my new Firewood toys

[tbutman]

Wow, I envy you. I processed about 15 full cord last year, we burn about 4 full cord per winter. Sold the other 11 cord in two weeks time. :thumbsup: Im hoping I will be able to process more wood this year, the customers are out there, I just need to keep up with the demand. I finally got a skid steer so i can efficiently haul logs out of the woods now. :thumbsup:

well, I envy you for having a skidsteer. I don't know how well that will work for your application but I sure wouldn't mind having one for lifting the logs onto the log deck.And for moving brush piles. Good luck to you and thanks. Everyone must start somewhere.

 

[Dead Horse]

I burn 20 cord a year and put up a tad more myself. I have some pretty good equipment but you (OP) have me beat big time.

My helpers:

 

[Johndeere3720]

well, I envy you for having a skidsteer. I don't know how well that will work for your application but I sure wouldn't mind having one for lifting the logs onto the log deck.And for moving brush piles. Good luck to you and thanks. Everyone must start somewhere.

What convinced me on a skid steer was how much work I got done with one last year. I borrowed one from my grandpa and got every last tree brought to the log deck. Comparing it to the little 16 hp Yanmar i had it would have taken weeks using my 3 point forks. So this year I upgraded to my 61 hp Deere skid steer, it is bigger than the one i used last year and will lift considerably more, all I need are some pallet forks. We cut all our logs into 8' sections, it makes it a lot easier to bring them back to the deck and they are easy to stack/unstack when we begin cutting. What I also accomplished on the skid steer was along with getting all the logs to the log deck, i was able to clean up every last tree limb with the pallet forks and put them on the burn pile. :thumbsup: Some time this year I plan to build a hydraulic log splitter for the front of my Deere so I can split firewood from inside the cab. :thumbsup:

So far I have used my skid steer to push trees and brush back away from the road and I was very impressed at how much power it had. I have also maintained the local gravel road (filling in the pot holes/grading/etc.) and i cant believe I went so long without a bucket! :laughing:

 

[Ken45101]

Nice stack of logs there, you did well.

It looks like you have one major advantage over me: you have flat ground!

I have a JD325 but it hasn't been all that useful for getting firewood because of the hills here.

Ken

 

[tbutman]

Indeed, Nice piece of equipment right there. You have to love how versatile they have made these today with the wide range of buckets they offer all with the "quick-tach" or equivalent coupling systems. I would love to throw a grapple bucket on my 1050 and I suppose I will someday. Can be mighty hard on the front ends though when you carry large logs and I worry about that.

 

[tbutman]

Definetly have the tractor end of the operation all sewed up! That farmi winch you got shows some wear like it's hauled a million trees. Badges of honor lol My old Norse log arch would look much the same if I didn't throw some red paint at it regularly.

 

[Rustyiron]

Nice stack of logs there, you did well.

It looks like you have one major advantage over me: you have flat ground!

I have a JD325 but it hasn't been all that useful for getting firewood because of the hills here.

Ken

Get yourself a set of these (tracks) and flatten out those hills!

 

[groundcover]

20 cords ! How about some insulation !! Very nice set up though ! What happens after the dump trailer, dump and hand stack ? What are you feeding it to ?

 

[crazyal]

I couldn't even find the energy to start processing 20 cord. I do 2 to 3 a year for myself and 3 more for my parents. I'm lucky as my house is a timber frame with foam panels so even though I heat almost exclusively with wood it takes very little. It looks like you have the equipment to get it done though.

 

[Ken45101]

Get yourself a set of these (tracks) and flatten out those hills!

I have over the tire tracks but not the bar tracks like you have. If the ground is reasonably dry, they will give traction to the point where the skid steer is getting tippy without much lift capacity. I think we are beyond the limits of a skid steer. I built a logging winch with a 9000# 12v HF winch on an old box blade.

Ken