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| September 22, 2009 - Pat Spends a Day on a Hayes HDX with Steve Drybrough |
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| Welcome aboard, let's go for a ride in the forest of Vancouver Island, BC. My name is Steve Dryborough and I have been driving this Hayes off road logging truck for 35 years. |
This 1975 Hayes HDX is on it's third engine now a C15 Cat. 600HP coupled to a Allison 6061 6 speed and 13-1 Clarke rear ends. I run 40,000 Kg. empty and over 200,000 Kg. loaded. 15 foot wide log bunks and 7 foot high stakes handle the load. With over 543,000 off road miles this truck rides and drives like new thanks to Steve's care since it was new. |
Patrick Russell is riding along with Steve and taking the photos, except for this one which Steve took. |
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| Steve doing a pre-trip on his Hayes HDX |
The sign says it all |
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Steve Drybrough's ultimate ride
with a pre-load trailer |
Cameron Division buildings |
International S Series fuel truck |
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| Various Pacific trucks |
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| Steve has made friends with this raven, which Steve calls, "Mr Bird." We were driving along when he gave two short blast of his air horn and one quick blast of the Jake brake. The next thing I knew there was a Raven flying along side Steve looking him eye to eye. Steve brought #17 to a stop, grabbed a bag and climbed down off the truck. Steve hands the raven a cookie. The raven then puts the cookie on the ground. Steve hands the raven another cookie, the raven lays it on top of the other cookie. Steve and the raven do this until there is a pile of about six cookies. Then the raven puts all the cookies in his beak and then flies away. |
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| What's in your pocket? |
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| One of Steve's co-workers (Ed) coming down hill with a load of logs |
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Al Nelson keeps the equipment running |
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| Steve backing up the HDX to the loader |
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Keith Bennett landing bucker |
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| Gilbert Dorn doing the loading |
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| Steve heads down to the dry sort area |
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1954 Hayes HDX
This was the 6th HDX built
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| We had to go to the tire shop to replace in inside dual blowout |
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| Steve lifted the trailer up a bit to help Wes Churchill, the tire man |
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Someone else's blowout |
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| This was the tire from Steve's trailer |
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A good shot of the water line to the brake shoe |
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| Another trailer in the shop getting serviced |
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| Loading up the trailer and away we go |
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| Some old cables laying along side the road |
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| Steve had to park his Hayes because the loader ran out of fuel |
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A welcome site after getting up so early and spending the day with Steve Drybrough |
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Thanks for the ride Steve I can now take it off my bucket list. Tell Vicki thanks for the lunch it was yummy.
Take care, Pat |
