still in use commercially....

things_green · #1 11-12-12, 01:33

undoubtedly these vehicles have been covered extensively here....

I have sighted this one a few dozen times as it has moved around the country over the last 30 years....it still gives me a tingle ~chuckles~

easo · #2 11-12-12, 06:53

What is it? What is it used for now?

Easo

Luke R · #3 11-12-12, 07:38

Logging skyline or something like that.
Used for winching logs out of the bush.
Theres still a lot in Canada and USA based on the sherman and high speed tractor chassis.

Luke

Lynn Eades · #4 11-12-12, 07:39

Its a Log hauler. They are parked on a hill and used to harvest logs in steep country. Steam haulers were in use here 100 year ago.
Some of these ( possibly this one ) came in through the port of Tauranga in the late 1990s. It uses a Sherman (Grizzly ) chassis.

easo · #5 11-12-12, 09:03

So its in NZ?

Thanks for the responses to questions.

That would be an interesting thread showing the strange equipment old armour was converted into.
Easo

things_green · #6 11-12-12, 22:50

I know its as a 'skyline tower'...used in the forestry industry for harvesting trees.

I'm no armor expert so initially I assumed it was a Sherman chassis but was told by others more informed than me, that they were made post war by a Canadian company based on (as Lynn said) Canadian Grizzlys.

I have photos, somewhere, going back to the early 1980s of this, or another example.

All I can see is a yet to be Kangaroo.

chris vickery · #7 11-12-12, 23:22

I saw one of these last spring near Terrace British Columbia Canada, still operational, it was based on a Grizzly as well.