Big ten fo! Will do, and thx. This one won’t unlock the hydraulics if the door isn’t completely closed. So maybe it’s idiot proof on my part lol. Hey, thanks buddy and thanks for watching!!
Right! That’s my thinking as well. I think it will compliment our mules very good. Low impact and versatile. Thanks for the kind words my friend and for watching
@@GeraldCraig-n2qyessir you bout gotta have one to get em good and tight lol. Even for a big man so I can sympathize with you. Man gotta do what a man’s gotta do lol.
Congratulations Zach. Nice looking skid steer. It's definitely going to be a game changer for you. They are so handy. Yes sir your dealer is the main reason you have a certain brand. Thanks for sharing the video.
We’ve ran skid steers in our sawmill business for yrs and you can’t beat the versatility. One thing though ,,just try loading one big log at a time . Your machine will stand up a lot longer and it will actually help you be quicke
Yeah I always load one big one, or two mediums, or three little ones at a time. Just depends. I know what you’re trying to say and thank you. I really appreciate you watching and commenting also. It’s nice to hear from others. Take care my friend and please come again! Thx
That’s right. We will still use the mules for skidding timber and such. And the skid steer for loading mostly and cleanup. And an occasional road fix..dirt work etc. But yes, you’re right! In a successful logging business, the wood has to keep moving or your dead in the water. Whether it be skidding, loading, or trucking. It has to make it to the mill to get paid no doubt. Thanks my friend and thanks for watching! Take care
You are most welcome! Yes, the machine has helped us a whole lot… I am thankful to have it. Thank you for taking time to watch and comment. Take care and do come again.
There was an auction in Indiana today that had a Rayco for sale. It has joystick controls, but it has steel tracks and engine on the back, with the winch ,forks on the front ,looks like a combination, bulldozer, skid loader. It would be perfect for logging guys.
Glad to see you got your machine, I have tracked machines, I would say if you sit your truck more parallel to the log pile you will save a lot of wear and tear on your machine by eliminating as much twisting and turning as possible, the undercarriage is a big wear point and expensive to maintain. I hope this will help your save some money in the long run. 8:38
Thanks buddy! Might give that a try. Sometimes we can choose where everything goes and then sometimes we just sort of have to get by. Little movement as possible has always been my goal tho. Thanks for the kind words my friend and for watching. Take care!
👍Nice, strong machine , looks like it handles those big logs with ease . Skid steers are so versatile , it's a great fit for your operation. Stay safe and God bless.
Yessir it has been super super helpful for so many things. Now I don’t even know how I did it without it. I am thankful to have it. Thank you for the kind words my friend and for watching! Take care and god bless you as well. Thanks!
Yessir it could for sure, but it also bends the bar also. Most old side loaders you’ll see it bent and it from chains and loaders hitting it at the mill. And if it slips a little side to side it’ll loosen your load also. Another thing, if and when that bar gets bent, it won’t let the arms work just right going up and down. When I bought this side loader, I had to replace the bar just because of that. So that’s why I run my chains under it instead of over it. If that makes sense anyway. At least I think that’s what you’re talking about. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching my friend. Take care and come back anytime..
Thank you sir and yessir it is definitely gonna change the way we manage our log inventory as we cut and skid. Plus being able to fix roads and cleanup. Definitely! Thanks for watching my friend
Thank you sir! Technically I am still part time; but basically I work two jobs lol. First and then second shift. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. Thanks for watching and commenting
Congrats on the new to you skidsteer. ! Dealer support is exactly how you chose a machine . Saw, tractor, dozer , if you can’t get parts quick and tech support when needed ,it adds up to lots of down time! Looks like your in some nice saw logs! 🪓 🪵 👋
Good morning! I’m glad ya enjoy the videos and thank you for taking time to watch and comment. I do have another job, but I’m basically full time on both jobs lol. I get stretched thin sometimes. Anyway, thank you again. Take care and do come abain, please
Thank you kindly! And I am glad ya enjoy the videos. That makes em worth doing. Thanks for watching and you’re most welcome! Take care and please come again!
It all depends on the timber and how it’ll grade out. We buck for grade primarily. But the longest length we can get on comfortable is 14’ saw logs. I’ll buck 9’, 10’, 12’, and 14’ters. The upper cuts are usually 9’s and 10’s for tie logs and then the butt cuts and sec cuts are usually grade logs bucked into the longest possible length we can haul. Hope this helps and thanks for watching my friend! Take care and do come again
Thank you sir! Yessir, that’s my plan once I can get a pintle hitch trailer for it. Right now I am borrowing my father in laws dual tandem gooseneck to haul it. And pull it with my pickup. But I wanna get it to where I can move everything in basically one trip. And having a tag trailer for red will be nice. Plus there are times when we get a “yard” job for cleanup purposes and really only need to take red and the skid steer. So that’ll be nice also. Hey, thanks for watching and the kind words my friend. Take care
Thank you sir, it has been a long time coming for sure. I am so thankful. It’s made things so much easier and some jobs possible that just weren’t before. God bless you as well my friend and thank you for watching! Please come again
Haha, yeah! Well, the ground is wet anyway. Today has been nice, but snow is moving in tonight and tomorrow. It’ll be rough on this southern boy lol. Take care and thanks for watching
Does a load like that really pay anything. I ask because I bought 195 acers I want to thin all of it. But also clear cut 20 - 30 acers of it for a small farm.
Hey buddy! A whole lot depends on your area and mill availability/distance. Saw logs here will sale pretty descent. Saw logs need to be at least 12” on the small end of the log. Anything under that will be considered chip and saw down to 8” and pulpwood under that. Then you’ve got pine and hardwood pulpwood which will vary in price a little between the two. But bottom line, anything under a saw log isn’t going to pay much at all. We don’t do pulpwood mainly because of how we’re set up and also no mills within reason to us. And to log a place clear cutting you’re going to have a lot of pulpwood. It pays by the ton usually. And you have to be setup to harvest it to make it worth doing. You’d need a feller buncher machine and grapple skidders to get the volume up enough to make it work. Pulp is anywhere from $15-20 per ton and you’d have to haul it on a semi trailer to get enough tons to justify shipping it. Saw timber here lately has been averaging in our area, and we have a lot of red oak which doesn’t average as good, about $488 per 1000 board feet. And saw timber usually is paid by the board foot and grade. A load like I am hauling will average $685.00 or little better and that would be split with the land owner. We settled on 50/50 split for this job. Some are more and some are less. This place I just finished averaged 5k feet per acre and it was very thin and not very good timber. Thicker timber would be twice that or better. So maybe this will give you some ideas at least. Also, you’ll make more per foot depending on how it grades out and species. White oak and walnut will pay more per foot, especially when it’s clean. Anything you can do to get your averages up will help. This job was fairly low. Lots of knotty timber. But we still make a living at it. Of course we’re a low cost operation too. Anyway, hope this helps a little at least. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend. Come on back anytime will ya? Thanks! Take care
@@zachodom7486I thank you very much for your answer. As I mentioned in my post. I purchased 195 acers last spring. I'm wanting to make it a place that I live on with part of it being small farm. And thin the rest. Which I would assume means cut pulp wood and thin the rest. Idk and clear cut the 20 - 30 acers . With leaving maybe some large trees here and there for shade in the pasture. I'm not trying to get rich fact is anything I'd make would go right back into property improvement maybe the dozer work and fencing. I do however not want the land raped. My place is located in east Texas. Lake o the pines butts up to my property. There's a lot of pine. And some hardwoods really wouldn't want to cut hardwoods unless it was to benefit the other hardwood trees. If your close to that area or know of an individual or company in that area that will not come in greedily and rape the land let me know. I've reached out to a forester that has put me on the back burner and rescheduled meeting me there twice. I understand people are busy. But if he don't make this 3rd appointment I'll reach out to one more. And and try one more time. If they can't make it. I'll have the dozer get started on clearing. The area for the farm. Which that area I would think a logger would love the advantage of having the dozer operator being there because it saves them having to fail the trees as he can push them over all they gotta do is cut and load. Anyway thank you for your reply sir. My grandfather did it the way you do it. I remember he and my dad always buying land. And making improvements. Where it was a farm after they finished or improved for the timer. Then they'd sell it buy another or sometimes 2 large tracts of land. Anywhere from 20 acers to a couple hundred. Then start work on it too. Sure kept us kids busy lol.
@@clintjohnson7023I understand. I don’t know anyone in that area so I couldn’t help you. I will say tho in pine country, most of it is sold by the ton even the saw logs. Hardwood is different. Reach out to your county forester. They should be able to help you. Get multiple bids from different people. What you’re trying to do isn’t unheard of. Just take your time and it’ll come together. Logging it will in fact help with clearing expenses. Anyway, take care and do come again.
I have a bad arms, I could never throw the chain over the load, so, I had a rock tied to a rope, hook the knot thru the hook, I'd throw the rock over then pull the chain over!
That’s a great idea. Mine are heavier than need be at 5/16 grade 70. I’m thinking I’ll go down to 1/4 grade 100 when I can. It’ll be lighter and easier to throw. Yet almost as strong. I should’ve done that to begin with. But thank you for the great idea. I will keep that in mind. Thanks for watching my friend and take care
@@arkansas1336no, I don’t believe so. The main thing is having identification on your chain or cables for load rating. But DOT doesn’t like splicing anything really. Chain, cable, or straps. Chain is the easiest tho imho.
Congratulations on the skid steer it's going to be a lot easier on everything, watching your video I'm impressed how the tracks don't digs holes as a wheel tire loader will do, stay safe and thanks for another great video.
Thx buddy! And yes, the track machine is a whole lot easier on the ground. It’ll tear the surface up a little, but it don’t rut and pack the ground like a wheeled machine would. It’s a lot more stable too. Thanks for the kind words and for watching my friend
Ty sir! Yessir tracks for sure. Low impact and can just go better than a wheeled machine. Better for dirt work too. It’ll help us a bunch! Thanks for the kind words and for watching my friend. Take care
In the 1960's, I loaded and hauled 100's of loads with the sideloader on a tandem axle truck.....Short Leaf Southern Pine (about 14-18 logs per load, skidding with a team of mules and an old grey horse). My loads were stacked about like your load's heights but longer (16') logs. Thanks for posting this and bringing back some great memories for me! I'd start doing it again tomorrow if my health permitted! Logging was in my blood but I couldn't make the kind of living I needed to support my family. Subsequently I only cut and hauled logs for 6 years (until 1968) and then started doing heavy construction for a 47 year career....and all of my construction equipment was Caterpillar. You'll love your new CAT machine, a great choice!
Yessir you’re most welcome and I am glad you enjoyed our video. The side loader has been good to me, although a lot of work. But it’s paid it’s on way. When I get to a better place with the skid steer, my next big purchase will be a tandem truck with double bunks to haul cut up logs. And I’ll probably keep the side loader truck for a backup. We can’t pull much tree length hardwood with the mules. It’s just too heavy. But having twin bunks will be nice to get a good 2200-2500’ of cut up logs on. But that’s a ways down the road for us. I’ll get the skid loader paid for first and get caught up a little. The skid loader will help us a bunch! In a lot of ways. I’ve been in logging, farming, and around heavy equipment most of my life also. Cat has always served us well. Thanks for the kind words my friend and thank you kindly for watching! Take care and please come again.
@@zachodom7486...Get a rear axle off a wrecked truck and 'shop build' a tag axle on your existing truck (your truck has a perfect wheelbase to double bunk logs). I hauled like that for a couple years before I got a true tandem truck. It worked great and carried the equal weight of a tandem.
@@arkansas1336it wouldn’t do any good on this truck. I can’t haul two bunks worth and we couldn’t get around in the woods where we go with a tag axle. You’d stay stuck all the time. A live tandem with walking beam suspension is about all that’ll go around here. My bed is only 15’ long. So we couldn’t haul two bunks worth. But thanks for suggesting it anyway.
That's a great skid loader to make life easier. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.
Yessir for sure will! We’ve been wanting one for a long time. Thanks for the kind words my friend and same to you! Thanks for watching
Congratulations on the skid loader, well deserved , it will work very well for you , stay safe , enjoy !
Thank you sir! I really like it so far. I know it’ll sure help us a lot. Take care and thx for watching
nice unit Zach just a little tip make sure the door is closed before raising the boom it really does some damage ask me how I know
Big ten fo! Will do, and thx. This one won’t unlock the hydraulics if the door isn’t completely closed. So maybe it’s idiot proof on my part lol. Hey, thanks buddy and thanks for watching!!
Knuckle boom will only do one thing that skid steer will do multiple best choice for you
Right! That’s my thinking as well. I think it will compliment our mules very good. Low impact and versatile. Thanks for the kind words my friend and for watching
Saw you using the cheater bar used one many times but at 5'10 160 then needed it bad lol
@@GeraldCraig-n2qyessir you bout gotta have one to get em good and tight lol. Even for a big man so I can sympathize with you. Man gotta do what a man’s gotta do lol.
@@GeraldCraig-n2q...Lol, us lite weights can always overcome. I was 5'9" at 129lbs....but the bars do their job if you know how to use them properly!
I was about to say us puny people put you said it better lol lol
Congratulations Zach. Nice looking skid steer. It's definitely going to be a game changer for you. They are so handy. Yes sir your dealer is the main reason you have a certain brand. Thanks for sharing the video.
Thx brother! And yessir it’s def going to change the way we do things as a whole. I surely appreciate it my friend and thanks for watching. Take care
God Is faithful, Aman
Yes he is! Thanks for watching my friend and take care of yourself!
Thats Nice work.
Thank you kindly! And thanks for always watching!! I appreciate it
We’ve ran skid steers in our sawmill business for yrs and you can’t beat the versatility. One thing though ,,just try loading one big log at a time . Your machine will stand up a lot longer and it will actually help you be quicke
Yeah I always load one big one, or two mediums, or three little ones at a time. Just depends. I know what you’re trying to say and thank you. I really appreciate you watching and commenting also. It’s nice to hear from others. Take care my friend and please come again! Thx
Mules where possible, skid loader where necessary, that's a good concept to run a successful logging operation.
That’s right. We will still use the mules for skidding timber and such. And the skid steer for loading mostly and cleanup. And an occasional road fix..dirt work etc. But yes, you’re right! In a successful logging business, the wood has to keep moving or your dead in the water. Whether it be skidding, loading, or trucking. It has to make it to the mill to get paid no doubt. Thanks my friend and thanks for watching! Take care
Dear Zach
I am very glad you could have this machine to help you
Thank you for making this excellent video
God bless you all there
Take care my friend
You are most welcome! Yes, the machine has helped us a whole lot… I am thankful to have it. Thank you for taking time to watch and comment. Take care and do come again.
There was an auction in Indiana today that had a Rayco for sale. It has joystick controls, but it has steel tracks and engine on the back, with the winch ,forks on the front ,looks like a combination, bulldozer, skid loader. It would be perfect for logging guys.
Cool 😎! That does sound like a neat machine! Thanks for watching my friend
That’s very nice. Congratulations. The mules get to rest some now. lol Still be careful.
Their job won’t change, but it’ll sure help me out a bunch loading and such. We will be careful. You too and love you!
Glad to see you got your machine, I have tracked machines, I would say if you sit your truck more parallel to the log pile you will save a lot of wear and tear on your machine by eliminating as much twisting and turning as possible, the undercarriage is a big wear point and expensive to maintain. I hope this will help your save some money in the long run. 8:38
Thanks buddy! Might give that a try. Sometimes we can choose where everything goes and then sometimes we just sort of have to get by. Little movement as possible has always been my goal tho. Thanks for the kind words my friend and for watching. Take care!
👍Nice, strong machine , looks like it handles those big logs with ease . Skid steers are so versatile , it's a great fit for your operation. Stay safe and God bless.
Yessir it has been super super helpful for so many things. Now I don’t even know how I did it without it. I am thankful to have it. Thank you for the kind words my friend and for watching! Take care and god bless you as well. Thanks!
Just a thought when securing your load. If you had the chains over top rail of side loader before loading can save you minutes.
Yessir it could for sure, but it also bends the bar also. Most old side loaders you’ll see it bent and it from chains and loaders hitting it at the mill. And if it slips a little side to side it’ll loosen your load also. Another thing, if and when that bar gets bent, it won’t let the arms work just right going up and down. When I bought this side loader, I had to replace the bar just because of that. So that’s why I run my chains under it instead of over it. If that makes sense anyway. At least I think that’s what you’re talking about. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching my friend. Take care and come back anytime..
Very good video . Thats a nice machine. Its a game changer for your operation..
Thank you sir and yessir it is definitely gonna change the way we manage our log inventory as we cut and skid. Plus being able to fix roads and cleanup. Definitely! Thanks for watching my friend
Really good choice
I'm running a new one just like it
You just made life a lot easier
Nice! Yessir it does make thing a whole lot easier. Thanks for the kind words and for watching as always.
Congrats on the skidsteer! Zach, are you logging full time these days?
Thank you sir! Technically I am still part time; but basically I work two jobs lol. First and then second shift. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. Thanks for watching and commenting
Congrats on the new to you skidsteer. ! Dealer support is exactly how you chose a machine . Saw, tractor, dozer , if you can’t get parts quick and tech support when needed ,it adds up to lots of down time! Looks like your in some nice saw logs! 🪓 🪵 👋
Yessir you’re right. No matter what you’re going at, dealer support is everything. Thanks for the kind words and for watching my friend and take care
Congratulations to you , God bless. BE SAFE
Thank you sir and same to you as well! Thanks for watching and take care my friend
Enjoy your videos my kind of videos .Do you do this full time are do you have another job
Good morning! I’m glad ya enjoy the videos and thank you for taking time to watch and comment. I do have another job, but I’m basically full time on both jobs lol. I get stretched thin sometimes. Anyway, thank you again. Take care and do come abain, please
Wife and I like your videos, thanks for sharing your time
Thank you kindly! And I am glad ya enjoy the videos. That makes em worth doing. Thanks for watching and you’re most welcome! Take care and please come again!
What length you buck ur logs for ur c70 logging truck b safe bud
It all depends on the timber and how it’ll grade out. We buck for grade primarily. But the longest length we can get on comfortable is 14’ saw logs. I’ll buck 9’, 10’, 12’, and 14’ters. The upper cuts are usually 9’s and 10’s for tie logs and then the butt cuts and sec cuts are usually grade logs bucked into the longest possible length we can haul. Hope this helps and thanks for watching my friend! Take care and do come again
Nice skidsteer. Are you able to haul it with"Ole Red"?
Thank you sir! Yessir, that’s my plan once I can get a pintle hitch trailer for it. Right now I am borrowing my father in laws dual tandem gooseneck to haul it. And pull it with my pickup. But I wanna get it to where I can move everything in basically one trip. And having a tag trailer for red will be nice. Plus there are times when we get a “yard” job for cleanup purposes and really only need to take red and the skid steer. So that’ll be nice also. Hey, thanks for watching and the kind words my friend. Take care
Long time deserved that's a lot easier God bless you!
Thank you sir, it has been a long time coming for sure. I am so thankful. It’s made things so much easier and some jobs possible that just weren’t before. God bless you as well my friend and thank you for watching! Please come again
Great video, much faster,,be well,
Ty sir and yessir it is. Should speed us up a good bit. And thanks for watching
It's funny what counts as 'wet' weather where you are 😅
Haha, yeah! Well, the ground is wet anyway. Today has been nice, but snow is moving in tonight and tomorrow. It’ll be rough on this southern boy lol. Take care and thanks for watching
Does a load like that really pay anything.
I ask because I bought 195 acers I want to thin all of it. But also clear cut 20 - 30 acers of it for a small farm.
Hey buddy! A whole lot depends on your area and mill availability/distance. Saw logs here will sale pretty descent. Saw logs need to be at least 12” on the small end of the log. Anything under that will be considered chip and saw down to 8” and pulpwood under that. Then you’ve got pine and hardwood pulpwood which will vary in price a little between the two. But bottom line, anything under a saw log isn’t going to pay much at all. We don’t do pulpwood mainly because of how we’re set up and also no mills within reason to us. And to log a place clear cutting you’re going to have a lot of pulpwood. It pays by the ton usually. And you have to be setup to harvest it to make it worth doing. You’d need a feller buncher machine and grapple skidders to get the volume up enough to make it work. Pulp is anywhere from $15-20 per ton and you’d have to haul it on a semi trailer to get enough tons to justify shipping it. Saw timber here lately has been averaging in our area, and we have a lot of red oak which doesn’t average as good, about $488 per 1000 board feet. And saw timber usually is paid by the board foot and grade. A load like I am hauling will average $685.00 or little better and that would be split with the land owner. We settled on 50/50 split for this job. Some are more and some are less. This place I just finished averaged 5k feet per acre and it was very thin and not very good timber. Thicker timber would be twice that or better. So maybe this will give you some ideas at least. Also, you’ll make more per foot depending on how it grades out and species. White oak and walnut will pay more per foot, especially when it’s clean. Anything you can do to get your averages up will help. This job was fairly low. Lots of knotty timber. But we still make a living at it. Of course we’re a low cost operation too. Anyway, hope this helps a little at least. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend. Come on back anytime will ya? Thanks! Take care
@@zachodom7486I thank you very much for your answer. As I mentioned in my post. I purchased 195 acers last spring. I'm wanting to make it a place that I live on with part of it being small farm. And thin the rest. Which I would assume means cut pulp wood and thin the rest. Idk and clear cut the 20 - 30 acers . With leaving maybe some large trees here and there for shade in the pasture. I'm not trying to get rich fact is anything I'd make would go right back into property improvement maybe the dozer work and fencing. I do however not want the land raped. My place is located in east Texas. Lake o the pines butts up to my property. There's a lot of pine. And some hardwoods really wouldn't want to cut hardwoods unless it was to benefit the other hardwood trees. If your close to that area or know of an individual or company in that area that will not come in greedily and rape the land let me know. I've reached out to a forester that has put me on the back burner and rescheduled meeting me there twice. I understand people are busy. But if he don't make this 3rd appointment I'll reach out to one more. And and try one more time. If they can't make it. I'll have the dozer get started on clearing. The area for the farm. Which that area I would think a logger would love the advantage of having the dozer operator being there because it saves them having to fail the trees as he can push them over all they gotta do is cut and load. Anyway thank you for your reply sir. My grandfather did it the way you do it. I remember he and my dad always buying land. And making improvements. Where it was a farm after they finished or improved for the timer. Then they'd sell it buy another or sometimes 2 large tracts of land. Anywhere from 20 acers to a couple hundred. Then start work on it too. Sure kept us kids busy lol.
@@clintjohnson7023I understand. I don’t know anyone in that area so I couldn’t help you. I will say tho in pine country, most of it is sold by the ton even the saw logs. Hardwood is different. Reach out to your county forester. They should be able to help you. Get multiple bids from different people. What you’re trying to do isn’t unheard of. Just take your time and it’ll come together. Logging it will in fact help with clearing expenses. Anyway, take care and do come again.
I have a bad arms, I could never throw the chain over the load, so, I had a rock tied to a rope, hook the knot thru the hook, I'd throw the rock over then pull the chain over!
That’s a great idea. Mine are heavier than need be at 5/16 grade 70. I’m thinking I’ll go down to 1/4 grade 100 when I can. It’ll be lighter and easier to throw. Yet almost as strong. I should’ve done that to begin with. But thank you for the great idea. I will keep that in mind. Thanks for watching my friend and take care
@@zachodom7486...I had 4' of chain on each end of a 5/16" cable. That, I'm sure, wouldn't meet current DOT regulations....?
@@arkansas1336no, I don’t believe so. The main thing is having identification on your chain or cables for load rating. But DOT doesn’t like splicing anything really. Chain, cable, or straps. Chain is the easiest tho imho.
Congrats on the yellow mule
Ha! That’s what I’ve been calling it, and thank you sir! And thx for watching. Take care
Congratulations on the skid steer it's going to be a lot easier on everything, watching your video I'm impressed how the tracks don't digs holes as a wheel tire loader will do, stay safe and thanks for another great video.
Thx buddy! And yes, the track machine is a whole lot easier on the ground. It’ll tear the surface up a little, but it don’t rut and pack the ground like a wheeled machine would. It’s a lot more stable too. Thanks for the kind words and for watching my friend
That's a nice machine, Zach! Having tracks on it was a good choice. Its going to save you a lot of work, congratulations
Ty sir! Yessir tracks for sure. Low impact and can just go better than a wheeled machine. Better for dirt work too. It’ll help us a bunch! Thanks for the kind words and for watching my friend. Take care
Lot of hard work , great choice on the Cat , really good to see a small operation that supports the family and community
We sure do our best too. And thank you sir! I really like it so far. And thanks for stopping by, do come again! Take care
Good video and nice machine
Thank you sir, and thanks for watching! Take care
Wise choice 👍👍
Thank you sir! And thx for watching!!
In the 1960's, I loaded and hauled 100's of loads with the sideloader on a tandem axle truck.....Short Leaf Southern Pine (about 14-18 logs per load, skidding with a team of mules and an old grey horse). My loads were stacked about like your load's heights but longer (16') logs.
Thanks for posting this and bringing back some great memories for me! I'd start doing it again tomorrow if my health permitted! Logging was in my blood but I couldn't make the kind of living I needed to support my family.
Subsequently I only cut and hauled logs for 6 years (until 1968) and then started doing heavy construction for a 47 year career....and all of my construction equipment was Caterpillar.
You'll love your new CAT machine, a great choice!
Yessir you’re most welcome and I am glad you enjoyed our video. The side loader has been good to me, although a lot of work. But it’s paid it’s on way. When I get to a better place with the skid steer, my next big purchase will be a tandem truck with double bunks to haul cut up logs. And I’ll probably keep the side loader truck for a backup. We can’t pull much tree length hardwood with the mules. It’s just too heavy. But having twin bunks will be nice to get a good 2200-2500’ of cut up logs on. But that’s a ways down the road for us. I’ll get the skid loader paid for first and get caught up a little. The skid loader will help us a bunch! In a lot of ways. I’ve been in logging, farming, and around heavy equipment most of my life also. Cat has always served us well. Thanks for the kind words my friend and thank you kindly for watching! Take care and please come again.
@@zachodom7486...Get a rear axle off a wrecked truck and 'shop build' a tag axle on your existing truck (your truck has a perfect wheelbase to double bunk logs). I hauled like that for a couple years before I got a true tandem truck. It worked great and carried the equal weight of a tandem.
@@arkansas1336it wouldn’t do any good on this truck. I can’t haul two bunks worth and we couldn’t get around in the woods where we go with a tag axle. You’d stay stuck all the time. A live tandem with walking beam suspension is about all that’ll go around here. My bed is only 15’ long. So we couldn’t haul two bunks worth. But thanks for suggesting it anyway.
How many ft per load do you average?
We try to get 1500 ft on if we can, but a lot of times due to short logs and whatnot we get 1300 ish. Thanks for watching and the question.
@@zachodom7486 the truck has a working 4th and 5th ?
@@markdavis9384working 4th…