Mini-Loader Operation and Traction Challenge

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Harvesting firewood-Tough but Satisfying Hard Work

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What happens here

The presenter teaches his Uncle Tom how to operate the CastLoaders mini-loader. He explains the functions of the throttle, foot pedals for forward and reverse, the red button (which activates a pump for attachments not currently in use, and should be avoided), and the joystick for boom and bucket controls (up/down, curl). During operation, they discover that the mini-loader's turf tires lack sufficient traction for effective log pulling in the dense forest terrain. This leads to a decision to switch back to using the Jeep for skidding.

Goal: Instruct on mini-loader operation and assess equipment suitability for the terrain.

Tools and materials

Grapple Attachment — Attempting to move logs
Mini-loader CastLoaders Carbon 33T — Operating and testing its capabilities for log handling

What they say

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[Music] i love that mini loader i love that i freaking love that thing [Music] i don't know how i ever lived without it on how to run this thing okay i'm gonna let you run it while i uh thank you okay this is your this is your throttle okay right here your foot pedals are your forward and back this red button don't hit it if you do listen you're activating a pump and we don't have anything hooked up okay and then you're going to curl yep up and down up down you want to curl oh we don't want to girl nothing so yeah curl it side it hit it side to side now you shouldn't need to but if you do want to extend your whole boom out oh i don't want to do that okay good all right let's chain up i just wanted to see how well this thing could skid logs out of the woods and if it would be an advantage right see frankie did it just the dumbest route i didn't route this one to there hooked up yeah okay this ain't going to fly you rerouted this wrong one she's not going to do it guarantee ya i guarantee ya are you sure you want to double check this all right go ahead uncle tom i'm gonna get hit in the face with that tree if it doesn't why would i still stand there if i know i'm gonna get hit in the face why am i not moving at this point get out of there lucy get more worried about the dog hey look where you're standing see that tree above your head there that that burn oh holy crap all right yep definitely in a bad spot okay hold up uncle tom i'ma sure you just you get concentrating on something else and you don't realize you're like standing directly underneath the tree that's ready to go i don't even see that i love working in the woods i love doing work that is kind of outside of my normal work but i still get to play with cool toys that's really the whole reason i do this i don't need firewood i don't need a stitch of firewood i got more firewood than i can use [Applause] but frankie needs it uncle tom needs it and to me it's just therapeutic and relaxing it's just good old hard work i love it hey hey frankie you better cut down you better cut down that one right there it's not going around that zigzag right there right here you really think it's going to zoom oh i didn't see that

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