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Re: McGiffert loader ?
Author: Jeff Moore
Date: 03-06-2020 - 21:15

Early McGiffert loaders has stiff booms, later machines had booms that could swing up to 15 degrees in either direction.

A bit more info and pictures can be seen here:

[www.mccloudriverrailroad.com]

Some footage of McGiffert loaders at work in this video:

[m.youtube.com]

The pictured loader was a Weed/Long Bell lumber machine, they sent it to McCloud to load logs Long Bell bought from the Hearst Estate properties southeast of town. It sat in McCloud for years after that job ended, Long Bell eventually donated it to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, which was back in the day home to Clyde Iron Wofks sho built the McGiffert loader. It’s been cosmetically restored and is on display there.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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  Re: McGiffert loader ? Jb 03-06-2020 - 22:10
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