hardtail Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 That photo looks like a postage stamp Folks are still looking for all the old slides for me, sure hoping they weren't thrown away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 On 3/23/2023 at 3:56 PM, Howard_P said: I've got a question perhaps you can answer Mike. I ran across a video of a transmission swap and installation of an auxiliary in an AR-160 ( The auxiliary was called a Joey. Here they are often called a Brownie because a common aux. in the past was made by Brown-Lipe. Do you know the origin of the Joey name? Howard...I am ashamed to admit I don't know.....and to make this situation even more vague....I am darned if I can remember the 'slang' name for the twin sticks...as we knew them in New Zealand....The old blokes who punched these old trucks over our numerous hills had a 'name ' for any twin stick shift...and...I guess...because of the number we both share...I seem to have lost track of it...sigh I have pondered for several days...still can't come up with it...and I have to confess, I attended a reunion, last Saturday...."'Loggers of last Century "'....There were blokes even older than us, Howard ()...who had driven old F1800's and International's other American offering.'s....and I forgot to ask any of them...... I got caught up in seeing blokes whom I had worked with 40 plus yrs gone...I am not a great 'social ' person...never drink alcohol ...thus I don't ''socialize '' much .... I had a Mercedes Benz with a 16 speed Spicer box...with a typical 'Tuetonic " shift pattern...that was an SOB of a thing I will continue to ponder this matter of twin sticks..... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 3/23/2023 at 2:06 PM, mike newman said: The T20 picture was more about my enjoyment for getting old relics going again....rather than showing off the latest tractor technology...... New tech is so smooth to run but under it is an iron tractor with stylish plastic shrouds. The New Tech stuff if barely even tangible, it’s half cloud based invisible untouchable. You can’t collect something you can’t touch. I can’t imagine anyone will be building an archaic microchip in the future just to get that old tractor, that has to have it to run, going again? Thanks for the pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6 Merv Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 To Mike Newman tryed sending u a message, but it wouldn,t go thru. Anyhow drove thru your 'backyard' yesterday; rainbow station. Met and talked to your daughter. unfortunatly missed turn off to headquarters so didn,t get to meet you. Will try n be better organised next time. Am in south island going down to wheels at wanaka. Cheers mate. Mervyn Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, D6 Merv said: To Mike Newman tryed sending u a message, but it wouldn,t go thru. Anyhow drove thru your 'backyard' yesterday; rainbow station. Met and talked to your daughter. unfortunatly missed turn off to headquarters so didn,t get to meet you. Will try n be better organised next time. Am in south island going down to wheels at wanaka. Cheers mate. Mervyn Pepper ...thats a bummer, Merv......sorry to miss you ...are you coming back this way ?? or going back via Kaikoura ? ..I think Helen said she had you ph # .... ...the phone connection here is reminiscent of the New Zealand current Govt..bloody hopeless.. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 ...a few pictures of my Dad ...logging native in the mid thirties...Dad pictured on the Right hand side of the TD40 ...TD40...with Winch only ...the third picture shows a ''Kahikatea'' log ...''White Pine '' in English...a beautiful , non durable timber which was used to enclose export butter...when shipped to the United Kingdom....On the back of that ancient photo is a brief notation....""kike'' log 93 feet long'' Mike 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 ....following the above post...wonder how the TD 40 operator ( Dad) would have reacted to seeing the D85 pushing dirt at the Station..a few days gone....!!...more flood damage clean up... Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Might have said the TD40 was the big boy of its day he would need a Komatsu 575 to be relevant 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie figone Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Great pictures Mike, thanks for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/21/2023 at 5:20 PM, mike newman said: ....following the above post...wonder how the TD 40 operator ( Dad) would have reacted to seeing the D85 pushing dirt at the Station..a few days gone....!!...more flood damage clean up... Mike When I see a newer tractor up close these days, the first thing that hits me is how quiet they . It always used to seem like had to be deafening to make good power. Tinnitus anyone? Thanks for the pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Your 4th picture, Mike -- are they " white pine" logs, too? (Dandies.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Beale Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 On 5/24/2023 at 3:47 AM, just Dave said: When I see a newer tractor up close these days, the first thing that hits me is how quiet they . It always used to seem like had to be deafening to make good power. Tinnitus anyone? Thanks for the pictures. Somewhat O/T on mufflers Our used FA 10 arrived before I got the parts and service books so I wasn't up with how much of it was Fiat and how much was Allis. But I was pretty sure that the engine was Fiat, as I reckoned only the Italians would put a black baked enamel finished one on a dozer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 On 5/29/2023 at 1:06 AM, td9bcf180 said: Your 4th picture, Mike -- are they " white pine" logs, too? (Dandies.) ...No.....those are ''Rimu '' logs......again a tree native to NZ , and the heart wood is very durable and beautifully figured wood..... Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Thanks for the information and the pictures, Mike. Nice logs, for sure. As a head sawyer for 40+ years, ripping some boards out of those logs would be quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Beauty from NZ, don't remember those emblems in North America 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 ....now talking Allis Charmers !! HD16 and logging arch North Island...NZ Pulling Pinus Radiata (Monteray Pine ) Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 14 Author Share Posted November 14 ...a few more pictures.... these are from regular old camera pictures , which the local photo shop has ...in exchange for a considerable amount of currency....put them on a USB stick thingy.....BUT....those careful folk at the photo shop ''lost'' one particular picture.....they have explained the obvious fact of being ''sorry ''...but they are not as bloody sorry as I am.....because the lost picture showed the Hitachi Excavator forming a ramp out to the barge......at low tide....an exercise fraught with danger , not only when the sea bed drops away down deeeep...but as you blokes can imagine ...it is a hanging offence to mess with the tidal aspect of the sea bed.....There are four Govt Departments , all with lots of ''hoops '' for the peasant to jump through.....Impossible to get permission to build a ramp out to the barge....we were in luck in one aspect, as the big river flowing into the head of the Pelorus Sound was in high flood ...and had discoloured the seawater for miles ...so the consequent mess made doing the ramp ..just blended in to the already dirty water..... two different barges shown second pic sort of shows the length of the ramp third pic Hitachi about to climb on the big barge...note the ''buoy' which marked the end of the ramp, right side of barge Bell loader tossing a few logs on the small barge , before the ramp formed.. fifth pic barge heavy in the water...Dresser and Cat loader on board 15 ton Hitachi and my old "F" truck and feul tanker etc looking into the Bay where we logged last two pics getting ready to unload the barge at the little Port at the head of the Pelorus Sound All the logs were carried out on that ramp, with the loaders...several hundred tons....just had to keep a straight run after the tide covered the ramp ...!!! Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Thanks for sharing these photos, Mike. Great pics. There were a few of those Bell loaders around here many moons ago but some had felling heads on them. Not too popular and didn't survive in these parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 On 11/15/2023 at 12:10 AM, td9bcf180 said: Thanks for sharing these photos, Mike. Great pics. There were a few of those Bell loaders around here many moons ago but some had felling heads on them. Not too popular and didn't survive in these parts. ...They have virtually disappeared from ''main stream '' logging, down here as well.....handy to have on a really big skid site for the odd tidy up etc when the last of the logs are being loaded out.... Back in the day, most of the small operators used them....often you would see an excavator loading the truck and a Bell would be loading the trailer......and where those picture above were taken , it was ideal ...limited room....loading the barge with logs , by , of course, going up into the barge and stacking up ''the front ''...whilst the regular loader ran the logs out over the ramp to the barge... See the odd one these days in a firewood yard...very handy !!! Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Darn-it Mike now I want one for my firewood yard. Making wood burning easier is my main job these days. Take care Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 ...a few pictures of the logs that came out of Paradise Bay...(pictures above.....) Some very big Pinus Radiata trees in there....(Monterey Pine from Southern California...) Some of the trees dwarfed the Hitachi Excavator...The 'Red' tracked skidder is a "'KFC'' as we called it....Made up in BC, Canada,, ( I think ) I cannot remember the place name... Skidder was great ...it periodically lost a track...now putting those suckers back on ....shall we say ..''taxed the patience ''...but in mud , which is never in short supply in New Zealand logging...it performed really well... The skidder is a KMC..... calling it the ''KFC"" used to make the operator arc up , somewhat.... The bushman pictured last..is no midget...in fact that particular log took some getting on the barge... The day of the tracked skidder has now long gone...in favour of big Excavators with Waratah Heads and other sophisticated equipment.... Mike 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Big lads- those pinus radiata. Nothing here to compare with that (and B.C. trees). Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) I have seen at 36" on the stump and some rare hardwoods (oak, ash) near that. Tracked skidders never caught on, here; mostly rubber tired grapples used now. But the T-Cats with processing heads and rubber tired forwarders are more common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 BTW, @mike newman I used my old Browning lever 308 last week and dropped a small buck. Meat for the upcoming winter. Nothing compares to a lever. Would like to try that black billy tea, sometime, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 4 hours ago, td9bcf180 said: BTW, @mike newman I used my old Browning lever 308 last week and dropped a small buck. Meat for the upcoming winter. Nothing compares to a lever. Would like to try that black billy tea, sometime, too! ........get yourself down here any time...(this while I am still above the grass....)......we can easily find a chamois and a red deer for you to roll.....then I will crack on and get that ol' black tea billy set on the fire , ready to 'boil up ' no worries !!! Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 In reciprocate, you are most welcome to come to this part of the hemisphere, as well! Moose/deer hunting seasons are usually October/November so pack extra woollies, parkas, etc. etc. A tad chillier than your part of the world. We have lots of space/room/area/land to hunt on so hounds for deer chasing are still allowed (for now- but that could change if... ). Nothing gets the adrenalin going like a bluetick/black and tan or redbone 100 feet behind a 10 pointer coming straight at you 50 acres away for minutes on end. Be ready with your Savage/Browning/Winchester lever action. In reality, I doubt if I will ever get down to Kiwi land and you might not like the cold (I don't) here in the great white north so maybe we both can dream about this scenario! Cheers to that with BB Tea. Off the rails here. Let's talk your old pics and big logs instead of dogs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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