I was a teen in 1972, living in Parksville on Vancouver Island. Logging trucks frequently came from the Port Alberni highway and turned towards Nanaimo at the highway 19 junction in the middle of town. I was used to seeing big logs of Douglas fir on these trucks. One day a truck made the turn just as we were passing the intersection. There was one log on it, filling the whole width. It was jaw dropping. It wasn't many years later that my notion of BC's forests being infinite, changed. By the 1980s it got harder to find Douglas fir lumber at retail (lumber yards were starting to stock mainly spruce from the northern prairie forests). I live today in a 1911 house in New Westminster, built with 100% old growth Douglas fir. And I haven't seen a stick of Douglas fir dimensional lumber for sale for decades. Yet, along the Fraser River nearby, huge booms of second and some first growth doug fir wait for sawing. Where does it go? Same is true for yellow cedar, which I've seen beautifully stacked on the docks in Vancouver for export. It's pretty sad, this evolution.
The Pacific P10 P12 and P16 had a range of engines from Cat Cummins and Detroit. Note the double nutted spoked wheels and hub reduction rears also used on Hayes WHDX 1000 series and KW 850. These monsters were built to last and take a lot of punishment. Autocar Trucks Cline Trucks and Hendrickson Trucks also made some heavy duty haulers in 1960 and 1970. The big WHDX 1000 HAYES at one time with a V 16 Detroit was known as the meanest mutha in the woods by many drivers. Also the Detroit had a common rail system back in 1939 when GM first made the diesels.
I start to play SnowRunner and now i see how difficulte the work of Log Truck Driver is , but now i love Trucks this is awsome to see those big machin carry so much weight
Actually..in those trucks (Pacific P-16's) Its 6 spds (Allison automatics) and 30mph..I don't believe they are allowed to exceed 30 mph in the off hwy logging trucks..
Even with experienced haulers, I would imagine there's a learning curve involved in getting accustomed to new or unfamiliar roads throughout the forestland when transporting these cumbersome loads, particularly when rolling on roads with curves and changes in elevation, would I be correct? Hats off to the hard workers in this most demanding line of work.
I was a teen in 1972, living in Parksville on Vancouver Island. Logging trucks frequently came from the Port Alberni highway and turned towards Nanaimo at the highway 19 junction in the middle of town. I was used to seeing big logs of Douglas fir on these trucks. One day a truck made the turn just as we were passing the intersection. There was one log on it, filling the whole width. It was jaw dropping. It wasn't many years later that my notion of BC's forests being infinite, changed. By the 1980s it got harder to find Douglas fir lumber at retail (lumber yards were starting to stock mainly spruce from the northern prairie forests). I live today in a 1911 house in New Westminster, built with 100% old growth Douglas fir. And I haven't seen a stick of Douglas fir dimensional lumber for sale for decades. Yet, along the Fraser River nearby, huge booms of second and some first growth doug fir wait for sawing. Where does it go? Same is true for yellow cedar, which I've seen beautifully stacked on the docks in Vancouver for export. It's pretty sad, this evolution.
I bet you'd get out of Nanaimo as soon as 6:00 around those years, eh?
I love those off road logging trucks western and h&d have more than the new ones and still love seing them
Watching those trucks roll by brought back memories of my youth, sweet vid
The Pacific P10 P12 and P16 had a range of engines from Cat Cummins and Detroit. Note the double nutted spoked wheels and hub reduction rears also used on Hayes WHDX 1000 series and KW 850. These monsters were built to last and take a lot of punishment. Autocar Trucks Cline Trucks and Hendrickson Trucks also made some heavy duty haulers in 1960 and 1970. The big WHDX 1000 HAYES at one time with a V 16 Detroit was known as the meanest mutha in the woods by many drivers. Also the Detroit had a common rail system back in 1939 when GM first made the diesels.
I start to play SnowRunner and now i see how difficulte the work of Log Truck Driver is , but now i love Trucks this is awsome to see those big machin carry so much weight
13 gears and only 48 mph i love it :P
Actually..in those trucks (Pacific P-16's) Its 6 spds (Allison automatics) and 30mph..I don't believe they are allowed to exceed 30 mph in the off hwy logging trucks..
@@diamondtguy what they r automatics ?
@@djsingh8077 Yeah, well, you don't expect a manual on a 20 ton truck with a 50 ton load, do you?
@@690_5 why not???? I've seen 18 speeds move 240 to 350 thousand pounds before
Even with experienced haulers, I would imagine there's a learning curve involved in getting accustomed to new or unfamiliar roads throughout the forestland when transporting these cumbersome loads, particularly when rolling on roads with curves and changes in elevation, would I be correct?
Hats off to the hard workers in this most demanding line of work.
Marstrand R. Yes
awesome great truck
Water cooled brakes and 12 cyl. diesel
10 foot wide bunks.and they can pull 4 trailers.
Detroit 12V71 maybe some with 16V71 engines
It helps that it was summer, believe me, winter is a different story.
Winter on the island lmfao give me a break come up to northern Alberta will show you a thing or too about winter
@@canadiantoque229 You freeze, we get rain, big difference for sure. Try 100 tons on 25% grade.
@@rockfishmiller you really replyed 10 years later...
@@sodaa__ Sorry, never saw your post.
@@sodaa__ What’s that have to do with anything?
Where else can you drive an automatic truck with 3 pedals on the floor.
I love P16s
Looks like The roads out off Nitnaht mainline
Nice !!
Men being men and when forest fires were few.
Wow! You guys have awesome roads down there! If you tried speed like that on our roads, the truck would be ruined.
Awesome 👍..thnx
Usan trasmisión titeonic o automática Aser MUI rápido .
Wow
The Good old days, long live the Fat Trucks😎
Great footage!! Last part looks like Rupert Main area but what do I know?
What are the models of these trucks?
Pacific p16
Thebull
Klanawa?
Sorry is Klanawa a place? This road is called West 87 on Northern Vancouver Island.
Logzilla
Bull dog power
Mackdaddy
no
Kenworth 850, Hayse HDX, Pacific P16.
Wow