Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

We won't discuss the added weight of the operator. :laughing:

Not to worry - weight is your friend when you need ballast and traction

Nice work with that LS 3000

gg

 

[Creamer]

Thanks Hermine!!

Like I needed to spend a couple of days at my son's place clearing his neighbor's oak that crushed the fence.

It was tall enough that it out took a few other trees on the way down. What mess it made!

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My son is a plumber by trade and a lumberjack at heart. He's trying to ask me there in that one shot:

"Are you sure you want to try lifting both those wet oak slabs at once?"

That LS 3000 series isn't supposed to lift that much and maneuver with it but it does....

Uphill & backwards...Every time I doubt the capabilities of this tractor, it shows me that tenacity is it's greatest virtue.

The rears are filled to 3/4 with water. We won't discuss the added weight of the operator. :laughing:


The out come?

No more parking on grass making a mud pit.

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Wet oak is lighter than wet cottonwood or willow. Once you cut it though that relationship changes fast!

 

[4570Man]

Thanks Hermine!! Like I needed to spend a couple of days at my son's place clearing his neighbor's oak that crushed the fence. It was tall enough that it out took a few other trees on the way down. What mess it made! <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481809"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481812"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481813"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481814"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481815"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481818"/> My son is a plumber by trade and a lumberjack at heart. He's trying to ask me there in that one shot: "Are you sure you want to try lifting both those wet oak slabs at once?" That LS 3000 series isn't supposed to lift that much and maneuver with it but it does.... Uphill & backwards...Every time I doubt the capabilities of this tractor, it shows me that tenacity is it's greatest virtue. The rears are filled to 3/4 with water. We won't discuss the added weight of the operator. :laughing: The out come? No more parking on grass making a mud pit. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481820"/> w/10 yds of crushed concrete <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=481821"/>

You doubted it's ability to life those 2 rounds? That looks like a 500 pound load and your tractor is rated to lift 2100 pounds.

 

[rswyan]

More like a 800 - 1000 lb load ...

What was the diameter ?

 

[4570Man]

More like a 800 - 1000 lb load ... What was the diameter ?

My guess was 20-24" basing that on it being about knee height to the guy behind it. I'd also guessed about 48" long.

Edit, going by my guesstimate on size according to log weight calculator your 800 pound guess is pretty close. Still less than half of his full height lift capacity.

 

[John_Mc]

Wet oak is lighter than wet cottonwood or willow. Once you cut it though that relationship changes fast!

I've not dealt with a lot of cottonwood, but I don't think I've ever picked up a stick that approached the weight of Oak. Perhaps we're taling about a different tree.

From a Table I found long ago:

Species	Dry Wgt	Green
White Oak	2880 - 3710	4890 - 6290
Cottonwood	1730 - 2225	2700 - 3475
Black Willow	1910 - 2450	3140 - 4040

Dry weights are at 12% moisture Content.

This table did not have Red Oak, but it's generally about 10% lighter than White Oak when dry. I'm not sure how the green Red Oak compares.

 

[John_Mc]

Two tables with species of wood, showing BTU value, and dry weight (one table also adds green weight).

The Chimney Sweep table is the most accurate I've found. Many other table are compiled from a variety of sources, and the authors may not have corrected for the fact that different sources may have measured differently or used different moisture content.

 

[ultrarunner]

^^^

Interesting as just about all I have in California is Live Oak... it is the highest rated on the second Btu chart and people here pay to have it hauled away since the burn restrictions started...

It sure does make a pretty fire...

 

[Creamer]

I've not dealt with a lot of cottonwood, but I don't think I've ever picked up a stick that approached the weight of Oak. Perhaps we're taling about a different tree.

From a Table I found long ago:

Species	Dry Wgt	Green
White Oak	2880 - 3710	4890 - 6290
Cottonwood	1730 - 2225	2700 - 3475
Black Willow	1910 - 2450	3140 - 4040

Dry weights are at 12% moisture Content.

This table did not have Red Oak, but it's generally about 10% lighter than White Oak when dry. I'm not sure how the green Red Oak compares.

The numbers you show are for "dry" wood which shows Cottonwood to be about half of oak.

I am not positive that wet Cottonwood is heavier than wet oak but I know it is very close. It also depends on the time of year. If you cut a live cottonwood during a wet spring it is very heavy, mid-summer it is definitely lighter. Cottonwood has a lot of empty pore space in it that fills with water. If you cut one during a wet spring you can almost wash your hands on the end of it - very different from cutting a live oak.

 

[cat fever]

I went on another wood getting trip Wednesday. Here are a few pictures of the day.

As you can see it was a beautiful day and the turning leaves made for some good pictures.
I might have one more day left in me to get wood. It's a lot of work for one old man and his bride.