Log Getter For My ATV
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D8Chumley
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maple1
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That's a lot of weight behind an ATV, once you get it loaded up. Don't think I'd want to try any hills with it, at all. He was really tippy-toeing down that small smooth one at the 5:30 or so mark, with not much of a load on.
Got some really neat features though - never seen a drive system quite like that. And the winch on the boom looked pretty well thought out. Be a better match for a small tractor, I think.
Got some really neat features though - never seen a drive system quite like that. And the winch on the boom looked pretty well thought out. Be a better match for a small tractor, I think.
sportbikerider78
Minister of Fire
A track drive is what I think is needed on that thing.
Nothing quite like suckling exhaust the entire time you are outside.
Nothing quite like suckling exhaust the entire time you are outside.
xman23
Minister of Fire
Pretty cool. I know there showing you what the thing can do, but that guy needed to find a dryer route to the wood. The hydro motors and the separate pump unit were nice. A PTO off the ATV for the pump would be nice. But I don't know of any ATV with that.
Plan B for me. If I was out scrounging up those 6-8 logs, I would buck them up and put them in the trailer I tow with the ATV.
So what's that thing cost? It's a great toy for the guy that needs everything.
Plan B for me. If I was out scrounging up those 6-8 logs, I would buck them up and put them in the trailer I tow with the ATV.
So what's that thing cost? It's a great toy for the guy that needs everything.
I need logs for my Alaskan mill. I have a huge wraparound deck I need to replace on my house. Xman you think it would be easier to lift those logs off the ground to cut and drop in your trailer? Sport bike no reason to suck exhaust just turn the mofo off while you drive.
maple1
Minister of Fire
Without the motor running, the trailer drive wheels don't work. Then it will go a lot fewer places, and also be more dangerous. If you're on level ground, that might not be an issue.
xman23
Minister of Fire
Oh I see, you need logs. I have well tested methods for moving any size rounds, But no plan for moving logs. Other here may have some tips.
I watch a lot of youtube, and this is one of my favorite videos. Very similar setup, just much better with a yanmar. Onboard hydro, bigger transmission, heavier frame, engine lasts forever. Cheaper than an ATV too, you can find those old tractors for dirt cheap.
New ATVs are not cheap, I just don't get why people beat the crap out of them when there are better tools for less.
As a tool maybe maybe not depending on the task. When is the last time you went fishing or hunting on your tool? Or even jumping in it to go to the mail box even? I find all sorts of things to do in my ranger and the things it does such as hauling is at least 25 times faster and a lot more fun. I plow snow at 20 25 mph. Show me a tractor that can hit a speed bump at 40 mph or spin a donut and I might listen to your argument closer. Little toy Yanmar tractors aint so cheap either.
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
Not discounting the value of a tractor . . . I've always said there is no replacement for the proper tool for the job.
However, an ATV properly set up can still be utilized effectively for a multitude of jobs -- albeit it will never be as versatile or as effective as a tractor (i.e. it will most likely not be able to haul as much wood, bush hogging is limited, etc.) As Jazzberry pointed out, the bonus with an ATV is the ability to work . . . and then when that work is done, use it for play by going trail riding.
Incidentally . . . I try not to abuse my ATV. It's a 2001 Honda Foreman and still going strong . . . having plowed countless hours of snow, hauled who knows how many cords of wood and ridden for many, many, many miles of trail. Incidentally, I think I paid a tick over $5,000 for it new . . . so they're not overly expensive compared to tractors.
Again . . . tractors definitely have their place though . . . when the snow is wicked deep and the banks have frozen in place the only thing moving my snowbanks will be a tractor as the ATV with the plow will do nothing.
However, an ATV properly set up can still be utilized effectively for a multitude of jobs -- albeit it will never be as versatile or as effective as a tractor (i.e. it will most likely not be able to haul as much wood, bush hogging is limited, etc.) As Jazzberry pointed out, the bonus with an ATV is the ability to work . . . and then when that work is done, use it for play by going trail riding.
Incidentally . . . I try not to abuse my ATV. It's a 2001 Honda Foreman and still going strong . . . having plowed countless hours of snow, hauled who knows how many cords of wood and ridden for many, many, many miles of trail. Incidentally, I think I paid a tick over $5,000 for it new . . . so they're not overly expensive compared to tractors.
Again . . . tractors definitely have their place though . . . when the snow is wicked deep and the banks have frozen in place the only thing moving my snowbanks will be a tractor as the ATV with the plow will do nothing.
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