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Tigercat Equipment
- Thread starter Plebeian
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Hallback
Senior Member
Sorry but that is a horrible operator.
The guy on the controls is in Forestry recruitment and training/ safety paperwork, just having a play. The usual operator is pointing to which buttons on the joystick to push.
It can be hard job finding new crew recruits of any type in some NZ timber towns that can pass a drug test. e.g (news item in link below) 1032 pounds intercepted at the NZ border today. Damn Canadians (+1 nzer) allegedly trying to sabotage the nz timber industry, must be annoyed about the number of used madills getting shipped to NZ or something. Might be a long time before they ever see maple syrup on pancakes again.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cr...after-customs-biggest-methamphetamine-seizure
It can be hard job finding new crew recruits of any type in some NZ timber towns that can pass a drug test. e.g (news item in link below) 1032 pounds intercepted at the NZ border today. Damn Canadians (+1 nzer) allegedly trying to sabotage the nz timber industry, must be annoyed about the number of used madills getting shipped to NZ or something. Might be a long time before they ever see maple syrup on pancakes again.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cr...after-customs-biggest-methamphetamine-seizure
Hallback
Senior Member
So what you're saying is New Zealand has the same problems the United States has?
Around here the government pays the people to not work. Then they have more time to make babies, or break in and steal stuff so they can buy more drugs. I am not against support for the ones that need it, just burns me when I see people who could work do nothing and get paid for doing it from the government. Which is part my money, being wasted as only the government can do so well.
Tigercat H series skidders. A number of adjustments over previous series.
https://www.tigercat.com/video/h-series/
https://www.tigercat.com/video/h-series/
DMiller
Senior Member
Sad to say sounds much as US Labor Market.
Tigercat Forestry dozer
"Tigercat is currently developing a purpose built dozer designed specifically for use in forestry applications.
The decision to develop this model was the result of feedback from logging contractors, who stated the unique requirements of forestry operations were not being met by construction industry focused dozer designs. This niche machine is currently in the prototype testing phase, operating in various earthmoving applications in southern Ontario."
"Tigercat is currently developing a purpose built dozer designed specifically for use in forestry applications.
The decision to develop this model was the result of feedback from logging contractors, who stated the unique requirements of forestry operations were not being met by construction industry focused dozer designs. This niche machine is currently in the prototype testing phase, operating in various earthmoving applications in southern Ontario."
Hallback
Senior Member
I saw that yesterday, very cool.
The best never rest!
The best never rest!
The Tigercat dozer prototype - sounds like they used a mulcher frame to start off with so their are inevitable prototype issues. Cat D6K or Case 1650 size class.
The 865 loader/ processor sounds like it will be more of a mainstream, forestry machine than the dozer.
https://www.tigercat.com/a-sneek-peak-at-the-prototype-865-logger/
The 865 loader/ processor sounds like it will be more of a mainstream, forestry machine than the dozer.
https://www.tigercat.com/a-sneek-peak-at-the-prototype-865-logger/
big ben
Senior Member
Wonder what makes this a special dozer for “forestry“ ? You build a machine specific to forestry that you sell well under a hundred per year or you build a general dozer that can go into various applications with some minor modifications (as has been done for decades) and sell hundreds or thousands of. Not sure how you make money at a niche market dozer this day and age.
Hallback
Senior Member
Tiger cat will always get a premium price for their machines because of their Factory support and service. My 855 has been out of warranty for over a year-and-a-half and the local dealership just came out and put all new leveling pins and bearings in my machine because that era of build had some with defective bearings. They did not even question it or inspect to see if mine had the defective bearings rather sent a tech out and completely rebuilt the leveling system. If you were to hire that out at the shop that would be over $15,000 in Parts alone not to mention $3500 or $4,000 for the install. You do not get service like that from any of the other large manufacturers.
As reminder of what the Tigercat swing forestry machines came from originally - Tigercat originally distributed in Canada by John Deere. The Tigercat 853E had a Koehring Waterous saw head etc.
853E article.
https://www.tigercat.com/between-the-branches/newcomer-on-the-block/
853E article.
https://www.tigercat.com/between-the-branches/newcomer-on-the-block/
John C.
Senior Member
Tigercat has built a pretty favorable reputation from Northern California to Southeast Alaska for good design and great service. Still, I'm wondering the same thing about a forestry dozer. Dozers usually build roads, level pads and many times then get used for tail holds. So what other task would differentiate the Tigercat machine as being a designated forestry dozer?
Hallback
Senior Member
I would imagine it has higher ground clearance probably a higher lift blade, better balancing for more tractive effort and higher horsepower.