It'a a wranglerIt's one of those Darwinian machinesguy has money I see a bunch of kayaks and maybe a jeep liberty or patriot in the garage. I mean you would think he would just go buy a basic 25-30t model at his local retailer.
that explains a lot jeep life
Good for you KK. I see now, pre emissions good. Cab pretty dang good, foot controls, well, two out of three aint bad. You will be very happy, One more (unsolicited) piece of advice for the moment. Don't be grabbing 20' long sticks sideays in the grapple, and want to walk it through the woods to load it, keep the sticks less long, you dont need to be cantilevering alot on either side of your COG. You just got an enormous labor saver, so its will be okay to cut firewood sticks down to smaller lengths. If its going to be a saw log, drag that thing, and deal with the mud in the bark later. Seen a few too many warp the Arms and Grapple attachment ruined trying to carry too much cantilevered, and too much speed.So I know some of you guys are wondering what kind of skid I got. Without out getting into a ten page debate again. (Witch was actually pretty fun and entertaining considering) I'll let you know what I got. I got a very low hour pre imisions machine fir a good price considering hours and the fact pre imisions are selling at a premium right now. I got the machine I could afford and that I know I can sell here on the Island for probably more than what I paid for it if I don't like it. I got the machine that I think will suit me best as a first time starting skid steer. I got a machine I feel is much faster and more mauverable than a tractor for what I intend on doing. I got the Bob Cat S175 240 hour machine that I was looking at three days ago. Yup! I stuck to my gun decks gentleman! If it works out for me it works out. If it doesn't? I'll be the first to let you guys that disagree on my decision how I like my crow prepared. I will also say Im already talking to dealers on getting a pair of high quality rubber tracks , tire chains, and possibly even some semi pneumatic tiers. My neighbor, good friend, and retired heavy equipment operator that has lots of time in a skid. Seems to feel that it will work fine fir what I want to do, so we will see. As far as rough riding?Well, I guess its a good thing Im not a candy a**!
Its a clean tight low enough hour machine that I didn't have to wonder how well it was taken care of. Or fly down to look at it first before making a decision. Witch is a big deal for me to have to do!
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cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
today i plan to go get a load of scrounged oak! several stops to make... just down the street! one a windfall, one a widowmaker that made it to the ground safely... and one from the 'rains oak here!' neighbor... got my 'everyday' saw ready to go! (finally) had to fix chain. sharpen. froze up tighter than winter's freeze up in Frozen North... it finally yielded!!I'm thinking @Backyard Lumberjack out on one of his bike rides and found a scrounge " down the street ".
my scrounged tow tug prime mover, green yard kart for the sections... and my scrounged dump tool kart... saws, fuel, tools, gloves, PPE, etc. prob close to a cord. free , free 
and free firewood! 
And you can eat ur weedies along the way!today i plan to go get a load of scrounged oak! several stops to make... just down the street! one a windfall, one a widowmaker that made it to the ground safely... and one from the 'rains oak here!' neighbor... got my 'everyday' saw ready to go! (finally) had to fix chain. sharpen. froze up tighter than winter's freeze up in Frozen North... it finally yielded!!
BL's firewood scrounging train... complete with caboose!
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that is amazing. i remember reading about his toasty insides, too. i was outside nite before... 44 and i thot of mr P... and i said to me" ha, this is not my idea of warm and cozy! lolYup that be him! Toasty in his cabin 40° inside during the winter. He eventually got a wood stove that was a big heating improvement he said.
tasty for sure! i finished off the rest of the catfish... then i thot:I love cod! Waaaay more than halibut or rockfish!
true! just more nuts n bolts.... i have leaned over many a fender... never liked doing that!
I'm sure you've seen this Mark. But since it is wood related .
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a log train! lol
guess the paper clutches held up...4x4 in 4low with the trans in low gear with most likely a 4:11 front and rear gear ratio maybe 4:56 . It was moving at its max speed engine was probably red lining or exceeding it . They didn’t show it overheating after a few minutes
i am waiting for the whole story... no doubt it will be!Wait, I thought he was getting a mammoth, I'm so confused.
never done that! but i have done over 100 miles downhill in a jet... at about 450kts... din't take long at all!This commercial is fishy... I don't think I saw a single level road in the Rockies or Cascades when I rode my bicycle from CO to WA... Though the 108 miles from Lolo Pass, ID to Kamiah, ID seemed pretty flat, it in fact dropped about 4,140 feet in elevation. When was the last time you had a 100+ mile down hill ride on a bicycle?
P.S. That stretch runs through Lowell, ID... I remember it well as in a moment of inattention I drifted over the fog line and crashed in the rip rap... tore up my left knee and cracked some ribs. Being miles from no where I cleaned up my knee and put New Skin on the worst areas and Neosporin on the rest. Kept riding... Found advice on Web MD or some other similar site that suggested laying on the broken ribs while sleeping so they didn't move. That allowed me to sleep... my son can attest to how badly I hurt in the mornings!
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many flats to fix roadside?
It's been a snowy season up the hill from me, mostly rain(4k' at my house) but we've gotten are fair share of snow too. The local ski resort is at over 30' of snow for the season with a packed base of 13'+ at the moment. The highway going up there is closed, because of high winds...below is the wind speeds for the last 12 hours:
LOL, and now with and other stuff... the theme of this thread is always getting...@svk when u find out all u missed u will be sorry u didn't catch up. @chipper1 KK cancelled the elephant order after the killer elephant posting. It's been a wild ride on here lately.
I didn't know if I should ride my tractor or go buy a skid steer. I woke up this morning from a dream where my tracks came off.
