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Started by chain, January 21, 2013, 07:44:28 AM

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chain

Requirements:

1.High-lifting...logs, stumps, rocks
2. grading...roads, log landings.
3. clearing..brush and pushing out small saplings
4. digging...excavating gravel, dirt, small stumps etc.

Hilly terrain, dirt to gravel to large rock surface.

What one 'all-around' heavy equipment would you choose?


chevytaHOE5674

Have you looked at a tracked crawler/loader. Basically a dozer with a front end loader and a 4 way bucket...

thecfarm

I sure don't know. I think I use to see those crawlers come with a back hoe too. I helped lay water pipe in a housing development about 30 years ago and they was using one,I don't know about the four way part,but could be used as a loader or a blade. I have not seen one of them for years,not even just parked outback behind the barn either.
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loggah

Mid-sized excavator, 15-20 ton range, if you cant level or grade with just the bucket you can get one with the blade attachment.  311-312 cat, 160 Volvo. Don
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thenorthman

yep excavator with a blade, not much you can't do with one.  Plus they have gobs of attachment you can put on, log grapples, buckets, thumbs, demo shears, chain flails(for eatin brush) processing heads, and a few I've never heard of...
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deastman

Quote from: loggah on January 21, 2013, 08:25:48 AM
Mid-sized excavator, 15-20 ton range, if you cant level or grade with just the bucket you can get one with the blade attachment.  311-312 cat, 160 Volvo. Don
Try to get one with a hydraulic thumb, its well worth it when you have to move rocks, stumps, logs etc.
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sjfarkas

Take a look at the kobelco blade runner.   It's a 6way dozer blade and heavy track motors on an excavator.
Always try it twice, the first time could've been a fluke.

CTL logger

There is a used kobelco blade runner near me for sale it's pretty neat. Don't know if it has a thumb.

chain

I viewed a video on the blade-runner. Now that would be the thing in building & clearing roads, trails, developing terraces, water bars..you name it.

The track loader-excavator would be a great choice also.

Hard to justify buying maybe leasing, I'm non-commercial.

With all the 'trail-building'[riding and walking trails] going on these days I could see where a enterprising company could justify the costs, keeping the machine busy.


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