their demise.I dont want my leads and potential leads to make sure I dont see stuff because they know there will be a bunch of goons blaze trail of destruction to further their cause right after I leave I don't see hardly anyone doing what I do with these finds and documenting videos of iron history,maybe others should.
john 6218att If you talk to the right people in Southern BC, where I am pretty sure this is, they will find it for you, I'm sure of that. I know an old guy who knows the whereabouts of many of these machines. Rescuing this stuff will be hard, and require you to being a winch Cat in. My dad and I looked at a D9G at one time, but it's cheaper an easier to buy a good one. That old one was $15000 and needed new tracks immediately and a lot of attention. The other one was $45000 an worked 4 years trouble free and then we traded it for our D6D. Which was the better deal?
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Just get in touch with the ministry of environmental affairs or whatever they have in canada and i'm sure the environmentalists will be more than helpful raising money to find and remove these hazards. I can't stand these "explorers" but i always find out where the shit is anyway, after all it's 2019 the tech we have now makes it pretty easy!!
Trees are very patient with their revenge!
That Timber Jack's in super condition...such a shame!
Amazing Find!! Love the video💌
Without much presumption the trees most likely where saplings when this equipment was abandoned, left to become part of the landscape. A shame! The Timberjack looks incredible. Would love to see the It restored.
It's a shame these older pieces of equipment aren't being restored for historical purposes thank you for the video
I don't know if it would be morally wrong on not, but if I knew where a piece of equipment was sitting abandoned like that timber jack (if it wasn't on private property) it would be going home with me! One way or another. I am not advocating stealing buy any means but if you did some checking and found that it was truly abandoned, I wonder if it would be legal to get it running and keep it. Have you ever explored that possibility? Just wondering.
That skidder had a nice Gearmatic model 190 winch on it. Great winches, near bulletproof and cheap to fix when you do have to fix them.
the way vegetation grows over and through these abandoned vehicles is sure proof Earth is young as if it was old there would be solid topsoil everywhere with no visible rocks or barren land.
One of our local Loggers still runs a TimberJack 208 . It's on it's second engine.
I run a 6N71 Detroit still, love the mention of the flapper for the blower in case of run off. I don't know how I'd fabricate such a flapper into the blower's air flow. It is my biggest fear with the big old engine , never heard of this idea. I know to have a block of wood when the Air pipes off for repair , watched some good videos of rags being sucked in the blower. Right on there Skadill, I've been a unfollowing fan for a long time now, love these videos and knowledge.
The Timberjack will become part of mother earth in another 5-10 years.
I'm surprised but glad that this stuff wasn't all cut up for scrap many years ago. Heavy steel was worth 500 a ton about 15 years ago.
Heck that skidder being Detroit powered, dump some fresh fuel in it, get a new battery and it would probably drive out of there under its own power. Plus its got the air shutoff in case the fuel rack gets stuck. LOL
Love to save that timberjack
Holy shit just looks like a wreck
That Timber Jack has the same engine (6V53) as the M113A3 I drove in the Army.
Sad to see someone leave such a nice skidder like that
I bet that Timber Jack skidder could drive out of there with some work!
UnitCrane514 Some air in the tires, a fresh tank of diesel, a new battery and some ether to boot. That's probably all it needs to fire up.
Most of this equipment was probably abandoned in the early 1990’s.
The issue was the logging industry in Oregon, Washington and BC took a huge hit from the spotted owl. The US government nearly shut down all logging operations in Oregon and Washington in the early 90’s. The industry was never the same.
You could go to auction during that time and buy this equipment pennies on the dollar.
That timber jack isn't even broke in yet. Pedals still have paint on em...
Mr. T, you certainly know your old DDs. I'm impressed, you said it was a 53 as fast as I did (almost). Do you remember if any of those logging machines had an MT series Allision? Like an MT41?
That skidded is too new looker to be abandoned
That skidder is from the late 60's. Its way past its prime. You might find the odd home owner or farmer still running one but no logging business would touch it.
@@EasternExplorer I beg to differ around here they are actually very common.. a Friend of mines family has a sawmill and they have 4 of them old TimberJacks and are always looking for more
so that skidder could be a nice toy ( i know its better for scrap)
if you would ever save one piece that would be it
One theory as to why they may have been abandoned....perhaps they were so broken they couldn't be moved. I know it takes big trucks to transport these machines and perhaps they couldn't even load them on a truck, so they left them. And I imagine these areas are PRETTY remote, you couldn't get a truck in there even if you tried. They are FAR from the point they were originally brought in at. Just my theory. :-)
Your theory is accurate. Nobody leaves easy money on the ground. What viewers forget is those dead machines made many, many millions of dollars for the owners and the people who drove 'em, worked on them and throughout the whole timber and wood industry. Their replacements are doing it faster and more profitably today.
With todays scrap prices it would be well worth while to scrap them
What is the location of this skidder. Is this in the US or Canada? I would like to rescue that beautiful skidder. Who are the owners? Need to know urgently. Thanks Skadill for discovering this Timberjack.
Dont even ask,They stay where they lay.
Are these machines free game to whoever wants them or are they on someone's property ?
Could a guy get that timber jack if interested
They got the logs, now the logs say it's payback time......
Shame we couldn't get that Timberjack out and restore her.
Skidded was a insurance job
Buy it put it to work again
Take parts from trucks always have something for another truck
id buy that jack and put er back in action !
where is this
is the timberjack on you property?
Who's land does this abandoned stuff you find sit on..? I assume loggers are contracted by the landowner so why is the loggers equipment left on a landowners property.
The way the F250 is striped, it was surly stolen
Skiddee must be stollen why would someone leave it still worth a decent dollar running or not lol
Have you ever encountered animals living in machines that you've taped?
I have. I was taking pictures of an old Bantam crane and when I opened one of the side doors on the crane a possum greeted me face to face. Left a stain in my shorts for sure! ☺️😆
When something like this is clearly abandoned, and poses and environmental hazard, or safety hazard, is there any way you can file for title, in exchange for removing it...
Take it home
Where is this
southwest british columbia
fucking straight pipe stacks pointing right in the damn cab
Pablo Grenade that's the roll cage you idiot
They dont go into the cab, they go into a spark arrester/ muffler on the roof of the Cab.
I pulled on thw
Must’ve been a shit ton of cash in logging back in the day for people
to just drag up and leave valuable shit scattered all about the hillsides.
There was a time,yes,money grew on trees here,and all you had to do was use a chainsaw to extract it.Those days are past.
skadill
It sad really. It was that way here in Maine as well. Over the years the papermills and sawmills are closing to foreign competition. The few that are left set the price really low and if you want to sell timber you can work your life away at poverty wages, one big breakdown from bankruptcy. It’s not easy for the small hand crews anymore and not much better for the mechanical. Take care sir, thanks for sharing. I always look forward to your documented adventures!
There is no telling if the operator actually went broke in that cut. Money deosn't grow on trees. It grows in them and its tough to get it out.
i think if that orance beast would start easily if you just put new battery and gasoline in there :)
that'd be bad for it she's a diesel
no shit sherlock
Find out who own land
why so top secret about the location of the machines in your videos and if they belong to anyone? if someone was interested in fixing them up why let them just sit there wasting away unless the owners ( if there are any ) don't want to part with them ? just wondering..
First of all,I'm not at anyones 'service'.No one evn knows any of the thousand plus videos here existed in real life.it is a gift to the public to see an undocumented world.They should either be uninterested,or grateful to be given a free trip I funded.As you can imagine some of these finds are very hard to come across,and are near untouched.I dont want my visit to begin their demise.I dont want my leads and potential leads to make sure I dont see stuff because they know there will be a bunch of goons blaze trail of destruction to further their cause right after I leave I don't see hardly anyone doing what I do with these finds and documenting videos of iron history,maybe others should.
john 6218att If you talk to the right people in Southern BC, where I am pretty sure this is, they will find it for you, I'm sure of that. I know an old guy who knows the whereabouts of many of these machines. Rescuing this stuff will be hard, and require you to being a winch Cat in. My dad and I looked at a D9G at one time, but it's cheaper an easier to buy a good one. That old one was $15000 and needed new tracks immediately and a lot of attention. The other one was $45000 an worked 4 years trouble free and then we traded it for our D6D. Which was the better deal?
Just get in touch with the ministry of environmental affairs or whatever they have in canada and i'm sure the environmentalists will be more than helpful raising money to find and remove these hazards. I can't stand these "explorers" but i always find out where the shit is anyway, after all it's 2019 the tech we have now makes it pretty easy!!