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Started by Woodhauler, January 23, 2013, 04:34:17 AM

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Woodhauler

Body and loader going on new truck! Was going to wait till tommorow but the guys got the tag and stuff all on yesturday afternoon! Time to get it on the road and make hay! 8)
2013 westernstar tri-axle with 2015 rotobec elite 80 loader!Sold 2000 westernstar tractor with stairs air ride trailer and a 1985 huskybrute 175 T/L loader!

customsawyer

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Woodhauler

Well igot got a picture in the gallery but can't figure out how to get it to my post!
2013 westernstar tri-axle with 2015 rotobec elite 80 loader!Sold 2000 westernstar tractor with stairs air ride trailer and a 1985 huskybrute 175 T/L loader!

rick f

Very nice looking rig.


 

Woodhaulers new truck
664 clark skidder
1- 562 husky
1- 254xp husky
1 - 268xp husky
1250 JD farm tractor with skid winch
5040 kubota farm tractor

Woodhauler

Thanks rick! Today it should be ready to haul wood!
2013 westernstar tri-axle with 2015 rotobec elite 80 loader!Sold 2000 westernstar tractor with stairs air ride trailer and a 1985 huskybrute 175 T/L loader!

rick f

Now you will have to change your bottom tag line in your posts :D
I think it will be warmer in the garage changing the loader then in the edge of the woods splitting firewood by hand. That metal pipe handle will be a tad chilly first thing, no wait make that all day.
664 clark skidder
1- 562 husky
1- 254xp husky
1 - 268xp husky
1250 JD farm tractor with skid winch
5040 kubota farm tractor

JDeere

Congrats! Sweet looking truck.
Do you plan to keep the front floats (tires) on in the winter? We are debating on ours.
2013 Western Star, 2012 Pelletier trailer, Serco 7500 crane, 2007 Volvo EC 140, 2009 John Deere 6115D, 2002 Cat 938G, 1997 John Deere 540G, 1996 Cat D-3C, 1995 Cat 416B, 2013 Cat 305.5E

thecfarm

That looks good. here's some help with the pictures.


I like to go to whatever post or start a new topic first to include a picture.Go to your gallery,it will open in a new window.Click onto your album,than click onto whatever picture you want,it will get bigger,than scroll down a little to find,Insert Image In Post,click onto that,click Yes and that is it. Some have to copy/paste the link to work.I like to hit the enter key at least once or twice to move the picture down away from what I am typing. The enter key really helps to leave some white space if posting more than one picture. Somewheres I think it says to add 10,000 to your user number or something like that to make a clickable icon to your gallery under your user name. Use the preview button to see how it looks and modify it if needed.
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NWP

Nice truck.  Make sure to give us some pictures of it all ready to go.  That way I can be more jealous. ;D
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g_man

Very nice rig. Congrats. How about a picture of the first load.

CTL logger

Awesome looking truck woodhauler I like that hood better than the other style, you guys don't waste anytime getting it put together.

clww

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Ed_K

 Way to go  8) now we hope the coming yr will bring a better market to move wood. Like ctl said,didn't take long to change over loaders,my trucker waited 2 mo to get setup.
Ed K

treefarmer87

very nice, that is the fastest I have heard someone switch a loader.
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Woodhauler

Quote from: JDeere on January 23, 2013, 06:39:05 AM
Congrats! Sweet looking truck.
Do you plan to keep the front floats (tires) on in the winter? We are debating on ours.
I have ran floats year round for the last 3 trucks,no problems!
2013 westernstar tri-axle with 2015 rotobec elite 80 loader!Sold 2000 westernstar tractor with stairs air ride trailer and a 1985 huskybrute 175 T/L loader!

Ken

Congrats on the new buggy.  At one time there used to be several tandem trucks in the area with the loader behind the cab.  It is just not feasible here to haul that way due to our weight restrictions.  There are still several tandems that haul a pup.  If they want to haul a smaller load of firewood or a small load they just unhook the pup.  A truck and pup can access many more areas than a tractor trailer can.
Lots of toys for working in the bush

mad murdock

There's a new "star" shining!  Congrats, nice looking truck.  Can't wait to see what it looks like with a nice jag on it 8)
Turbosawmill M6 (now M8) Warrior Ultra liteweight, Granberg Alaskan III, lots of saws-gas powered and human powered :D

smwwoody

What loader are you putting on it?  What will it weight empty?

Woody
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Woodhog

They look so nice when new...

If I were buying a new one today, first thing I would do is have the dealer benchmark all the sensor readings under a set operating condition. Keep a record of them for future reference to compare readings when some fault occurs and they start stumbling around the shop for hours and hours and cannot find out what is wrong with the truck.

Around here I found they could not troubleshoot  the new trucks properly, the technology in the truck was too far ahead of the mechanics.

Your whole day or probably longer can be ruined by some intermittent fault too easily with this new gear, especially in a rough woods application.

Good luck with the new STAR...




Woodhauler

Quote from: smwwoody on January 23, 2013, 06:28:11 PM
What loader are you putting on it?  What will it weight empty?

Woody
Putting my rotobec elite on it, hope it stays around 32000.
2013 westernstar tri-axle with 2015 rotobec elite 80 loader!Sold 2000 westernstar tractor with stairs air ride trailer and a 1985 huskybrute 175 T/L loader!

horselogger50

Congratulations on the new truck, it looks great

Autocar

Very nice, should last you a few years  ;)
Bill

lumberjack48

Quote from: treefarmer87 on January 23, 2013, 09:55:37 AM
very nice, that is the fastest I have heard someone switch a loader.
We could swap a loader over in a day if we had everything.
Third generation logger, owner operator, 30 yrs felling experience with pole skidder. I got my neck broke back in 89, left me a quad. The wife kept the job going up to 96.

Norm

Sweet!

I'll bet you're going to have a smile a mile wide driving it.  :)

sprucebunny

Great looking truck  8)
I love the color !
Good choice on the Star.
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