Category Archives: vehicles

Gold River logging equipment

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Katherine

Logging equipment at the Gold River log sort

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Pacific logging truck

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Katherine

In 1947, three ex-Hayes Truck employees founded Pacific Truck & Trailer in Vancouver. Pacific built highway and off-road trucks, including this one that was and still is, used in the the logging industry in Gold River. In 1970 the business … Continue reading →

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An old truck

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Katherine

A 1947-1949 International Harvester KB 1 half ton pickup

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Chevrolet Maple Leaf

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Katherine

Chevrolet Maple Leaf – BCATP Museum, Brandon, Manitoba The Chevrolet Maple Leaf was a 3 ton truck equipped with a 248 cu. in. in-line 6 fed to a two speed rear axle with 18 inch Military split rim wheels through … Continue reading →

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Excavators

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Katherine

Komatsu and Hitachi excavators on a construction site

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Logging truck

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Katherine

A nice logging truck on Highway 18 The E&N Highway 18 crossing – just as quiet as the spur a few hundred feet up the line. The Lake Cowichan Subdivision once ran 18.6 miles into the Lake Cowichan area and … Continue reading →