Tractors and wood! Show your pics
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I bought that one at Hammond Tractor in Fairfield, but it was actually on sale. I know it seems crazy, but that is what they go for.
Of course all those crazy prices sound high, but if we are all honest with ourselves, a chainsaw is one of the best investments a person can make. Even though I can honestly say I HATE my Husky 562, it paid for itself with the first load of wood that went to the mill. I can say the same for the MS 461, so while I had hoped it would have lived a much longer life than only 1 year (it died as an infant in Stihl terms), it more than paid for itself too.
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I got back to this wagon load of scrounged wood today,
And got started splitting it,
Having a good 4-way wedge sure speeds things up,
If they were too heavy, they got ripped with my 268xp and then put on the splitters beam,
And S
Now it's time to get that wagon loaded again!
SR
There is no way I would pick up big wood like that, that many times. Holy crap, my back hurts watching you! You need to flip your woodsplitter over and bring the woodsplitter to the wood. Looking at what you have for tractors and splitters, it would be really easy to do.
I have a homemade woodsplitter, but once I got my log loader I realized I had been splitting wood backwards for 43 years. I flipped so it was upside down, and can now swing my woodsplitter out to my round, pinch it, but not split it, waiting until it is over my dump trailer. In that way I never have to pick the wood up again until I lug the wood into the house. I don't even stack it in the woodshed, just push it in with the tractor.
I am going to firewood chunking now, but it is the same premise; let the equipment do the work instead of me. I am TOO OLD to be lifting wood, constantly in danger of blowing out my back, just to turn it into ash. LOL
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Oh the best part: I even built it with a cup holder since I never have to get out of the seat!
After reading my quote I started thinking some could take it the wrong way so now I got back from super I changed the wording a little so's you wont take it on the wong way, as in I cant afford that much for a saw.
How come you didn't go down Union at that JD Hammond dealership? my son bought a Stihl down there 2 years ago, they had a good selection.
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We don't do much lifting, I use the tractor to lift logs and cut them right over the wagon...
Most times the rounds can be rolled right off the wagon right onto the splitters beam, really it depends on if I have a helper or not...
I don't pick up ANYTHING off the ground if I don't have to!
BTW, you need to find a NEW place to buy chainsaws... I have $495.00 into my 562xp WITH bar and chain and yes I did buy it "new in the box"... NEW production too (2016) and that's probably why I'm not having any issues with it.
SR
I got back to this wagon load of scrounged wood today,
And got started splitting it,
Having a good 4-way wedge sure speeds things up,
If they were too heavy, they got ripped with my 268xp and then put on the splitters beam,
And S
Now it's time to get that wagon loaded again!
SR
Nice looking firewood, to bad to take it off the trailer at waist high then it's back on the ground again, looks like you could use another trailer to throw the wood on. How much firewood do you put up for yourself as in under cover?
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We don't do much lifting, I use the tractor to lift logs and cut them right over the wagon...
Most times the rounds can be rolled right off the wagon right onto the splitters beam, really it depends on if I have a helper or not...
I don't pick up ANYTHING off the ground if I don't have to!
BTW, you need to find a NEW place to buy chainsaws... I have $495.00 into my 562xp WITH bar and chain and yes I did buy it "new in the box"... NEW production too (2016) and that's probably why I'm not having any issues with it.
SR
That is definitely the way to do it! I use my log loader with grapple to hold the trees up waist high, finding I get about 3-4 times more done jut because I am perfectly situated to run my saw. It saves on moving the rounds around to get at the ones under the pie too.
I remember how we used to cut firewood, and it was insane; up and down, up and down, up and down! My Grandfather would DIE if he could come up out of the grave and could see how easy we had it today, and at how small the equipment is. Years ago we used to load 4 foot wood (going to Bucksport) and had to put the big sticks up high on the pile so people thought we had a log loader. Today I can load 6 cord in half the time with that tinker-toy log loader I have, and only use a 6 HP lawn mower engine to do it.
Nice score on the chainsaw. I cannot buy a new Husky 562 around here for that little money.
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Thanks for the explanation regarding the wording, though I was not offended, and on my end at least, it was not required. I am the easiest to get a long with guy there is, and seldom get upset.
As for Hammond Tractor-Union: I really do not know. I really don't get down that way often, though I do most of my tractor purchases at Union Farm (like me, you must have known old Rick, probably before he retired...or even owned the place when he was the head mechanic!). I just bought a tractor there a few weeks ago, but have never stepped foot in Hammond Tractor-Union. I do however remember when they were Hammond-Tilton on College Avenue in Waterville! I am not trying to name drop on you, just hoping another old duffer remembers the good ole days!! In any case, I just do not seem to get down your way often (Union direction) but am in Waterville weekly.
I noticed your signature and commend you for it, as I am a believer myself. I know a lot of people that go to the Palermo Church though there are many churches and I am not sure where you attend. Myself I attend church with your Fire Chief; a great guy for sure!
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Thanks OP, I do have other trailers, but this firewood is being cut a year + ahead and I sure don't want to tie up a trailer for more than a year. I like to have 10 cords ready for winter...
What I do, is to leave it uncovered/piled to dry out much of the moisture, then in the dry time of summer of my burn season, it get's put in "half cord boxes" to finish drying.
My wife has a stressful job and she absolutely loves to go out on a nice day and fill these boxes at her own speed and absolutely refuses to let me help her...
Anyway, the splits finish out nicely in the boxes and they are easy to move with my tractor,
Usually a few weeks before we need the boxes, they get covered with a blue tarp that I pretty much get for free and those tarps last two or three years as I keep them out of the sun when not in use.
In the winter, it's easy to sweep the snow off and move the box to the house, to be thrown down through a basement window...
It all works out perfectly and the splits burn hot and creosote free......
SR
