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    I need help identifying this loader please.

    I recently acquired this ford L9000 with this log loader mounted on it. Stickers and paint are long gone, and the data plate is missing as well. It is a twin stick with an extendable boom. I can't find anything out there that looks the same. Fold down outriggers are few and far between. I'm...
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    Appropriate rate to charge for log pickup/hauling

    Hello, I'm starting to get more customers that ask me to go pickup logs with my f800 knuckleboom truck, and I'm wondering what a typical rate is for this work. I imagined a per mile rate to get to the site, then an hourly rate to load up to account for situations where the logs aren't neatly...
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    John Deere 110 track excavator

    My father in law is buying a JD 110. He is a logger and looking for a grapple for it. I’m having a hard time finding one and info on it. Does anyone have one or info on what we need? TIA!
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    Mini Excavator as Logging Shovel ADD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER

    Hello, Has anyone ever added a cylinder to their compact excavator to give it better lifting capacity? I own a tree service in Oregon and am looking at buying a piece of equipment for moving and loading logs with. Shovel loaders used in forestry have a knuckle style boom where the stick...
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