Mini skid loader

I FIRST got my heart set on a Ramrod mini-skid quite a few years ago, before the buzz. But I got onto the Thomas care of TNTTree. AND as far as my understanding goes, the Thomas are Canadian made. In New Brunswick. I got a killer deal on it, any one in the GTA, give Walker Equipment a call, treated me very well. I think the unit tips at around 1100lbs Norm.
 
Wow, that is a really nice truck Mangoes. I have a 3/4 ton gas. Just like it. Thats a diesel, no?? Whats that like a 98? Mines a 99, very similar. As for the skid steer, would it be good for small landscaping jobs???
 
Tom Dunlap, I am not sure if you wer talking about my mini on a chipper. If you were you were mistaken, the setup was built custom at the factory. They did a nice Job with the fold up rack.
 

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I've seen a mini mounted on the back end of a chipper. A lot of extra iron had to be welded onto the chipper since it was aftermarket. The whole setup seemed a bit dicey to me.

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Hey Tom where did you see this other chipper? I thought I had the only one. What brand chipper was it? we have been running it for bout 2 years now we no problems yet.
 

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I wish my memory was better. It seems like the one that I saw had the forks going under the chipper like the Spyder forklifts used on flatbed semi trailers. Not sure though...
 
Wow. I wonder how the suspension and overall dynamics of that chipper react to the weight of that skidder on it.
 
Thanks Whitey, she's a 98 Cummins. Broke 190 thou kms last week........just broke in! Hard working truck, I keep blowing out u joints in the rear end due to excessive loads and a heavy foot.

Hey TNT what is the actual weight of your grapple?
 
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Wow. I wonder how the suspension and overall dynamics of that chipper react to the weight of that skidder on it.

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Shes definetly a Class A rig, the 18X woodsman with a 250 hp cummins wieghs in about 11,000. Bob put 500 #s of steel bars in a rack under the engine. 2000# Thomas & grapple the carrier she tipped the scales at 13,800. I believe we put 2 8,000 # axels under her. We had a hard time setting the axels should have scooted them back another 6" I had to add 300# of concrete to the tongue to keep her from fishtailing down the road. She squats my 3/4T duramax pretty good, but it handles it.

Shes got two years under her belt, on your question I'm going to crawl under her and check the suspension on her. /forum/images/graemlins/bigeyes.gif THANKS!

Whats cool about Woodsman is they'll listen and work with you to customize whatever you want, plus they build a hell of a chipper. /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I know there working on a custom frame where hydraulics slide the axels back and forth so the mini can ride up front. /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
That would work, I would like to see how they set that up.
You could build the slide like a semi trailer, One small hydraulic cylinder to pull the pins in the slide rails.Then another cylinder to push or pull the axle's or just set your brakes on the trailer and pull or push back the axle's with the truck?
 
Why even use hydraulics to move the axle carrier? Just lock the brakes, pull a pin and drive forward or back up like for semi-trailers.

How does concrete work as a strength component? I'd be concerned that the flexing of the tongue would shatter the concrete making it into gravel. A stronger solution would seem to be an engineered tongue using larger steel components.
 
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That would work, I would like to see how they set that up.
You could build the slide like a semi trailer, One small hydraulic cylinder to pull the pins in the slide rails.Then another cylinder to push or pull the axle's or just set your brakes on the trailer and pull or push back the axle's with the truck?

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Looks like we are on the same track Tom.
I think Dave (tnt) is using the concrete block to add more weight on the hitch, not for strength.
 
Both good Ideas on the axels, Tom I lke yours the best simple, pinning would be nice if used DT's hydraulic idea. I am watching the concrete it rides in a triangular box on the tongue ( a welded pipe with laterals came up from the frame into the box, b4 we poured) concrete is cheaper than steel. Tongue steel is beefy enough it carry's the weight fine and with two years so far the concrete's just getting harder no flaking yet. Better engineering on axel placement would have eliminated the cement.
 
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