Walt Longmire Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Cat 950G Series II. Came to me all the way from Fairbanks. Bought at auction Saturday. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Nice. I especially like those RS-232 ports on the side. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 That thing looks like it'd be so much fun to operate! It got a heater? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Man toy! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Does it take Glock mags? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonny Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I thought you were retiring? Selling the business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Zonny said: I thought you were retiring? Selling the business? I'll retire with nice stuff. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 4:12 AM, tadbart said: That thing looks like it'd be so much fun to operate! It got a heater? Heat, air, stereo, air ride seat, ride control...…... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Just for perspective, could you stand next to it, so we know this isn't a Tonka? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said: Heat, air, stereo, air ride seat, ride control...…... dang. attaboy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Touched up some of the paint a couple days ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beararms Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I ran an old 935, a 966 and a 988 in a Southern Pine Dimension Width Lumber Mill. The 935 was for clean up. The 966 and 988 were for unloading log trucks and feeding the in-feeds to the Band Saw Mill and the old Chip-n-Saw mill. Lots of power at your finger tips. We didn’t have a Gib Crane to unload the log trucks so you worked your ass off between the log yard and the mills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLOTT Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Will Beararms said: I ran an old 935, a 966 and a 988 in a Southern Pine Dimension Width Lumber Mill. The 935 was for clean up. The 966 and 988 were for unloading log trucks and feeding the in-feeds to the Band Saw Mill and the old Chip-n-Saw mill. Lots of power at your finger tips. We didn’t have a Gib Crane to unload the log trucks so you worked your ass off between the log yard and the mills. What sawmill? My Dad has been a SYP lumber broker for over 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beararms Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Bearden Lumber Company Bearden, AR Owned by Anthony Timberlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beararms Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) That was over 30 years ago. My father was a registered forester and did the timber procurement for Potlatch’s Southern Mill in Warren and the Paper Mill in Arkansas City for over 30 years. He took early retirement at 59 and went on his on for the last 14 years of his life. Edited August 18, 2019 by Will Beararms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 On 8/8/2019 at 12:18 PM, Walt Longmire said: I'll retire with nice stuff. All my working life I accumulated every tool I thought I might find useful to do any job I could imagine. It's a decision I have never regretted it in my retirement life, ever! KUDO's to any guy that likes tools!!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy R Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 2:32 PM, Will Beararms said: Bearden Lumber Company Bearden, AR Owned by Anthony Timberlands I've been buying from those boys for 24 years now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy R Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 2:32 PM, Will Beararms said: That was over 30 years ago. My father was a registered forester and did the timber procurement for Potlatch’s Southern Mill in Warren and the Paper Mill in Arkansas City for over 30 years. He took early retirement at 59 and went on his on for the last 14 years of his life. Cool. Stayed at Potlatch's condo thing there in Warren one time when I toured the mill, they grilled us steaks right there in the courtyard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beararms Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 They called it the Staff House. Mother cleaned the old one for extra income when I was a baby. The huge cedar tree next to it was a Christmas tree for the mill family. They hung lights in it and we gave our list to Santa. The Staff House is now a bed and breakfast. All of the esprit d’corps is gone in the name of the bottom line. Potlatch had an a number one system——they had their own mechanics, their own road crew, etc. When they did a logging job, they built elaborate banking grounds, built roads, fixed fences and took very good care of the landowner. The corporate folks and rocket scientists ended all that. The Warren Mill is still very well run and clean as a pin. The people that make a career of it are well taken care of by today’s standards. Even though Dad took early retirement at age 59, he had a pension until he died. My stepmother still has his health benefits that Medicare doesn’t cover. For what it is worth, the land base in Warren, AR and Bradley County has been producing since 1919. They are just now starting to cut the hardwood and it is incredible. Before so many people started wanting to imitate Phil Robertson, we used to hammer Mallard Ducks in the flooded hardwoods of Ouachita river bottoms in South AR. Easy credit and Duck Dynasty took care of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 The ultimate snow plow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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