Woody skidder

[rick f]

Here's a video of a skidder.  Works some by remote control.  I like the grapple on the front for decking wood.

I thought this was a good looking small machine.

Sorry if this has been posted before.       

[Maine372]

looks like its really expensive to buy and maintain. just imagine haveing to fix somthing on that. ill keep the TJs, TFs, Deeres, Clarks, franklins, etc that all you need is a wrench to fix.

it does look like fun though. id drive it til it breaks.

[rick f]

I think the grapple on the front would be great on a 440 JD

[treefarmer87]

it reminds me of a awassos or turboforest skidder but a little bit bigger, like everyone said i bet its expensive to own i bet parts are hard to get too. the blade grab would be handy for stacking at the deck and carrying away slash back to the woods

[moonhill]

It almost makes you feel like a horse logger with the remote.

What is your guesses, $110,000?

Tim

[treefarmer87]

i agree with you moonhill, its up there $$$

[Ironwood]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 Ironwood

[timberfaller390]

What is your guesses, $110,000?

Tim

The Awassos sold for about $85,000 so I'd say this thing is pushing $125,000 if not pulling it a little. The limb sweeps are too lite and the general lack of brush protection (by that I mean a metal cage around the cab to protect the windows) would be a real issue for me.

[rick f]

here's a little more info I found


http://www.vilpo.si/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=30&lang=english

[moonhill]

I am now thinking we are both way under in $$$, I could almost add another $72,500 to my guess, after reading the specs sheet. 

It does seem like a wicked nice machine.  It does say it has a safety cab but that does nothing for the glass and the wiper on the window.

Tim

[Twig farmer]

That thing is a joke. If any man would pay $120K for that, he deserves it. I'll take an old bone 648D or even my poor old twig farmer over that any day of the year.....and spend the other $80K on booze and women of low moral values.

[mad murdock]

nice comes at a price.  I bet parts and service would be hard to get over on this side of the big water.
Thanks for the video..

[treefarmer87]

it looks like a waste of money and for a whole lot cheaper you can have a machine with more power

[FFLM]

Looks like a fun little skidder, but my little TJ 208 is all I can afford

[SwampDonkey]

Worth more than the 100 acre woodlot with sawlog prices less than pulp price 3 years ago. You couldn't cut enough wood to pay for it before you had to get a new one. I've seen a lot of expensive small harvest machines at small woodlot shows and I never saw any ever purchased in these parts. In fact I've seen a lot of old iron reworked and remodeled into something that works and has no monthly payment attached.

[timberfaller390]

That's what I don't understand. They market things like this to the small woodlot owner but set the price so high no one could afford them. How do they expect to stay in bidness

[treefarmer87]

i dont know either most of us cant afford one payment

[beenthere]

Appears treefarmer87 isn't interested in buying a Wood Skidder....

I suspect it will find a place in the hearts of some who can afford it, for what it does for them. 

[treefarmer87]

I need one i just need one thats not gonna break the bank and has more horsepower and is easy to fix and get parts for

[Maine372]

somone needs to make a cheap small skidder that people can buy new, at a reasonable price. the aswossos and its predicesor were both scary expensive. this woody will drain your bank account just lookin at it.

no one loggin with a 440, or C4, or 230 can buy a new comperable machine. parts arent hard to find now because so darned many of them were made, but nothing lasts forever. how many are lost every year to fires, scrap yards, and just plain neglect?

if you could make a machine with a 100hp, a transmission from a truck(so you can get parts and replacements), and a cab that will meet most states saftey requirements, and a price that doesnt require a second mortgage, you would be in business. it wouldnt be hard to use popular tractor components (engine, drivelines, axles, hydraulics, etc) on a tougher chassis. especialy deere, they are known for parts availiblity to begin with and they have the dealer network.

there must not be a demand, or its impossible to manufacture one affordably priced.

[Twig farmer]

somone needs to make a cheap small skidder that people can buy new, at a reasonable price. the aswossos and its predicesor were both scary expensive. this woody will drain your bank account just lookin at it.

no one loggin with a 440, or C4, or 230 can buy a new comperable machine. parts arent hard to find now because so darned many of them were made, but nothing lasts forever. how many are lost every year to fires, scrap yards, and just plain neglect?

if you could make a machine with a 100hp, a transmission from a truck(so you can get parts and replacements), and a cab that will meet most states saftey requirements, and a price that doesnt require a second mortgage, you would be in business. it wouldnt be hard to use popular tractor components (engine, drivelines, axles, hydraulics, etc) on a tougher chassis. especialy deere, they are known for parts availiblity to begin with and they have the dealer network.

there must not be a demand, or its impossible to manufacture one affordably priced.

The Tigercat 610 seems like a perfect small machine, but the pricetag will send you to the cardiac unit.

[treefarmer87]

there is no demand anymore for small machines because all the big boys are about production,production, production 

[beenthere]

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there must not be a demand, or its impossible to manufacture one affordably priced.

I think you are on to something there...

And maybe the business atmosphere like taxes, regulations, employment records, taxes, and laws, as well as the epa regs, and on and on adinfinitum play a role in how expensive good equipment is on the market.

[John Woodworth]

What a nice machine, just 20 years too late.

[timberfaller390]

A small machine could be manufactured cheaply. But as beenthere said there is probably alot of red tape that would drive the price up. I could build a small skidder in my shop with all new components and do it fairly affordable (compared to buying one from a dealer) but if I was trying to mass produce them for sale in a big plant there would be alot of overhead that would raise the price.

[SwampDonkey]

Percentage wise, I would say no. They would be produced on volume and more efficiently and many of the parts wouldn't be inventoried for long. Just in time (JIT) - an inventory strategy that reduces in-process inventory and associated carrying costs, only order what's needed just before it's needed and moved through the system. Plus even if your garage is paid for there is still cost carried forward. A $15,000 structure for a $5000 dollar item or a $15M structure with 500 $40,000 items. Besides a lot of regulation is industry driven like under the label of the CSA.