crawler loader
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Topic: crawler loader
Posted By: nanuk
Subject: crawler loader
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2017 at 9:51pm
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I need to clean up about 5 acres of spruce/poplar trees, that a plow wind knocked over and pulled 'em up by the roots. due to steep access, and risk of puncture, I think a tracked vehicle would be best. some of my trees are 30" at the butt. I would limb and cut them to 16 feet or so, and cut off stumps, and carry/drag them up the hill for processing into lumber/logs/firewood, and a burning pile for the stumps. the price of crawlers his pretty steep up here. I like the idea of a loader to help with the moving. There are occasionally some crawlers with Dozers or Loaders for sale within a couple hours. Right now, I have seen an IHC175 for $10k, and an AC HD7(G?) for $4k I know two things about crawlers... nothing and.... OK, ONE thing! any reason I should stay away from an older HD7? ------------- AC7060Pd 1975 |
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Posted By: Ferdinand
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2017 at 10:18pm
you know as much about old dozers as I do. Have you looked at auctiontime.com ? I know I saw a couple of Canadian HD's on there recently. None, right now. ------------- Because narrow is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it. Mathew 7:14 |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2017 at 10:23pm
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Rent or lease a good one. ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 2:34am
| the poplar trees in my area have very little root systems to them, they can mostly be uprooted and knocked over with a 100 HP size tractor and a good rear blade. that's one way I did some of mine here, the other way was I hooked a cable from a 1 ton wrecker up about 8-12 ft above ground and just pulled them over, roots came out too. can also cut the spruce down, and take a back hoe out to dig the stumps. every farm should own a backhoe/loader! |
Posted By: Dozer
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 6:59am
| The HD7 has a 3 cylinder Detroit Diesel. The HD7G has a turbocharged (4) cylinder diesel. The HD7G is a good and powerful machine when it is working and a money pit when it breaks. Find out which machine you are looking at and post the question again. |
Posted By: pinball
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 7:37am
| The biggest problem you will have is honesty with the person you are dealing with. I would suggest that if you find one that you take a mechanic with you that knows something about them to check it over . the 7 if maintained properly would be fine. Tracks can be wore but still last a hell of a long time for most hobby farmers. Visual oil leaks can be seen. If you can find one at a dealers some where and get them to give you some sort of a warrenty would probably be better. Don't get in a hurry. Use a little common sense. Listen what people say but remember they wont tell you the bad so ask any questions wether you think its trivial or not. Good luck. Norm |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 8:54am
| I own a 7G, I would make sure I wasn't buying a G-b series as they were mostly Fiat with Iveco engine parts for these are as or more scarce than for mine. The IH is a similar sized machine with similar issues. Rails are no longer made for either so if shot may last awhile or could be pin and bushing turned to stretch some life but still an expense. Cats are and will remain expensive so if can tolerate maintenance upkeep the older machines and obsolete machines can do as good a job. Primary concern is if they are already worn slick neither is a bargain even at the prices quoted. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 11:37am
| Is the 7 that you are considering the one up by Saskatoon.....? Darrel |
Posted By: nanuk
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 9:26pm
I wish that were an option, but time would make it not worthwhile. I need a machine for a couple years to do what I need doing.
my trees that I am going to remove, are either broke at 20 ft up, or pulled up by the roots, so need a way to lift the rest of the ball out of the ground. I have a 160hp tractor, but worry about tire punctures. The only area I can access is quite steep, and has been pushed with a dozer, and bushhogged a few times to chop down the new growth. it was a right of way for power, but the lines/poles have since been removed. I have been thinking of using cable and snatch block... but that would require some building of an arch/trellis??? to winch over to keep the cable off the ground.
yup, that is the one I saw, that tweeked my memory of the work I need to do. I could put a loader on one of my tractors, but the land is not conducive to tractors. I almost had to leave one down there when I first moved out there. Thank goodness it had a loader... I pushed myself back up. ------------- AC7060Pd 1975 |
Tracy Martin TN wrote:Posted By: Lazyts
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 8:29pm
| That Allis is a steal! Snap 'er up. There's a few of those around SK still, sitting behind tree rows and feed yards. Every once in a while one comes up for sale- ideally you would have two- one for parts. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 9:16pm
------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |