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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 11, 2012 11:42:18 GMT -8
In looking on the www, there are many common colors used for logging trucks of the 40's-70's. Such as yellow w/ dark green engine hoods. I came across a b&w photo of several trucks in a line up for Georgia Pacific, does anyone know the colors? I will look for that image again.
Thanks
Ap40
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Post by Muleskinner on Oct 11, 2012 12:39:10 GMT -8
As far back as I can remember GP rigs have been Blue and white. I have also seen off highway rigs which were yellow or orange and black. What years are we talking about here?
William
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Post by rnagle on Oct 11, 2012 12:59:00 GMT -8
Yellow/dark green, is that Weyerhauser? Up in Canada I believe MacMillan-Bloedel (aka "Mac-Blo") had red with white upper cab and dark green hood top.
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 11, 2012 13:41:26 GMT -8
As far back as I can remember GP rigs have been Blue and white. I have also seen off highway rigs which were yellow or orange and black. What years are we talking about here? William 1950's & 60's for the GP loggers. Ap40 |
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 11, 2012 13:42:19 GMT -8
Yellow/dark green, is that Weyerhauser? Up in Canada I believe MacMillan-Bloedel (aka "Mac-Blo") had red with white upper cab and dark green hood top. Yep, that is spot on for Mac-Blo. Ap40 |
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Post by Muleskinner on Oct 11, 2012 14:11:27 GMT -8
As far back as I can remember GP rigs have been Blue and white. I have also seen off highway rigs which were yellow or orange and black. What years are we talking about here? William 1950's & 60's for the GP loggers. Ap40 Blue and white would be the colors then for GP. Kind of a brown and tan for the LP Division. |
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Post by tufftin on Oct 12, 2012 7:45:29 GMT -8
A lot of off highway loggers ran yellow with black hood tops or just all yellow. Don't know why the yellow. Perhaps easier to see thru the trees and around corners.
Mike
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 12, 2012 7:59:31 GMT -8
A lot of off highway loggers ran yellow with black hood tops or just all yellow. Don't know why the yellow. Perhaps easier to see thru the trees and around corners. Mike That does make sense, for me as long as it is NOT red. Just dislike the color red. Thanks guys, Ap40 |
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Post by Muleskinner on Oct 12, 2012 10:55:17 GMT -8
The yellow and orange were standard high color safety when used in the woods on Offers and some highway rigs. The way it was explained to me by an old Simpson driver was that they could be seen on the road easier and also if in the case of the offers, if one went off the road it was easier to spot the wreck with a high density color, over a hill. Simpson was the only unit in Northern California which I know of who had white rigs with red stripping on their offers, other than Wayne Bare, who used his standard Burgundy with black fenders and white stripe. But on his offers the Frame and logging equipment were bright Cat Yellow, which made for a classy combination. When he went to straight over the highway the yellow was painted out into the now standard black.
When GP had their fleet of Offers down in the Carlotta area of Humboldt County, they ran a combination of the Blue and White rigs and Cat yellow and black units. The Yellow and Black were eventually phased out and Blue and white became standard, until they went under LP or Louisiana Pacific. Some where in my collection of photos I have a picture of a LP rig which made its way to Alaska as an offer running up there.
My brother -in -law who used to drive for PALCO once told me the high vision color was also as stated by Mike, easier to see through the trees and along the roads and for other convention highway loggers to distinguish how much room there was on a road because of the massiveness of the loads on the offers for passing. This I believe to be true as I was with my cousin Harold who drove for Sargent Logging in Trinity County and was with him when we had to pass a offer on the road between Whitchipek and Orleans. That logging road being as narrow as it was left only fractions of an inch between the rigs as they passed! As the offers had the right of Way we had to stop and let him pass. Very scary the first time around for me as I was just along for the ride and had never been that close to a moving offer fully loaded to the hilt coming out of the woods watering the flowers with his water cooled brakes. I also learned the hard way to roll up the window when they came by or find yourself and your side of the truck soaked down!
William
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 12, 2012 11:07:39 GMT -8
Very interesting William! I can see myself, getting a good soak by sitting in the jump seat with the window down as well. Now i just need a color photo of the blue & white GP or LP trucks...... Ap40  |
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Post by Muleskinner on Oct 12, 2012 11:15:53 GMT -8
My son has a pic of a GP truck and trailer unit posted in the lumber truck board on the forum. Itcarries the tandard GP colors for all their rigs. Also here is the LP offer in Alaska.  |
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 12, 2012 12:06:47 GMT -8
so the same highway blue & white would apply to the off highway?
Neat
Ap40
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Post by Muleskinner on Oct 12, 2012 12:22:09 GMT -8
Yep, the same color.
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Oct 12, 2012 12:23:23 GMT -8
Nice, this will be fun.
Ap40
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Post by tufftin on Oct 13, 2012 6:21:58 GMT -8
These off highway rigs also ran a variety of bunk widths. They ranged from 10 foot to 14 foot on the ones I drove. With the 14 foot wide bunks you could knock an empty trailer off the truck if you were so intended and it did happen from time to time. Don't get anyone mad at you.
Mike
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