I Bet You've Never Seen One of These!
Added 2023-11-21 15:40:22 +0000 UTCA sneak peak at my next project. It's a diesel powered, remote control, mini log skidder. The remote is missing and it hasn't moved in over a decade.
Comments
You already have a volunteer 'test pilot' enthusiastically awaiting ignition.
Dwayne de Lung
2023-12-02 20:30:41 +0000 UTCYou can work from home with it
IanH
2023-11-24 01:14:45 +0000 UTCYeah I need to prop it up!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-24 00:47:17 +0000 UTCI emailed the professor. We'll see what happens. Thank you so much for finding this!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-23 17:25:19 +0000 UTCHoly shit! That's it! I can't believe you found that!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-23 16:51:54 +0000 UTCBreak out the Geiger counter.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-23 16:45:09 +0000 UTCIt immediately reminded me of this https://youtu.be/pmEO1pxAsZU?si=57I921p5cVaR2NMT I am looking forward to the content you're going to make on this, remember to know how to stop it before you get it going. It might take something more than a few boxes of oil to stop it, if it runs amok!
Tim Allan
2023-11-23 11:23:32 +0000 UTCI like it...interesting!
Bruce Rose
2023-11-22 20:05:34 +0000 UTCFrom the reel of cable over the drag pinch, I'll give you even odds it's not "radio control" but "remote control"--that it uses/used a box on the end of a wire. Much like the crane on a service truck or concrete pump. Figuring out what wires do what is right up Wes' Controls work experience alley, too.
CapnMac82
2023-11-22 15:49:40 +0000 UTChttps://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/dean-edwards Caltech research/business proposal. Scroll to the bottom and look at Figure 11.
Noah Orr
2023-11-22 14:43:51 +0000 UTChttps://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/dean-edwards search the page for "forest crawler" - sounds like it may have been self-driving at one point. Super cool find.
Noah Orr
2023-11-22 14:42:57 +0000 UTChttps://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/dean-edwards Sounds like a one-off prototype from a Caltech business venture that never went anywhere. Scroll to the bottom of this page and look at Figure 11.
Noah Orr
2023-11-22 14:36:38 +0000 UTCI hope it didn't come from Chernobyl
David G King
2023-11-22 10:14:57 +0000 UTCEven better, you woke up and the robotic mower unit has already driven the blower around the driveway during the night :-), granted it would have been more ideal with an electric machine since starting a diesel engine automatically and unsupervised can be tricky but it could be a fun project.
Anders Lundgren
2023-11-22 05:42:37 +0000 UTCEven better, you woke up and the robotic mower unit has already driven the blower around the driveway during the night :-), granted it would have been more ideal with an electric machine since starting a diesel engine automatically and unsupervised can be tricky but it could be a fun project.
Anders Lundgren
2023-11-22 05:42:27 +0000 UTCThe domain is someone else's, so they have probably gone out of business. I had to get creative.
John B Moore
2023-11-22 04:07:23 +0000 UTChttps://www.inknowvation.com/sbir/companies/forest-robots-llc
John B Moore
2023-11-22 04:06:30 +0000 UTCMy gut says it's European, just a hunch.
Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)
2023-11-22 02:28:03 +0000 UTCYep, a whole new profession.
Dennis Lesh
2023-11-22 02:18:53 +0000 UTCI've got a theory, looking at it I could see it being used on extreme slopes if it was tied off to another machine or possibly for getting trees out of tight spots when selective logging, I'd lean towards the selective logging applications.
Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)
2023-11-22 02:15:30 +0000 UTCIt's kinda similar but totally different. I have no idea where this thing came from.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:55:45 +0000 UTCLike a freelance mini log skidding business.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:55:02 +0000 UTCUnlike the rest of the state, NW IL is pretty much all trees.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:54:28 +0000 UTCI can't figure out who made it or how it ended up here.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:54:00 +0000 UTCI have to make it driving first. And that will not be easy.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:53:39 +0000 UTCThat's what I was thinking when it popped up for sale!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:53:19 +0000 UTCThat's the kind of thinking that got it landed in my parking lot...
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:53:00 +0000 UTCI can plow the driveway from the heated shop.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:52:32 +0000 UTCI have found nothing about it.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:52:07 +0000 UTCJust for tree disposal.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:51:49 +0000 UTCIt's all mine baby!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:51:15 +0000 UTCI bet this thing cost at least that much new.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:50:59 +0000 UTCJust what I need!
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:50:39 +0000 UTCIt's gonna be a project.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:50:10 +0000 UTCI didn't know they existed 5 days ago.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:49:54 +0000 UTCI think that's going to be the real hurdle here.
Watch Wes Work
2023-11-22 01:49:24 +0000 UTCHere's a google of Forest Robots; scroll down. Logg Dogg. https://www.google.com/search?q="forest+robots"+remote+skidder+diesel&sca_esv=584463452&sxsrf=AM9HkKnMYAN432BK7RaJVo4OGmqSuopzSA%3A1700617260835&ei=LFxdZYjNMsys0PEP95KNgAU&ved=0ahUKEwiIk-z9vNaCAxVMFjQIHXdJA1AQ4dUDCBA&oq="forest+robots"+remote+skidder+diesel&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJSJmb3Jlc3Qgcm9ib3RzIiByZW1vdGUgc2tpZGRlciBkaWVzZWwyBBAjGCdI2TRQkRFY9hpwAXgAkAEAmAFYoAGhAaoBATK4AQzIAQD4AQHCAgsQABiABBiiBBiwA8ICCxAAGIkFGKIEGLAD4gMEGAEgQYgGAZAGBA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
WILLIAM gilbert
2023-11-22 01:43:20 +0000 UTChttps://www.pfanzelt.com/en/pfanzelt-in-the-press/forestmachinemagazine-moritz-remote-controlles-mini-skidder/
WILLIAM gilbert
2023-11-22 01:40:23 +0000 UTCYou can bring it out here to Idaho........we have lots of trees.
Dennis Lesh
2023-11-21 22:23:47 +0000 UTCVery ambitious I’m sure you can do it but are there any trees left in northern il
sean
2023-11-21 20:24:03 +0000 UTCI'm a logger and I can confirm I've never seen anything as weird as that. Must have been a pretty specialized tool and it's time.
Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)
2023-11-21 20:04:52 +0000 UTCYou can make it self-driving!
Roger Howell
2023-11-21 16:53:21 +0000 UTCWay cool
Eric Corse
2023-11-21 16:45:58 +0000 UTCI so want this!!!
RandomThingsKeithDoes
2023-11-21 16:41:42 +0000 UTCMount a control unit from a robotic mower and change the claw to a snowblower - presto robotic snowblower!
Anders Lundgren
2023-11-21 16:34:07 +0000 UTCThis will be interesting. Whatever the logo is on the unit, I can't even find the company that built it. Stupid search engine. You may have to find a programmable RC unit for it if the OEM doesn't exist any more or EBay lets you down. At least it's sheltered, so it should be in somewhat decent shape. My guess as to why it was idle probably has something to do with the RC controller, or user incompetence.
John B Moore
2023-11-21 16:21:35 +0000 UTCLooks like a bomb disposal robot.
Peter Facey
2023-11-21 16:18:25 +0000 UTCIs that part of your Dad’s equipment stash?
Bill Scott
2023-11-21 16:09:43 +0000 UTCNope but I could use one for a day!
KyferEz
2023-11-21 16:08:17 +0000 UTCCan't wait
Jason griggs
2023-11-21 16:06:45 +0000 UTCMy nephew had a remote control stump grinder. It looked similar to this machine but with a stump grinder head. It was over 50k USD new. I'm looking forward to seeing this machine's revival!
Britt A Releford
2023-11-21 16:04:43 +0000 UTCNow that’s cool!
Joe Harris
2023-11-21 16:02:52 +0000 UTCWorst case you have a Wes Tank conversion starter kit!
Chris Jenkins
2023-11-21 15:46:40 +0000 UTCOhh the fun to be had. Definitely looking forward to this one.
Christopher
2023-11-21 15:46:31 +0000 UTCWow that is so cool, I didn't know these existed 1 minute ago but I want one.
Noah Orr
2023-11-21 15:43:29 +0000 UTC"It's smaller than I thought it was going to be" That's what she said
Travis Sabatini
2023-11-21 15:41:40 +0000 UTCYou had me at "remote control."
Adam McKnight
2023-11-21 15:41:34 +0000 UTC
