Garrett skidder support

[mad murdock]

A lot of the CanCar Tree Farmers where I grew up (N. Wisc) had Deutz power, mostly 4 and 5 cyl.  Very good engines, quiet, powerful and EASY on fuel, plus very little maintenance.
If I had a Deutz in my skidder I would be glad of it, Though the ford Ind. diesel is plenty tough, it is really hard to knock the Deutz, IMO.

[lumberjack48]

treefarmer87 i got a feeling your going to be a little under powered.

I've seen 4 cylinder in the C4 and the C5 had a 5 cylinder

[treefarmer87]

i think so too, but the skidder is $4500 the motor and winch are new . i was goging to try it with the deutz, and if i dont like it, there is a place on the internet where i can order a brand new 4bt cummins for $2000

[snowstorm]

i think so too, but the skidder is $4500 the motor and winch are new . i was goging to try it with the deutz, and if i dont like it, there is a place on the internet where i can order a brand new 4bt cummins for $2000

brand new cummins for 2k??i'll take 10 of em

[treefarmer87]

do you think a 4bt cummins would be a better motor for it?

[Corley5]

Probably would be better than the 3 cylinder Deutz power wise but to swap in a Cummins you're also going to need a radiator    I see F4L 912 Deutz engines on E-bay for 3,000.00.  They should be a direct swap for the F3L 912 

[lumberjack48]

You want 100+ hp motor for the C5 or  you'll be stuck in the mud   

[tundratilly]

Hello! I'm new to the forum and have a little news for ALL! garrett owners. Here is a site to help find parts. These parts are NOS parts. I owned a C-4 from 1989-1992 and loved it. It was used commercialy and I swaped out the 172 Ford engine (gas) for a 172 Ford diesel. Made a huge different in torque and used 50% less fuel than the gas. This is the place G.F. Preston Sales. They are located in Sunridge Ontario Canada....gfpreston.com......877-245-2456...they have about 95% of the parts for old garrett and other C-4 variants........Hope this helps!!!

[mad murdock]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum Tundratilly!  That is awesome news
These old machines are just too good to put down   I really like my machine!

[redlaker1]

thanks for the tip tundratilly,   will definitely look them up when I am trying to source out parts. 

as for the gas engine,  I probably wont be using mine enough to warrant an engine swap at the moment.    but you never know.   once I get it going I imagine I will be finding all kinds of little jobs for it.