1965 Garrett Tree Farmer C4 Log Skidder

[@edwardlautsch8539]

A C4 was my first skidder. Had the bigger planetaries, and the Ford 254 4 cylinder diesel. Really simple machine, very easy on fuel. The Gearmatic winch was also easy to maintain and fix. Was a bit light of a machine for poplar trees, so i traded up to a 230 D Timberjack. Great memories! Thanks for the video.

[@ticker511]

I bought a new C4 back in 1968, i was 20 yrs old. It had the Model 9 Gearmatic winch, with a Ford 4 cylinder Industrial gas motor. [ cost, $9500.00 ] We were full time loggers at the time, i pulled 10 to 30 cds a day. It would run all day on 5 gals of gas.

[@audreygreen-hite2075]

Had a garret 15 finally couldn't get my foot on the clutch to disengage the winch and flipped it over backwards and destroyed the thing over a small cliff lost the skidder to damage and my wife to divorce that same week. Sure miss that old skidder. Luca

[@robertoja9680]

Nice to see these are still around. I bought one in the early 90s 3,500 bucks had a 4 cylinder ford industrial engine did a little work on it cost me a little over 100 dollars sold it a couple days later for 5,500 thinking back it would have been a perfect skidder for firewood as I was in the business then

[@Mountaintoptractor]

Love where your logging! I posted a video of my 1966 tree farmer logging on my first day in the woods on a skidder, im very happy with the machine. I am hopeful with in a couple months to have some hitches maybe half the size of yours ;-)

[@gregtaylor8327]

Old Timberjack stick shift Skidder was our go to spare in the 1980s. Picking up bundles of posts and hauling logs. Noisy as. Wonderful!

[@bunkhouse3881]

The Tree Farmer was originally invented and manufactured in Enumclaw, Washington. Garrett and Percy Maras were the brains behind it. In the first years, Percy would load a Tree Farmer onto a flatbed truck and take it to logging sites to show the loggers how well it worked.

[@69Fucknwo]

I was cutting a cedar job down here on the Olympic Penninsula and saw the same exact model near mint. So cool to see these around!

[@stevehorne10000]

My friend had the mill record he rolled his c4 8 times in the rocky country near Halifax

[@jdman1930]

I live 2 towns over from where the Garrett offices are. Factory is long gone but they still have a office and some nos parts floating around. Friend of a friend is still running it.

[@skadill]

Thats neat,thought they would only be a memory.We have a guy with a large shop up here that basically is" Washington Iron Works",although they're gone as well.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Wow what *a BEAUTY!! When I was just a kid of 33-38 a buddy of mine let me have 20 minutes on his Skidder after he pulled an 8 foot at the butt cedar log out. We were both . I've operated machinery 1/2 drunk more than once but runnin this Brute was SUMPIN ELSE!!! What a hoot! Full blast hit a 30 foot conifer and ran over it. I swear I felt like I'd just been goosed!! The tree snapped back full upright pretty as you please. No harm no foul. He filled my Bronco fulla cedar for a lousy $5. Woo Hoo!!*

[@jamesd2128]

So nice to hear a Detroit, even a quiet one !

[@UnitCrane514]

Wow thats an amazing machine! Super straight, I'm surprised that the back end isn't bent out because theres no guarding pan on it. That 3-53 Detroit sounds GREAT!!!!

[@VideosByAl]

Super nice rig. Thanks to the owner for the demo .

[@johndeerman66]

I haven't seen a tree farmer since I was a kid. I had a uncle that had one but his was red in color Had the same motor though. That gearo'matic thaey are very tough winches. Very simple to fix and overall easy to Maintain

[@petertitan2186]

That was made up here in Thunder bay which was two towns fort William and port Arthur ont.That factory still builds train cars now.Theyve built hurricane fighter dauntless dive bombers and even ww1 minesweepers.I still don`t know why but the Frenchmen preferred the C-4 and C-5 back in the day and most loggers bought Timberjack 230 and 240.Big companies bought Clark 664 skidders for theyre union camps.My favourite skidder was my 1971 230 with factory piler,which I changed to blade later.It had the small planetaries but still really good skidder

[@markjurkovich7814]

That thing is just super cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@scottc6774]

I just got one of these skidders that had been cobbled on heavly. Another close up video or pictures would be nice. Thanks!

[@wayneriedlinger6405]

Interesting machine. I was doing some research on the Canadian Co-operative Farm Machinery company and they sold baisicly the same machine as an Agricultural tractor. It was caller the Agra- Farmer. They probably didnt sell very many of them.

[@jasonnewell2523]

That was totally Awsome especially with the Detroit diesal in it

[@fyst4413]

Kockum was a Swedish company that made skidders on license by Garret. The Swedish version of this was the kockums 820. The later version was the 821, 822 and 860. Kockum made every type of forest machinery. In Norway the use of skidder was dominating, while in Sweden the use of forwarders was dominating.

[@skadill]

They were Kockums Cancar here,then became Treefarmer

[@fyst4413]

@@skadill I didn’t know. Where there ever any forwarders that made it over the pond to US and Canada?

[@skadill]

@@fyst4413 yes in central BC and north,not in the south.The old red colored ones in the 80's

[@fyst4413]

@@skadill cool! Most probably kockums, as they were the only red ones. Do you know of any that you could make a video about?

[@skadill]

@@fyst4413 Not a one. that stuff would be omaybe in the odd boneyard up there if there was any left,,but its 6 to 10 hours north

[@ticker511]

If it has 8 bolt axles its a Pulpwood Special, they sold as being a C5. But its a C4 frame with a 353 and a big winch, C4 had the model 9 Gearmatic. If it has 12 bolt axles its a true C5

[@oldbeatercars]

That sure is a nice little skidder

[@kanoraguy]

Fort William is part of Thunder Bay ON

[@charlestoth2220]

Nice Skidder! Like Your Videos.

[@skadill]

thanks,it's not everyones cup of tea here,glad you like them.Todd

[@Graveltrucking]

So it is in your back yard now couldn't resist it had to have it lol Don't see too many little skidders like that anymore.

[@skadill]

Very suprised to have seen a near 50 year old log skidder looking straight like this.

[@Graveltrucking]

skadill . Have to agree that little machine is in good shape I wonder if it ever got used much

[@swishrking]

Very nice, thumbs up.

[@audreygreen-hite2075]

Had that very same skidder but my foot slipped off the clutch and drug the skidder over backwards. Could not disengage the winch. Luca

[@Pusher1944]

Thanks PA Diecast Construction, I'll give your formula a try and see if it works. I'd rather see a cable any day over hydraulics, much more interesting!

[@Pusher1944]

Todd, I too will always love the sound of DD. I started as a bus mechanic w/ external fuel line 6-71s and dip-shift transmissions. Off subject question: does a cat model number tell you if it is a cable machine? Age does not seem to be good indicator.

[@skadill]

Not sure about the numbers.

[@lancebowman4832]

Pretty sure if it's last number is an 8, it's cable. If it's a 5 it's a grapple

[@nellsonstout7001]

PA diecast construction I've seen 518s with the grapple and with a cable and winch

[@Motodiablo6]

W Polsce tez pracowały Farmery

[@chloemonachan506]

How does the winch work in cancar sikidder

[@lenm2857]

I have one with the Ford diesel motor. The tires are rotting off and I can't read the size. Anyone know the proper tire size for these?

[@storminnormanz]

no cover on the winch. i hope he doesnt leave it outside or it will ruin a gearmatic, plus the brake band will fall right off when you go to using in

[@jeremylee99100]

its missing a hydrolic on the blade

[@pvtimberfaller]

Later Franklin/Can Car