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Handly & Phillips 737 older pics were on the OP, now its in south island NZ
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Handly & Phillips 737 older pics were on the OP, now its in south island NZ
oh wow i was way off, must have got my wires crossed with Matt. thanks for clearing that up Eric.Sorry for the double post of 1st pic, this site is quirky with pics. Tried to delete but that isn't working. The Gale boys do look at the forum here from time to time so hopefully they can add details about this yarder that they might share with us. I didn't get the serial number of the machine that Gale got but they may be able to reply to this and add at some point.
oh wow i was way off, must have got my wires crossed with Matt. thanks for clearing that up Eric.
I hope all is well, post more of your yarder mister.Great photos as always!
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Those are not the same 2 Skagit 737's although they did both belong to B&M Logging at one point. Both were painted yellow and black when B&M owned them. The machine shown in blue/white in your pics is currently owned by Ken Risseeuw at Willamina, Oregon and is still B&M colors, yellow and black. The machine that went to NZ with Gale's was a 737 that B&M had picked up much earlier, and sold to Gales about 2012. Gale's painted it orange/black/white once they got it to NZ.
Here a couple of pics of the machine currently owned by Risseeuw on the move in Oregon last winter. This is the blue/white colored machine in your pics above. I'll dig up some pics of the machine Gale ended up with (the orange one in your pics above) and post those for you here when I can.
have looked at most of the pictures from pg1 to here` some awesome machinery. am curios though how long does it take from the time you get to the site to setup and be ready to pull wood?
Thank you,it does help.grapplewrench. I started out on wrenches in 1967. We had only the SJ7. We did not have any issues with downdrive at all. The swing shaft was biggest issue and could replace that in 10-12 hours. One contractor had a SJ4 and it just kept going. All of these were loading in landings. Later one SJ7 was used to log small corner patches. Not too much help I know