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John Shipp · Jul 1, 2018

That Matriarch MT50FH looks good, having a look for some more pictures of it

John Shipp · Jul 14, 2018

It's been very dry lately so it was good timing for some work we've been doing on the drainage of a neglected Cricket Bat Willow plantation. Edge trees that must have blown over 40 years ago and were left, have rooted in both sides and grown up again, filling the drainage channel with decent sized slugs of wood and roots.

John Shipp · Jul 14, 2018

John Shipp · Jul 14, 2018

Winching them over was straightforward enough, it took longer to cut them into pieces we could handle and drag them out. Lots of chain filing.

John Shipp · Jul 16, 2018

Been dusty and hot, so said to ourselves "right, strip down, flush engine properly, get rad recored".
Seems only way to properly clean lower half of rad is to remove counterweight and lean hyd cooler over as far as can and remove the mouse-nest-like debris that builds up between the two.

We were supposed to be burning the tops on the last job but conditions were to dry to be safe. With the amount of tinder stuffed between the rads we may not have much of a machine left if we'd had a burn up...

John Shipp · Jul 16, 2018

Resealed the cover plate on the Nabtesco final drive while waiting for radiator recore. Had an easier time getting the wire out of the groove than I'd anticipated, probably could have left track on as it turned out but did have better view this way. Was expecting a lot more struggle, this one was the wire in a groove similar to a internal circlip.

John Shipp · Jul 16, 2018

Upgraded the roof mount. A Valtra T191 reverse drive with Botex 570C. Lime green grab????

hvy 1ton · Jul 16, 2018

Good work on those willows. Did you all do the climbing or someone else? One the guys i worked with doing custom harvesting cut down some trees for the neighbor in May. We come home in September and there are green leaves on the trees. I asked if they were willow tress and he says, "Well, yeah." He didn't believe me that a few branches got stuck int he ground and started rooting. I went and cut a branch off and stuck in the ditch in front of the house as proof.

Not a whole lot of real estate in the back of that 75.

John Shipp · Jul 16, 2018

Opportunities to spend money on wonderful things are pouring in at present, my sensible half (wife) says fixing this old truck might be too much at this moment...
Nice old Scania though.

John Shipp · Jul 16, 2018

hvy 1ton, two slightly younger members of the crew did the topping, then us two older guys spiked back up later to attach the chokers. Some people are better than others at swinging saws around in trees or maybe they just like it more, I'm definitely developing Velcro patches somewhere as time goes by!

Hank R · Jul 17, 2018

Hi John, Camptramp stopped in this morning and said your coming to Canada in a few weeks sure hope you have a great time visiting some of our logging shows.

John Shipp · Jul 18, 2018

Hank R said:
Hi John, Camptramp stopped in this morning and said your coming to Canada in a few weeks sure hope you have a great time visiting some of our logging shows.

Thanks Hank R, yes a few months ago we decided to buy tickets for plane, and come have a look. Been wanting to ever since came across this forum!

075 · Sep 18, 2018

Did you make it home John? Or are you stuck on some logging road here on the Island?

camptramp · Sep 18, 2018

Ray , John & his family are safely back home and hard at work catching up at work .

Bumpsteer · Sep 19, 2018

Thanks. Was wondering myself if John went home or stayed on the island.

Ed

camptramp · Sep 19, 2018

As the dry weather on the coast this Summer shut down the Woods just as John arrived , he didn't get to see or experience many of the things he came to see . I believe he will return in the not to distance future earlier in the year to avoid our "fire season" .

John Shipp · Sep 19, 2018

Hi Guys, sorry for being so quiet, uh... Been a bit manic since getting back. 075 I've been meaning to email you for a while, will do when get caught up. Unfortunately, didn't get stuck up a logging road, thought about it though!

Got some pictures to put up on various threads too

Tones · Sep 21, 2018

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Resealed the cover plate on the Nabtesco final drive while waiting for radiator recore. Had an easier time getting the wire out of the groove than I'd anticipated, probably could have left track on as it turned out but did have better view this way. Was expecting a lot more struggle, this one was the wire in a groove similar to a internal circlip.

I hope you took particular caution reassembling the cover plate. They have a steel button that sits in a recess in the centre so the ball on the sun gear run against. Anyway then you knock the plate back into the hub that button can fall into the gears and you will have know idea until the machine moves. It's all Diamonds or Stones.

John Shipp · Sep 22, 2018

Tones said:
I hope you took particular caution reassembling the cover plate. They have a steel button that sits in a recess in the centre so the ball on the sun gear run against. Anyway then you knock the plate back into the hub that button can fall into the gears and you will have know idea until the machine moves. It's all Diamonds or Stones.

Tones, I hope the caution I took was enough too, I cannot remember now exactly how it looked, but I recall a shiny spot on inside of cover plate and maybe a ball on the end of the sun (?) gear. It has done maybe a hundred hours since so hopefully I've got it back together safely....

John Shipp · Nov 7, 2018

Log haulier got himself new truck, Scania R730 V8 auto-everything, very smooth ride.

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