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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: mjeselskis on October 20, 2013, 08:07:05 AM
Looking at an old Pettibone skidder. Are parts still available? Ad says it has a 2.2 liter GM engine, I'm guessing it's not original. Good tires with a set of ladder chains and a set of ring chains
Any words of wisdom? Run the other way, or worth looking at?
Pictures always help. I'm looking for something small for just my own woodlot.
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You probably won't like it, I had a pettibone and parts are extremely hard to find. You would be better off with a tractor and winch. You can do a lot more with a tractor.
yes run run away :) I have one and parts are gold if you can get them ;D
Yes trust us run the other way! I had a pettibone and parts were hard to fined around here and probably hard to find any where.
Thanks for the advice. I've got a 40hp John Deere with a Farmi winch that works fine, but I'm always tempted to get the a skidder to keep the tractor out of the woods. I'll just save the money and buy a good set of tire chains for the tractor and call it good.
That is a good plan the tractor is more usefull.