Worlds Largest Skidder !

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dancan

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It's Huge !
The operator is doing his pre-shift inspection !

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Well it may not be huge but I thought it was a nice pic from a local ad .

:cheers:
 
Quick!

Photochop those buildings out of the pic so there's no point of refference, and then just sit back and HUSH!:cheers:

At first glance, ya had me.:D

Stay safe!
Dingeryote
 
thats no small machine to begin with. tree farmer? what model, engine, etc?

and what do you do with the little thumb on the side of the blade?
 
The engine appears to be a 6 cylinder Deutz in the first photo.

Correct. Far far far far far better than any Detroit noisemaker.
The grapple arm on the blade is for driving in and retrieving logs to the skid trail so they can be picked up on the way out. The drawback is that it hangs so far out beyond the tire. It makes it very hard to use as a "thinning" machine. You'll be scarring trees ever other minute.
It also has the mounts for another "clam" grapple arm on top of the blade so that you can take brush and tops back out to the woods.
That machine only lacks lock-in / lock-out differentials. If they came with those, like a Deere, then they'd be the ultimate cable machine.
I have a C5D with a Deutz 5 cyl. It just never stops. Best skidder engine ever.
 
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