what is your favorite skidder?

[Samuel]

You really can't go wrong with the JD 748 eh?

[mad murdock]

The bigger the better, as long as you got the room to move!  http://www.vannattabros.com/skidder.html
check out these old wagners, HUGE machines for their day.

[mr T]

   Been checking out jd 44o;s I noticed a lot of different tire sizes on same models Were these options? or just later years? 54o has big rubber any change in axle ratio?

[aksawyer]

Nothing as tough as the clarks.been around vthem all,clark is tougher climbs harder and with a detriot breaks a large drag loose much better than the rest.We are still looking for our next mach.Up here in Alaska they are hard to come bye.Looking at an older Mountain Logger now.Basically a clark in dequise.Got to get one soon have about 50 acres of spruce and birch to log off.Aksawyer

[treefarmer87]

my treefamer c5 353 detriot

[timberjackrob]

timberjack 200 series,work by myself alot easy to get on and off of

[Shetland Sheepdog]

Here is a picture of 2/3rds of the Eastern White Pine logs that we have salvaged from blowdown. we have piled 2/3rds of what has been salvaged, and salvaged 2/3rds of what was damaged, so we're about 1/2 done with the operation. The logs will be sold as piled.



Here is a picture of the tractors that we use for skidding. Both tractors are Fords with 2 wheel drive. The one on the left is an '82 5610 with home-made boom and grapple. The one on the right is a '74 5000 with a Norse 3081 winch and a Ford 772 loader.

[ford62783]

i love any tj that is orange 240e or 350 with a detroit and gearmatic `

[Woodhauler]

I have run tjs ,john deeres,clarks,and cat cable skidders and hands down the most powerfull skidder i ever ran was my dads 825 case skid king! 3 skids and you had a tri axle load of hard wood! 9-10 cords!And also the most akward of the ones i ran! But had to love the power it had with the gearamatic winch!

[barbender]

Samuel- who manufactures the brush grapple attachments that are on the skidders in your pictures?

[oldseabee]

I might be a little prejudiced since I worked for Clark, but the Clark 880, as far as I know is still the biggest skidder although mostly used for site prep in North America. Made to pull large hardwoods in East Asia.

[Frank H.]

I know I'll probably be the only one in this category to love my IH, even though it is small, old, and I had to update to Rockwell axles to get rid of the Hough junk.  But, like all IH stuff I own, it is easy to work on, simple as a brick, and things for me are placed where I expect them to be.  If I actually had a bank account with money in it, I'd be partial to Franklin stuff, even if they are out of business.  I just like their iron, when it is next to other equipment, it is just designed better in my opinion.