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Tractor bucket across the splitter and into the truck. Full load coming home. Old, messy way of stacking wood directly on the deck, and then... problems solved with home-designed and built mobile wood racks. REDNECK dump trailer we also use to collect bucked trees from the forest. We roll them...

Strong work on the pallet idea! I like the "unitized" movement and storage of wood. Gotta come up with something ourselves, although these racks are easy to load once a year. This year: We cut into the bucket and trailer then offload into the big pile behind the tractor if it is to leave the...

gathered and placed rocks to improve/rebuild a retaining wall. ...then backfilled and re-contoured, and backdragged the area: and then "attempted" to backfill a low spot on the shore of our lake, promptly getting the trailer stuck beyond recovery: for which I used my Dad to help unload...

We drag our truck-bed trailer (1 ton chassis) behind the tractor into our property or surrounding forest, staging it in an accessible area if we need to skid logs. After dropping the standing-dead tree or trees, we buck on site or skid (but as little as possible!), fill the bucket on the ground...

+1 vote for the Woodmaxx brand. Just received ours, assembled it, mounted it, and went to work. It works VERY well on our L3130 (26 @ the PTO). It eats whole trees from small branches all the way up to 5" diameter (a lot of white pine and Doug Fir, some cedar) and hasn't even slowed down...

Bought the Harbor Freight Cat II Quick Hitch (#97214) for about $90 with my coupon. Pleased with this as it works easily on the chipper, and as advertised. Our problem is that the JD ballast box is not wide enough. What are some ideas to add Cat II bushings over the lower Cat I pins on the...

Here's another picture to keep you all interested: This is the view from the front of the lodge out across our lake. That's me in the kayak. Wife took the picture from the project area, near the edge.

Friends, I need advise, guidance, and tips and tricks on a project in the "just thinkin' 'bout it" stage right now. Here is a picture of the project area: Our lodge is built on the man-made dike of our lake, and about thirty feet back from the water. Our problem is that the dike slopes...

some before and afters: These were relatively easy to put together, but did have some sticky spots. The uprights are 1.25 OD sch 40 steel tubing bent by a local shop (TREX Technology - Air Ride Truck Suspensions). They are 6' tall with a 15" center to center distance. The bottom of each leg...

Been lurking for a while. I have lots of questions and I'm sure I'll not be afraid to ask. Sweet site. Kodthree