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  1. kiwi450x

    Shipping Costs?

    I wouldn't say there was yards full or yarders looking for a home, but there is the odd one parked at the moment. Looking at things from this end, I figured things must have picked up in the PNW creating demand for yarders to go the other way.
  2. kiwi450x

    Shipping Costs?

    As I understand it, there's been a few machines going back the other way lately.
  3. kiwi450x

    Madill 172

    Very tasty.
  4. kiwi450x

    Madsens 2015 catalog

    Good work!!
  5. kiwi450x

    Installing a Waratah 624 Super on a 2012 2954D?

    Iron Oracle. We put a Woodsman head on a 336 earlier this year, and your numbers aren't a mile away from what I was charged... Allowing for exchange rate difference and so on, obviously.
  6. kiwi450x

    2012 2954D Log loader surging when walking or heavy load on engine

    Haha, I know the feeling, Hallback...
  7. kiwi450x

    A very sad day for our Skagit.....

    Ouch. So, in the meantime, you're shoveling timber to keep some cashflow going?
  8. kiwi450x

    paccar pa56 winch d6r

    We run 7/8s swaged rope on our D6 and it seems to work well. I would just splice an eye on the end of it, (or order a rope with a pressed eye on it, if you're buying one) then you can use it for what ever you like. Strops, pulling machines, please yourself. I'm probably biased towards...
  9. kiwi450x

    450H construction cat to logging cat

    Looks good. Very tasty. The screens came out well.
  10. kiwi450x

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    The pics of the new 3800c look pretty tasty. I could be talked into one of those, in a heartbeat.
  11. kiwi450x

    HarvestPro NZ

    I think you're guessing correctly.
  12. kiwi450x

    deere 743 tree harvester

    I could be wrong but I'm positive that I've seen a thread on this machine on this site, in the last few months. It may not have been a dedicated thread, but it was discussed in some detail.
  13. kiwi450x

    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    For what it's worth, I'm enjoying all your pics too Camptramp.
  14. kiwi450x

    Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

    I reckon that's pretty good going for the line loader to stand the swinger back up like that. As an aside, the broken head made an interesting pattern in the pick up windscreen. Wouldn't wanna see that the hard way though...
  15. kiwi450x

    What size Excavatorfor Land Clearing?

    Scrub. You're right about the rams pushing the wrong way. A good friend of mine does a lot of root-raking in the forest I work in, and he was saying if you hop off the digger during the day, the lift rams are stone cold as they do bugger all but the dipper and bucket rams are steaming hot as...
  16. kiwi450x

    Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

    We use pass chains regularly here too, but I don't do it quite like that. I agree about the 4 wraps or more bit (I tend to do 5 or 6 for luck...) but I just bring the loose end of the chain back to the other end and put a couple of half hitches in it. As it happens I used the pass chain to...
  17. kiwi450x

    Rebuilding Logging Equipment

    I guess it's fair to say that all the forest companies care about is that you produce what you say you're gonna produce. What gear you do it with, they don't really mind. That said, it's easier to be reliable with late model gear and it also gives the forest companies confidence in your...
  18. kiwi450x

    Rebuilding Logging Equipment

    Good post Plebian, and I agree, there are plenty of approaches one could take... I'll let the E series stuff settle in a little before we go down that road I think. The first 320E in town is still in the workshop at the moment. Lots of astute people seem to take the attitude that you...
  19. kiwi450x

    Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

    And the second question would be: Why the hell didn't they give it a clean up be for putting it on the market?? Even a half hearted clean would have been an improvement.
  20. kiwi450x

    Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

    The first question for me would be: How many times has it been around the clock?
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