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Another Upgrade To the Skidding Operation.

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  1. amateur cutter

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    Saw this up for trade for an 8N. Guess who just happened to have one. Even up swap and he did the hauling. Nice guy and we hit it off well. This will cover ground and pull what the mini skid won't. Check out the winch on this little machine! 20210717_181533.jpg 20210717_181520.jpg 20210717_181546.jpg 20210717_181557.jpg
     
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    Nice looking unit. Should be able to skid just about anything you want with that. Even the winch looks to be pretty stout and should pull pretty much what you want.
     
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    Nice!
    What's under the hood?
     
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    Sweet. Now you have two of them.
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol: .... How lovely things just fall in your lap.... :whistle: .... Thats pretty slick rig there... Congrats! :dex:
     
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  6. amateur cutter

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    6 cylinder gasser. I think it's a Continental but I gotta run numbers.
    The winch is a monster. They use to raise heavy machines to second floors in factories with it. Belonged to a heavy cartage & crane company back in the day. Guy said it pulled 6 ton straight up on an overhead block. It should handle a log or two.
     
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    That is cool! You might be careful on frozen ground with some snow on it. Those track pads don’t look like they will get ahold of much. Continental with a updraft carb?
     
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    Cool tank.
    That winch should get it done.

    Looks good for an older machine.
     
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  9. amateur cutter

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    I thnk so, updraft Marvel carb for sure, just rebuilt. Cleats are still available so I'll replace those.
     
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    Holey Moley!!!

    Sweet!
     
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    A tracked monster winch!

    Does it do anything else? A PTO?
     
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    Have you come down with TAD?

    Sweet looking machine. Looks like he took really good care of it. You can mount a 50 cal and work for national security. Wanna see pics real soon of it in action!
     
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    You did it again...looks like you did good on the trade. Probably because most people would not know what to do with that beast!
     
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  14. amateur cutter

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    Rear pto runs the winch. I'll go to some old iron shows & maybe find a front blade for it.
    Yep lol. Nothing new for me, just found a few deals.
     
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    I think I did all right given what I see online. Should be worth about 3X of what I had into the 8N.
     
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    Nice machine, looks like it was well taken care of.
    :cool:
     
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    Wow that is just freaking awesome!:bug:

    . I thought to myself that it needs a 50 cal when I saw the pic. Then I read the comments and saw buZZsaw BRAD comment. Scary!
     
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    It would look cool with a MA Deuce mounted on it lol.
     
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    Another great tool :thumbs:
     
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    Love finding deals myself especially saws of course. Will that be used in your PA or will you take it along for other work? Thats a serious winch!
     
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