Fruit Growers – Truck Logging

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Log landing at Coyote Hole, August 21, 1953. Courtesy of Hank Martinez

In 1940, Fruit Growers purchased its first fleet of logging trucks for the Lassen Operation (Susanville).  Initially, the trucks hauled logs where it was impractical to construct a railroad logging spur.  With improvements with trucks and a system of private logging roads, it was just a matter of time, when the logging trucks would make railroad logging obsolete. In 1952, the event happened, and saw the last year of railroad logging of Fruit Growers and Lassen County.

Lunch time at Dow Butte, August 21, 1953. Courtesy of Hank Martinez
Lunch time at Dow Butte, August 21, 1953. Courtesy of Hank Martinez
The record load of 26,860 board feet being unloaded at the Fruit Growers millpond, Susanville, August 21, 1953. Courtesy of Hank Martinez
The record load of 26,860 board feet being unloaded at the Fruit Growers millpond, Susanville, August 21, 1953. Courtesy of Hank Martinez

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