A Tumbleweeds View of Scrapping - Page 3

Kinda looks like an old V4 Wisconsin air cooled. They were used in just about any kind of farm machinery you care to name. In this case I guess it also drove a tree!!



Jon.

Originally Posted by armygreywolf

Well patriot, if you put the hand crank on it, does it turn?

I do not know. It is to cold to be fighting machines. Hard enough to keep the skid steer, loaders, and truck running. Yesterday was nice, 30 and slight wind.

Har!!

I guess it could be called a power tree or horsepower bush? Air cooled brambles?

Jon.

Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

is this in the same family as a current bush?

Do not know. Thought the current bush grew at higher elevations based on the pictures. I guess it could have mutated to the lower elevations.

I like to haul and sell the same day if possible as my commute back home may be 50 miles or more / one way. I do have a lot near my regular scrap yard where I can leave a loaded trailer overnight and come back in the morning to unload.

I agree and when the price is up, I do the same thing. The only thing I prepare is cutting extensions, chutes, and wheels to increase my carrying capacity. This is a turn and burn time. With the prices being low, a different strategy is implemented. Not an expert, but hope it is the right decision.

I think this is the power supply for the current bush!

Originally Posted by hobo finds

I think this is the power supply for the current bush!

Thank you for solving the mystery. Evidently this is the father to the current bush.

With all that snow don't you think it's time to put the skid bucket on that bobcat

You have a NICE Bobcat!! I'd give my eyeteeth to get a grapple like that for my skidsteer!! We're clearing more land for hay and it would be worth its weight in wild Ukranians to pick out roots and the smaller stumps after the D6 got through with things!!

Have you had any experience with the rubber tracks in icy conditions? With a wheel, you can put chains on, but I don't know what you do with rubber tracks...bolt on steel grouser bars? Will the tracks accept tire studs?

Jon--coloured as green as the BC T190.

Originally Posted by sawmilleng

You have a NICE Bobcat!! I'd give my eyeteeth to get a grapple like that for my skidsteer!! We're clearing more land for hay and it would be worth its weight in wild Ukranians to pick out roots and the smaller stumps after the D6 got through with things!!

Have you had any experience with the rubber tracks in icy conditions? With a wheel, you can put chains on, but I don't know what you do with rubber tracks...bolt on steel grouser bars? Will the tracks accept tire studs?

Jon--coloured as green as the BC T190.

Love the tracks on snow even deep snow. As long as I am going relatively straight, no problems. If I spin, it can be buried in an instant. The only problem I have is loading it on the flatbed. The combination of cold rubber, angle of the dove tail, ice, etc. has created some interesting rides. When it has to be loaded now, we use a loader tractor pushing the forks of the skid loader. With the tub trailer a ramp of snow is made and she crawls right inside her little dog house.

I haul skidsteer loaders often ( I own an equipment hauling company).

I recommend dumping an entire container of windshield washer antifreeze on your trailer/truck deck and spreading it evenly over the deck with a push broom-the deck will stay ice free all day.

Also put some of the antifreeze on the ramps as well.

Actually I use safety kleen which is NON flammable.

I should have mentioned that.

So are those terrible pre made sandwiches they sell! YEKKK!