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:lol: You quoted the text where I mentioned I'm trying to learn about tapered bearings and see how well that would work.

RD1.0, 12' of reach, 255lbs as pictured. This is with using a slewing bearing, I might use a post and taper bearings instead. The bottom plate alone is 33lbs, both mouting plates have to be made flat after welding, and the bearing lists for $2100 (~$1.5k my cost). Trying to wrap my mind...

That doesn't work with declutching motors. I don't want to limit my top speed to how fast the motors can turn under power.

Depends on the type/style and the tractive system it would use. If it was electric brakes I could wire it in to the brake light on the four wheeler no problem. I'm playing with the idea of building it myself; it would be a nice achievement. Declutching hydro wheel motors would run $1k per...

I'd have trailer brakes for sure. Stopping 3-4klbs with a 1k quad wouldn't be ideal in off road conditions. Scary getting pushed/pulled down a hill without being able to control it.

Yeah, it came with a 3klb Warn. Used it to pull over a couple trees and once to get me unstuck when I got high centered on some logs.

Yeah, I've thought about putting the power pack on the front rack, that'd move 100-175lbs to the front and off the trailer.

I wanted to see how well the quad could tow a trailer, so I used a friends little 5x10' trailer along with my mini skid. That's only about 2100lbs (~3050 gross), but it did exceptionally well I thought. I took it over most reasonable parts of my property and it never had a hard time and the...

Yeah, too much work.:lol: I rarely drag a limb now, would hate to go back to that. I figure the log loader can do most anything the mini can, and hopefully a whole lot more.

Here's the info on that loader, a Farma 3,8D: http://www.forsmw.com/1/en/cranes/c3,8-50.238.2.php 660lbs at 12.4', 3388lbs at 1m. It could reach over the side of my gooseneck at a radius of 4.5-11.25'.

Nuggets like these? If you're asking about the loader, I think it would just pick those nuggets up and be done with it. Most of the loaders in this thread are stronger at max reach (9.5-11.7') than the Thomas is with pallet forks. If you're asking how to carry them on the trailer... well...

Same dude in all 3. Good sized nugget in the first part of the first vid. Best I can tell the second video is him unloading the first video's load. At least their's a similar sized big nugget on the bottom of the second vid's load. <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player"...

This is from Estonia, likeable fella. The loader alone is ~$4500, the fixed length trailer without 4wd is $1650, and the power pack is exensive in comparision to US prices. The loader reaches just under 12' and can lift 940lbs if I understand him correctly. Haven't heard how much it weighs...

Yeah, Cali Dave. I checked them out online, called them first yesterday, but every question I asked was either answered incorrectly, or they said to talk to the mfg. Don't see me buying from them. The Gehl brain figured out air conditioning finally?

Flotation is mainly about tire pressure, the articulated loaders are roughly the same as the minis. You can lower the pressure in the tires, but you give up stability and load capacity as the front tires squat under the added weight. The flotation tires on the A300 are at 28 psi, I believe...

Floatation tires don't do highway speeds very well at, heat build up leads to blow outs pretty quick. The ATV is justified, not worried about that. :D Iron horses aren't any faster than a mini, don't load over the side, don't have a loader, and have tracks. If I needed to park on a hill I...

I was asking Joel mainly, since he has the friend with a similar unit. I admit I'm a bit scared of the mini coming off the trailer in a bad way. With the smaller dump it wasn't as big of a deal, 2' to the ground. The gooseneck is a little over 3, which is more than I can easily high step...

I checked out their website today (Bercomac) but I they didn't list the loaders any more. Kinda strange. How tall were the sides on the 350? My gooseneck is ~7'. The forwarding trailer can lift more than my mini at full reach (way more up close), can carry at least 2klbs of "stuff" and can...

Oh it'd be awesome to do like the Euro folk and go out harvesting small wood. It'd be ideal for that, no doubt! I'm still waiting to see a reach/height diagram and a load chart, but I could back the trailer into the goose, put the four wheeler on the gooseneck, the grinder behind the trailer...

I could fit the mini, quad, and trailer in my gooseneck no problem. $6-8k would buy the loader. The list price on the M-90 by itself is $8.2k, the trailer lists for $3.5k. Given proper thought, I might could fit the grinder as well, but probably not. The track idea is still there, but its...