Recent content by Mad Machinist

This just may prove that everything IS on the 'net.

THe whole reason behind all of this is a cost effective way to harvest small diameter wood in order to clean up 200 million plus acres of national forests while giving as many people as possible a chance to start their own businesses. I CANNOT go into that part of it any deeper as it becomes a...

What do you all think about this one mounted on a 5 ton chassis? http://www.kollergmbh.com/downloads/Koller_english.pdf Scroll down to page 5.

Spicer, I read your thread on the trailer project. I was thinking about this also on a bobbed duece and a trailer and come up with the same idea. A PTO shaft off of a larger tractor. I think some custom parts are in order, like a 300M output on the rear axle. I need to do some more research...

Floridianson, Your real close to what I have in mind. :beer: Scout, Stability wouldn't be a problem. The forestry tires would end up taking the overall width to about 10 feet. Nearly the same as most harvesters/forwarders. And beleive it or not, I won't be giving up a whole lot of...

Ya'll are going to think I have totally lost my mind on this one, but here goes. I have been kicking an idea around for about two years now about building a 5 ton to harvest small diameter timber for biomass. This is mainly due to the price of anyhting to do with forestry equipment. The...