prolog nz
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Stole this pic off trademe of Ian harveys 355
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Thunderbird Yarders, Loaders, and Etc from the Murray's in Eugene Oregon
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Madilll120
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looks awsome in black insted of dull t-bird tan
crisco6255
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awsome colors
johnson
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Thunderbird TY-90 S/N 9053 bought new by Shade Tree Logging
Loggin_it
Member
is that the smaller size of the 6355?
Scott S
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We are looking at purchasing a 6355 after owning a 255 for years. The machine is bare with no lines sitting in yard here in Oregon. While we are really familiar with the 255 system by appearances the 6355 drum set has us baffled, gears are on both sides of the drums? Is it possible to run any drum independently of the others? We can slack line with our machine, can it be done with the 6355? Can you shotgun with it?
Thanks,
Scott S
Thanks,
Scott S
furpo
Senior Member
Hi Scott
I cant answer your question about slacklining and shotgunning as i dont know. The extra gear train down the other side of the drum set has two advantages. First is for the counter rotation of the two front drums for open or closing a grapple or letting a drop line of an MSP in or out. With the 255 you have to spool the rope off the out winding drum on the wet brake. The second advantage is that when out hauling the machine is still interlocked which is faster and burns less diesel. This is what is called a two way interlock yarder (i.e. inhaul and outhaul). The 255 is one way interlocked (i.e. inhaul only) so you have to drag the wet brake on outhaul.
Are you going to keep the 255? If so my opinion is that you would be best doing your skyline work with the 255 and getting into grapples with the 6355 as this is where these machines shine.
I cant answer your question about slacklining and shotgunning as i dont know. The extra gear train down the other side of the drum set has two advantages. First is for the counter rotation of the two front drums for open or closing a grapple or letting a drop line of an MSP in or out. With the 255 you have to spool the rope off the out winding drum on the wet brake. The second advantage is that when out hauling the machine is still interlocked which is faster and burns less diesel. This is what is called a two way interlock yarder (i.e. inhaul and outhaul). The 255 is one way interlocked (i.e. inhaul only) so you have to drag the wet brake on outhaul.
Are you going to keep the 255? If so my opinion is that you would be best doing your skyline work with the 255 and getting into grapples with the 6355 as this is where these machines shine.
Roadswitcher
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6355
Just adding to Furpo's reply on the question of slacklining and shotguning. Standard ex factory, not capable due to insufficent braking and they are not control plumbed for either of the above. You can operate each drum individually by way of isolation valves. Interesting to note that the early 355's up to around 1995, had an extended 255 drumset of which were set up for shotgun.
Just adding to Furpo's reply on the question of slacklining and shotguning. Standard ex factory, not capable due to insufficent braking and they are not control plumbed for either of the above. You can operate each drum individually by way of isolation valves. Interesting to note that the early 355's up to around 1995, had an extended 255 drumset of which were set up for shotgun.
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Roadswitcher
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6355
Scotty, did you happen to note the #no of the 6355 in question.
Scotty, did you happen to note the #no of the 6355 in question.
Scott S
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I was told it was the last one built, I didn't get the number. It's in the photos above with the 155 at Acme.
Scott
JeremyM70
Senior Member
Looks like there was only 4 6355's built, 2 of them being the BC model. One went to NZ, two went to BC. The one you are looking at might be S5162 and I think Huffman and Wright had it before?
Roadswitcher
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S5162
Jeremy, is there any way that we could get that comfirmed as I don't have any ownership detail against #S5162.
Jeremy, is there any way that we could get that comfirmed as I don't have any ownership detail against #S5162.
Scott S
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I think Wayne said it was from Huffman. It really is in pretty good shape the best I can tell but won't suit our purpose if we can't shot gun sometimes with it.
Scott
JeremyM70
Senior Member
Scott, can you check in with Wayne and find out? I don't know him really well.
Scott S
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He is in New Zealand right now and we have been playing phone tag,
Scott S
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Does anybody know anything about the TY 80 currently on Craigslist?
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/bfs/3749712026.html
Scott S
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/bfs/3749712026.html
Scott S
JeremyM70
Senior Member
I'll bet it is Y8035 that Wallace Sand and Gravel owned or used to own. It was sitting alongside I5 at MP57 for years.
It was owned by Weyco Raymond or Cosmopolis initially, there should be more detail about it in this thread somewhere.
It was owned by Weyco Raymond or Cosmopolis initially, there should be more detail about it in this thread somewhere.
Roadswitcher
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Y8035 Trivia Question
Could it be that TY 80, #Y8035, was the only two drum 'high lead' yarder that Ross produced at Eugene.
Could it be that TY 80, #Y8035, was the only two drum 'high lead' yarder that Ross produced at Eugene.
Scott S
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Anybody have information on TSY 255 serial # 5084
Thanks,
Scott
TorkelH
Senior Member
Not much (if you don't already know), customer: International Paper - Delivered July 1994