I own a 160A lever control loader that gets ran almost daily. I had a 130 for years and had a Prentice. I love my Barko. Im a small logger and cant afford new equipment so I depend on older iron for my job. Its been reliable for years now and hopefully years to come. If I have to buy another itll be Barko.
One of the coolest Barko loaders I remember was a 550. In the early 80's Crown Zellerbach bought a 550 loader to mount on a locomotive carrier. It had 55 foot of reach with a log grapple and had a 8V71 Detroit for power. It replaced a Little Giant loader and some old friction cranes running Mack grapples. These new loaders were used to load and unload treating cylinder tram cars of utility poles. The carriers were hydraulically driven and they had enough air supply to handle rail cars. Gulport,Ms
I own a 160A lever control loader that gets ran almost daily. I had a 130 for years and had a Prentice. I love my Barko. Im a small logger and cant afford new equipment so I depend on older iron for my job. Its been reliable for years now and hopefully years to come. If I have to buy another itll be Barko.
One of the coolest Barko loaders I remember was a 550. In the early 80's Crown Zellerbach bought a 550 loader to mount on a locomotive carrier. It had 55 foot of reach with a log grapple and had a 8V71 Detroit for power. It replaced a Little Giant loader and some old friction cranes running Mack grapples. These new loaders were used to load and unload treating cylinder tram cars of utility poles. The carriers were hydraulically driven and they had enough air supply to handle rail cars. Gulport,Ms
Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Why do the log loaders have the house on the other side of the boom from excavators?
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