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Its not muddy untill the logs start floating.

Tie it to a rope and drag it a few miles down a freshly graded gravel road. That will clean it up. Then change the bearings. Then send it to me!

@stikine A fresh set of bearings in that block of yours and it would run sweetly as the day it was made . I found a skootum block on a site once, it had been left sometime in the 1970s.We used it to hold skyline extensions on spar trees , untill the foreman felled a spar tree without first...

Especially when the sweat running down your arms makes it even harder to grip the rope you are pulling it up on.

The K series was what we used bridling and as a corner or tail rope block. Maybe 25" long? Its been thankfully quite a while since I handled one.

Seems like alot? 5.5mm rope × 110 yards I think was about #30? The best part by far was the indentations left on your shoulders from the block crushung the rope in, or was it the happy chance of one of the hooks catching your boot and falling over? So many happy memories! @stikine If you...

When I logged in the Charlottes in 99 I couldnt beleive the equipment left sitting in the bush. Trucks, yarders,rigging, blocks etc. All just left sitting when they had finnished the site. I would love a big " Rope Master K" block. I would rejoice in giving one of those plus two leagues of...

Is that shovel an old Link-Belt? Kind of hard to tell, I thought it might have been a Madill but not sure.

I logged timber in the Queen Charlotte Islands that was destined for Yamaha musical instruments. Isn't it funny how pictures bring back odors and tastes,I felt I could smell that Big Spruce log. Just like Gin brings back memories of a mele with drunken Natives beside the Kenai river.