Logging Equipment (4 results)
Published by Hyster Company, [1944]., Portland, OR & Peoria, IL:, 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller4to. 143, [1] pp. Over 400 photo illustrations. Quarter-black cloth over yellow tweed boards, black lettering & illustration on front cover (minor wear, rubbing, wear to corners), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce history chronicling the origins, company personnel, and logging equipment developed by Hyster. The company… was created by Electric Steel Foundry and Willamette Iron & Steel Works in the 1920's to develop specialized equipment for the logging industry. In the 1930's, they invented the straddle carrier with forks, which was one of the earliest forklift trucks, the BT, a cable hoist system pioneering the heavy duty lift truck field and capable of lifting in 6000 pounds, the Karry Crane, the Jumbo with pneumatic tires and telescoping mast, as well as supplying logging arches, sulkies, tractor winches, and much more. Of particular interest are the many photos reflecting the impact of 1 in 4 women entering the work force during the labor shortages of World War II, and represented a significant percentage of Hyster's labor pool. Unfortunately, not only were they paid substantially less than their male counterparts during the War, they were later forced out of their jobs following the War with returning G.I.'s reclaiming previous positions.
Published by Pacific Car and Foundry Company, ca. 1948]., [Renton, WA:, 1948
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller4to. [Approx. 250 pp (each catalogue & supplement numbered separately)]. 100s of illustrations, plates, diagrams, tables, charts. All preserved in original flexible softcover black 23-ring binder, w/ embossed & raised red & yellow lettering on front cover, rounded corners, yapp edges (minor edgewear, some staples interior, numer…ous pencil annotations for pricing and features), still VG copy. First editions of this informative collection of service & parts manual catalogues assembled by Pacific Hoist & Derrick for their CARCO customers, focusing on their hoists for Allis-Chalmers tractors, International, Carcomatic & Caterpillar tractors for logging operations. Pacific Car and Foundry during the Mid-20th-Century saw a tremendous demand for logging equipment, caterpillar tractors, sulky's, yarders, construction equipment, and and related equipment. The Pacific Car and Foundry Co. was originally founded in 1905 as Seattle Car Manufacturing to produce railway and logging equipment in its West Seattle Plant, and later merged with Pacific Car and Foundry and relocated to Renton. The Company has now become PACCAR, Inc., and the Winch Division located in Oklahoma, and includes the brand names of CARCO, Braden, and Gearmatic.
Published by Hyster Co.; Willamette Hyster Company, Manufacturers, [1945; 1944]., Portland, OR & Peoria, IL:, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vols. 1st - Oblong 4to. 11.25 x 8.75 in. 96 pp. Over 125 photo illustrations (some full page, others with Hyster yellow & black text alongside). Illustrated comb-bound softcovers, cover art of Hyster fork lift front cover, and straddle truck on back cover by F. Loren Boulier (1912-1982), former Marine Corps artist during Wor…ld War II, and later art director and manager of galleries & art supply in the R.L. Elfstrom Department Store in Salem, OR (minor soiling & tidemark front cover, edgewear lower fore-edge), still VG- copy; 2nd - 8vo. 56 pp. With diagrams & illustrations throughout. Quarter-black cloth over printed illustrated gray softcovers, cover art of Hyster forklift on front cover (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of these catalogues and manuals for Hyster forklifts and straddle trucks during World War II. The lavishly illustrated first catalogue details the use of Hyster trucks in such industries as building materials, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, metal trades, pulp & paper, textiles, wood products and lumber mills, and more. Of particular interest are occasional photos of women warehouse workers driving Hyster Lift Trucks (forklifts) during World War II, reflecting the tremendous need for their work in warehouse and industrial jobs dominated by men before the War. The Hyster Company was created by Electric Steel Foundry and Willamette Iron & Steel Works in the 1920's to develop specialized equipment for the logging industry. In the 1930s, they invented the straddle carrier with forks, which was one of the earliest forklift trucks, and more. No copies of either located in Worldcat. Se Hyster History; Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. (2019).
Sawmill equipment & supplies [Log haul chairs; Head sprockets for long link chain; Log haul chain; Cast steel carriage wheels; Technical data; Columbia special alloys; Analysis of miscellaneous dredge parts and logging equipment. . . ; Logging & mill equipment display list; Bucket inspection sheet. . . ]; (together with) The determination of the critical dimensions for necked-down risers; Walker & Hughey, Fundamentals of heavy cutting. . . .
[LOGGING EQUIPMENT & COLUMBIA STEEL]. [BRODIGAN, James Thomas].
Published by Columbia Steel Casting Co., James Brodigan, Technical Research Committee, Steel Founders' Society of America, Air reduction, 1945-1952]., [Portland, OR & New York:, 1945
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller4to. [Approx. 266 pp (assorted sections, some separately paginated).], including 12 cyanotype white on blue blueprints, numerous silver print diazotype blueprints, manuscript blueprints & diagrams on graph paper, as well as white paper, several sections in original typescript, copyletters signed by Brodigan, work orders w/ print…ed letterhead and Brodigan's autograph, and manuscript notes, two added reports at rear in their original printed covers, w/ text photo illustrations, diagrams, etc. All preserved in original gray-green cloth 3-ring binder, rounded corners, piano-hinge joints, typed label on spine, typed thumb tabs mounted on fore-edges (minor soiling, edgewear, some rubbing), still VG- exemplar from the library of Columbia Steel Casting Co. This well-organized plans and data notebook filled with original blueprints, manuscript diagrams, typescript reports, and signed work orders chronicle efforts of a Columbia Steel casting engineer & manager designing products for the fast-growing logging industry during World War II and in the post-War building boom. Columbia Steel had long been a pioneer in the logging equipment industry, founding the Skookum line before 1906, and as reflected in this manuscript notebook, specialized in the casting of Log Haul Chairs for logging trucks, loaders, and log railcars, as well as the durable log haul chains in assorted sizes. Columbia Steel maintained an in-house metallurgy lab and research group experimenting, testing, and developing new products using their specially created Manganese alloy, with some links measuring up to 8" in diameter. They also cast the sprocket assemblies to secure the loads as they were yarded out of the timber stands, and in the sawmills, as well as the much needed durable cast steel carriage wheels. As evidenced by the original reports, manuscript details, and blueprint designs preserved in this notebook, they also were pioneers and primary suppliers for dredging parts, used not only in digging and clearing holding ponds for logging operations, but also for supplying gold mining and other mineral mining operations in the West. Some of the companies specified in these included C.H. Thurman Dredge in Snelling, CA, buckets for Yuba Consolidated Goldfields, and still others for Junction City Mining Co. Original production and design materials from this historic company are quite scarce due to the catastrophic 1948 Vanport Flood, as well as later fires which nearly destroyed all the facilities. Brodigan (1918-2003) was casting engineer, and later plant manager for Columbia Steel Casting Co., starting work with them prior to World War II, and continuing until his retirement.