john deere skidder

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Skidder Hauling a Boat

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the picture is from 1978. a 33ft lobster boat built in west waldoboro maine. it appears to be a wooden boat. almost all of them are framed with white oak and planked with cedar

[treeslayer2003]

the picture is from 1978. a 33ft lobster boat built in west waldoboro maine. it appears to be a wooden boat. almost all of them are framed with white oak and planked with cedar

thats how the old work boats were made here. now they are glass but still alot of old wood boats out there. sadly, only a handful of skip jacks remain.

i moved a house with two skidders once, wish i had pics.

[BurkettvilleBob]

Where did you stumble across this photo?

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Where did you stumble across this photo?

fishermans voice.com they put out a free newspaper. the story about lee wilbur getting on an airplane in bangor is a riot

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the picture is from 1978. a 33ft lobster boat built in west waldoboro maine. it appears to be a wooden boat. almost all of them are framed with white oak and planked with cedar

thats how the old work boats were made here. now they are glass but still alot of old wood boats out there. sadly, only a handful of skip jacks remain.

i moved a house with two skidders once, wish i had pics.

there are still a lot of wooden boats built up here. look up johns bay boat co. he makes some really nice wooden boats

[Ken]

Best to do that on a frozen road.  I once drove a TJ 225 with new corked chains down a chip sealed road on a hot day.  Made quite a mess

[WLC]

They still launch boats off the beach at Deep Creek up here with skidders.  Neat to watch them.  Google image search "skidder boat launch deep creek Alaska".

[barbender]

Best to do that on a frozen road.  I once drove a TJ 225 with new corked chains down a chip sealed road on a hot day.  Made quite a mess

Did the Highway department catch up with you? My boss had an operator run a processor across a recently paved road this summer (with over the tire tracks on) I believe that ended up costing him $3000

[Gearbox]

WLC I saw then launching boats off a landing at Anchor Point . I was looking for the sign that said you were as far west as you can get by road . Found it .

[fishpharmer]

Nice picture!  I have an Aunt from Maine (married Mom's brother).  Her dad built lobster boats near Southwest Harbor, ME.   His old shop still stands and is at least a half a mile from the water.   I will have to ask her how he got the boats to the water.