The biggest problem is they are light duty compared to a cat or skidder. They ran lots of them in my area & there were a lot of horrific accidents, many from breaking a track on a steep slope causing the machine to turn hard sidewise & rolling 25 times often killing the operator.
The machine in the video pretty much lost all the advantage of the design with the grapple hanging that far out back, you are supposed to carry a good portion of the load on the machine, not drag all of it like a cat.
Oh fellas, I didn't mean discredit any person or machine. I wanted to validate the FMC being an extraordinary design and phenomenal in capabilities. But, no single machine works best in every situation. I've spent a lot of time on one. Many dozer operators struggle on these. They do not operate even similar to cat. Drive sprocket on the front changes everything from a typical dozer. Anywho, if you haven't and get a chance to operate one, jump on it. It is my favorite machine.
Definetly should be yarding that area.
Impressive machine!!
Cummins!!!!!💪
If you have not been on a KMC/FMC, it is impossible to grasp just how much more capable they are. Compared to a cat or wheel skidder.
The biggest problem is they are light duty compared to a cat or skidder.
They ran lots of them in my area & there were a lot of horrific accidents, many from breaking a track on a steep slope causing the machine to turn hard sidewise & rolling 25 times often killing the operator.
The machine in the video pretty much lost all the advantage of the design with the grapple hanging that far out back, you are supposed to carry a good portion of the load on the machine, not drag all of it like a cat.
Oh fellas, I didn't mean discredit any person or machine.
I wanted to validate the FMC being an extraordinary design and phenomenal in capabilities. But, no single machine works best in every situation.
I've spent a lot of time on one. Many dozer operators struggle on these. They do not operate even similar to cat. Drive sprocket on the front changes everything from a typical dozer.
Anywho, if you haven't and get a chance to operate one, jump on it.
It is my favorite machine.
Better with strops