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The first 2 pics are a friends skidders I moved.
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The 3rd pic is a 450c jack upside down in a ditch. he next one is my TD8 and the last is a buddies little 208 jack he just bought.
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This was when boredom struck while waiting for trucks. The loader is a tiger cat 230 b and the back end of a morbark 50/48
Surely the one in the ditch is an accident. Tell us more.
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Well the trucker moving it also had to load it. He said there was mud in the chains and it made it slide off the deck and into the ditch. It took a log truck and my pick up to up right it and get it out of the ditch.
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Every site I chipped on I built totem poles out of sheer boredom I could never get the drivers to space them selves out .. I would get 3 trucks at once then wait for 3 hours lol. It doesnt take log to stage enough would behind the chipper to make 60 ton of chips. So I would pass the time honing my loader skills. Another guy I know that runs loader is gooood like awesome good. He plays t ball with the loader ..lol hard to explain lol
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The skidders on the low boy was an interesting day. The guy insisted that we haul them both at the same time. I told him I didnt think they would fit.The green one is a 240 and the orange one is a 225. So we loaded the 225 first and ran the front wheels up on the back deck which was scarey as I couldnt see what I was doing lol then we stuck the 240 behind it and the neck of the detach fit right in between the fenders of the 240. it was tight.
Mud in the chains, suuure. Haha
How much does that tj 208 weigh and how did that furd handle the load? Tossing around getting/renting a trailer like that to move The Missus.
strangersfaces
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Make certain to clean the mud out of her chains before heading out....
Steve NW WI
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Maybe I'm wrong, but the trailer that fell off of looks JUST like your trailer in the first two pics...
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Who the hell was driving the skidder that flopped, Denis Anderson?? 
Bear paws on the rear and single nets on the front....highly doubt mud was a factor :msp_confused:
Bear paws on the rear and single nets on the front....highly doubt mud was a factor :msp_confused:
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Thats because it is the same trailer, and no it was not me that dumped her over lol.
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I think the 208 wieghs between 5 and 6 ton with no chains on it. The ford has a v10 and 5 spd auto it seemed to deal with it ok. I wouldnt want to make a career out of it though lol
all I got now is the 90 7.3 with a craptastic auto in it, Its got a one ton rear, and with a proper trailer I'm confident the axles wont break, the tranny on the other hand...
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Northman that tranny will not hold up too well to towing heavy long distances. It should be an e4od. What is the "missus" and how much does it weigh?
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056 I think what happened is the guy loaded it to far to one side as that machine stuck out 10 inches on each side of the trailer. He spooked and tried to walk it back off and slid off into the ditch and over it went. He treid to blame it on mud in the chains:msp_confused: I think he pooped up his back that day.
The Missus is a deere 440 A skidder the book says she weighs 12000. I've used the truck to haul short logs to the mill from time to time and It did ok (7-8000lbs ) but the tranny has had issues since the day I got it. with a little luck I'll have a granny low 5spd by the end of the summer to swap into, out of an f450 diesel, with a bad engine. By rights it should pull it by then, maybe not everyday but a few trips a year would be good enough. Besides I can't stand driving an automatic...
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You should be good with the five speed. Keep that old mechanical 7.3 below 2 grand between shifts and it do a lot better on fuel. My old pos has the 6 SPD does pretty good
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Northman, as long as you have a trailer that can handle the weight and be able to slow the load down. I cannot stress enough you need more WHOA than go. My buddy with that 208 thinks he can move my TD8, I wont let him. The more whoa than go .....seems to go right over his head lol. He's a good kid and one hell of a skidder operator. I should have bought that 208, he got it for $7500. I wanted to nut him over that lol. But it went to a good home.
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