Hyster Logging Arch

[Arthropod]

Look what I found. Old Hyster logging arch. I suspect from the late 20's, early 30's. The patent tag says 'Canada Petented 1931'. Should work nice behind my D2 or RD4 (if I ever get that thing running).

Welded some angle onto my trailer deck because the arch is wider than the deck (arch is 8' wide). The angles worked as a good cradle. Winched it up no trouble. Made it the two hour drive home with no mishaps. I was worried about tongue weight, but the trailer tracked good.

[Arthropod]

A few more pictures.

[drujinin]

Doesn't look all bent up and abused either!

[Dunefanatic]

Arthropod,

That arch looks really clean but I think it is a Hyster D4 size arch, not a D2 arch. I have a Hyster D2 arch that came from Ohio coincidently and it is parked next to my Hyster D4 arch from Orego and they are close in size but the main difference is the support from the wheels tieing in near the lower roller.

Greg

[side-seat]

what happened to your buddy's hand? I hope it wasn't from loading.

[hicrop10]

I will look in my literature for a spec sheet on it.If you would like a copy of it send me your mailing address and I will send it to you.Mike

[Arthropod]

Mike, that would be appreciated. I will send you a message.

The fellow with the hurt hand was the seller. This is bad...he reached under a mower deck while the blades were turning. He said he just thought it was fully disengaged and his hearing is so bad he didn't hear the blades turning. All his fingers on that hand got chewed pretty bad. One finger was cut off at the outer joint. Two fingers might not work. I felt really bad for him.

I figured the arch is more of a D4 size, but one of my D2's is a 1955 model, which is more like the size of my RD4 anyway. And the arch was in such fine shape. I was told that the original owner (now deceased) pulled the arch with an International farm tractor.

I had to try it out, so I hooked it up as soon as I got it winched off the trailer. The real grainy picture is a screen capture of a video my wife took with the camera. I posted the video on U-tube. The right hand steering clutch on my machine is stuck, so right turns are a backup operation. I'll post the link if the video shows ok.

[B4D2]

What a great find. I wish I could find one like that. I could reallyu put it to work too. It looks as if you won't have trouble finding work for it either. Congrats!

[Arthropod]

Thanks! I put my first video on YouTube. Really grainy because it was taken with a digital camera. And my D2 has a stuck right clutch and the winch brake is slipping, so I am fumbling a bit. But heck, it is a D2 doing something, so it can't be all bad. And my wife didn't care that I took a log across the driveway. It's been a long day. I've been up since 4am. Had to get my winch rigged on the trailer before heading out to get the find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwf_kAC6TbU

[catsilver]

Hi Anthropod,
Its great to see the D2 make easy work of the logging arch, nice to hear on Youtube as well. Do you realise that if you had the winch 'underwound' instead of 'overwound' you would get more line pull, it would be slower and more controllable and the brake would be more effective, the end would be a little further from your neck if you broke the cable as well.
Many used them overwound to give a bit of lift when pulling timber directly but underwound gives more pull.
I'm just jealous it's not in my backyard!