Our old Jr. finally died so my wife found this beauty in the local classifieds. It's a 1981-2 Troy-Built Pony, one-owner machine in absolutely immaculate condition. The owner did meticulous maintenance and even had all the original paper! Wife is super pleased with the performance and I'm...
Thank you. Appreciate your experience. From a basic mechanical knowledge says the lever arm gets very strong, very fast. I'm gonna stick with some shorter, wooden stakes to help steady logs until I can get chains on, and conservative loading weights.
Yes, that's perfect. I have literally unlimited amounts of oak. Totally agree about the stake pockets not being designed for heavy duty. I was thinking of just being able to get a second row of logs or so.
I have a 8' x 16', 10K deckover trailer with rub rails and stake pockets. I would like to haul logs (firewood/mill) on it occasionally. I'm thinking of purchasing some 2x4 x 4ft steel to put in the stake pockets to help contain the logs, especially while loading. I will chain the logs, too...
Here's a couple vids of my new (first tank of fuel) MMWS 395XP and a well broken in Tree Monkey 661CM. Both have 36" bars with Oregon EXJ (round file, full chisel, full-skip) with rakers at .035.
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