This is an example of a 'Thunderbird branded' something else. The machines the Murrays were building were horribly expensive, so to hit the price-point markets with machines for lighter duties, several base carriers were modified. This is a Hyundai 290 sized machine, with guarding, boom, etc by Ross Corp, then marketed as a 'Thunderbird 1238'. Worked just fine, and everyone knew they were buying a Hyundai product, as parts and service manuals, etc were Hyundai, as well as the Vin tags on the machines. Many had a T-Bird tag right below or beside the factory tag, and those numbers were related to the specific to the conversion components. It was a good joint-venture.
can anybody tell me where a person could find repair manuels for the ty-40 yarder?
between those 2 boys they designed the 7280B, 7280C, 7230, 6280, 122, 123, 124, as well as worked on all the others. The new design apparently is to take on the 6280/124 but probably smaller then the mighty 7280. Wait and see. As with Modern, a deposit and they would start building right away. THe market is coming and the yarders are all aging.
well now that would be something! I can only hope i am young enough to see more yarders produced in my lifetime. I agree with you 100%- there arent any machines around getting younger, lol. At some point metal fatigue in current machines will force the production of new ones.