cabstar timber truck

[bob]

yeah i know mr picker lol my last post was not aimed at any of the regulars at all , im sure most of you have been on here way way longer than me and seen the fluent BS brigade come and go

 

NOW back to the cabstar , what do you chaps think of the idea ?? 18 stoner's ideas made sence , my idea behing it is to try to extract timber from places a 7.5 ton lory of bigger cant get without having to ring stuff up to a size that can be trown onto a transit , by no means do i think for a second that it will carry the MASSIVE PINE TREE lol:001_tongue:

 

have you ever done a big pine:blushing:

[combined tree services]

have you ever done a big pine:blushing:

 

i am proud to say i have done a big pine bob my old fruit , how about you ??? hows things with you any way ??

[bob]

i am proud to say i have done a big pine bob my old fruit , how about you ??? hows things with you any way ??

 

good up here done a tree or 2 in my time

you show me yours and i will show you mine

[Mark Bolam]

Back to the Igottacabstartimbertruckwithcrane idea, I reckon if you can juggle it so you can have a genuine load capacity of a tonne, it might be worth it.

 

I reckon the Hiab would have to handle that in a oner, though, so you could pick up the odd butt for milling etc. on its own. Which would mean quite a chunky grab, tus adding weight blah blah blah.

 

What would the bed length be CTS? 8 foot?

[18 stoner]

Back to the Igottacabstartimbertruckwithcrane idea, I reckon if you can juggle it so you can have a genuine load capacity of a tonne, it might be worth it.

 

I reckon the Hiab would have to handle that in a oner, though, so you could pick up the odd butt for milling etc. on its own. Which would mean quite a chunky grab, tus adding weight blah blah blah.

 

What would the bed length be CTS? 8 foot?

 

Think it would need outriggers to lift that though, adding to weight:sad:

[Stephen Blair]

why not make an A frame for the rear that hinges and put a winch behind the cab, almost like a skip idea, weighs next to nothing, it would be great for monster bags of sadust and crap..and lumps of wood..i have always fancied the idea myself..a little bit of engineering would make life so much easier, look through old timber pics ofthe good old days, they used a frames and leverage to their advantage

[Andy Collins]

Forget the cabstar approach, and just by an old mini-skip truck, all the gubbins is in place, you know it will lift and the engineering is sorted...why over-complicate things?

[Stephen Blair]

wise wise man, but if you are daft enough to own a cabsater why not convert it anyway:001_tongue:

[Mesterh]

Sounds like it could be a bit of a fun project, but, is it worth it if you can only carry 1 1 tonne log?

 

You prob wont be able to mount a hiab with a decent enough reach so why not think about a beaver tail style back and a winch?

 

Just a though (maybe useless but a thought nethertheless)

[Dean Lofthouse]

You'd be much better off mounting a timber crane on a 3500kg trailer