Spring clean-up with the Anderson Log Loader

Dead trees are safer to bring down from a distance!
#winch #logging #forestry # tractorloggjing

[@LostCaper]

Great video. I do some small scale logging with a Wallenstine winch. Winches work great. I skid the logs as short a distance as I can because they get full of dirt which dulls the saw. Then I buck it up and put it in the trailer.

[@louisbrentnell2551]

It looked like a great addition to that heavy work.

[@DovetailTimberworks]

It's a game changer!

[@claytonhillier9496]

I have a Anderson M16 I’ve had it for 17 years it’s got a 13 hp honda I mounted it on a tandem trailer for the highway it still runs like a top excellent log loader

[@DovetailTimberworks]

That's great to hear it's still running well for you! Thanks for the comment.

[@VicsYard]

Real cool.

[@jimbecker5675]

Darn....wish you lived closer! That's a really handy thing. (I have a bunch of dead ash to deal with)

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Ha ha! Not the first time I've heard that! 🙂

[@jamesmckay9966]

Boy, could you use some Prescribed Burning. You have Lots of small trees which will never amount to anything . Nice Video

[@jimalspach8528]

I have the Anderson Majaco 14 which I traded a Lucas 618 to Amish millers for. How would I go about adding a winch and which one would you recommend? Thanks I just subscribed!

[@DovetailTimberworks]

The winch on that one is I believe 6000 or 6500lb and I wouldn't go any lower than that. I wouldn't be surprised if Anderson could figure out a way to add one to yours, it's really just bolted on to the main frame in the middle. It takes up a few feet of space in your trailer though.

[@makincash3337]

What does something this fun start at price wise?

[@DovetailTimberworks]

This is a big one with all the options so it's hard to say what a starting price would be. You could get one without the winch and a shorter trailer and shorter boom. That unit with power pack and winch is around $25k Canadian.

[@user-dig_riz]

👍✌️👍✌️💪

[@rancerance475]

nice

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Thanks bud, I think the other video of getting the hemlock log out is better.

[@bradraube4930]

I just bought a "damaged" M160 and I'm trying to piece it together. Is there anyway You could measure the main boob cylinder from Eye to eye fully retraced and fulled extended? Maybe a diameter of the cylinder housing and of the shaft?

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Hi Brad, I'd love to help you out. Might take a couple of days. I believe the 140 and 160 have different booms, though that cylinder etc may be the same.

[@bradraube4930]

@@DovetailTimberworks THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK you

[@lidijahalas2453]

hello. how powerful pump do you have up?

[@DovetailTimberworks]

The power pack for the machine is 13hp.

[@generees7752]

I had a neighbor who used his front end loader to dislodge a windfall and it snapped up high and hit him in the head , you can never be too careful

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Yes, a good lesson. Stuff can happen fast with a machine that drives very slowly ...

[@michaelstout5508]

That’s a handy machine. Have you ever towed it on a public road? I don’t see any taillights or turn signals and I can see myself getting pulled over by DOT if I tried towing to a job. Unless a slow moving triangle would suffice?

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Hi Michael, this machine is available with a road package and full lighting package. Faster rated spindles on the axles too. I didn't bother, but when I do take it on the road short distances I put those magnetic lights on the back and no problems.

[@jeanvaljohn3921]

Any amount of information about your tractor and log wagon /grapple would be helpful, Thanks

[@DovetailTimberworks]

I will be doing some more work with this machine in the spring!

[@168Diplomat]

You really need to get a pull or lift strap. Wrapping the cable around the tree and hooking it back on its self kinks and weakens the cable.

[@DovetailTimberworks]

I use a chain choker on the end of the winch cable, works very well.

[@168Diplomat]

@@DovetailTimberworks yes they do Sorry I didn’t see it in the video. Didn’t want ya to get hurt or screw up your equipment with a flying cable or hook. Have a great one 🤠

[@ericcxxxx]

old days its call godevil.

[@DovetailTimberworks]

I'd forgotten that expression!

[@TheNyhm1]

Seems like a waste of time for such small logs

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Mother nature didn't ask me which trees to blow over or kill....