A few pics from the wood yard.......

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We are gonna be down at the paper mill this week at the wood yard working on the loaders and such.  Here are a few pics we took today.  Most of these are just random shots, but I will get some sequenced with the work tomorrow, and the rest of the week.  As well as some of the actual welds.  Hope you enjoy.    This is a Log Skidder that I had to replate the inside of the grapples.  Took a little 1/2 inch plate and formed it to fit the inside of the grapple and welded away.  Welding was done with a Ranger GXT powering a Miller 12VS feeder using .035 solid wire with 75/25.  I believe I was running in the area of 19 volts and 280 wire speed vertical up.  I'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:Then we start on the "spare" loader.  This thing has been beaten to death, but we are gonna put it back together once more.  The frame was broken in four places as well as several other odds and ends it needed. I'll get some better pics tomorrow, and some detaling the work. Looks like we are gonna be down there awhile.  ~JacksonI'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:That's a lot of lumber, and some nice beads, too!  Look at that frame. But...how did you go about forming the 1/2" plate, if you don't mind my asking?Last edited by tanglediver; 08-05-2008 at 12:50 AM.City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Question, that I beam in post 2 pic 2, wouldn't end capping those things help prevent that type pf splitting??
Reply:Nice looking weld beads there Hammack. Looking forward to your posts on the wood yard.Miller Thunderbolt 225Millermatic 130 XPLincoln HD 100 Forney C-5bt Arc welderPlasma Cutter Gianteach Cut40ACent Machinery Bandsaw Cent Machinery 16Speed Drill PressChicago Electric 130amp tig/90 ArcHobart 190 Mig spoolgun ready
Reply:Looking forward to it Jackson !!Anything worth doing is worth doing RIGHT
Reply:Tanglediver, I have bent some in a press, but I normally take a flat plat and weld it on one end to the grapple.  Then I take a short section of log and squeeze it and let the grapple bend the plate.  It saves time, and for the most part will fit it pretty tight.Sandy, you nailed it.  That piece has already been capped.  Not sure why they weren't done like that from the factory.  The second crack was the main frame under one of the out riggers.    Olddad, where you been hiding at?  Good to see ya around.   I'll try to get some more pics today while we are working.  ~JacksonI'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:...well that pretty much covers the last part of your signature.  Love the part about using a section of log in the crapple to form the plate.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:Here's some pics that should be nominated for worlds ugliest repair.    Just something else that we have to fix while we are there the next couple weeks.   I'll be posting some actual repair pics soon.   I just thought these were worth interest.I'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:Woa, that is nasty, Im not even sure I know what they tried to do there.
Reply:Here's some pics that should be nominated for worlds ugliest repair.
Reply:Man, they got that same SOB I'm following around down here doing repairs up there, lmao. The skidder brings back memories of the knuckleboom from hell. The guy that owned it wanted to know what it would take to fix 'er up. I told him make sure the insurance was paid up and roll it out in the middle of the parking lot and I was pretty sure I could accidentally fix all of it's problems. He didn't find that near as funny as I did. I wound up turning it into a debris loader by cutting two 4' X 18" panels out of a piece of 3/4" wall 4' diameter pipe and welding it in the grapple. Worked great though. It could load the cotton module hauler I converted into a debris hauler (110 cubic yards per load) in less than 30 minutes if the skidsteer could keep the stuff pushed to him. I wish I had gotten some pics of all that stuff I worked over. Especially the tarping system they paid 2 grand to have installed. Drove it from Shreveport to New Orleans and every single weld on it had broken. The tarp had never been raised.Those loggers can just about keep a good welder in business (kinda like scrap iron haulers, lol).The difference between art and craft is the quality of the workmanship. I am an artist.
Reply:Those "ugly repairs" are why I try to stay faaaaaaaar away from log trucks...they scare me almost as much as politicians.That's some nice work, Jackson.Is it just me, or in pic # 3 above is there a giant cutting torch pointing right at you!!! Last edited by smithboy; 08-07-2008 at 11:34 PM.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:Just a childish  "green" question:It seems like all that machinery leaves a desert behind.. Are they replanting or somehow recultivating?
Reply:In south GA, those pine trees are cultivated...they are planted, harvested and replanted on a regular schedule.  10 years from now, there will be a new stand of trees where the older one were.  It's not a bad question...If you go in the week after a tract is harvested, you'd think a volcano exploded...but, the land has to support the next crop, so the damage is only temporary....just like harvesting other crops.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:Originally Posted by smithboyIn south GA, those pine trees are cultivated...they are planted, harvested and replanted on a regular schedule.  10 years from now, there will be a new stand of trees where the older one were.  It's not a bad question...If you go in the week after a tract is harvested, you'd think a volcano exploded...but, the land has to support the next crop, so the damage is only temporary....just like harvesting other crops.
Reply:Nomand, there is actually more acres of trees being planted in this area every year.  As Smithboy said Pine trees in this part of the US are a crop just like corn, cotton, etc...  After they are planted in 10 to 15 years they will thin them. (take out about half the trees in an area) Then a few year later they will come back in and clear them.  Within a year they will replant and start the cycle again.I'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:Originally Posted by smithboyIn south GA, those pine trees are cultivated...they are planted, harvested and replanted on a regular schedule.  10 years from now, there will be a new stand of trees where the older one were.  It's not a bad question...If you go in the week after a tract is harvested, you'd think a volcano exploded...but, the land has to support the next crop, so the damage is only temporary....just like harvesting other crops.