Timberjack 225c restoration

Aussielogger65 · April 25, 2016, 05:05:47 AM

Hi, been a very long time since I've posted anything here about the old 225c rebuild, I haven't had much progress at all due to work and other projects that I've had going on. I've started on the rear end- cut all the fenders off axle mounts off and started fabing new ones along with rebuilding the rear axle housing, I've got seals and bearings for the transfer case and winch and will post some more pics soon as I get more done. Ps some of the pics shows one of my other projects that's ongoing an Austrak RT45 skid steer hydrostatic drive tractor just something different that you probably wouldn't See outside of Australia cheers Jeff.

Neilo · April 25, 2016, 05:29:47 AM

Good to hear the TJ is still coming together.

Neilo

thecfarm · April 25, 2016, 05:41:22 AM

Other things can get in the way of projects.

Aussielogger65 · April 25, 2016, 05:54:46 AM

pics if i can get them to work again

thecfarm · April 25, 2016, 06:03:35 AM

Austrak RT45 skid steer hydrostatic drive tractor?????
Looks like a land clearing tractor? I can understand the bush hog,but what's on the back of it? And why?

Aussielogger65 · April 25, 2016, 06:23:14 AM

Yea it's different, had many attachments available for them when they were built, the controls and seat flip over so you can drive long end leading etc, they are rippers/scarifyers on the back as you can remove the brush cutter and fit a blade

thecfarm · April 25, 2016, 06:25:53 AM

In picture 7 and 8 in reply #28,I noticed small rail roads tracks????

Aussielogger65 · April 25, 2016, 06:38:21 AM

That's also another hobbie of both my dad and myself, we have a 5 inch gauge railway around the old house, crosses the driveway then out into the bush crossing one gully were upto the next but are in the process of building quite a tall bridge.... Dad is into the live steamers and is building a model of a 14a class Rhodesian railways garret, while I'm building a Petrol electric model of an emd sd90mac-h

barbender · April 25, 2016, 08:19:45 AM

It looks like you have top notch fabrication skills ;)

Aussielogger65 · April 26, 2016, 05:37:34 AM

Thanks Barbender, my full time job is a diesel/plant mechanic but probably do more fabrication/welding than working on trucks/plant etc, we also do a lot of other work on lift span bridges in our area so there's always something different to do which is good keeps the job interesting.