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Post by loggersdaughter on Jun 29, 2012 20:07:52 GMT -8
Here is a picture of my dad Norman Morris...just home from Korea. He was hauling for his Uncle Elvin Lakey up there around William Bitner old stomping grounds out of Myrtle Point Oregon. This I believe was in the 50's If I am not mistaken this truck had water cooled brakes and of course the famous cheese blocks. I took a picture of a picture sorry it is not all that clear. I will try and get some out of the frames and scan them. Attachments:
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Post by loggersdaughter on Jun 29, 2012 21:25:17 GMT -8
Thanks muleskinner for moving this....I wasn't sure where to put it.
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Post by Ryan Rønning on Jun 30, 2012 3:41:53 GMT -8
Thats a nice picture. Hardly ever see that any more
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Jun 30, 2012 6:10:37 GMT -8
Nice bit of history there. From the photo you can almost here the truck groaning from the weight & mass of that stick! The truck looks to be either a GMC or a International KB, would like to see more of it. Thanks for sharing your family history, Ap40  |
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Post by gator on Jun 30, 2012 6:24:46 GMT -8
Cool photo! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Be Well
Gator
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Post by jimb on Jun 30, 2012 7:09:15 GMT -8
That must have been a huge tree. Thanks for shareing the photo,.
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Post by loggersdaughter on Jun 30, 2012 7:59:03 GMT -8
I wish the picture had the front of the truck in it but it doesn't. I think whoever was taking it was trying to get the massive size of that log in the picture and not worried about anything else. Probably lucky they got my dad in their.
It amazes me to think of these guys hauling these logs out of the hills with water cooled brakes, if you look at the back of the cab you can see the water tank I believe that was for used for that purpose. I'm sure Muleskinner can tell us for sure.
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Post by loggersdaughter on Jun 30, 2012 8:20:00 GMT -8
Thinking back...this must have seemed like a piece of cake hauling this beast out of the mountains. He had just got back from Korea and over there he was running a 6 x 6 with ammunition and troops to the front lines at that time they were running with a driver and a passenger. If the driver got picked off, they would shove him out and the passenger would jump in the drivers seat. So I suppose just hauling around giant logs was actually a huge relief to him.
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Jun 30, 2012 10:31:17 GMT -8
Thinking back...this must have seemed like a piece of cake hauling this beast out of the mountains. He had just got back from Korea and over there he was running a 6 x 6 with ammunition and troops to the front lines at that time they were running with a driver and a passenger. If the driver got picked off, they would shove him out and the passenger would jump in the drivers seat. So I suppose just hauling around giant logs was actually a huge relief to him. Sure the wood is silent & does not shoot at you. But is can still kill you. Either way the "stress" must have been far less in the woods than at war. Ap40 |
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Post by arnd on Jun 30, 2012 10:37:45 GMT -8
wow that is pure history. Grate picrure and a very impressive load for that smal truck.
so long Arnd
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Post by rnagle on Jun 30, 2012 13:38:44 GMT -8
Wow! Being from Ontario, Canada I can't even imagine a single log that size! I'm thinking International tractor as well, from fender shape & a couple other "clues" like window contour and raised strip along belt line (just below window).
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Post by Muleskinner on Jun 30, 2012 15:53:47 GMT -8
Okay Guys I think I can answer the Question about the rig. It is an International, Elvin Lakey had. In fact from what I was told he had two of them painted the same. One was wrecked and this one survived. The rig was still in use back in the late sixties when I moved to Oregon before going into the Military. It then belonged to leep Lumber Company who converted it to a flat bed and used it to haul lumber from mill just below Myrtle Point on Dike road. It later made its way to the gravel pit on the Leep property here in Norway up on the hill. From there I have no way of knowing. All the times I saw it you could still make out the ghostly name which had since wore off on the doors.
Before you posted this Picture I didn't know your Dad worked for Lakey up her in Myrtle Point. Ray Lakey used to work at Leep Lumber Company and I think was Elvins son , and lived out at Four Bit Gulch, across the river from Myrtle Point.
William
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Post by loggersdaughter on Jun 30, 2012 17:37:11 GMT -8
Yep, the Lakey boy's are my grandmother's big brothers. Most of my family is still up in Oregon and Washington. My mothers father Allie Woods Crouse out of Chehalis Washington had his own high ball logging crew at the time, he came down here to California for the logging. My mom and dad followed because at that time my dad had three logging trucks of his own and he hauled for my grandpa Crouse.
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Post by jfisher on Jul 2, 2012 15:08:39 GMT -8
thanks so much for posting all the pix and sharing family history too!
I am learning a lot here.
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