Thank you for the kind words and you’re most welcome! It does a good job for what it is no doubt. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it. Take care and do come again, please!

Right! Me too. And thank you. Thanks for watching!

Thank you kindly and thank you for watching! I really appreciate it. And if you ever make it around my way, just look me up. Be glad to have you. Take care

Brings back a child hood memory..a small mill up the road had one ...I seem to remember that one had a clutch on the drum...they moved alot of logs with itl 12:48

Ty sir! I am glad to do it and thx for watching

Me too. I’ve always loved these old trucks. Just true work horses. Thanks for the kind words

You’re most welcome! Glad to do it. And thanks for watching and commenting. Take care

Cool 😎 thanks for sharing. You’re most welcome and thank you kindly! Thanks for watching!

Yessir you’re right for sure. I actually started with a cable skidder helping family and friends. I mostly cut timber. Now I am basically a one man show. My boy helps when he can. And we have a good time. But it is hard work no doubt. Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! I appreciate it

Yes, you’re right for sure! Thanks for the kind words and also for watching!! Take care

Thank you very kindly! And thank you for watching…I really appreciate it! It’s always good to hear from others also in different parts of the country! Thx

Shoooooooot, a man still gotta have a strong back lol. Thanks for watching buddy

Whew! Yessir for sure. The mules and side loafers are a LOT more efficient than most would ever know. Thank you so much for standing your experience with me. I really love hearing from older hands that knows their way around a animal logging outfit. Take care and thx again for watching

Thank you for the kind words and for watching and commenting! I appreciate it

You’re welcome! It’s in most of my logging videos working. But yeah, I’ll have more videos of it working. Thanks a bunch for watching!!

Yessir you’re right. Knuckle booms are farrrr superior, but at a superior cost too. These old side loaders will still earn their way to a man willing to be a little patient. Thx for watching and commenting

Yes they’re simple but they’re a lot of manual work to load and unload. Which is why most don’t use em these days. They still work good for us horse and mule loggers but not for a mechanical crew. Too slow. Thanks for the kind words and for watching! Take care

Thank you kindly! And thx for watching

Cool 😎 thanks for watching and commenting! Take care my friend

Thank you kindly! I appreciate it. And thanks again for watching and commenting. I always enjoy hearing from folks.

Cool 😎 thx for sharing and yes I will. Take care and thanks for watching

That’s right! It’s all relevant to a man’s situation really. Thank you for watching and commenting my friend! I appreciate it

Cool 😎 thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it and you’re welcome

Cool 😎 They’re getting sorta scarce now days. But there a few still around and working. Thanks for watching and commenting

Yeah that’s right; they were mainly pulp wood trucks. There were a ton of these side loader trucks around back in the 60-80’s. Hauling saw mill logs. But not many left now days. Thanks a bunch for watching and also commenting my friend. Good to hear from you and take care

I def appreciate that! And thanks for watching and commenting. I enjoy hearing from you guys. Thanks!!!

Cool 😎 thank you Gary! And thanks for watching my friend. I surely appreciate it. Glad ya enjoyed the video and got something from it. Take care my friend and do come again, please

Thank you sir! Me too. Thanks for watching

@@zachodom7486 This was the first of your videos I have seen. I somehow randomly stumbled upon it. Thirty years ago II pulled a log hog for a VERY brief time because I hated it. They would never load me legal. I just never had that outlaw thing going on, man.😄

Cool 😎. Thank you for sharing with me!!

@@zachodom7486 Well, this old-timer DOES go on sometimes.....😄

Thank you sir! I really appreciate it and thx for watching

Ten fo! You’re right. I’d love an old R model tri axle Mack with a 350 Mack motor and twin 6 speed. Good ole log trucks! Thanks for watching

@@zachodom7486 I know some people still running the old R Model! Not real good on hills, but you get there!

Right! I looked at a real nice 08 model Mack Granite. Tri axle. 550hp Mack engine with 18 speed and 52k pound full locking rears. It was a rock truck. I believe it would’ve made a real nice truck. I heard tell of a feller one time that had an old r model tandem truck with a side loader on it. I never saw it, but i bet it was a real truck.

Thanks for the very thorough explanation of the design,operation of the side loader. I grew up in Louisville, Mississippi. It is the home of Taylor Machine Works. They made a side loader called “The Loggers Dream”. It was very similar too yours, as you mentioned. They were very prevalent in use in our area. I know they were built through the 50’s and into the 60’/70’s. We occasionally see one in use now buy small loggers like you. With the advent of skidders/knuckle booms,etc. they fell into disuse by commercial loggers in our area. “Short Loggers” like you are a dying breed in our area. Taylor manufactured a cable skidder/loader labeled as a Loggers Dream as well. The Loggers Dream was a product that led too the production of a short pulpwood loader for wood yards and later fork lifts for handling logs at mills. Now Taylor is into forklifts in a big way, huge machines, shipping container handlers, etc. Their equipment is now in use worldwide. The side loader was a type of “pioneer” product that contributed to the growth the company.

Thank you! And that’s cool 😎. They use to be really popular for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Cool 😎 and thank you!

Thank you sir and I’m glad ya enjoy them! That makes it worth doing. Thanks for taking time to watch and comment. Take care my friend and do come again, please

Cool 😎 thanks for sharing and thanks for watching! I appreciate it

Haha, I have both Chevy and ford lol. I like em both. Yes, I am a long time mechanic and we believe in doing routine maintenance and keeping our stuff up. Shoot, it’s a full time job just keeping things going. Anyway, thanks for watching and commenting. I really really appreciate it

For sure and thank you sir! Thanks for watching and commenting

Yeah there is a part early on in the video that explains it. Pto control is on the console and you can engage or disengage it. When we’re in the woods loading, we just switch the truck off and on. Then we’re ready to move the truck or head to the mill, you can disengage the pto. You don’t want the pto turning when the truck is moving. If that makes sense. Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for watching!

We use to have quiet a few of those old pulp wood trucks down in Alabama years and years ago. Haven’t saw one in years!!!! But I do remember em. Thanks for sharing with me and thanks for watching and commenting!

Did it have the open differential car rear end winch? The paper mill in St.Marys Ga was still taking shortwood till 2002.

I remember the winch part of it but I don’t remember much details of it. It was a little before my time to be honest. But I do remember seeing the trucks a lot.

@@zachodom7486 There is a video called " Men of the forest" shows a family in Guyton Ga 1952 that's awesome.

I have saw that one. It’s great! And thx again

They’re good trucks for sure! And thanks for watching and commenting

@zachodom7486 yes ser

Cool 😎 thanks! And thanks for watching

Thank you sir and thanks for watching and commenting!

Yeah I’d say so. They were sort of a southern thing really. They work good for what they are. Thanks for watching and commenting! Take care

Thank you sir and thanks for watching!

@@zachodom7486 do some more videos

Will do all I can. Thanks!

Yes! Thanks for watching

I’ve ran both types of operations. Cable skidder crew and chainsaws, and now mules. Animals are wayyyyyy cheaper by far. Percentage wise at the end of the day, I am way ahead of a mechanical crew. Production wise, no. But for what I put into it vs what I get out of it is a whole lot better and not near the stress either.

Yep you’re right about that…I’ve got a couple extras in the truck 😉 and thanks for watching and commenting

@@zachodom7486 very relaxing to watch

Thanks! I am glad ya enjoyed it

If you load using the side loader the yes you want smaller longer logs on bottom first then bigger ones in the middle. But if you’re loading really big logs like is in our picture on the truck, then you cross haul them onto the truck. There is a link in the description showing how we do that. Thanks for watching

No sir, not on this truck. There isn’t enough payload on the truck to put one on it. You’d have to have at least a tandem axle truck for a knuckle boom, and preferably a tri-axle. I would love to have a boom truck one day with twin bunks to haul two stands of cut up logs. Thanks for watching my friend and the question! I appreciate it. Take care

@@zachodom7486 Zac thanks for responding. I love that set of mules you have

@@tommyrichmond1293thank you sir, I appreciate that. And you’re most welcome. Glad to hear from you. Have a good one

Thank you sir! And thanks for watching. I really appreciate it. Come on back anytime!

Thank you kindly! And thanks for watching

They surely made good ones! Thank you sir for watching

Yes and no. Some that have swell in them wouldn’t roll no matter what lol. And sometimes when loading with the side loader they get sorta jammed in anyhow. I try to park on a slight hill every chance I get when I’m unloading to help a little or just use a block of wood to pull up on. Plus if ya did do that with the shims, the load might would ride a little uneven possibly, and with top heavy loads that wouldn’t be good. On log trucks, you sorta want a little extra on the drivers side to account for road crown: But 1-2” worth prolly wouldn’t hurt anything, although I’m not too sure it would help ya any either when unloading. So I can’t answer too well without trying it. Prolly be cheap enough to try. Thank you for the idea, I may consider something like that. I do like hearing from all you guys. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Cool 😎 I enjoy working single. I think it makes a lot better animals no doubt! Good to hear from you and thanks a bunch for watching

They’re no longer manufactured. But there are used ones around especially here in the south. You just have to ask around and look. I run across them every now and then. They’ll usually bring 2-3k depending on their shape. Sometimes you can find a deal on a truck and loader together. That would be the best bet. And usually with a little love you can breathe life back into them. They’re pretty simple and easy to keep up.

Thank you sir and thanks for commenting and watching!

Yessir. There are still some around here and there. But def harder to find.

Right! Thx for watching

Cool 😎. We don’t have much of a pine market here or pulpwood unfortunately and it hurts us at times. Our hardwood sawlog market is good and cross ties. But it would be nice to have pine and more pulp mills. Although pulp doesn’t pay enough really to handle it with animals. $20 a ton ain’t much when you can only haul 7 ton at a time. It about wouldn’t even pay the haul bill let alone anything left over. Anyway, thank you kindly for watching and commenting. I enjoy hearing from all you guys! Thanks!!

Yessir that’s right and you’re welcome! Thanks for watching

I have a set. Most times at the mills I deliver too we’ve got a little hill I can park on to get em off easier: but yes in answer to your question. I do have some. Thanks for watching!

@@zachodom7486 I was thinking about maybe some day making myself one of these for firewood logs that are light enough to lift I also have a tractor with a 3pt log grapple but can't stack much with that

@@karl-egertdaskov6217cool

Thank you and thanks for watching!

No sir. I’ve added some to it. But Savannah machine shop in Savannah tn built these loaders for years. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Right! In the hands of the right person, they’re about as safe and efficient as anything is. But on the flip side…can hurt you bad quickly! If you’re not paying attention. Thanks for watching and commenting!