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Great photos. Thanks for sharing them.
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Great pictures! Very well taken! Thanks for posting.
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Thanks guys!
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Very nice pictures! Looks just like a job out here, only the skidders would have swing booms and the buncher would be a leveler.
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JTL wrote:Very nice pictures! Looks just like a job out here, only the skidders would have swing booms and the buncher would be a leveler. You beat me to it. I was going to mention the swing boom 517's and 527's out here. Those are great machines. Also, cool photos. 
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Thanks for posting. I am not sure why the track skidders have an advantage. I would think the cost of new undercarridges would be expensive. 
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Basketball Man wrote:Thanks for posting. I am not sure why the track skidders have an advantage. I would think the cost of new undercarridges would be expensive. It's all about traction and versatility. You can do a lot with a six way blade in the wood.
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The number one advantage to a track skidder is there gradeability. For the most part the outfits out here use them to bull the wood down off of steep hillsides to the main trail, where the wheel skidders will come and grab it and yard it on to the landing. They also use them to build skid trails, repair the haul roads, and plow snow.
Over on the coast, they use track skidders alot in selective cuts and thinnings were it is almost impossible to shovel log, or not cost effective to set up a yarder. The wetter ground over there also dictates a track machine over a wheeled one.
For the most part, you never skid more than 1000 feet with a 517,or 527. So really the undercarriage costs aren't that expensive. And you're going forward 2/3rds of the time so there isn't the wear from hi-speed reverse, like on a dirt dozer.
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Thanks again guys.
Yea what JTL said ^
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Great pics gotta love that east side logging. I like the skidder and feller myself. Thanks for posting
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Whoa! How did I miss this post?! Great, great photos! Side note: I sure hope Deere adds to the replica forestry line again! - Chris 
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ConstructionSite wrote: Side note: I sure hope Deere adds to the replica forestry line again! - Chris Me too! Any new forestry models this year would be really exciting!
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noraztrans wrote:Great pics gotta love that east side logging. I like the skidder and feller myself. Thanks for posting Thanks! ConstructionSite wrote:Whoa! How did I miss this post?! Great, great photos! Side note: I sure hope Deere adds to the replica forestry line again! - Chris How could you miss this  Thanks! Same here, I really hope there will be some new forestry models this year!
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To who ever is interested, here are some videos of the feller and skidders, please switch to HD when you go to watch them! Deere 759J Cutting Down TreesCat 517 and 525C Skidders pulling TreesAnd some new photos:  
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