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Wow that looks great!! Could i possibly get the plans that you got from Robin? Or if you do make some of your own in HO could i get a set of those plans? I am on a modeling streak the size of texas and i am feeling up to the challenge I just got done building a Spar Tree that is 150 feet...

Is that a Mcgriffert Log Loader? And could we see a top view of the spar and loader together?

You could find one of those cheap wrist and arm pads that you put down in front of the keyboard to keep your arms from falling asleep or getting sore leaning up against the walls.

Anyone know the size of log used for the boom(diameter, length) or how tall and the diameter the spar should be? Eric

WaldBahner Do you have any pictures zoomed into the end of the boom and the top of the spar tree or the joint where the boom meets the spar or any of the pulleys? Sorry i am asking for a lot but would like to understand the Spartee better before i build one The picture gets real blurry when...

Hey Walbahner can I ask what the wooden barrel on the left track behind the steam engine is? Eric

Hey Walbahner can I ask what the Brown barrel on the left track behind the steam engine is? Eric

Wow that does look realistic I will have to pick some up the next time i go to the hardwarer store. Eric

Waldbahner Did you use a diagram or anything to construct the spar tree? Eric

This is really weird but i just got done ripping apart the same exact caboose to make a traction caboose then painted it the same color. All because of a post a week or two ago. Definetely weird. Wish i had a picture. Eric

Hey Marc Do you know what the crane like thing in the front was used for on the Lidgerwood? The 125 foot steel spar at the top seems to support the logs then a pulley farther our on one of the lines is what does the lifting. Does it have something to do with pulling the line to pull the log...

This is what i was hoping to place in the model scene. Was the Lidgerwood ever used for spar trees or did it seperatly lift logs itself? Eric

Wow that is a good idea using the clock motor to animate the scene. Nice thinking!! Eric

Anyone know if a Lidgerwood Tower Log Skidder could be used in the Steel Tower Skidder? Eric

Anyone got any ideas about where i can find the pullies needed to rig this thing up? Or does anyone have a preferance for what type of string to use for rope? This will be an HO scale model. Eric

Thanks guys that is exactly what i needed. I will start work on them right now. I just finished my first entirely scratchbuilt structures. Which coincidentely was logging camp bunkhouses. So now in no time i will have an operating logging camp. Thanks for all the help guys!! Eric

Yes i used the plastic insulators and used the diargam right out of a wiring book Eric

it is an atlas switch with probably 4 9 in track peices on the straight side and the curve is connected to the main track.

I have a spur that will not shut off when i shut down power to it throught the atlas connector. It almost shuts off but the engine slowly creeps forwards. ANy ideas? Eric

Does anyone have a diagram of a Spar Tree Logging operation? I have searched google and aj.com and cant find enough to peice together a spar tree. Anyone have anything? Eric