Good question! So I've put over a hundred thousand on it now with a lot of off highway miles. I feel that the truck has held up well for that. You only have to look under the hood to realize that there are no easy fixes on a 6.7! This was purchased new by a Cat dealer in South Dakota, and I think they took good care of it. I take care of weekly and regular maintenance and do a major service annually and am lucky to have the support of two great mechanics in house for repairs on the truck. It still is on DEF and still stock under the hood with the exception of a disaster kit that Nate just put in a while back for me. There have been some component replacements but knock on wood they haven't had to get into the engine itself. So I'm well pleased, and thankful for the excellent backup I get from our shop mechanics. I run heavier than I want to admit, but I drive it carefully and give it a lot of service. As I've said in some of the videos, I work by myself a lot and my truck represents my lifeline so I take good care of it and it takes good care of me! I like Fords in general and I love this setup. Thanks for asking.
I'm pretty sure it's a C Ball Long Arm mount. It's about 8.5" center to center and each ball is about 1.5". I got a mounting plate with an attached ball for the cb mount, I think it was designed for a fish finder or something but it works great too for the Uniden cb I run. That plate measures about 6.5" x 2" and has at least four holes. I have gotten a lot of RAM stuff from ExpressMounts.com, I recommend them, they have always had what I want, their prices are good and shipping is quick. Sounds like you are familiar with Ram gear, but if you aren't I think you will really like it. It's built really stout and for what they do I think the prices are pretty reasonable. Good luck, and thanks for the question.
Just started watching your vids. Do you operate an entire logging operation or do you just do contract felling with your Tcat? I noticed that you said that you mostly work alone. Just curious. I wish I could just do contract felling with my directional feller but there is not much market for work around here unless you do the full operation and deliver logs to the mill.
Thanks for the question. I am an employee, and cut primarily for our shovel sides. I also cut for our yarder sides when I can be productive, I'm on a unit right now that has a block of yarder ground that I want to cut but the only way into it is too wet right now. I'm cutting a block of shovel and will be back for that yarder patch when we log it later. I do occasional contract cutting but our sides are the priority and keep me pretty busy! What do you run for a cutter? Thanks again for the interest, be safe!
@@thedailylogger Thanks for asking... I recently got a brand new Link Belt 210 forestry package excavator with a new Ryan's 3550 directional saw. Nothing near as nice as what you have but I'm on the east coast in the Appalachian mountains and hot saws just don't work well here. We cut a lot of huge oak and hickory and ash etc. Conifer jobs are a luxury...lol. I did all hand cutting for 27 years before purchasing the link belt last year. And due to terrain we still do nearly 50% hand cutting. We have a couple of grapple skidders but we primarily use cable skidders due to terrain. Lots of people ask me why we don't use skylines and it's hard to explain besides tree weight the terrain is totally different here.
@@timberslasher4899 I wasn't familiar with the Ryan's, just took a look. Seems like a skookum head. I have run a Hultdins and a Waratah and liked them, looks like there may be some basic similarities. I hear you about big wood and a hotsaw, I am pretty productive in big wood on decent ground but having to maneuver on steep ground slows things down dramatically, and more so in big hardwood and heavy tops. Give me a 20 inch average on steep or flat and I'm right in heaven! Sounds like you cut some nice wood! Hope you are enjoying your Linkbelt, they are nice machines. We have rotated a couple into the lineup recently and the operators seem to love them. Thanks for the info, good luck and be safe!
@@thedailylogger We cut a lot of 30+ inch hardwood on steep ground so topping in the woods is a must and that's where a directional shines. If I were 30 minutes east of here I would rather have a hotsaw. My machine weighs about 60k so it's not as heavy as some of the rigs like yours but it will still drag most any tree back up a slope to where I can top it. I'm thinking yours probably weighs 80k or more? I shopped CSI, Ryan's, Waratah, and Satco. I almost went with Satco but the parts availability scared me a little even though Cat handles them they are made in Australia. I even operated a Waratah on a Deere but it was on par with the Ryan's and cost 39k more. The Waratah also required a sleeve on the boom and an on board computer that the others do not. There are a lot of Ryan's around here doing well and I was able to buy it and my forestry protection for about 100k and my machine came out of rental fleet and it was about a year old with 1000 hours so I was able to put the whole thing together for well under 300k. I think that is a pretty decent price for a setup that can cut up to 15 tractor trailer loads a day in the right conditions. Although in these mountains we don't haul near that much. LoL. I would love to operate a beast of a machine like yours sometime. Close as I have ever come was a couple of older hotsaw Timbcos.
@@timberslasher4899 Man, you are cutting some beautiful timber! Long time ago when I had my own business I cut a lot of red oak, I loved that timber, thought it smelled like money, and it did! It sounds like you did your homework and put together just what you wanted that does just what you want at a great price. Well done! I was able to demo Deere 800 and 900 series Bunchers when we were shopping for a new one for me and I wasn't impressed either. Unfortunately I feel that Deere is putting too much emphasis on complicated technology and unnecessary geegaws. It's too bad, l had a lot of Deere back in the day but wouldn't now. As you can probably tell, I love my machine - just like you do, and try to get the most out of it and take good care of it at the same time. That's the ticket I think! Good corresponding with you, all the best and be safe!
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After running the 6.7 for a few years now, do have any complaints or suggestions?
Good question! So I've put over a hundred thousand on it now with a lot of off highway miles. I feel that the truck has held up well for that. You only have to look under the hood to realize that there are no easy fixes on a 6.7! This was purchased new by a Cat dealer in South Dakota, and I think they took good care of it. I take care of weekly and regular maintenance and do a major service annually and am lucky to have the support of two great mechanics in house for repairs on the truck. It still is on DEF and still stock under the hood with the exception of a disaster kit that Nate just put in a while back for me. There have been some component replacements but knock on wood they haven't had to get into the engine itself. So I'm well pleased, and thankful for the excellent backup I get from our shop mechanics. I run heavier than I want to admit, but I drive it carefully and give it a lot of service. As I've said in some of the videos, I work by myself a lot and my truck represents my lifeline so I take good care of it and it takes good care of me! I like Fords in general and I love this setup. Thanks for asking.
What ram mount is that you have for your cb I'm looking for one for my truck I don't want to drill in the dash anymore
I'm pretty sure it's a C Ball Long Arm mount. It's about 8.5" center to center and each ball is about 1.5". I got a mounting plate with an attached ball for the cb mount, I think it was designed for a fish finder or something but it works great too for the Uniden cb I run. That plate measures about 6.5" x 2" and has at least four holes. I have gotten a lot of RAM stuff from ExpressMounts.com, I recommend them, they have always had what I want, their prices are good and shipping is quick. Sounds like you are familiar with Ram gear, but if you aren't I think you will really like it. It's built really stout and for what they do I think the prices are pretty reasonable. Good luck, and thanks for the question.
Just started watching your vids. Do you operate an entire logging operation or do you just do contract felling with your Tcat? I noticed that you said that you mostly work alone. Just curious. I wish I could just do contract felling with my directional feller but there is not much market for work around here unless you do the full operation and deliver logs to the mill.
Thanks for the question. I am an employee, and cut primarily for our shovel sides. I also cut for our yarder sides when I can be productive, I'm on a unit right now that has a block of yarder ground that I want to cut but the only way into it is too wet right now. I'm cutting a block of shovel and will be back for that yarder patch when we log it later. I do occasional contract cutting but our sides are the priority and keep me pretty busy! What do you run for a cutter? Thanks again for the interest, be safe!
@@thedailylogger Thanks for asking... I recently got a brand new Link Belt 210 forestry package excavator with a new Ryan's 3550 directional saw. Nothing near as nice as what you have but I'm on the east coast in the Appalachian mountains and hot saws just don't work well here. We cut a lot of huge oak and hickory and ash etc. Conifer jobs are a luxury...lol. I did all hand cutting for 27 years before purchasing the link belt last year. And due to terrain we still do nearly 50% hand cutting. We have a couple of grapple skidders but we primarily use cable skidders due to terrain. Lots of people ask me why we don't use skylines and it's hard to explain besides tree weight the terrain is totally different here.
@@timberslasher4899 I wasn't familiar with the Ryan's, just took a look. Seems like a skookum head. I have run a Hultdins and a Waratah and liked them, looks like there may be some basic similarities. I hear you about big wood and a hotsaw, I am pretty productive in big wood on decent ground but having to maneuver on steep ground slows things down dramatically, and more so in big hardwood and heavy tops. Give me a 20 inch average on steep or flat and I'm right in heaven! Sounds like you cut some nice wood! Hope you are enjoying your Linkbelt, they are nice machines. We have rotated a couple into the lineup recently and the operators seem to love them. Thanks for the info, good luck and be safe!
@@thedailylogger We cut a lot of 30+ inch hardwood on steep ground so topping in the woods is a must and that's where a directional shines. If I were 30 minutes east of here I would rather have a hotsaw. My machine weighs about 60k so it's not as heavy as some of the rigs like yours but it will still drag most any tree back up a slope to where I can top it. I'm thinking yours probably weighs 80k or more? I shopped CSI, Ryan's, Waratah, and Satco. I almost went with Satco but the parts availability scared me a little even though Cat handles them they are made in Australia. I even operated a Waratah on a Deere but it was on par with the Ryan's and cost 39k more. The Waratah also required a sleeve on the boom and an on board computer that the others do not. There are a lot of Ryan's around here doing well and I was able to buy it and my forestry protection for about 100k and my machine came out of rental fleet and it was about a year old with 1000 hours so I was able to put the whole thing together for well under 300k. I think that is a pretty decent price for a setup that can cut up to 15 tractor trailer loads a day in the right conditions. Although in these mountains we don't haul near that much. LoL. I would love to operate a beast of a machine like yours sometime. Close as I have ever come was a couple of older hotsaw Timbcos.
@@timberslasher4899 Man, you are cutting some beautiful timber! Long time ago when I had my own business I cut a lot of red oak, I loved that timber, thought it smelled like money, and it did! It sounds like you did your homework and put together just what you wanted that does just what you want at a great price. Well done! I was able to demo Deere 800 and 900 series Bunchers when we were shopping for a new one for me and I wasn't impressed either. Unfortunately I feel that Deere is putting too much emphasis on complicated technology and unnecessary geegaws. It's too bad, l had a lot of Deere back in the day but wouldn't now. As you can probably tell, I love my machine - just like you do, and try to get the most out of it and take good care of it at the same time. That's the ticket I think! Good corresponding with you, all the best and be safe!