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Re: Building a tracked skidder
« Reply #80 on: March 04, 2006, 10:47:40 pm »
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 Glad to see that thing out there earning its keep . ;D   I am also pleased to hear that it works and that you are having fun getting logs out for the mill .
  How long where these , ??? ???
 I guess you dont have studs on the tracks of the cat , those steel crossers on ice dont have much traction do they ..
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Re: Building a tracked skidder
« Reply #81 on: March 04, 2006, 11:13:30 pm »
Thanks, Marcel  :)

The logs were all about 16 feet.

Nope, no studs, but I'm thinking hard about adding them or fixing that spot in the trail  :P :P ;D

I can't wait to get back up there and drag some more logs ;D
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« Reply #82 on: March 07, 2006, 07:56:21 pm »
 Did you get that mill going and saw all those logs up yet ..  ???

 Have you pull any more logs Joan .  ???

 smiley_paparazzi smiley_paparazzi smiley_paparazzi       ;D
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Re: Building a tracked skidder
« Reply #83 on: March 07, 2006, 08:07:57 pm »
It's probably getting sloppy down to joan's in the woods. It is up here, snows been melting by 10 am, ground is chilled in the mornings. Nearly no snow in alot of fields, further north of me there is more snow. There is also about 8 inches of ice and crust in the woods, less on south slopes.
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Re: Building a tracked skidder
« Reply #84 on: March 07, 2006, 08:32:26 pm »
 I have been breaking trails with the skidder . I have a JD 540 , enough snow out there to have the belly pans leave there mark on the snow . I went saturday all day and went back there today and openned up a couple of landings . One for the pine and one for poplar . And then broke some more trails .
 Where I drove saturday I could move around in fith gear .. as soon as you fall off you are back down to first and playing with the steering to get around .  ::)
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« Reply #85 on: March 07, 2006, 08:36:37 pm »
No logs today. I tried to take a mini-dump trailer load ( 1 cu yd ) out to the icy spot with the cat. Turns out there is ANOTHER icy spot ::) Had to shovel /dump out the trailer and move the cat ahead and tow the trailer with the winch..... Got the cat turned around and slid on the ice sideways into the trailer :D Just my typical day :D Finally got that all untangled with no damage to anything and got all the toys back to thier parking spot.

It got up to about 34F today but things are still pretty well frozen in the shade.

Think I will need to start a new log yard beyond the icy spot  :P

Sure wish I had your snow problems , Marcel ;D
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Re: Building a tracked skidder
« Reply #86 on: March 08, 2006, 10:57:57 pm »
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  Sure wish I could give them to you .  ::) :o
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