Yarder graveyard pictures

[PineNut]

Not logging equipment but about 5 years ago when building a bridge, the construction company decided to use this crane on a bridge posted at 8000 pounds. Guess the sign was right. The construction company went belly up prior to finishing the bridge

[stumphugger]

Great story!  What company was that that dropped the yarder in the river?  Don't suppose there were any pictures?

I'm sure somebody somewhere has pictures.  I don't.  The company was Champion, they had a mill in Morton.  The bridge was east of Morton.  You could see part of the tube was all, and by the time I went to see it, there was a containment boom to try to catch oil.  Back then, Champion had their own logging crews, their own road system, and had just purchased that yarder.  It was on its way to its first logging job for Champion. 

A faller I work with said his uncle was the guy in the yarder and had just about given up when he finally got out.  He was the only one who knew how to swim.