Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[TomSeller]

Burn day,

And for eating peanuts while watching the fire. At least I think those are peanut shells.

 

[Creamer]

Would love to see pics.

Grey Box I think is about double the hardness of oak. It's a hopeless feeling when you start with a new or freshly sharpened chain and it doesn't seem to go anywhere fast, producing mini-chips at best and mostly dust. If I were into more of that sort of action, I think I'd get me some .404 bars and chain that might last a bit longer between sharpens. A while ago I was bucking a big old yellow box (first time I had encountered it) log with a 32" 3/8 bar/chain that wasn't coming close to being long enough but was all I had and all the saw could oil in that sort of extreme use scenario. First cut was like 'heck, I must have hit some dirt', so swap chain out, then, still on first cut but going nowhere fast it was 'my grinding sucks, this is the second chain on the same bucking cut that is crap', so I swapped to a new chain and still was going nowhere quickly and had confirmed there was no dirt to pick up and ruin chain.

It sure made for some good firewood though. I didn't have a mill at the time, darn it.

Here's a recent Saligna drop and chop job:

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That looks like some really nice wood!

i have always wondered about the carbide tipped chains for the really hardwood like you are talking about. Anybody tried these?

 

[dieselcrawler]

Nice day out clearing some locust...

Need poles for a barn, rest is fence post and firewood.

 

[farm boy00]

Nice day out clearing some locust...

Need poles for a barn, rest is fence post and firewood.

Talk about some hills. Looks fun to rip up with a gocart

 

[s219]

Talk about some hills.

Good old West Virginia. Some of the steepest rolling hills and mountains I have come across.

 

[escavader]

That looks like some really nice wood! i have always wondered about the carbide tipped chains for the really hardwood like you are talking about. Anybody tried these?

Ive used them for tearing down buildings .i found the teeth break off easy .they are pricey too.but like i said cutting nails and roofing paper might not be the same as just wood

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[dieselcrawler]

Talk about some hills. Looks fun to rip up with a gocart

118 acres, 99.9% hillside.

No go carts, but atvs are fun. Got a 400EX in the barn, couple Honda 300 Utility bikes, and a newer 350 rancher. They get the most use.

 

[Baby Grand]

Building some bucket forks for moving the piles of slash that are starting to grow. Now working on the year after next's wood. It's thawing out, so I won't be able to pull a couple of blow downs out until we get another cold snap. The Plant Manager gave me the green light to make another capital investment - so I'm shopping for an inexpensive logging winch.

It occurred to me that your last three words comprised a pretty obvious oxymoron.

...and if you somehow find proof that I'm full of bologna, please PM me as to where and how I can also buck the established paradigm.

Somehow I missed this one ... been dealing with some wind damage from a storm that ripped through here 2 weeks ago.

I see your point - "inexpensive" is a kind of a weasel word when used in the same sentence as "logging winch". To be more specific, I have been seeing this ad, with some frequency, on CL:
Brand New Igland 3501 3 Point Hitch Logging Winch New Lower Price!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Somehow I missed this one ... been dealing with some wind damage from a storm that ripped through here 2 weeks ago.

I see your point - "inexpensive" is a kind of a weasel word when used in the same sentence as "logging winch". To be more specific, I have been seeing this ad, with some frequency, on CL:
Brand New Igland 3501 3 Point Hitch Logging Winch New Lower Price!

I've seen that same add up here. Buyer beware!

 

[keony]

I've seen that same add up here. Buyer beware!

Do you care to elaborate on your buyer beware warning?