Hi CL, Lundbergs 1800 went down the road 2 weeks ago. I have not seen it yet but I was told they had a new Cat built for them. Scott still has the 3800 but they are on a big thinning show and the big guy is parked.
Hi CL, Lundbergs 1800 went down the road 2 weeks ago. I have not seen it yet but I was told they had a new Cat built for them. Scott still has the 3800 but they are on a big thinning show and the big guy is parked.
http://tigercat.com/specs/880-specPRINT.pdf
Tigercat's releasing a new shovel model that might have some promise. Looks like it might be close to Madill's 2850. I hope they know Madill is back up and running, or are counting on something else.
Chop It, Lash It, Pull It
Which machine did they order? We ordered my 325D Roadbuilder in Feb. Due to arrive in Eugene end of July early August. Hope it's as good as my current (2001) still is with over 11700 hours.Originally Posted by Big Creek
Madill hired a new US Operations manager at Kalama around 2003-- a fellow that had managed a NAPA store in BC and didn't know jack-all about logging or loggers. The customers hated him and were starting to look at machines other than Madill- even longtime Madill customers told us they would not deal with him and were going to buy a Cat if he didnt fugure things out. Cat was always considered the closest competitor to the Madill and I hear this new Cat 330D Logger is impressive.
He and I did not see eye-to-eye at all, and that Lundberg 1800 was the last new Madill I delivered in late 2004. Scott had agreed to another new 3800C right then and that delivered a few weeks after I left Madill and went on to other things (I made the long considered move to Alaska- and I'm still loving it).
How did that 1800 work out for them? It's 2011 now, and Lunberg's usually put 2,000 hours a year on the machines, so at that 7-year stretch the 1800 would have 14,000 hours on it. That's alot of hours for Lundberg's- Scott likes to roll them out between 8,000 and 10,000 in my experiences with him.
I dont hate that NAPA fellow and I'm sure he's fine wherever he is- the fit just wasn't a good one. He did have some real talents, just didn't get the loggers at all. Last I heard he was working for one of the big auction houses or something.
Market conditions ended Madill but he sure wasn't helping in the U.S. there at the end.....after all, customer retention is a good thing in any business, right?
Last edited by Contract Logger; 04-06-2011 at 10:23 AM.
No idea who owned this, Olympic was moving it for someone.
cl if you had to chjoose between a 1242 thunderbird or a 3800c madill(strictly for shoveling)which would you prefer and why?
One of the early roadbuilder backhoes marketed by Chapman.
Boy there's a tough question. Here's the short answer:
If I am purely an operator, I choose the 1242 due to more hydraulic pumps = pure unbridled multifunction horsepower.
If I am an owner, buying the machine for an operator, I choose the 3800C due to fuel economy and reliability. Still a hot-rod compared to the Cat 330 or Hitachi 370.
That 1242 is an awesome machine, and everything that makes it hot also makes it a mechanical liability.
DeBriae at Cathlamet reluctantly replaced his 1242's with 3800C's and the operators complained a little about mulifunctionality, but at the end of the day the 3800C's were less expensive to run.
I'll do a side-by-side comparison when I have time and post it.
Both of them are race cars compared to the boring, underpowered import stuff.
I should also point out that 2 custom race-car machines ended up getting built for DeBriae and Madill called them 3850C's. They were 3800C frames with a bunch of top-secret specs I never saw. Lets just say one caught fire and was completely destroyed. I dont know where the other one is.
They had special engine/hydraulic/swing/travel mods and I think Madill went broke in the testing phases and it didn't go anywhere.
They were awesome I heard but everybody was afraid the power was too much and would destroy booms, finals, swing drives, etc. I know they were hot hot hot!
There was a bunch of Madill 4800B stuff crammed into that 3800C frame.
Contract logger, you'd be the guy to ask-do you know of any Madill equipment around Valemount BC? Or of any yarders of any make? I'd like to know so I can get pictures for all of us to seethanks!
-The Young Snag-
thanks for the insight C.L..i,ve never really had a chance to run a thunderbird or been around one(a real one anyway),but i'm interested in how easy they are to service and repair.i know they wouldn't be as easy as a madill but they've got to be easier to acess the internals than an import
Great pics Trackloader! That 324 is some pretty but I love that old UH.
Here are a few from the recent RB auction in Denver.
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Still Plays With Toys.
Here are a few from the recent RB auction in Denver.
PG is a long way from denver..
Rode 137kms on the Quad today.
Old Cypress
Hitachi EX400LL rotting in the woods.
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