The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

[treeslayer2003]

i'd love to see that Clint. bet nobody's herd of a jonsered loader.

 

[treeslayer2003]

That's a bad ass heeler aint it Mike!

I am thinkin bout a big live heel loader. we bout wore our little loader out with the big trees.

 

[paccity]

what kinda loader is that pac?

an old prentice on a beat up mac truck.:msp_wink:

 

[paccity]

 

[treeslayer2003]

well I recognize the mack b? that prentice is a ol one. never seen one jus like it.

 

[JakeG]

Clint I definitely wanna see that firetruck-knuckle boom!

 

[paccity]

damn pic's.

 

[twochains]

i'd love to see that Clint. bet nobody's herd of a jonsered loader.

It's different for sure! Kinda cool but looks awful heavy. Man in "97 I broke my wrist racing quads....anyway, I was cutting a tract of cedar at the time. I had my cast molded to where i could run my saw when I had the 1/2 arm cast..anyway when shouldering a log I used my left arm to push and balance...wll a broke left wrist ends that! So I bought a 1968 2 wheel drive long wheelbase Chevy one ton with a boom loader! LOL! It had a 2 ton frame for the boom frame and 2 ton rear end for the winch. I had about 400ft of cable and ...back to logging! That truck was BAD ASS!!! LOL! It waa probably the scariest fricken thing I ever loaded logs with! It was so stout it would jerk those cedar up in yer face so fast you barely could react! LOL!

 

[JakeG]

Clint, that's one more thing I'm gonna need you to produce a picture of

 

[Trx250r180]

Evening men...................Mud

 

[twochains]

I am thinkin bout a big live heel loader. we bout wore our little loader out with the big trees.

Whats that one we have Mike? LOL! I never pay any attention to it...you said what it was once.

 

[treeslayer2003]

I don't guess our western friends know about winch trucks n loggers dream

 

[twochains]

Clint, that's one more thing I'm gonna need you to produce a picture of

I don't know it's where abouts Jake. I saw it regularly about 8 years ago, heard it caught fire once, got turned over and sold a few times! LOL!

 

[treeslayer2003]

Whats that one we have Mike? LOL! I never pay any attention to it...you said what it was once.

you mean the loader we have now? old jonsered 230. bout the size of a 310 prentice. not big enough for what we been doin with it.

 

[twochains]

I don't guess our western friends know about winch trucks n loggers dream

Man I know where a legit loggers dream is. I've only seen a couple. I have seen alot of their "pads" while logging way back in NF land. I heard they use a 1/4 mile real of cable?

 

[twochains]

you mean the loader we have now? old jonsered 230. bout the size of a 310 prentice. not big enough for what we been doin with it.

No...my crew LOL! You said what it was once...I can't remember :msp_scared:

 

[JakeG]

Do yall know the details/specs/differences in timberjack skidder models? There's a 240, 380a and a 450b for sale locally...

 

[twochains]

I'm taking the boy hunting in the morning so I better hit the sack. Think "Firetruck Knuckleboom" LOL!

 

[treeslayer2003]

No...my crew LOL! You said what it was once...I can't remember :msp_scared:

oh, I think it was a husky brute.

 

[northmanlogging]

we may not have "winch trucks" but us gypos are no strangers to boom trucks

Scary long boom like 40' sticking out one end of a broken old truck couple of winches on there one to raise and lower the boom the other to yard sticks out of the bushes.

If done correctly you should be panicking every few minutes or so