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i've been collecting logs recently. some walnut some red/white oak.

I am late to this party.... This may not be helpful anymore I have never used a band saw mill. I have done quite a bit of chainsaw milling. When I started I was using a ported Stihl 044 with a 32" bar and ripping chain. ripping chain is no different than any other chain except the top plate...

i cheat. see that big white GMC in the pic with the tractor? that's a bucket truck i enjoy tree work, had someone come up and want me to do three silver maples in his yard. going to meet with him later this week

used my b2650 to clean up after taking down a tree. ran it across the scale along with the truck and trailer. does anyone want to guess on weight or should i tell you 94 f250 4x4, diesel, 40 gallons of fuel, 500ish lbs in the bed my 225 lbs in the driver seat 30ft wood decked 10K car trailer...

got a little tractor and wood time today. taking down a large ash at my rental. it was in better shape than i thought, though still not great. didn't get any before pics, but i might be able to find an older one

added 12 yards of dirt and cleaned up the shooting berm fri. then went to my aunts and cleaned a a large cherry that had blown over (no pics)

i built one of those several years ago.... then i built a portable shooting bench and i can stretch to 600 yards (really 597ish). I need to go back and add some more dirt and move it five yards towards the pond so i can get a true 600 200 600

will see if someone got a picture, but i got my my 5055E stuck today. for the first time. next to the dock, had to go get the farm kubota (not my b2650) to get it out, after chaining them together, i was worried for a bit that i would have to trade the kubota out for the backhoe

i like big wood WITH the right tools

when you need ballast use what you have around you. this is a 900 lb green, white oak log hanging 6ft off the back off a 700 lb rear blade. kept the rear down very well

broke out the GN for a couple loads..... had to make a right in town at a traffic light so i swung wide left to come tight right and had 2 cars come inside me to make the right. i hate people

MTronic came out on the 661 along with other changes. and i second the locust being really hard dry. i broke a couple teeth on a chain milling some "rustic" steps

70+cc. i use a 92cc. run a 36" bar. it gives me about a 31" cut. did some milling last monday.

thanks the work is in the set up. actually time running the saw though the wood varies with how sharp the chain is, but is only about a minute at most with that wood another of the cedar

did a little chainsaw milling. didn't take as many photos as i should have. don't know what i will do with the cedar but thought i would turn the walnut into lie edged coffee tables and sell them. tractor is my father's DK40. the cab makes it real hard to see the end of the forks

i use a woods RM 90 finish mower for most of the pastures. we cut every month or so. raise the mower to 8-12" keep the blades sharp and go to town. this only works when there is no brush what it looks like after cutting what it looks like while cutting this was done with a 6' medium...

load of walnut saw logs coming home

picked up some walnut for saw logs from my uncles farm. used his new JD 4052m with fancy self leveling loader. still needed a little more to load that big log but we got it down by loading it half at a time he also has a paulownia that needs to come down. i hear it may have value to some...

i did something similar though i mounted mine higher to clear more of the deck. i can also attach it to my truck on my bumper pull i have d rings for toe downs that double for the snatch blocks.

my daily pickup has 330K and i've owner several over 300. a couple over 200. All have been 92-97 ford. most diesel. i did just replace the 7.3 in my daily since i had to pull the motor to fix a leak. figured i'd put a rebuild in since it was out and it didn't make sense to put the old one...

used the farm tractor yesterday evening. and then again this morning to hang it, skin it, and butcher it

helped my father take down some old locust trees. i trimmed them up 2-3 year ago, but they have taken a beating recently in a couple of storms. after getting them down there was quite a bit of rot inside. we were going to push them over and we did with the first one, but it did too much...

hydraulic line blew on the rollback, no problem I got this. I did have to add the blade to get enough weight to keep the rear tires planted. Car is an early 60s thunderbird that gave up it's engine/trans

haven't update this in a while. i've been mowing, used it to move a gun safe and my reloading bench, and using it to set up tents. built a stake puller for the forks, don't have pics of it. picked up a 48" single lid grapple to use tues at auction. and soon will be doing to 50hr service here...

both it's 74" wide and weighs roughly 700lbs what it looks like on the small tractor what it looks like on the big tractor

I have a 20' 10K car trailer. I did upgrade the tires on the trailer to 16" rims with LT tires rated at 3000+ lbs per tire. It weighs close to 2700lbs with the heavier tires. I haul my JD5055E on it. with the FEL and an implement on the rear it's close to 8000lbs. I have no issues with it...

couple recent ones with the b2650. it's used to put up and take down tents like the one in the back ground used it to pick up a gun safe

i tow 16-24' enclosed trailer fairly often, i'm thinking of adding a 150 and using it for the smaller/lighter loads and using it as a daily driver when not towing. i am curious what MPGs other people are getting towing trailers with lots of surface area/drag. it needs to make sense towing...

i've done the winch cradle thing. can move it to anything with a 2" receiver, front/rear of vehicles, both trailer, etc. i have a spare battery that i attach when using the winch and then put back in whatever i took it out of after i'm done.

after 5 weeks or so my tow rig has a new motor.

yes. yesterday i had 23 pieces of dance floor at 45ish lbs a piece at truck level 52". that doesn't include the weight of the forks. also lifted tent bags two at a time at 300 lbs a bag. i have also had my 700 lbs grapple on it at 4-5 ft. granted the grapple doesn't extend that far out...

yesterday use it to help set a 40' wide tent and move the chairs (300 lbs a stack 9 stacks), tables, dance floor (1000 lbs), stage, tent bags (300 lbs a bag 4 bags) etc from the truck to the spot were we set the tent. most days we can back the truck to the spot. yesterday it was 150ish yds...

sorry it took me so long. i don't know i would guess 250 lbs all in. the baby and i have been cutting some grass, she even has her own little tiny ear muffs no pics, but my in laws visited and i had saved up some tractoring jobs for my father in law. i'm trying to convince him he needs a...

i've used a 74" 700 lbs grapple on my b series. i want a smaller 48" single lid, but have yet to find one in a price rangei'm willing to pay

Today I helped a neighbor do some clean up. couple weeks ago storms came through, blew over a live loblolly pine over which took out at least 2 dead trees. starting by taking the rounds (he had already cut them i would have cut them in 8-10 ft sections and moved them with the forks) and...

couple days ago used the JD to load the mower on the trailer to bring home. it is getting close to grass cutting time. it's so much nicer having a FEL to unload vs the way i used to do it, either take the tractor to town to swap implements, bring the car trailer home with the implement on it and...

use 10389 for a tractor

added some hydraulics to my FEL off the rear remote then had to test them out

fat grapple on a little tractor.

last week i tried and failed to buy a 48" single lid grapple at auction, then i tried to buy a 66" single lid and i was going to cut it down to 50" failed at that too. so today I used the 74" 700+ grapple for a little clean up. it is way too big for the little B2650, though it worked.

spent part of today adding hydraulics to the FEL, using the rear remote. spend ~230 for two lines,then wire tied them to the tractor and FEL frame. after a few leaks they are working well. the location is not as intutive as the the remotes on my JD

both tractors have SSQA and I have a three point hitch/2" receiver on a SS plate, however it's easier to move a 2" receiver hitch than the plate so i have welded a 2' receiver on my kubota bucket, (also dad's little JD 2210) both work very well. i don't know how well you can see the SS plate on...

used it as forklift to unload a tractor trailer, a car trailer, and then to hold the pallet onto which we dropped to long block core, for my new long block. headed to VA beach tomorrow to pick up the new motor

Aluminum trailers are expensive. Dad had a featherlite care hauler and it was nice, but it was also heavier than i thought it would be. it only weighed ~400 less than our tilting steel one that was 1.5 ft longer. i had a featherlite enclosed GN it was really nice. and if I had to buy a new...

andy i use forks where appropiate can your forks do this? maybe/probably as easily? i doubt it can your forks clear this? forks have their place, so does a grapple, and there is not one type of grapple that is best for all situations. rob i do stack bales and grub rocks with...

with some help from my wife we added 2 5/16 hooks, a 2" receiver tube, painted kubota orange from tractor supply which is close but doesn't quite match

the tractor has sat in the garage for a while, but yesterday i fired it up and use the bucket to spread some gravel back onto the driveway that wound up in the grass after the last snow. then it went to the shop for a job today in baltimore. we were going up to pick up a bunch of shop and wood...

OBS = Old Body Style it goes from 80-97. 80-86 = bullnose 97-91 = bricknose 92-97 areonose something like this, though this is a 250 with a Dana 60 swap I remember seeing a 97 reg cab 4x4 PSD/5 speed on ebay 10 ish year ago 20K miles and the ad said he wouldn't sell it for less than $20K...

the old diesel command top dollar. i think 20+K would be a good starting point, BUT it need to be in tip top shape, no leaks, no rust, no faded paint, no major mods, nothing needed. i play with the OBS fords and they also bring top dollar. i sold a 97 CCLB PSD with 254K and minor rust in the...

noodles work great as fire starter especially when soaked with a little diesel fuel. why i noodle

hooked up the woods RM59. it is tight in the back to hook up the check chains i need to get the lower pin out you need to remove the upper pin. had to remove the shield from the PTO so the check chains wouldn't hit it. two 13mm bolts and it slid out. the check chains are interfering...

old next to the new. JD is a little shorter, both in height and length, and maybe an inch or two wider. the three point hitch arms on the JD are longer. and there is more room back there. in it's new home in the garage

rake which was the first thing to do remote valve looks funny sticking out there

Just picked up a B2650 today. Open station, FEL, SSQA, 60" bucket, Turf tires, One rear remote, quick hitch. Bought it from Burke Equipment in DE for 18600. I thought this was a pretty good deal. I was looking to replace John Deere 750 2wd, gear, no loader, no power steering, without go...

i like splitting the big rounds no one else wants them

i have an alaskan mill. started with an 044 and now have a 660. yes it is labor intensive, but it was relatively cheap and i don't mill much.

you don't need a 100hp tractor. the 5 series deere is plenty. i have a 5055E with the 553 loader. loader specs almost 3200lbs at the pins to full height and almost 5000lbs to 59" again at the pins. i can't remember what the measurements were 500mm and 800mm in front of the bucket, but i could...

i'm going to be a bit long winded i was gifted a Echo CS-510 from a landscapers widow. 50cc saw 20" bar 3/8 chain. after cleaning it and looking it over i got it running. the chain was loose and i couldn't get it to tighten. oh well deal with that later. set the brake and start it up. saw...

GN mount front of truck

Did some bush hogging today. running over the saplings i wound up with a thorn in the tire. had to drive over to the tire shop and get it plugged. shortly after i started and at the end. had the grapple on the front had to pick up sapling out didn't fell comfortable driving over it. several...

Moved just a little boat

i use a "bush hog" for brush (anything that is 3/4" or bigger, and/or woody) and a finish mower for grass even if that grass is 5ft tall. the bush hog i have is a 6ft medium duty Befco, i paid 450 for is and have pressure washed and greased it. This will be it's third year the finish mower...

i just finished doing something similar.... i've never thought i/of doing it the way the OP did (and now it won't work with my tube on the car trailer). as for wiring i have an extra battery that i use and if i need more juice i have a set of long heavy duty jumper cables I can run to the truck...

i did the same, I welded it to the top of the GN

did some grappling. cleaning up at my grandmother's place, getting it ready to sell, and as the realtor put it the maintenance has been deferred

Used the forks to unload a couple skids then put the plow on one and moved it onto the warehouse

how i attached mine to the top of my GN

My father and I finished cleaning up that silver maple. Going to haul that load up to the local "dump" that has a huge tub grinder and will eventually turn them into wood chips

i bought a mounting plate it was $61 or 62 delivered to me. i have welded a 2" receiver on my GN trailer still need to weld one on my BP.

i bought a SSQA plate and created a mount for an 8.5 ft meyers. i didn't shorten the a frame on the plow so it hangs way out there, but i can still use it on a truck if need be

which trailer? 1999 Protrack 27 ft 14K GN (need to address the deck this fall) 2013 Down2Earth Carhauler 10K (upgraded to 16" load range E LT tires)

Spent sometime with the bush hog cleaning up the property line

winch mount on the GN. tried to used it, didn't work as planned. got new cables works much better now

got it a couple days ago, mounted it all up today. checked the winch over as well. bolted all together fairly smoothly had to by two new bolts to bolt the fairlead to the mount. finish is good, did damaged it slightly with the socket when tightening the bolts. hitch pin wouldn't quite fit had...

looking to get a portable winch mount to fit a 2" receiver. something along these lines Winch Mounting Plate for Hitch Receiver Mount Bracket for Truck Trailer SUV 4WD | eBay anyone have an experience with this brand or any others. I have no desire to send 250 for the WARN brand one. I have...

most of the seat time was my father, but we played with wood

hauled a IH 444 for a friend

how long are these 24-36" logs? I have a 5055E with the 553 loader. i could pick up this log 23" on end 26" the other and 23 ftish green oak but not this one 25"-30" 18ft long (though it was close) after this elm long dried out a bit i could lift it the backhoe had no issues i also...

took this trailer over the smaller BP, hooping the tractor would lift the logs onto it, but it didn't

did some cleaning up today. used an 8-8.5' oak log as ballast chained to the rear blade. i'm trying to save the three large logs to mills. but one the tractor couldn't quite pick up. i'm going to give it a month or so to dry out and we'll try again.

spent some time yesterday popping yews out of the ground and today cleaning up stumps and trees that i had previously topped

Hello all - I have a mid 80s 750. been a great tractor and everything works, except for the tach/hour meter. they worked when i got it, but broke sometime last year. it's not a huge deal except for my OCD. I assume that this model has a cable driven tach and that it has broken, but i have no...

my father was out cutting the fields (15 acres of old horse pasture) when he came in to the shop he said he's getting too old and thinks he'd like a cab tractor. So here we go looking for a tractor. The tractor will be used for the basic, cutting the pastures, maintaining the driveway (1/2...

I was volunteering at the St Michael's Concours 2014 St. Michaels Concours d' Elegance - Official Site . a local tractor dealer (Kioti and NH) donated the use of two tractors, a Boomer 30 and a Boomer 35. I got the opportunity to drive the Boomer 35 (same as the LS 3039H I believe, correct me...

then THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8P5vGcf-NU&feature=youtu.be

I'm looking for the specs on the JD 440 loader. can't find anything. anyone have the info. Thanks

just acquired an 09 bx1850 with 250 ish hours. the hydraulic do not operate at idle. is this normal? as soon as you rev the motor up they work normally.

Has anyone ever heard of them? Supposedly they have been around since 2011. Does anyone have any experience with them, good or bad? I just found out about the today while looking for new tires. they offer a trailer tire in 235/85-16 load range G which would be perfect for the GN. it needs at...

I just need to vent my frustrations. I found out today a house I have been working on purchasing for 6 months now will not get the third party agreement from the bank to sell it to me. Greedy fing banks. I found a great house what I've wanted, two lots one with a 3br/2ba house and 4 acres and...

The answer what you are willing to pay comes to mind. I'd like to find one, however I'm not willing to spend alot for one. I know someone with a Befco RMD 272 can't find much online about them there is a RMD 372 which I'm assuming is the new version. It is a medium duty (though not quite as...

hoping for some help here, i haven't had much luck on google or searching on here. the local ritchie brothers auction has an ursus 4824 4wd cab tractor coming up for auction. if it is cheap enough it would make a good tractor for my uncles farm and then i wouldn't need to drag mine up and down...

This tractor (pics at the bottom) belongs to my friend. He is looking to sell it. I may wind up being asked to sell it. It is a very nice, clean, low hour 1986 John Deere 2350. It has 838 hours, 8/4 gear trans, one set of rear remotes, everything works, new front tires, rear at 70-75%. My...

I have a 5055E. I am looking for the best/cheapest place to get filters engine oil and hydraulic oil? dealer prices were 19.xx and 43xx respectively.

i know there are hunters here (just read the bow hunting thread), but who else hunts, what do you hunt? and post pics I love to hunt always have. I am lucky enough to live on the eastern shore of MD and have access to to deer and waterfowl. love it all. anyway. went early duck season got...

so i have a question, maybe it's a dumb question. what is a grey market tractor? i had never heard of it before i joined TBN

hello all - i'm new here. got a 1 JD 5055E bought it in june got a FEL with a SSQA took 4 weeks for that to show up, but it was worth it to me. have a 78" general purpose bucket, a set of pallet forks and a grapple rake running off the rear remotes. put about 64 hour on it so far cutting...

It was recommended by a member on another forum I am on to join here, so after a little stalking I did. My name is Terry I live in Easton MD. Ive grown up loving the outdoors, hunting hiking, working outside, and playing with mechanical things trucks, cars, boats, tractors. So hello, I've...