Tuesday 7 May 2013

Abandoned 550 Timberjack Log Skidder

Several decades ago, someone drove this Timberjack skidder into it's last parking spot....hit the kill-switch and walked away.
Maybe the nature of the business changed or the ambition wilted...could be that it was too much trouble to keep running...but there it rests.
The forest that it was meant to harvest, grew up around it in an attempt to devour the old enemy.
It certainly looks like a good candidate for a rebuild if the right person was so inclined.

But then again, it's just one of the dozens of old West Coast logging relics that are parked on this property.

Here is a video tour of a section of the property full of abandoned machines and trucks....it ends at the skidder


And...a video tour of the 550 Timberjack







Zoom Zoom

Fitz tries it on for size






4 comments:

  1. hello! I'm interested in the machine! Wher is the machine? Please send e mail my email address: kovacssziva@citromail.hu,:)

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  2. The original owner of the machine..is also the owner of the property ( and several others ) It will never be sold...likely will never be moved. That's just the way it is.

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  3. Jw have you ever met the owner and asked why he just parks things rather than try to make his money back?

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  4. What state is the trimberjack 550 and will it run

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