How are things going?
Hydraulic toe boards stopped functioning.
Insulation on smaller gauge wires at battery terminals started to melt.
Lever actuated switches for this function do not appear to be working. No vibration like the other three switches when they are working.
1. Could it be the melting wires and the hydraulic switch/valve issue is related? How and why?Read More
Insulation on smaller gauge wires at battery terminals started to melt.
Lever actuated switches for this function do not appear to be working. No vibration like the other three switches when they are working.
1. Could it be the melting wires and the hydraulic switch/valve issue is related? How and why?
This is a follow up to my post in "watcha sawing" of the 20 ft yellow poplar 4 x 10 roof rafters I am sawing. I had heard that the poplar would have stress and move when sawn. The logs are as straight as I ever have. The butt logs have taper which I have been trimming off before taking full cuts and the second logs up actually roll. Watching Yellow Hammers video on reading the log to minimize stress movement put me on task to try and read the logs. I have been taking slabs off each side then continue around each face again taking jacket boards to see if one orientation produced more curl that the other. I would be hard pressed to say that any of the logs have had one face move more than the others. So the attached pic shows it all. Slab firewood on the lift, jacket boards on the tractor forks and three rafters rolled on side on the bunks. This one had a bit more movement that the others so far with the centered pit rafter pretty darn straight and curl away from the center on the two side rafters. Tulip yellow poplar trees/logs look so straight and clear but they consistently have stress away from the center on all faces.Read More
Hey forestry folks,
I'm looking at an old, tired Prentice TMS-1, at least I think that's what it is (see picture of tag), but when I search, "TMS-1" I can't find anything on the web that looks anything like the machine I'm looking at. I also tried TMS-i. The frame is clearly homemade. Can anyone shed...
I'm looking at an old, tired Prentice TMS-1, at least I think that's what it is (see picture of tag), but when I search, "TMS-1" I can't find anything on the web that looks anything like the machine I'm looking at. I also tried TMS-i. The frame is clearly homemade. Can anyone shed...
Hey guys my dad is a retired swamp logger now heavy equipment mechanic. He has ran into a problem on a 2009 Tiger Cat Loader. It has no pilot pressure. He said it will run but has no functions. He has changed out the pump to a good used one, changed filters. He has been scratching his head on what could...