Author Topic: Straight 660 Timberjack. (Read 3627 times)

BargeMonkey · « **on:** February 22, 2021, 09:41:41 PM »

Can anyone give me anything bad to say about the 660s ? I'm going this weekend.

I only ever saw 1 down here yrs ago 🤷‍♂️ i think the hours are true, even all the guards are still there.

Walnut Beast · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2021, 09:52:43 PM »

What is the bracket for on the front blade

Southside · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2021, 10:30:50 PM »

From the looks of it that winch has no idea what's about to happen to it.

BargeMonkey · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2021, 10:44:25 PM »

Quote from: Walnut Beast on February 22, 2021, 09:52:43 PM

What is the bracket for on the front blade

The story I get is that machines plowed snow most of its life, had a pusher / plow on it.

kiko · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2021, 11:05:46 PM »

The brackets on the blade were likely used to tote fuel to a buncher or shovel. I am only recalling , 8.3 cummins , clark transmission. Some had ZF axles and parts were expensive and scarce ,others clark/dana. Grapple and rotator parts may be hard to come by as well.

barbender · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2021, 02:21:44 AM »

Guys that ran one said they felt really tippy, because you sit so high in them. Just a seat of the pants thing.

Firewoodjoe · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:02:29 AM »

A big chip operation ran them your years here. Still have some carcasses laying around. I always heard they were good. The 560s I was told to stay away from. You can tell it’s pulled wood by the pain missing and welded the grapple tips. Looks like she’s been sitting. Doors off. I’d say cheap. Or nothing.

mike_belben · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2021, 07:25:10 AM »

wow was that a fast and superficial based dismissal.

timberking · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2021, 07:33:29 AM »

We had one crew had a 660 they picked up used. Worked good was nice moving the delimber. the 460 was the most common at that time.

Haleiwa · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2021, 11:10:43 AM »

Quote from: mike_belben on February 23, 2021, 07:25:10 AM

wow was that a fast and superficial based dismissal.

It's the perspective of someone who actually understands what it is to make a living with machinery. If you are spending 250 a day to hire an operator and he and the mechanic spend the morning trying to tell if the engine is actually running hot or the sending unit is shorted out because a mouse chewed the wires, the supposed savings from buying something that sat abandoned for two years disappear in a hurry.

Dave Shepard · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2021, 11:46:33 AM »

Send it to me for a couple months. I'll find the weak points.

ehp · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2021, 12:52:05 PM »

Tires are good . Does the winch work as it looks like it has never did much so just wondering from sitting . Barge there are some north of you in canada but I never was around them skidding but the one guy I know has 2 of them and a 460 and 360 and they are the machines he uses. Not sure why cause never asked him . Maybe cause of the size

BargeMonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2021, 03:44:42 PM »

The guy who has this one has 6 jacks, has 3 of these, works all by himself, he bought it 1yr ago to run it. She's seen wood but the story is she hasn't seen wood in a LONG time, plowed snow at a private airport. Im going to call Nortrax 🤮 after I look it over, see what is available and isnt. NOTHING is cheap anymore, another FF member and I where talking excavators last night and stuff thats clean and pre emissions is out of sight. We have a 1923 Model T 1ton show truck and 4 Cletracs and I can order any parts I want, a 23yr old skidder is completely obsolete ? I had heard there was a change over on the axles, i believe this doesn't have the odd ZF axles. That 460 ive got has been BULLETPROOF and put more wood out, kind of what im hoping with this, if its really got 8100hrs ? I figure if I pick this up and that other low hr 450G I stay out of debt for a while.

Walnut Beast · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2021, 04:07:05 PM »

Go all out and buy a new Deere they have a 15k hrs. Warranty on the Axles and some pretty neat features 😂

tj240 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2021, 04:20:31 PM »

Never ran one, but heard they were just an oversized 460, samemotor from what I hear. Good luck.

Mountaynman · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2021, 04:52:05 PM »

Barge do you remember years ago when deschaine was down in your country with the only 660 cable they ever made they were skiddin like 2 miles down an abandonded old town rd bunching to it with 2 460 grapples and a grapple cat dozer little frenchman runnin it for him was smaller than clem and moved just as fast looked like a calf roper un bellin chokers and roarin back into the woods had like a dozen slides on it just resurfaced a few years ago i believe walt chandler still has it

BargeMonkey · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:15:39 PM »

I remember when Deschaine bought all that iron, that machine was actually on the job bordering where im cutting now. Guy out Rochester way has it now and puts 3kft a hitch out with it. Im getting to the point i may see if Clem wants to work 3 days a week 😆 They dont come much better than him, in person I can translate pretty good, its hard over the phone sometimes.
Forester for prentice has me going all over even up by you and I just want a big spare.

Quote from: Walnut Beast on February 23, 2021, 04:07:05 PM

Go all out and buy a new Deere they have a 15k hrs. Warranty on the Axles and some pretty neat features 😂

Im working on becoming a slumlord, dont wanna buy new. Bank I deal with is basically 25% and go buy whatever you want, i had to bring down deposits for the store yesterday and got talking to the manager, depends how well the yr goes, last 8wks havent been good.

Firewoodjoe · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:17:01 PM »

Quote from: mike_belben on February 23, 2021, 07:25:10 AM

wow was that a fast and superficial based dismissal.

I disagree. I’m looking at it from what I see from barges post. Alone most times all times of day and night. Bought another delimber and is talking about a loader. I just don’t see where he has the time to deal with a machine that’s been sitting I sure didn’t mean anything by it. I have old equipment. I just bought a machine that sat for years. But I work 7-4 most days. Then work on that old equipment after.

Firewoodjoe · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:21:56 PM »

And I hammered wood out for a big crew. Took 5 high hour skidders to get it done. Was running low boy 2-3 times a month swapping skidders.

Mountaynman · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:35:33 PM »

barge im sure others can speak the fringlish language that all french canadian woodsmen seem to speak even at almost 80 years old i bet clem would out skid most men he is an animal in the woods.

joe i hear ya about iron been there seen it all and i will say the most money i kept in my pocket was one helper cuttin big wood on steep ground pullin to the top with the dozer and then usually an hr buggy ride to the header went after the big log trees no one else did. i know where eric is coming from and what he sees there are multiple operators down this way that have multiple machines and only operate themselves or have some part time semi retired help move alot of wood

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