"ROSSONDONINGEN" TRAILER. - Implement for timber haulage, for use with the Ferguson tractor. By means of coupling to tractor, part of weight of the load is transferred to tractor rear wheels. Special loading apparatus enables one man to mount or dismount unit in few minutes. Loader, mounted on either side of the trailer, consists of two guides directly fixed on the side pillars. Timber lifted by arms running in the guides.
Specifications: Total length of load frame, 4 m.; total height with bogie, 74 cm., total height with runners 64 cm., total width of load frame, 2 m., wheel track, 1.4 m., loading capacity with bogie, 6 tons; loading capacity with runners, 8 tons; lifting capacity, 1,000 kg.
Massey-Harris-Ferguson Export AS, Hovedvejen 183, Glostrup, Denmark.
LITTLE WOODSMAN CHAIN SAW FILER. - Developed primarily for logger and woodsman working far out in forest where heavy and expensive saw sharpening equipment is not available. In light weight aluminium alloy. Small, separates into two pieces and can be carried in small tool kit or pocket.
LITTLE WOODSMAN CHAIN SAW FILER.
Empire Industries Co., Inc., Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.A.
"SAPPER" DITCHER. - Designed for use with heavier type wheeled tractors. Attachment by drawbar 3-point linkage and one hydraulic coupling. Works progressively along ditch, no reversing or driving away necessary to dump soil, which can be deposited from 1-9 ft. (0.30-2.74 m.) from center of ditch. In normal conditions, the machine works at average 90 yards (82 m.) per hour. Max. depth 6 ft. (1.83 m.).
Machine can be assembled both right and left handed. Time taken to change machine from one hand to other is approx. 30 min.
Bomford and Evershed, Ltd., Salford Priors, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
BARR AND STROUD DENDROMETER TYPE F. P. 9. - Used in conjunction with tables supplied, to obtain widths of treetrunks at various heights, and values of these heights, to determine volume of trunks.
BARR AND STROUD DENDROMETER TYPE F. P. 9.
Specifications: Base length, 8 in. (20 cm.); magnification, 5.5X; type of field, coincidence, with both images erect; angular field, 7° vertical, 4°55' horizontal.
Barr and Stroud, Ltd., Anniesland, Glasgow, W. 3., Scotland.
ADAMS MOTOR GRADER 660. - Adams Motor Grader 660 with 190 hp Cummins or General Motors diesel engine, features torque converter, Adams Constant-mesh transmission with power clutch for forward to reverse without shifting, four speeds forward to 27.4 mph. (44.1 kmph), four reverse to 24.4 mph. (393 kmph).
Specifications: length, overall 26 ft. 4 in. (8.03 m.); width, overall 7 ft. 10 in. (2.39 m.); height, overall. with cab 10 ft. 8 in. (3.26 m.); height, without cab 8 ft (2.44 m.), blade, lift for ground clearance 19 in. (48 cm.).
Le Tourneau - Westinghouse Company, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
SUMNER PORTABLE CHIPPING PLANT. - Complete chipping plant-powered by diesel engine and mounted on trailer for portability. Entire plant is 8 ft. (2.44 m.) wide, 34 ft. (10.30 m) long and weighs approximately 40,600 lb. (18,370 kg.).
SUMNER PORTABLE CHIPPING PLANT.
This unit is designed to produce chips from logs up to 16 in. (41 cm.) in diameter and 20 ft. (6.10 m.) long.
Sumner Iron Works, Everett, Washington, U.S.A.
CROSS-CUT SAW. - "Festo" Parallel saw supplied as stationary and travelling type. Both models swivel round column in all directions. There are scales all round. Vertical adjustment up to 140 mm. by upper hand wheel. Motor, normally 4 hp. sup plied for 3-phase current. Performs all oblique outs customary in carpentry workshops, building enterprises, wagon and coach factories, joineries, etc. Nett weight of motor: 53 kg.
Festo-Maschinenfabrik G. Stoll. Esslingen a. N., Germany.
MULLIS LOG SKINNER. - Takes any size log up to 30 in. (16 cm.) in diameter and any length log from 8 to 20 ft. (2.44 to 6.10 m.). Can be equipped with extra idle rollers to take logs 50 ft. (15.24 m.) long.
Adjustable center section, housing skinning arms, hydraulically raised or lowered to accommodate logs up to 30 in. (70 cm.) diem. Handles logs of any size' or shape. Center section includes metal tank 10 ft. (3.06 m.) diem. (air reservoir) which prevents air from escaping rapidly. Tank, filled two or three times daily stores air from 60 to 125 lb. (4.2 to 8,75 kg.) pressure per cm'. Pistons extend from tank to steel reel containing 4 adjustable arms which the pistons power. Arms revolve around logs at speeds from 100 to 200 revolutions and skin off the bark.
Carl W. Mullis Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lancaster, Southern Carolina, U.S.A.
ROUTER MODEL 150. - Features trigger-switch power control, and power unit interchangeable with planing attachment and shaper table. Can be used for veining, fluting, compound molding, reeding, beveling or V-grooving.
Specifications: 8 amp, 1¼, motor spins at 22,000 rpm, virtually eliminating burring and chipping even on plastic laminated surfaces; highspeed operation reduces need for finish sanding. Weight: 73/4 lb. (3.5 kg.).
Williams and Jensen International, Porter-Cable Export Department, South Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
LETOURNEAU HOIST. hoist line requires 37 percent less headroom and offers precision load control to within 0.008 inch. (0.2 mm.). Load block shown extended in photo of 6-ton unit. In operation it can retract into U-shaped area between motor, gear-box and drum for maximum height lifts. Available in capacities from 3 to 15 tons.
R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. 2399 South MacArthur, Longview, Texas, U.S.A.
EXPAND-A-VAN. - Electrically and hydraulically operated. Double expanding sides. Steel and aluminium construction with approx. 80 percent of overall weight in aluminium sheets, forgings, extrusions and castings.
Specifications: Area when open, 30 x 26 x 7½ ft. (9.1 x 7.9 x 2.3 m.), when closed 7 ft. 2 in. x 26 x 7½ ft. (2.2 x 7.9 x 2.3 m.). Total weight approx. 26,000 lb. (11,340 kg.) of which approx. 40 percent on front bolster and 80 percent on rear axle. Double rear axles with bogie available. Total length of unit 35 ft. (10.7 m.). Heating and air-conditioning (optional) installed in front compartment of trailer, also electrical generator for hydraulic pumps and lighting.
The Gerstenlager Co. Wooster, Ohio, U.S.A.
GOLDEN BEAR DUST-BINDER. - Stable emulsion consisting of approximately 60 percent semi-liquid petroleum resins and 40 percent wetting solution. Can be stored almost indefinitely.
When sprayed on dusty ground, dust particles become coated with thin film of petroleum resin, acting as an adhesive, binding individual small particles together. Dust is immobilized. For best applications, spraying under approximately 4060 lb. pressure is recommended.
Golden Bear Oil Co., 325 West Eighth Street, Los Angeles 14, California, U.S.A.
SPLIT ROLL GANG EDGER. - Split roll gang edger produced in four sizes saws up to 12 in. (30.6 cm.) thick cants. No shifting saws but a number of saws in a cluster or gang on each side of the edger spaced at whatever spacing is desired.
PLANER. - For automatic hand planing, can be used as independent unit in connection with jointers of any make, works material up to width of 610 mm. and height of 100 mm. Conveyor equipped with closely spaced grippers, with built-in 2-speed 2-hp squirrel-cage motor, 1600/3000 rpm 3-phase A. C., 220/380 volts, with attached switch.
Adolf Aldinger Holzbearbeitungs-Maschinenfabrik, Stuttgart-Obertürkheim, Postfach 65, Germany.
6 in. x 48 in. (15.2 x 122 cm.) edger with both infeed and outfeed tables and hydraulic lift on the press rolls.
Schurman Machine Works, Inc., Woodland, Washington, U.S.A.
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