Some job pics

[Maine logger88]

 My skidder all chained up!

 
The last couple days of cutting!

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[Maine logger88]

And one of a twitch I'm about to winch up and the loader


  

 

[Woodboogah]

Some nice looking wood you are cutting.

[clww]

Great pictures!

[logman81]

Looking good!

[Maine logger88]

Yes its some real nice wood! Thanks guys!

[CCC4]

Darn good looking timber! Looks like a good haul for sure! ...looks cold too 

[Ken]

Nice sticks.  Thanks for posting.  Always fun to cut the nice blocks

[Peter Drouin]

Is that all w pine ,

[barbender]

Sweet old Jimmy, too! Is it 671 powered?

[Maine logger88]

Yeh its fairly cold out which is good cause its a very wet block,it is definitely fun to be in nice wood it sure makes the bottom line look alot better! It is hemlock and besides white pine and aspen it is my favorite wood to cut it adds up real good been averaging 2.5 cord per twitch! Yes the Jimmy is 6/71 powered and with the variable speed governer it really runs the Prentice well!

[thecfarm]

Morrill,that's too far from Brooks where I brought my sawmill. ½ hour?

[Maine logger88]

Morrill is about 15 min from brooks. did you buy your mill from Thomas?

[treechopper40]

nice n neat piles

[Maine logger88]

Thank you I try my best it makes loading a lot easier for the trucker aka Dad!

[thecfarm]

Yes,I did buy my mill from Thomas. I talked to Dale at every Fair and show that I went to. Took me about 20 years to make the leap.  :D My Father and me looked at them mills alot.

[Maine logger88]

Cut a bigun today!

 
It was about 36 in on the butt which is pretty good for hemlock!

[Maine logger88]

Yeh those Thomas mills are nice from what I hear I don't know much about mills but two of my great uncles have Thomas mills and they love them, and Dale is a super nice guy!

[coxy]

Cut a bigun today!

 
It was about 36 in on the butt which is pretty good for hemlock!

is that a 440 or 540 if 540 how do you like it and compared to another skidder that size    asking because iv been looking at one to buy but would like to use one for a day to see if I like it  8) 8) 8)

[Maine logger88]

It is a 540b I really like the machine it really pulls good I've been averaging about 2.5 cord per twitch and I usually pull in 3rd gear and that's were the power shift comes in handy if its pulling hard go back to 2nd and if its going easy and the road is smooth click up to 4th or 5th! As far as other skidder sizes I really like my 225 timberjacks  it pulls quite well for what it is but I like the 540 size machine it makes things go easy but they are tall to climb into and like right now I'm beat (of course I also got my personal best of 20 cord in a day today : 8)) and after a full day with the 225 I'm not very tired at all other skidders I've run have been a c4 a 664 a 666 and a 440c but I probably like the 540 the best out of any of them

[Timbercruiser]

Very nice pics look great i love them  :D

[Maine logger88]

Thank you!

[Maine logger88]

 

  
Here's a pic of dad loading a load of hardwood pulp that I cut last Saturday

[coxy]

look a little nasty up there to how much snow ya got  look like some nice saw logs to   never saw your saying till now that's  what I always say to  get a bigger hammer it will fit trust me :D :D :D

[riverlogger]

Hey Maine Logger is that a 150 Prentice? I am supposed to pick up my 230TJ and 150 Prentice this coming weekend weather allowing.

[Maine logger88]

Coxy we got about 6 inches the last I checked I haven't looked outside since I got home though haha it definitely wasn't fun working today we just worked a fairly short day. Yeh that's a saying I use a lot aswell I first heard it from my grandfather he said that to me when I was helping him take off truck rims that were rusted on I laughed pretty hard when he said it! riverlogger it is a 150 boom on a old 110 frame it works pretty well though not aswell as a true 150 you have to be careful cause the boom has so much power and the frame and outriggers aren't that rugged but for a cheap loader its loaded a lot of wood! Is that the 230 you posted some pics about? And what is the 150 mounted on those should make you a nice setup!

[riverlogger]

 

[riverlogger]

Here she is. I had a 180 years ago and an old H model but never have even sat on a 150. I purchased the 230 (the 230 needs the engine rebuilt) The 150 loader and a cutter/buncher head from an old clark skidsteer that I intend to use on my cat 246B. I paid $7500.00 for all 3 pieces.

[riverlogger]

Oh by the way the 150 is mounted on a trailer frame that was built from a COE ford 800. It is now a pintle hook trailer.

[Maine logger88]

Yeh i have never used a 150 either ive run a 180 that the local log yard has aswell as a 325 with a slasher which was fun btw made 8ft pulp easy! How did you like your H my grandfather picked one up a few years ago and we have been meaning to mount it on something.That looks like a nice old loader and that sounds like a good price for the 3 pieces of equipment around here the 230 with the blown motor would go for close to that alone! What are you going to pull the loader with?

[riverlogger]

 

[riverlogger]

For now I will be pulling the 150 behind this little truck we just finished building up. It has the 6.6 turbo diesel engine with a strait 5 speed trans. I also have a tag along tandem axle dual wheel 24' flat deck beaver tail trailer I plan to haul the 230 on. Its rated at 20k so it should handle it with no problem.

[riverlogger]

As for the H it was awesome. It was mounted on an old rugged 750 ford. It was powered by a honkin 453 that somebody had over powered her with. It had a homemade heel and we loaded tree length X3 loads a day with her for over a year. For the bigger tree length we would have to push the log on up on the trailer with the skidder from the rear as an assist but for #7 chip/saw it was a little man. I think the key to them being so strong is absolutely no check valves, hence most of the surviving machines having broken/welded booms and turn cylinder housings.

[Maine logger88]

That's a nice looking truck and logs! With the skidder loader and the truck it looks like you have a good setup! Yeh the guy that we bought the H model off said it was rugged they loaded mostly logs and 4ft pulp with it so its not broke up and it hasn't been used for about 20 years so if we ever get around to putting it on a different truck it should make a good rig

[Maine logger88]

A picture of the aspen we started today I think I overdid it on this twitch on I didn't have power enough to get out of 3rd  even on the smooth going

 

[thecfarm]

That aspen was bring good money around here in the summer.

[Maine logger88]

Yeh its going for high grade pulp which isn't bad money