@Train Nerd They can be very efficient sorting logs on a skid site. Very quick. The Super Bell was bigger and more powerful. Great for loading posts or longwood Pulp etc.

They work great as fellers

@Train Nerd One bloke i worked with took the back wheel off. Just got in the way he said. He was amazing on them. He weldeda skid plate on instead. The odd joint or two got him through the day.

michaelovitch how would that help?? And if your going to put sodium chloride or whatever in the tire a smaller tire won't be better for that..make no sense.

A rear smaller tire would reduce the rake,so it would not lean forward as easily. More weight in the rear (tire) would do the same also.while not creating a load on the axle.

cal raines saw a pile of chips,must be for that,aint saw logs.

u dumb fucks it's macrocarpa ugly wood

Too bent for timber, will be split for firewood most likely

I can't imagine one of these as a buncher. They are hilarious to me. Always to ass-light for the job, yet always get the job done. They must work harder than about anything, pound for pound. I'm almost surprised the bothered with a rear wheel it's touching so little of the time lol.

The Metal Butcher oh trust me the do have them to this day as a bunchers. the operator grabs the tree cuts it off and you run with the tree an trow it well on the forward run.. they are wild.. but cut a shit load of trees in know time. the back wheel is never on the ground much. next time I see the guys I'll take a vidio of it and up load it..

lower north island mate

I was over there in march, could believe how much it looked like where we live,western Pennsylvania,,topo, farms etc, you;all just have a nicer climate, yah we get some brutal winters here, 5 below o farenhiet & snow to your knees, yuk ! summers are nice.we loved nz, what a beautiful country & people to !

And most of the things used in the US timber industry don't survive for long where these things are operated when subjected to the same level's of constant overloading and various other forms of operator abuse. That tipping over forwards means that it is impossible to mechanically overload the frame and lifting arm.

Meanwhile in the 80's and 90's they were all over the timber industry. They fulfilled a role until the technology inproved. These were feller bunchers originally and then modified as you see them here. A good design for their time and great in the bush for falling and grouping trees for the skidder. (Their intended purpose)

I used these in South Africa to move pulp wood logs from truck/train to stack - more versatile than most system and built to suit African situations