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#3 Carriage with Center Dog Headblocks

Meadows #3 Sawmill Carriage with Center Dog Headblocks

Meadows #3 Sawmill Carriage with Center Dog Headblocks

The Meadows Center Dog Headblock includes:

  • The headblock knees taper individually up to 4", the taper function is controlled by a 2" x 6" hydraulic cylinder

  • Heavy steel construction, approximate weight of a three headblock carriage is 8,000 lbs.

  • Replaceable face (wear) plates constructed from 1/2" x 4" cold roll steel

  • Replaceable steel slides on the top of the headblock base

  • UHMW wear strips between knee and base, constructed from 3/8" UHMW

  • Adjusting chains are cut from double 80 chain on hardened steel sprockets

  • Hydraulic dogs are constructed from 3/4" wide hot roll steel

  • The vertical movement of the hydraulic dogs is controlled by a 1" x 12" hydraulic cylinder

  • The horizontal movement of the hydraulic dogs is controlled by a 1" x 4" hydraulic cylinder

  • 42" headblock opening on center-dog headblock, 44" headblock opening with side-mounted dogs

  • Optional master dog is available

  • Optional log flippers are available

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Last modified: May 05, 2005