Log Skidding Cart value

bisonfarmer1 · Jan 3, 2015

Just wondering if anyone out in yt land knows the value of one of these? Would love to have it considering a 30 year old skidder is still worth 25-30k in the great northwoods of wi

LAA · Jan 3, 2015

If there is no local average value for a particular machine or if the machine is fairly unique you can total up the sum of its parts to calculate a fair value of the whole, plus or minus the local demand for such a machine. The most expensive thing about that forwarder looks to be the grapple itself and the fabrication labor involved, especially to build the small knuckleboom, the cylinders, hoses and valves look to be off the shelf and the axles, wheels, tires and frame are not too big of a deal. If I were preparing to bid on that machine at an auction I would estimate about $3500.00 -- $4000.00 in materials plus around 80 man hours fabrication at $100.00 per hour if I hired it built, then I would consider the local demand. It looks to be a firewood forwarder or small pulpwood operators machine, would any commercial operator in the area be interested or only Farmers/homeowners? In my area I would expect that machine, used, but in very good condition, to bring no more than $6500.00 at auction and maybe $4500.00 on the low side.

Jo Bird · Jan 4, 2015

You would do better to go over to The Forestry Forum, to ask about pricing.

bisonfarmer1 · Jan 4, 2015

It sold for 7600.00 and i guess when new was 13k

ET · Jan 4, 2015

I saw one of those doing double duty as a fertilizer hauler. The farmer had improvised a bed on the trailer and was handling those one ton bags of fertilizer with the boom. He was hauling two or three bags to the field on it.

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