Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

[SPMiller]

Uh-oh!

 

[SPMiller]

 

[Darksidelogger]

Sp any idea what happened to the 880 that looks like a pretty major failure any word from the dealer

 

[Greatwestcam]

Part of the road builder team. waiting for the barge and it's next job.

 

[Greatwestcam]

EX 400 ll

Remember when we got one of these new in camp, had all the drivers wanting to be under the boom, was fast and smooth.

 

[SPMiller]

Sp any idea what happened to the 880 that looks like a pretty major failure any word from the dealer

Someone at the factory forgot to weld it together. Only the inside was welded, not the outside

 

[donkey doctor]

Someone at the factory forgot to weld it together. Only the inside was welded, not the outside

Thats what I thought too but thought I must be missing something. Couldn't believe it. Pretty poor quality control in that plant. d.d.

 

[SPMiller]

Thats what I thought too but thought I must be missing something. Couldn't believe it. Pretty poor quality control in that plant. d.d.

This is what an 870 looks like underneath.

 

[BDFT]

They were peddling 880's like crazy up here in northern BC last summer. Nobody I know bought one but they had a demo going around to various logging contractors. Looks like they may have had some quality control issues.

 

[csquared]

there is 60 or so 880's in bc right now. KDL has a few as well up north

 

[Darksidelogger]

The 880 has been a good machine to us so far it's smooth, burns less fuel, is easy to work on and is cummins powered.
We have had several minor issues with it that we're fixed eventually by the dealer.
We also have a new cat 568 log loader and if I were to choose I would take the cat 568LL
The 870 has also been a good machine as component wise it's the same as the 880 again it's smooth, fast, has lots of power, and runs circles around every other buncher we have been around.
We have had some issues with it and most was repaired by the dealer some issues are still outstanding after 3 years but sometimes that's the way it goes!!
DSL

 

[stormdodger]

link belt 290x2 grade hoe converted to processor with a 10000xt logmax head

 

[SPMiller]

New 350 with 400 undercarriage..

 

[cutting edge]

New 350 with 400 undercarriage..

Why would you even do that when you can get a 3754 for less i'll bet?

and thats a pretty annoying looking thumb.....

 

[SPMiller]

Why would you even do that when you can get a 3754 for less i'll bet?

and thats a pretty annoying looking thumb.....

Apparently they had the 400 bottom already so it was considerably less. Odd for sure.

I will report back when I see it working.

 

[SPMiller]

 

[theironoracle]

nice pics spmiller, is that deere just a roadbuilder used for loading ou of right of way or will they use to bunch or hoe chuck..tio

 

[Oxbow]

hello sounds like you worked at Schweitzer, they finely took that thing off it was way to big for it but dang that 14g would push! took her up to the top to keep the roads open, till work got done was pushing snow up over the frame just didn't want to quit. My knees still hurt remembering that thing, what year was you there?

I worked at Schweitzer in the late 70's, the Sam Worthington days (Schweitzer Sam). I was not on the road crew, but if I recall correctly they had a rigid frame 12 or 14 with a wing on both sides. The road was not paved then, but they could start at the top an do most of the road width in one pass coming down the hill. They also had a 950 loader with a seperate blower motor mounted on the back and blower on the front. They would blow the snow that had been bladed to the side and make the nice vertical walls.

Later in the year the walls would be quite tall and with the typical Nortern Idaho freeze/thaw climate they would ice up quite solid. I rode down the hill with a friend about 4:00 A.M. one morning after grooming slopes all night. He had an older VW bug, (good metal in the fenders) and would use the frozen berms like a bobsled track. In those days the chances of meeting someone coming up the hill that time of day was slim, and he would literally go into the swithbacks against the berm and shoot right around the corner.

It is a wonder that we lived through some of those adventures!

 

[glenlunberg]

Cool pictures of equipments! I'm sure they can do lots of jobs!

 

[SPMiller]

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