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Electric winch hauler

Jumbo

Senior Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2010
Messages
682
Location
Black Diamond WA
Occupation
retired
We have finally come full circle Willamette built an electric skidder for Snoqualmie Falls Timber Company (Weyerhaeuser.) It was deemed to powerful as it regularly broke 2" skylines and pulled tail trees like clockwork. I believe it was operating in either the late teens or the early 20s.
 

Tacodriver

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Joined
Nov 4, 2006
Messages
105
Location
East Kootaneys
Occupation
Yarder op, hoechucker, lowbedder etc..
Hopefully has more linepull then the ems harvestline, not very impressed with the lack of power with ours. Also looks like it needs a lot of room to setup also like our harvestline.
 

Hallback

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2011
Messages
2,306
Location
Aberdeen Wa.
Occupation
Gyppo tower logger
Of the two Harvestline machines in our area I am far from impressed. Basically pick over the whole Tree Farm looking for the couple settings where it would work well. I recently watched one rigged up on a setting it failed miserably with the grapples so they put a small Boman on it, it failed miserably with that and so they moved it out and rigged up a 172 and logged the unit. I think it is just a flavor of the week and EMS is banking off of guys drinking the Kool-Aid.
 

Hallback

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2011
Messages
2,306
Location
Aberdeen Wa.
Occupation
Gyppo tower logger
I'm not sure what anybody thinks they are going to yard with 5/8 & 1/2 line. People are thinking far too out of the box and need to get back to reality.
 

Tacodriver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 4, 2006
Messages
105
Location
East Kootaneys
Occupation
Yarder op, hoechucker, lowbedder etc..
Of the two Harvestline machines in our area I am far from impressed. Basically pick over the whole Tree Farm looking for the couple settings where it would work well. I recently watched one rigged up on a setting it failed miserably with the grapples so they put a small Boman on it, it failed miserably with that and so they moved it out and rigged up a 172 and logged the unit. I think it is just a flavor of the week and EMS is banking off of guys drinking the Kool-Aid.
Well put, the original grapple carriage design is a joke, the lack of pulling power is a joke, the fuel economy is a joke (35 liters per hour), the amount of lift it needs is unbelievable (deflection that would be more then enough to grapple with a swing yarder is not enough), the speed is slow, the interloc design is inefficient, no real brakes on the drums Etc.. Not a fan.
 

Plebeian

Senior Member
Joined
Apr 2, 2009
Messages
432
Location
NZ
35 Madill 124s working in NZ close too the same tally for 071s. Many NZ loggers drink the Molson. Rumour of another new 124 due down under soon. Harvest line who?
 
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