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Started by Ron Scott, March 24, 2002, 02:14:52 PM

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1270d

Interesting machine, how high can it reach?  How big can you trim with it?

SFires

its got a 60' boom that sits roughly 10' off the ground so all total 70' tomorrow ill get some pics of the boom stretched out. ill also try to get some with the cab layed over that's pretty neat to see too.  its got a 24" blade but minus the gear box it only gives me a 10" cut  ill try to get a couple pics of it too.  tomorrow ill be back in my machine and not this new fangeled contraption that ive had to drive the past couple days 
A man can always use more tools, more space,more wood, and a whole lot more time.

lopet

As you're right at it, can you take a picture or two of the hydraulic drive ?   It almost looks like  the whole unit is sitting on  a stretched skidder frame with a transfercase.
Just wondering if the hydro motor is mounted right to the tc.  :)  Just curious.
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SFires

no problem  ill just go pic crazy if that's ok with you guys
A man can always use more tools, more space,more wood, and a whole lot more time.

teakwood

thats what we like here, lots of pics of forestry equipment! there is no such thing as too much pictures!  :D :D
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SFires

 

 


 

OK first let me apologize I didn't get to take as many pics as I wanted. I had to babysit a new mower hand we hired and he thought it'd be a good ideal to mow up an oil pipe and then drop a power line on me. Great day. Lol
A man can always use more tools, more space,more wood, and a whole lot more time.

coxy

can you run/cut with the cab at a tilt

SFires

Yes sir I sure can. She'll run any way I set her. That how I can make some of the more awkward cuts I have to make sometimes. She'll even run down the highway that way as long as there's clearance for the boom. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be back with MY crew and not having to babysit this other crew.   I miss MY machines :(
A man can always use more tools, more space,more wood, and a whole lot more time.

beenthere

SFires
Really enjoy the pics of your machine.

Some words along with your pics will go a long way to making them even more interesting. ;)
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wannaergo

Demo'd Barko's new 260W harvester with a Southstar QS500 head. Here's a short video of Barko's demo operator cutting a 20+ inch hard maple.

https://youtu.be/Mq5R4dI4HLs
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Learned something nifty today. :laugh:

Quote from: mooseherderIf you take out the s from the https the video should show in your post instead of a link.
with the s:  (https://youtu.be/Mq5R4dI4HLs)

without the s:
http://youtu.be/Mq5R4dI4HLs

Quote from: mooseherderI learned that tip from Furby.  ;)

Thanks both.  I've been trying to figure that one out for quite a while.

RCBS

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1270d

Made a quick video this morning processing some hard maple.  Sorting pulp, bolts and saw logs. http://youtu.be/TYc9Axm32jg

Removing the "s" works like a charm, thanks for the tip.

Dave Shepard

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1270d

Wow, nice load!   Is it white pine?

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Straightgrain

So, I needed some type of brush attachment and I don't have the money for a grapple, a third function valve, or even a good set of debris forks...so I bought a 2nd set of used fork lift blades.

The "on/off" opening at the bottom-front of the Titan carriage was too wide for the blades to keep in the inner-most or center location, so I welded some 1/4" flat stock on both sides of the opening to provide keeper support for both blades.  I also welded a snatched hook on the inside-center of the carriage since I had the welder out....and the Titan warranty recently expired ;D



 

The only draw-backs I can see are the width of the blades and the loss of @ 115 pounds of the available 970 LB factory lifting capacity.

Will  try them out on slash piles this week end
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Dave Shepard

Wood-Mizer LT40HDD51-WR Wireless, Kubota L48, Honda Rincon 650, TJ208 G-S, and a 60"LogRite!

Dave Shepard

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thecfarm

Straightgrain,I betcha that will work pretty good. Too bad you could not get one "finger" hooked up to hyds. That would keep the brush in place on rough land.
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g_man

Quote from: Straightgrain on October 27, 2015, 07:06:48 PM



 

The only draw-backs I can see are the width of the blades and the loss of @ 115 pounds of the available 970 LB factory lifting capacity.

Will  try them out on slash piles this week end

Nice work. That will be way better than doing it by hand. You will never see the lose of lift capacity with brush I don't think. But then again it is western brush so it is probably big  ;D

Sometimes I move brush/slash with my winch. I lay out a long chain/choker and pile the slash on it. A huge pile. Bring the choker up over the top and winch it up to the tractor. Drag it off to the burn or debris area where I can push it around with the bucket. Still a lot of hand work and you loose some on the drag.

gg

Straightgrain

Quote from: thecfarm on October 27, 2015, 07:23:13 PM
Straightgrain,I betcha that will work pretty good. Too bad you could not get one "finger" hooked up to hyds. That would keep the brush in place on rough land.

Thanks for  the evals; scooting large heap of slash to the treatment areas is the best I can do, without that 3rd function. 

If "things...." settle-down in  2017, I'll go off the deep-end and get a 3rd function valve and a grapple.
"We fight for and against not men and things as they are, but for and against the caricatures we make of them". Joseph Schumpeter

Ron Scott

Dave,

Are those fifty and forty foot white pine going into poles or cabin logs?
~Ron

Dave Shepard

Ron, they are being cut into 10" x10" and 12" x12". They are for a barn we are building at work. We got three cut this morning before it started to pour. About an hour each with two of us working.




 
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