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1946 Peterbilt flatbed 1939 Peterbilt Model 334 (1 of 2 built 1939). In 1939, the Fageol plant in Oakland opened for business as Peterbilt Motors Company. As part of the design process, Peterman and his company engineers sought input from truck owners and drivers on how to develop trucks; [10] [11] initially planning to develop chain-drive trucks for the logging industry, the company ...
Logging truck. A logging truck or timber lorry is a large truck used to carry logs. [1] Some have integrated flatbeds, some are discrete tractor units, and some are configured to spread a load between the tractor unit and a dollied trailer pulled behind it. Often more than one trailer is attached.
Model name Production Vehicle type Notes 260 334 1939-1941 Conventional First Peterbilt model line, evolved from a Fageol design. [27] [14] Logging trucks sold to the public 260: chain drive 334: dual drive axles 270 334 345: 1941-1949 Conventional On-highway truck Last model line developed by T.A. Peterman 354 355 364 1941-1949 Conventional
Log drivers at Klarälven in Sweden. Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from a forest to sawmills and pulp mills downstream using the current of a river. It was the main transportation method of the early logging industry in Europe and North America. [1]
Parent. Paccar. The Hayes Manufacturing Company Limited was a Vancouver -based Canadian manufacturer of heavy trucks. Founded in 1920, Hayes built both highway and off-road trucks, particularly for the logging industry. Hayes also manufactured buses. The Signal Company acquired a controlling stake in the company in 1969, and in 1971 renamed it ...
1948 Boehringer Unimog 70200 2018 Unimog 437.4 Firefighter. The Unimog (pronunciation in American English: YOU-nuh-mog; British English: YOU-knee-mog; [1] German: [ˈʊnɪmɔk], listen ⓘ) is a Daimler Truck line of multi-purpose, highly offroad capable AWD vehicles with Power take-off (PTO) driveshafts that since 1948 can be used with additional equipment in the roles of tractors, light ...
Lombard Steam Log Hauler. Lombard Log Hauler #38, built ca. 1910, restored in 2014 by the University of Maine Mechanical Engineering Technology class of 2014 and the Maine Forest and Logging Museum. The Lombard Steam Log Hauler, patented 21 May 1901, was the first successful commercial application of a continuous track for vehicle propulsion ...
A yarder is piece of logging equipment that uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to a collection point. [1] It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of configurations and variations, such as the swing yarder. Madill 124 Yarder. An example of modern yarders still being used in logging industry.