easily the coolest thing I have ever built

[sizzami]

many of you saw and liked the loader that In built for my log splitter, the firewood market being what it is I decided to move in another direction, so I took it off the splitter and modified it to fit on my low bed now I use it to load and unload my sawmill this has given me at least a 35%increase in productivity, versus having to bring my tractor to site for loading, plus I can put the sawmill on the trailer with the cherry picker and offload for easy set up, nomore handling those heavy hemlock timbers by hand either:thumbsup:
the loader runs off a 6.5 hp briggs w/11gpm two stage and has lifted 1500lbs without any trouble, I have also used it to load scrap and junk.
cant wait to hang a buck from it this fall.

 

[Big Bri]

That is way cool

 

[rswyan]

Sweet :thumbsup:

 

[RoyJackson]

Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MJPetersen]

:thumbsup:That indeed is very very nice. I personally would not mind a few more details on its construction, any problems that you encountered and their solutions, and your design goals and how they were met.:thumbsup:

Mike

 

[RadarTech]

many of you saw and liked the loader that In built for my log splitter, the firewood market being what it is I decided to move in another direction, so I took it off the splitter and modified it to fit on my low bed now I use it to load and unload my sawmill this has given me at least a 35%increase in productivity, versus having to bring my tractor to site for loading, plus I can put the sawmill on the trailer with the cherry picker and offload for easy set up, nomore handling those heavy hemlock timbers by hand either:thumbsup:
the loader runs off a 6.5 hp briggs w/11gpm two stage and has lifted 1500lbs without any trouble, I have also used it to load scrap and junk.
cant wait to hang a buck from it this fall.

Might I ask where you found that cherry picker?

It looks so neat I would really like to see more details about it..


and the saw mill...
WOW..

J

 

[sizzami]

I built the entire loader from scratch , there is no plan to speak of , I started
with the pump and a motor and built around it

 

[RadarTech]

I built the entire loader from scratch , there is no plan to speak of , I started
with the pump and a motor and built around it

WOW-- truly impressed!:thumbsup:

maybe you should get a patent!

J

 

[Fritzy]

Very nice, I have a real talent.

 

[Adiredneck]

Very nice.... Is that a Hud-son sawmill?

I am building a pole barn right now. My neighbor has this mill. You're right about the tractor. I hate having to start the tractor so many times just to dump the slab wood & grab another log with the forks.

 

[Diamondpilot]

That is way cool. When are you shipping mine?

Chris

 

[sizzami]

yep its a 230 same as yours came with a 10 horse way too small I put a 14 horse on it and still need more.

 

[Adiredneck]

My neighbor has a 16 hp on his, and he added a 12v winch last year instead of the hand crank.

The 16 horse seems to do the trick. I had the opportunity to use a 36" Hud-son a few years ago, and it was really nice. It had the full trailer kit, 24' of rails & a 20 HP Honda. We got so that we could cut 2-3 logs at a time. It took a little longer to flip all the logs around, but it saved a lot of time.

 

[carpenter383]

Very talented work!
We'd call that a "knuckle boom" around here

 

[Johndeere3720]

So, when your done with it, we have a TON of logs to mill.:thumbsup:

 

[gc2310]

Very nice fab job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about some more details. What's the rotator?

 

[EddieWalker]

Very impressive. Thank you for sharing. It's one of those things that I would love to have one of these days.

Eddie

 

[suncoast]

That is outstanding? Do you do anything with the wood after cutting before use? Drying or treating? Gene

 

[nh3930]

I've been researching to build a similar rig to go in the back of a M35a2, Would you mind sharing the specs on your build? What are the lengths of the segments, is it steel tubing construction or joined C channel, etc. Any info would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[Stampeder]

Put me down as well for one who would certainly like more detail and pictures of the build.
This one is just too cool!!! A great Fab job.....
More pics please...........