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1 year 10 months ago #244352 by restore49

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May not be a Cat - any members know what this is??? Bob

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1 year 10 months ago - 1 year 10 months ago #244354 by Rome K/G

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It's a horse drawn log skidder. Big wheel logging. That beam on top is used as a cantilever to raise the log then it could be skidded.

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1 year 10 months ago #244356 by ctsnowfighter

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project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/big_wheels.html

Big Wheels were used in many places here in Ca, Or, Wa
You can do some looking at the various websites of old Redwood and Sugar Pine operations, find pictures of them behind Thirty.s and more often Sixty's.
Some were equipped with metal plates covering the spokes to prevent ripping the spokes out with debris.
Then came the logging arches afterward, which required a winch.
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1 year 10 months ago #244359 by Deas Plant.

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Hi, restore49.
Those 'gadgets' were the ancestors of logging arches back before there was mechanical horsepower and logging was done with horse or bullock teams. They were a way of getting the front end of the log off the ground for easier pulling - went the way of the dodo bird and the dinosaurs when powered winches on tractors became a thing and logging arches became possible.

Just my 0.02.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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1 year 10 months ago #244367 by restore49

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Thanks: The liberty tool museum is glad to have the puzzle solved. Bob

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1 year 10 months ago #244368 by Deas Plant.

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Hi. restore49.
They're welkum, Tellem the bill's in ther mail. LOL.

Just my 0.02.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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