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I have been building a "new school" 50' tower yarder the past few weeks. It's a lot more work than I thought it would be with a large amount of styrene work.    Here it is next to a 2954D for a size reference.  Here's how the top of the tube looks so far.  This will be an ongoing project for quite awhile. I'm hoping to have it rigged up by the end of the year but I think that may be a push. More soon.
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Figured while I am scratching my head on guy line winches, I could build a line spooler and a truck to pack it around. Had a spare Pete on the shelf so here's what I did;     Trucks like these are stashed away all over the northwest. They're used to change out lines on yarders. Bring the new cable up, remove the old line from the yarder, and pull the new line onto the yarder.
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nice job, looks awesome
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They both look really good Jason. I can't wait to see the yarder all set up on your dio, it's going to look awesome!
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KPD23 wrote:nice job, looks awesome
Thank you!
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3406E wrote:They both look really good Jason. I can't wait to see the yarder all set up on your dio, it's going to look awesome! Thanks. I built some guy line winches tonight, put them on and now I'm thinking about either moving the cab, changing to a different style winch, or both. It's a giant mess in my mind right now. Lol
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One of the joys of custom building lol. I'm sure you'll get it figured out. 
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Heck ya man, nice work!
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I like your Yarder build. It is always more work when you get into it.
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Great stuff. Nice work.
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Basketball Man wrote:I like your Yarder build. It is always more work when you get into it. I'm slowly learning. Lol. I also found out that it takes somewhere between forever and an eternity to fill the drums with line. Haha.
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Looks good! Can't wait to see it rigged up and flying some wood.
What did you use for your drum set?
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JTL wrote:Looks good! Can't wait to see it rigged up and flying some wood.
What did you use for your drum set? Drums in the yarder are from a Liebherr hs855 and the drums on the line truck are manitowoc something or another.
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