Skidders- Tracks ot Tires, Lines or Grapples- Lets see what you've got!

[lg junior]

Here is my 220 FMC.

 

[JTL]

Heres some I dug out of a box this morning and scaned. The 540 is a machine a buddy of mine and I bought with HUGE plans of becoming big time gypo loggers. Went well for about a year, then the market fell out and we didn't have much work. We sold out and went to work for wages. I took a job running a forwarder. The loader operator caught me walking to the landing to get a saw to cut off the high stump under the right rear thats about to flip me over.
After that I went to running the 527 for a while, then got outta the woods, and back into the dirt.

 

[lg junior]

Here is a Pettibone and a timberjack both with esco swinging grapples and pictures unloading trailer and loading logs with the swing grapple.

 

[skadill]

Tj 404

Dad and I's swinger parked at our old mill(out of it now).Got it from Cascade Trader in 2004.

 

[MOUNTAIN MAN]

heres a couple of clark ranger machines

the 666c was the first c model sold into new zealand

the old treefarmer was traded on the 668b,the treefarmer was getting pretty run down but it was one of those "just keep it going untill the new one gets here" times

666c was trade on the 666f after 13 years faithful service...

Lets see if this works....

I've driven one of those 666C's, nice machines, I'll post pictures of it later this year (It's 6 hours away from me) ***

 

[skadill]

518 Cat

Line/Grapple combo,taken last month

 

[Oldtimer]

My new toy..

My friend Tim's C6D Duetz.

Mona, my dearly loved C5D Duetz.

 

[NZ Logger]

obviously in NZ,can you tell me where and who the guys in the crew shot are?? some familiar looking faces right there.

 

[wild11r]

NZ Logger It looks very like Lou Weinberg from Hamner Springs The guy with the beard could be Chris Gavin & Dave Esler by the F truck.This would have to be mid to late seventies

 

[loggers son]

obviously in NZ,can you tell me where and who the guys in the crew shot are?? some familiar looking faces right there.

can only rememeber a couple of names of these guys. The two guys to the left of the f100 are father and son Alan and Graham Cudby( ?), guy to the right of and leaning on the f100 is Terry Myhill.
This was Bob myhills old crop crew working for the forest service in Kiangaroa in about 1982-83

all hard and good honest men, I wish i had been older and known them better

 

[Born2clearcut]

On post #65 I was just wondering what is the powersaw safety rating on those shorts the guy is wearing in pic's 6 and 7 ??? :beatsme

 

[SPMiller]

 

[TorkelH]

Timberjack 360

Many proffesional loggers used line skidders in Norway in the late 60's, 70's and 80's, before the processors and forwarders took over the show. Here are 2 360's owned by a farmer in this district.

 

[TorkelH]

Timberjack 360 con't

...360 con't

 

[JeremyM70]

Skidarder

Found this fun little machine last night while playing with Google Maps Street View in Sayward, BC

 

[2stickbill]

Cat 525C and some Jacks

 

[marcosabatino]

here is a few pics of 668c and 668b. I have more but they didnt want to upload properly.

 

[Timberjack450]

Did that 360 timberjack have any power?

 

[2stickbill]

Did that 360 timberjack have any power?

Thats a 460C with the John Deere engine and yes it does.Just not as stout as the CAT.

 

[JeremyM70]

Skidarder part 2

Found a neat little John Deere skidder with yarder and drums mounted on it across from the Forks, WA airport