Post by Muleskinner on May 15, 2013 22:07:03 GMT -8
This one is a Lanco, with a lot of shop rebuild on it. It was powered by a cummin's which the size escapes my memory right now. The Prentice unit was powered by a detroit gutlass and was hard to maintain. I found this machine working after it was sold by the company recently working in the scrap yard here in Norway Oregon where I live, loading scrap metal.
I ran this unit when I was working up in Catching creek and some times the rotatory control would hang up and you would find yourself going around in circles on the table doing a lot of cussing Prentice for building her. The only way you could stop her was to shut her down. She would jerk you around and one of the outriggers had a habit of pinching the Hydro hose and shooting the crap every where. But all in all she was a good unit, for the type of timber we used her in. Fir alder and cedar. At least she is still working and not broken down into a hundred pieces for the smelter.
I ran this unit when I was working up in Catching creek and some times the rotatory control would hang up and you would find yourself going around in circles on the table doing a lot of cussing Prentice for building her. The only way you could stop her was to shut her down. She would jerk you around and one of the outriggers had a habit of pinching the Hydro hose and shooting the crap every where. But all in all she was a good unit, for the type of timber we used her in. Fir alder and cedar. At least she is still working and not broken down into a hundred pieces for the smelter.
