Borfor Forcat 2000 track skidder ?

[tramp bushler]

Anyone know where they can be bought ???.
. I can blame Cody for my near future poverty !!!!

 

[RavensRoost]

Bofors Forcat

Tramp Bushler, now don't go blaming me if you end up in poverty! Looks to be a neat machine...and a lot easier to find when I searched for Bofors instead of Borfor. Here is a link to a seller in Quebec, only one I could find:

http://www.lumbermenonline.com/viewnews.cfm?newsID=648

 

[Greystoke]

Now you have to watch this vid and see the cool little log trailer, equipped with a loader that you can pull behind it. Kinda lame video, but that does look like a bad a$$ little machine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYaqkYKR1c

 

[tramp bushler]

.Ya ! . Well , I,m pursuing it . As long as there isn,t any import restrictions . I may need to spend a bunch of time in Prudhoe to get some ,nothing going out money to pay for it . But that is a money making rig for me , if ever I saw one ... The trailer is great also , but it looks expensive also .... i wonder how long the tracks last , and how I would put a heater on it ...........

 

[RavensRoost]

Keep us posted, will be interested seeing you get one.

 

[tramp bushler]

Thanks for the link ... I like the pickup thing as . Being primarily a faller , I,m not into all the money that gets pissed away on HEAVY equipment !!!!! A skidder went by yesterday on a low boy . that was prolly a 2-5 thousand dollar move ... No Thanks !!!!! . My pickup is just great !!!

 

[palogger]

Thanks for the link ... I like the pickup thing as . Being primarily a faller , I,m not into all the money that gets pissed away on HEAVY equipment !!!!! A skidder went by yesterday on a low boy . that was prolly a 2-5 thousand dollar move ... No Thanks !!!!! . My pickup is just great !!!

Sounds kinda steep to me, around here a lowboy cost from 75 to 95 an hour pluc the price of the permit

 

[PB]

Sounds kinda steep to me, around here a lowboy cost from 75 to 95 an hour pluc the price of the permit

Yep, my dad has to drive for an entire week or more to make 2-5 thousand dollars.

You have to walk, but have you looked into an Iron Horse skidder? Not nearly as fancy but probably much cheaper.

 

[floyd]

Looks interesting. Wonder if it comes with a grapple?

 

[tramp bushler]

That skidder was prolly being moved from the Wasilla/ Palmer area to perhaps Tok or Delta Junction . A 300-400 mile move . Figure a lowboy tractor gets 2 mpg if it,s lucky and diesel is 4.099 a gallon . Plus the driver cost , plus the trip insurance plus the tractor hours plus the trailer hours .. Ya , I would say at least 2k$ . Probably more ....... Are Iron Horse skidders on the web?. I could move a Forcat 2000 in the back of my pickup while going to work a new contract ......

 

[PB]

Here is the iron horse.

http://www.tiltonequipment.com/html/transporters.htm

 

[bullbuck]

im thinking a sheet or two of 5/8 plywood,maybe a half a sheet of lexan(foor the windshield,back window,and door windows,three four sticks of either light or heavy guage 2x2 tubing,few hinges and self tappers,and i think you could have an enclosed cab in a day or so,thats a neat machine tramp,i hope you get one,it looks bad ass

 

[2dogs]

http://www.tremzac.com/client/page2.asp?page=85&clef=93&Clef2=15

The youtube vid is pretty cool.

 

[slowp]

It looks like a mini FMC. Can I have one too?

 

[tramp bushler]

This guy looks like he has the right idea . Got a propane heater on it it looks like ..http://www.tremzac.com/client/uploads/84/997264323162413_skidder_logger_12_G.jpg
. The Forcat 2000 with the 27 horse engine is the one I want , not the bigger one with the Perkins diesel ....... The getting bigger and bigger is not what I,m after ...If I can,t load it into my 3/4th ton Dodge it looses alot of it,s appeal to me ..

 

[tramp bushler]

Would need to put the propane tank by the exhaust to keep it warm enough to flow ...

 

[Hddnis]

Maybe you could rig up a heat exchanger for the exhaust so it can blow warm air for you. The old volkswagens had heat like that, basically some sheet metal around a pipe with some flex ducting.



Mr. HE

 

[tramp bushler]

Ya , thats a good idea. . Also run a line to the hydraulic resivour . Beins it is all hydraulic drive , gotta keep the fluid warm enough to flow ... It would cause me to get a tight barrel stove and a Cosco vehicle tent .... Park it inside at night and stoke the stove ... Lots of limbs for firewood out there ... Maybe build a portable garage on a trailer that is insulated come summer .. It would be nice to have a warm mobile small shop .... The machine would last alot longer also ....

 

[Hddnis]

My trailers for my mowers are all enclosed. Real nice in a downpour or the winter. The mowers run snowplows when we get a storm.

They are a fairly lightweight steel frame with a pre-painted aluminum skin that is screwed on with self taping screws. Inside walls are 3/8" plywood. The floor is 1" subfloor plywood with T&G edges so it is weather tight. My trailers are not insulated, but it would be very easy to put a few inches of foam inside the walls. They are basically like a stickbuilt home and a guy with basic shop skills could put one together very reasonable.

We started putting one together with a propane stove, small counter, water cooler, ice chest and a locking cupboard. It was nice at lunch time, we'd be in out of the weather, cooking a hot lunch, live like kings. If a machine broke down and it could limp back to the trailer there were plenty of tools and it was dry.



Mr. HE

 

[hanniedog]

The local CCC camp had something similar it was made by Bombarier (spelling). You might find one of them for allot less money. One sold at auction locally a year ago. Brought around $3000 it had a six or so ft snow blade and a cab.