Lynch Station, Virginia

[OTGBOSTON]

That part of Virginia is nothing but beautiful scenery. It was my first time there and I was thoroughly impressed.

 

[brendonv]

Congrats! Now paint it yellow!

 

[sotc]

I have a bunch of dash board pix i'll try to get up here soon.

Brendon, it will be white when I recoup enough to paint it!

 

[sotc]

Works pretty good other than missing the safety catch on the hook. Think i'll keep it

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Dang it Willie... you just keep raising that bar up another notch

Looks sweet mang. Lotta wood! Be easier for you to mill some

 

[FJR]

And it dumps too right? That truck is going to put money in your pocket a whole lot faster now!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Very nice, Willie, awesome log hauler. The dump feature is a good deal, will surely save time. The back of the truck doesn't look very dentable either. Do you ever haul brush so need sides?

I have zero knowledge about chipping, but maybe hauling brush and then chipping at your location when nothing else to do, is that practical? Looks like a good vehicle for it. I don't recall ever seeing anyone hauling brush here, just our procedure in these parts. Use the boom to pack the wired bundles down and you can get a lot in. Some guys know how to load.

 

[stehansen]

Is there anyway you could add something like this to the end?

 

[arborworks1]

Thanks Steve! That would be a grand idea...

 

[sotc]

Wise guy. Yes Steve but it would be pretty difficult to add the hydraulics on with the 3 stage boom, it would be ideal but I can't complain.
Jay, I can get so much more material in the truck with a chipper that I think it would be the rare occasion to haul brush. Now flying it over a fence, I can totally see that. In fact I need to figure out good lift points on the boxer for the same reason.
Yes, dumped the entire load nicely. When the other guy bought the truck it had a service body on it, he had the dump bed installed but went with an elec/hyd dump for some reason so its a tad slower than a pto dump.

 

[pigwot]

My first truck had pto and subsequent had elec/hyd not a fan

 

[mccauleytree]

That truck is sweet! Goodluck with it!

 

[sotc]

Since I can't organize these I'll post my dashboard pics by state, sorry if I bore you This is Virginia

 

[sotc]

The roads in West Virginia are a bit rough

 

[sotc]

The little I saw of Kentucky in the daylight was quite nice. Notice the louisville slugger sticking up from between the down town buildings.
Should have took some pics of Adrian and his dad, Tom, but I got in late and was a bit foggy

 

[sotc]

Indiana. My wife likes old barns and such so thats why theres some of those in there

 

[sotc]

Illinois

 

[MasterBlaster]

That looka WAY too dangerous! You should stay at home, indoors!!!

 

[sotc]

Missouri was nice. Went through Iowa twice cause they have lousy detour signs, that was at night so no pics

 

[sotc]

Nebraska had the best roads and had john deere equipment building interstate.

 

[sotc]

Wyoming

 

[simplypete]

Cool.

I can vouch for Illinois, it's flatter than a pancake.

 

[sotc]

Utah started out beautiful and got ugly quick.

 

[sotc]

Nevada was nice to travel through.... One thing that staved off boredom was when I came across an armored car broke down in the middle of the desert and realized the option at hand with the equipment I had...

 

[simplypete]

Can vouch for Utah as well. I fought wildfire on that stretch of desert between the copper mine and the state line. Nothing out there but a weapons incinerator and dugway proving grounds. A few three horned antelopes. Fighting fire in that desert was a real kick. We lit a lot of back fires and let a lot of land burn.