Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[motownbrowne]

Been splitting a bunch of wood lately. A friend of mine is establishing a deer farm, so they had a bunch of trees removed from their 80 acres. I hired a local tree service with a knuckle boom truck to move 4 loads for me. They said their truck holds 4 cords, and for 3 of the 4 trips I was able to meet them there and have them load my deckover trailer. I couldn't use the trailer to fill capacity, because my truck is on the wimpy side (300-6 powered F250).

Anyway, the loads looked like this:

Following SR's example, I've been bucking the wood on the trailer and then shifting it right onto my splitter.

I've done 4 trailer loads like that in the last week. I bucked the last load yesterday morning, then went inside for lunch and naptime with my 2 year old, then got the whole load split in the afternoon. It took me about 2 hours to get it split and I did have to take a couple breaks for bucking some stuff at the bottom and talking to my insurance agent.

 

[ProjectKing]

Until the weather turns back to winter this will be the last of the junky fir I cut and try to turn into saw logs. 60 degrees and sunny at noon. Water running everywhere. The packed trails are rotting big time and the landing is a wet skating rink. But it sure feels nice !!

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Did you get a new tractor?! Looks like a nice machine!

 

[Garandman]

What is a deer farm? People grow them on purpose?

 

[Buggs67]

My neighbors on both sides feed them (and don't hunt). The herd was 16 does last time they stood still long enough to count.

 

[Buggs67]

Looks like you're splitting it long. Outside wood stove?

 

[Jim Shooz]

There are a lot of them around here. Used to be a lot of wild ones in the back blocks which were culled by hunters using helicopters. once the easy ones had been shot and the market for meat was still there so they started farming them. Deer were introduced in the early 1900 and thrived. Some of the helicopter pilots were rough cowboys.

 

[motownbrowne]

What is a deer farm? People grow them on purpose?

These guys own a business which includes wining and dining international big wigs. I guess they want to be able to take guess out hunting for big white tail any month of the year. It's definitely a little goofy, but it seems like they enjoy it.

Looks like you're splitting it long. Outside wood stove?

The long stuff is cut at 32" for my maple syrup cooker. We use between 7-10 full cords a year making syrup. I generally cut soft wood for that application. Most of my hardwood gets cut at 16" for stove use or sales. But with those lengths if I get desperate I can cut my 32" splits in half and make stove wood.

 

[Buggs67]

That's a lot of syrup. My buddy does it as a hobby. He's in construction/renovation and buns all the scrap he can collect then the softer woods.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Did you get a new tractor?! Looks like a nice machine!

I did and thank you. A new to me M5640 with 725 Hrs on it. Brought it home last April.



You like projects. Here are some of the things I have done to it.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...wbox-toolbox-shelf-m5640.html?highlight=M5640

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[NPurdy1112]

Gordon: What is the box on your left rear fender?