WC log skidder
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Topic: WC log skidder
Posted By: orange blossom speci
Subject: WC log skidder
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 7:35pm
| Any body with info on a WC log skidder I spent 2days dragging this thing from a hauler in west west Virginia and brought it home to my collection here in Kentucky. Its drives are rearends from a WC power plant is WC serail no. stamped in chassis as Allis Chalmers forestry division. HELP!!! |
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Posted By: Brian S(NY)
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 7:57pm
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would love to see pics. Brian S ------------- God made man.Sam colt made man equal. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 8:18pm
Ditto! We're going to need pictures of it if possible. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Brian S(NY) wrote:Posted By: Jeff B
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 9:16pm
| I know of one in Iowa, don't know if it the same as your but All parts are wc. Frame is made from wc frame rails one on top the other and is articulated. I don't have any pictures of it but could get some in a week or two. |
Posted By: Jacob (WI,ND)
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 9:18pm
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sounds interesting, I'll be waiting for more pics and info on this as well.... ------------- Jacob Swanson 1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45 |
Posted By: jnicol6600
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 9:37pm
| Pics please. I didnt know they exhisted. |
Posted By: orange blossom speci
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 10:32pm
| Guys I'll get pics on here later this week, this thing was a hand full from Thursday til today, very rare item that I got, will go nice with the others I have. |
Posted By: scott
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 6:22am
| Sounds cool but wheres the photo? |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 7:58am
| That sounds like an unusual piece of equipment -- cool. |
Posted By: wade89
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 2:19pm
| Would be cool to see a picture of this. Currently trying to build something similar. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 7:03pm
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Need pictures! When I first read the post I pictured a log arch, also called a trip cart, in my mind then I reread it a saw it had an engine. Trip carts were used in this area in the 40's and 50's where they would put down a sawmill in a tract of timber and use them to skid logs to the mill. All I ever saw were locally fabricated and had an arched frame with two large truck wheels and tires in the rear and a Model A rear end set up as a pto driven winch which used a cable to lift a bundle of logs. For some reason most were pulled by M Farmalls probably because of the taller rear tires and the green ones wouldn't do the job. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 7:15pm
 This is a picture of a trip cart on display at Heavy's Barbecue on Hwy 15 just off I-20, the only one I have seen in years. Brings back some memories. BTW good pulled pork barbecue and stew.------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: wade89
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 7:46pm
| Thats interesting. So the auto rearend drives some type of winch on the other side? |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 8:05pm
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On this one there is a sprocket on the right side that drives a simple winch mechanism via a chain and on the left side is a ratchet mechanism that holds the winch drum until it is released (tripped) by a lever thus the name trip cart. Some have the brake assembly left in place on one side and it is applied to make the other side turn so then the pto can run all the time. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: corbinstein
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 7:08am
| I remember the winches on Pulp Wood trucks in Oklahoma in the 70's were auto Rear ends with a brake drum on one side, pinion driven by pto, and winch half way down the other side, with a home-made winch setup. worked fine as long as someone was holding the MC that kept pressure on the drum. |