jms on road log loader trailers

[timberlinetree]

Those loader trailers are handy to have!

[logman81]

That's my thinking to but buying new is out of the question.  A guy wants to sell his patu 597 loader for 10k is that a fair price?  It is a extend a boom to.

[78NHTFY]

logman81--Yes, they are handy.  Here's a few pics and some basic info, from my brochure.  I have the PATU 525--see last pic.  Kesla Oy, a Finnish Co. bought out PATU.  I posted a few pics of Kesla's newest forwarding trailers a few days ago.  Parts are available from US distributors--just got O-rings from Trottier & Sons here locally.  I remember a FF Member in Maine who has 2 PATU's and has posted pics years ago.  For $ 10K, probably a good deal.  Good luck & All the best, Rob

  

  

  

    

[repmma]

This one is on a home built trailer.  Loader is good, trailer is not.  It's a Patu 202 if I remember right.  Probably going to mount it on a 5th wheel trailer I have for dubbing around delivering what I can under the 26k lbs.


This was the 2nd one I wish I had gotten first...  loader seems a little bit stronger but is also older.  Hard to beat the factory trailer.

[logman81]

Thanks for the info, those are some serious logs loaded on the trailer,  surprise it could lift them.

[repmma]

It does okay as far as size wise.  Not sure about that diameter class in 16ft variety but I don't saw much that long anyways.  16' 5" or something near for loader length.

[logman81]

I mostly deal with firewood poles so it should be able to handle that just fine.

[Corley5]

Trailers are great when new but they don't stay new long especially in the forest products industry.  Tires, brakes, and lights are a never ending battle with trailers that are the road.  No different than a truck. 

[logman81]

Yes but I think a trailer is still a little cheaper than a truck.

[Corley5]

  You've still got a truck, an older 1 ton, and you'll find the weaknesses in it fast pulling a trailer like that.  You've already got truck maintenance and now you're adding more lights, more axles, more tires and more brakes.  Good luck.

[MJD]

I will throw my 2 cents in, if I was doing just firewood and have a truck that can haul firewood, pull a small skidder I think firewood processor would cut out the need for a loader trailer and make you more efficient. If you took it a step farther and used a skidsteer the Hahn hfp 160 mounted on it would be cats a$$. No im not a Hahn dealer.

[logman81]

Yeah I'm thinking I'm going to pass on it. Just stick to what I have and hire a guy with tri axle to move the wood to my yard and keep the money in my pocket.