Sports Fans, I just got done with my winter's wood supply.I couldn't do it in the spring when I normally do it due to some back-whacking.
Recently I built a boom on back of my 2010 Diesel Ox. I wanted it strong enough to lift a moose. I did pick up my Polaris 500 4-wheeler on a test.
I took the Ox to the woods and used it to drag logs from the rough hillsides to the landing. I pulled up to 4 logs at a time. The average butt size was about 14 inches, and 15 feet long.
I don't know how many logs I could have dragged, but I had more than enough power to do it with ease. I had to look back to see if I was still pulling logs.
I did shoot some video of the operation. The boom worked great. I will also shoot some video on how I built the boom, and some modifications I done on the machine.
It is nice to have a machine that never boggs down under power, and does about anything without so much as a strain. The light-footed agility is so smooth that the stick movement feels like you are barely moving your hands. It feels like an extention of your hands. I have never driven anything that fluid.It really shows up when you are navigating around stumps and trees on steep hillsides.
This machine adds many more years to my ability to hunt, fish,and run swamps.
I'm kicking 68 and still can get around fairly well. This machine gives me back a lot more years to do what I love to do, and not have to be concerned about those stents and old wobbly legs that are sure to come.Me and my old Ox can go about anywhere I need to go and not worry about getting back.The good part is when I do get back, I'm not sore-footed and all stiff from walking on blisters. I love the lack of pain.
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Originally Posted by mikej
