Re: Madill Log Loader
We are working in 1"=1' scale or 1/12.
The machine is only cabable of 300 degrees rotation because there is no rotary union and yes the cylinders are home made.
Everything is fabricated out of mild steel and bushed with Oilite bearings.
All the cylinders are single acting and return on gravity except for the grapple which uses spring return.
The machine is 4' from the center pin to the grapple and weighs roughly 200 pounds.
It was the latest model built and was preceeded by an 075 Madill cable loader, a Madill 044 interlock yarder(the largest model at over 300 pounds), and a Challenger Off highway logging truck.
My dad isn't one for taking many pictures and I was too young(he started building 30+ years ago) to know enough to do it myself at the time. He is currently building a trailer to haul/ display the machines. When it is done I'll make sure to get lots of photo's and video to post. Hopoefully we will be able to attend some of the antique truck shows on the Island as he is a member of the Vancouver Island historical society and currently does all the driving of the freight trucks for them.
Last edited by TheMachinist; 11-16-2010 at 05:09 PM.
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11-16-2010, 03:46 PM
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