Hey all, Been busy making myself the McGiffert log loader in 0n30. I made it once before in HO, but this time evrything is in it. LOL I have also added a link to a "How to" if anyone is interested in making one. http://tinyurl.com/3ec94 Paul
Hi Paul I am an HO modeler that is looking to create a logging layout. Do you have any of your old templates or instruction sheets for other logging buildings? I was hoping for something like the logger campsites and loader that is made out of rigging and poles and maybe a steam whynch to lift the logs? Eric
I was also wondering if the wheels are just set down or if they are on a motor? Do you still have the dimensions of the HO McGiffert log loader? Eric
Thanks guys, Eric, I do have some templates of camp cars and the odd buildings I scratchbuilt, I could email them to you if you wish. Paul
Paul- Just out of curiousity- How did the boom swing side to side? In these photos, it looks fixed straight ahead? Wouldn't it have needed to swing aside to pick up or drop a log, then back centered on the car? Boxcab E50 (A person who has worked in logging........)
Sorry to ask so many questions. But one more do you know of anyone that has the plans that could e mail them to me? Any logging buildings are great like a logging campsite with bunk buildings and a log loader that is made of poles stuck in the ground suspended with ropes and such with a crane made of logs and a steam whynch. Hard to explain sorry for such a huge description no good name for it. Eric
Hey BOXCAB Maybe you can help answer the above post about the logging camp and a need for dimensions or templates. I dont know if you are modeling a logging layout or not but might as well try.
Here's the original photo I took the sideways contraption from, it does look straight, but moves only slightly left and right by what I can gather. Cheers Paul
Can't help with this one. Am not modeling a logging camp. Sorry. I do wonder if anything would turn up searching the web? Seems as though there are enough fanciers of this subject, that someone might have a page or two? Boxcab E50
The McGiffert boom did swing side to side, and there where some variations in how this was done. Some used slewing gears, others cables, and some a piston driven by the steam boiler. In any case that side to side did not need to be extreme since a foot of movement at the base translated to feet of movement at the end of the boom. The single crane boom type McGiffert probably had the most swing radius. John Moore
