been lurkin here awhile, learnin alot.last year I got an old "wells&Purdy" circle mill, that was originally run with a water turbine. I will be running it with a tractor PTO at first, but I am working on a Ford 300 six power plant.I would like to get the mill set up before winter, but I may not make it(darn snow,who needs it anyway?) I also have a Frick 2 saw edger, 4X4 tractor with forks, 20' gooseneck trailer,50 acres,and a stong desire to make sawdust. I'm not to good with the computer,gunna try to post a pic of this afternoons project.(I cut and skidded 1200' of hemloch for my mill piers. steve
dang my pic was too big,I'll try again later.
Welcome Road_Monkey. Looking forward to your pics.
Welcome road_monkey glad to have you.
Welcome, Road Monkey.
Us NY's have made some headway trying catching up to the MI's & MO's. 8)
Welcome, Roadmonkey! Boy, I'm glad to see some of you lurkers coming out of the woodwork! 8)
If you need help gettin' the hang of this pitcher postin thing, shoot me a PM. I'm a 'puter dummie and got it figgered out with a little help from my friends. Maybe I can put it into terms you can understand. ;)
Welcome to the Forum 8) Need a spare 300 6cy motor come on down I'll donate it to you ???
:D ;D :o WELCOME ABOARD :o ;D :D Road Monkey.
There's GREAT FOLKS and information here. Try reading the old posts 132 pages I am learning a lot so will you. Again :D ;D :o WELCOME ABOARD :o ;D :D Road Monkey
Welcome, there Road Monkey!
Here's a picture of a Road Monkey at work... ;D
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc/loads3.html
Is that you? :D
heres my first attempt at a resized pic.......
DANG, I sure wish I was'nt so Dang stupid.........
how 'bout now........(https://forestryforum.com/images/03_21_04/TNlog3%20-%20cropped.jpg)
thanks for the warm welcome everybody,I need more practice on the pic resizin and postin thing... JT thanks for the offer on the 300-6, when I wear this one out, I'll be down.
welcome roadmonkey ! I cant wait to see your mill pics. Nice tractor too !
Mmmmmm 4wd tractor Mmmmmmmm
Welcome there roadmonkey 8)
Is that tractor a New Holland? I can't tell.
thanks for the compliments on the tractor, she's a honey. 2004 New Holland TN65 bucket/forks, quick-tach. I almost didnt spring for the quick attach,boy would I have to kick myself if I didnt.takes about 30 sec.to go from forks to bucket....one word ......HANDY. anybody got some good advice on pier spacing for a circlemill? I was thinking 8' apart, with "X" bracing,any advice? steve
Heya Road Monkey.
Welcome and thanks to Paschale for informing us of what a Road Monkey actually is.... :D :D :D :D....I thought mebey it was like a HIGHWAY CHIMP or somthin but I was mistaken.
And holy hernia Batman, thats some load for a couple of horses..... :o
Percy
That is a fine tractor Roadmonkey. I been sawin' out the floors and trim for a house for a horse rancher with one like yours.
He's only tipped it over once. :o He tried to fork 3 logs worth o' Gum at once onto the trailer--something like 1000 bdft. :-/
Anyhow, having that tractor there to pick and load logs wore me ragged. :'(
Wish I had one ;)
Hey roadmonkey I got a pic of my 7610 with a loader on my post about fish. I was wondering if the clutch peddel on yours was like mine in that you push it more down than forward? mine gets to old knees if you spend much time moving logs and such :(
I learned what a road monkey was when I watched a movie about logging called "the lumberjack skypilot". very cool movie, mostly black and white,narrated by an 'old timer that was the camp minister. I figured the old timers here would know what it meant, and get a chuckle out of it. as for the tractor,I sure hope to keep the shiney side up.
lumberjack skypilot- i think i know a bit about this movie, but not sure. i think it may be from the adirondacks. got any more info on it?
you're correct, do I have any info? heck, I got the tape.
yea its a pbs flick, from the northern adks and tug hill, right. the dude from rod and reel host it. think the rev frank reed tells the story. ill have to look ya up on the paper map, cause you aint planted a tree on ours! :D
thats right red, sounds like you've seen it before. it starts out pretty slow, but it's great once they start showing the Linn tractors hauling about 8 or 10 sleighs loaded right to the you know what with logs. I have only 1 VCR, but if some one on here wants a copy,I would put up mine to make copies.(as long as I get it back) I need an 8060 head for a super M I'm doing, got one? or know of any? ps I didnt know I had to plant a tree on a map, but I'll get it taken care of. steve
you dont 'have' to plant a tree, but its nice to see NY as forested as possible. ;D and welcome to the forum.
i think my father in law has that flick, its usually shown a few times a year on wnpe. the part where that one truck allmost tips over around that steep corner is incredible. im sure theres a pile of members on here that would love that tape.
if you need a head, ill do some looking, how soon will you need it. i can allmost guarantee i can find one.
RED, FINDING A HEAD IS EASY, FINDING ONE THAT AIN'T CRACKED IS THE HARD PART. I AM DOING THE ENGINE NOW, SO I COULD USE IT SHORTLY. THANKS FOR KEEPING YER EYES OPEN. STEVE
I'll plant a tree as soon as somebody takes pity on me and explains to my dumb-azz how to do it. steve
its been so long since ive done it ive forgotten. go check around your profile, i.e., edit. should be right up in there somewhere. you can give us a bio, put up a photo, enter any addresses, and make a signature. ;Dhave fun!