Wide head LT70 Wood-Mizer

JustinW_NZ · June 05, 2013, 04:29:57 AM

038magnum - That wide head looks nice for sure, interesting but in the photo it appears like the head does extend outside the wheel a tad, is this true when hitched to your truck?

Cheers

Justin

terrifictimbersllc · June 05, 2013, 08:58:59 AM

038-what's the vertical clearance between the band and the board return, on your mill?

Okrafarmer · June 05, 2013, 09:09:06 AM

Okra is green with jealousy.

I think if I were WM I would have called this an LT80 or LT75.

$1500 is a very small price to pay for the added 8 inches of cut.

Magicman · June 05, 2013, 09:25:37 AM

I always thought that Green is also the color of Greed. :D

Okrafarmer · June 05, 2013, 09:34:49 AM

Quote from: Magicman on June 05, 2013, 09:25:37 AM
I always thought that Green is also the color of Greed. :D

Greed and envy are essentially the same thing, just with slightly different connotations!

terrifictimbersllc · June 05, 2013, 09:56:51 AM

Note it is not usually said: "I am orange with envy"! ;)

Dave Shepard · June 05, 2013, 11:46:34 AM

038magnum, what control system does that mill use? I don't see a cat-track or operators station.

fishpimp · June 05, 2013, 08:49:20 PM

Man that 70 is wicked... Anybody wanna buy a lt40 300hours??? Hahahaah
Love the wide head. What motor options for 70?

038magnum · June 05, 2013, 10:01:51 PM

Justin it does stick out a little. I took some pics. to show what it looks like ready to travel.

DJ.with the board return stored it the up and out of the way position, it looks like about 13 inches. It was getting dark when I got home tonight and it was hard to see the tape measure. Here is a pic that Marty took when he had it at his store.

Dave I have the Joysticks DCS controls. I had them set up away from the mill to stay out of the sawdust.

barbender · June 06, 2013, 01:22:21 AM

That's an awesome machine 8)

Bibbyman · June 06, 2013, 04:14:52 PM

Quote from: Okrafarmer on June 05, 2013, 09:09:06 AM
Okra is green with jealousy. I think if I were WM I would have called this an LT80 or LT75.

$1500 is a very small price to pay for the added 8 inches of cut.

How about LT70 Super?

Seriously, I don't know why Wood-Mizer don't just make the extra width standard and only raise the price a little to make up for the few extra pounds of steel?

I'd like to see an LT40, LT50 extra wide. I seem to recall at least one built as a prototype or modified by someone.

barbender · June 06, 2013, 04:50:11 PM

I've seen modified wide head LT40s.

rooster 58 · June 06, 2013, 05:01:47 PM

I wish I could modify my 70 into a widehead ;)

Okrafarmer · June 06, 2013, 11:39:43 PM

Somebody posted pictures of a wide one on here before, a 40, I think.

JustinW_NZ · June 07, 2013, 12:22:46 AM

There's even a modified "widehead" lt40 lurking around here in NZ.

So I think that ideas been had a few times :P

Love the lt70 factory widehead tho...
would love to see it in my rear vision mirror while towing it down the road...

Cheers
Justin