A Little Bit of Winter Logging

[slowp]

I've seen them go over on their side. It doesn't happen very often but it does happen. Then again, I've seen Cats, rubber tired skidders,road graders, wheel loaders, pickups, and logging trucks on their side too. Anything I left out?

People, elk, deer, etc.

This machine was on some steep ground last fall. He came close to tipping over. That ground had a few rocks on it, and the rocks were hidden by a little layer of duff, so he'd get on a rock and start to slide. He can level the cab, but that doesn't do much for the tracks, which are not level. What drives me crazy is that it has a backup alarm that is going no matter which way the machine goes. He can't hear it in the cab. That's a good thing.

 

[thejdman04]

great pics

 

[wilbilt]

You should see a three wheeled hot saw in action, holy crap! My buddy says he's put it over 7 times. He turns the key off and holds on when he knows it's coming....

It must be like riding the Tilt-A-Whirl (aka Spin-N-Hurl) :drool:

 

[dancan]

Great pics , realy nice boots , I'll post mine soon but they're not as fancy as yours , where 's the winter part ?

 

[johnzski]

Hi Burvol,its not the capable part Im wonderin about,its the stability.Theres nothing to use for perspective for me,so Im going by the front end of the dozer,which Im guessin is a D5,again no reference.The track length of the buncher looks really short,making it tippy(in my mind),no counterweights in the stern even more so.
I suspect having the boom attached to the rear as apposed to the front might put more tree weight on the rear achieving some counterbalance,but sacrificing reach.
Oh well,turn the radio up and grab another tree...
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ak

If I remember right those Timbco's weigh about 55,000 lbs.on flatter ground like up here they are pretty stable. worst thing is sinking them in a supposedly frozen swamp

 

[treejunkie13]

You should see a three wheeled hot saw in action, holy crap!

We call those Bell's here. Talk 2 any one who works with them and they all have a story of flipping one or seeing one go over.

 

[371groundie]

a little machine lingo from the northeast.

an excavator like machine that cuts trees and lays them in bunches is a FELLER BUNCHER, or BUNCHER for short.

a machine that cuts the tree and processes at the stump is a PROCESSOR or HARVESTER, both FIXED HEAD and DANGLE HEAD are used but those terms usually only come up when you are equipment shopping. the firewood guys get confused when you call it a processor and anyone who grows corn gets confused when you call it a harvester.

anything that takes limbs off is a LIMBER. mostly used here is a STROKE BOOM DELIMBER or a PULL THROUGH DELIMBER. i assume you all know what a stroke boom delimber is cause you talk about strokers. a pull though delimber is usually mounted on the goose neck part of the trailer that the landing loader is mounted to. the loader operator can open and close a se of knives, lay the tree in there and give it a good yank.

a skidder is a skidder is a skidder. it picks up the wood by one end and the other end drags on the ground. its a skidder.

the machine that picks up wood behind a processor is a FORWARDER until you get close to the canadian border, then the operators start speaking french and they call it a porter. ive never seen one carry my luggage, but i cant argue with them cause i dont speak french.

on the landing if you have a loader it usually has a saw attached to it for bucking out products. the whole unit is usually refered to as a slasher.

a log truck that is a semi is usually just called a log truck. a straight truck that has its own loader is called a wheeler or a tri-axle, interchangeably. a couple old guys insist that tri axle is a truck with a lift axle behind the tandems, and a wheeler is one without. but that distinction is hardly made anymore.