New (to me) Skiddah!

NH Forester · March 25, 2013, 12:54:38 PM

My fifth cable machine, first ever JD. I had 3-TJ240's over the years (A, D, and E) and my first machine was a Franklin 100XLNH which a buddy still runs.

clww · March 25, 2013, 01:11:13 PM

Looks like a real beauty!

Congratulations.

John_Haylow · March 25, 2013, 01:29:23 PM

Very nice, looks in great shape.
Have fun, 8)
John

thecfarm · March 25, 2013, 03:19:24 PM

Looks good. Going to be used full time in the woods?

sprucebunny · March 25, 2013, 03:21:15 PM

Sharp 8)

Hope it goes good for you.

lumberjack48 · March 25, 2013, 03:41:11 PM

Nice looking machine, now lets hope its as good as it looks. Hope theres no major break downs for a long time.

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 04:26:28 PM

NH Forester, Did you buy that in Maine? If so, I think it's my old skidder-boy, sure looks like it!!! I know the guy I sold it to was selling it. Used to be a grapple-not to many straight cable machines with glass.

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 04:29:56 PM

The more I look, I'm sure of it....I put those big shackles between the rings on front. I did alot of work to that ole' girl-treated me really well. I have some pictures of it on a barge-we hauled it off shore a few years ago a cleaned up a bunch of blowdown on an island off the coast. I pulled a forwarder trailer with it-think they cut the ears off the log bumper though. I'll see if I can find the pics.
The left side of the blade was bent and broken when I bought it-we straigtened it out and put a piece of square stock as the brace, re-built the trans, winch, new winch control valve, pins/bushings, paint/decals....traded it for the TJ450A I have now-same guys.

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 04:42:16 PM

NH Forester · March 25, 2013, 04:49:50 PM

Quote from: jd540b on March 25, 2013, 04:26:28 PM
NH Forester, Did you buy that in Maine? If so, I think it's my old skidder-boy, sure looks like it!!! I know the guy I sold it to was selling it. Used to be a grapple-not to many straight cable machines with glass.

After seeing the pics and hearing the story, yep, that's the one. He gave me all of the paperwork on the dealer service you had done. When I ran the numbers at Nortrax before I bought it they sent me the build sheet and it says it shipped as a cable skidder with serial numbers for all of the components.

The only documentation he didn't have was on the engine. He claimed it was a JD rebuilt crate engine but had no evidence. Did you have the engine done?

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 05:06:41 PM

No, the only thing I did to the motor was the oil cooler, two or three injectors, and injector lines. The guy I bought it from did some work on the motor.

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 05:07:45 PM

He was also the one that swapped the back half from grapple to cable.

jd540b · March 25, 2013, 05:11:30 PM

She was somewhat of a basket case when I bought it. But I did quite a lot to it and when we traded it was a very reliable hard working skidder. I loved it-sometimes wish I never traded!

NH Forester · March 25, 2013, 05:39:57 PM

I just put the heavy JD suspension base and factory seat back in as well as a new belt. Hydraulic pump was recently rebuilt.

treefarmer87 · March 25, 2013, 07:55:27 PM

nic machine, it should serve you well

saxon0364 · March 25, 2013, 09:04:17 PM

Nice looking machine, love them 540's. Good luck with it, now get to work. :D

DigDug · March 25, 2013, 09:44:59 PM

Nice looking rig.

thenorthman · March 25, 2013, 11:24:28 PM

Awh now I want to log an Island... after a golf course, or maybe a golf course on an island!

That sure is a pretty skidder....

coxy · March 26, 2013, 09:53:00 PM

thats awsome that you found your old skidder and it looks great

nh forester good luck with it 8)

snowstorm · March 27, 2013, 06:01:36 AM

Quote from: jd540b on March 25, 2013, 04:42:16 PM

what island were you heading to?

NH Forester · March 27, 2013, 06:34:01 AM

I was going to ask as well. Was it Vinalhaven or Islesboro? Or am I way off?

I saw in the receipts that you were in Appleton when the trans went. I have good friends in Appleton.

snowstorm · March 27, 2013, 07:31:05 AM

dosent look like ilseboro or vinal haven to me. havnt seen that barage around here either. it has pretty big spuds for a small barage. appleton i can see it from here.

NH Forester · March 27, 2013, 07:53:32 AM

Quote from: snowstorm on March 27, 2013, 07:31:05 AM
dosent look like ilseboro or vinal haven to me. havnt seen that barage around here either. it has pretty big spuds for a small barage. appleton i can see it from here.

I was thinking that the pics looked like the mainland side. Just a WAG though.

snowstorm · March 27, 2013, 07:55:26 AM

Quote from: NH Forester on March 27, 2013, 06:34:01 AM
I was going to ask as well. Was it Vinalhaven or Islesboro? Or am I way off?

I saw in the receipts that you were in Appleton when the trans went. I have good friends in Appleton.

did the deere dealer in union fix the trans? if bill rebuilt the trans its good. he is as good as they come. he has been working on them since the early 70's

snowstorm · March 27, 2013, 07:58:07 AM

Quote from: NH Forester on March 27, 2013, 07:53:32 AM
Quote from: snowstorm on March 27, 2013, 07:31:05 AM
dosent look like ilseboro or vinal haven to me. havnt seen that barage around here either. it has pretty big spuds for a small barage. appleton i can see it from here.

I was thinking that the pics looked like the mainland side. Just a WAG though.

ilseboro ferry comes into linclonville vinal haven and north haven come in to rockland