Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

A very nice looking load of fire wood on that truck 4570 !!! Split and loaded in 3 hrs - you earn your money.

gg

 

[Jstpssng]

Revenge on a tree??? You need help!

I've done worse. :laughing: In 2010 I was driving down the highway @45 in my company truck when a tree fell on it, doing about 10,000$ damage. We managed both sides of the road so I thought " if there's trees falling down on my truck then they need to be cut."
A week later I went back and hung ribbons; 2 months later we moved the machines in and cut about 400 cords.
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Now trees quiver at the sound of my name.

 

[Jstpssng]

I am not sure how far away you are from the house, but you can always swing by and check out my forks. They are homemade, but use very little steel and have worked flawlessly for 20 years. If you need help welding them up, I could help you. I am a retired welder, though Bath iron Works welders don't have the greatest reputation. Still every ship I build is still floating.

I appreciate the offer, but it appears that a root rake type grapple is more suited for what I need to do. Once I have that I can adapt the single lid to also use on my forks, for jobs like holding firewood for bucking.

 

[truetractoring]

My wood cutting arsenal. The wood chipper has proven to be a beast. Can chew up a 4" branch, before tractor gives up. Also added pick showing latest venture, learning to tree top. Not for the faint at heart, that's for sure. Using Stihl's battery operated saw in the tree. Battery was capable of limbing entire tree + cutting 4 sections. Pretty impressed with the saw. Just pull the trigger and saw. Much easier than starting a gas powered saw while in a tree.

 

[Jstpssng]

My wood cutting arsenal. The wood chipper has proven to be a beast. Can chew up a 4" branch, before tractor gives up. Also added pick showing latest venture, learning to tree top. Not for the faint at heart, that's for sure. Using Stihl's battery operated saw in the tree. Battery was capable of limbing entire tree + cutting 4 sections. Pretty impressed with the saw. Just pull the trigger and saw. Much easier than starting a gas powered saw while in a tree.

Impressive. And I don't mind being called faint of heart.

 

[wassup8687]

My wood cutting arsenal. The wood chipper has proven to be a beast. Can chew up a 4" branch, before tractor gives up. Also added pick showing latest venture, learning to tree top. Not for the faint at heart, that's for sure. Using Stihl's battery operated saw in the tree. Battery was capable of limbing entire tree + cutting 4 sections. Pretty impressed with the saw. Just pull the trigger and saw. Much easier than starting a gas powered saw while in a tree.

That is impressive. I can't imagine myself up in a tree like that!

 

[4570Man]

I split another 2 truck loads this morning.

 

[Peter 315]

I split another 2 truck loads this morning. View attachment 547132View attachment 547133

How much $ a cord are you getting ?

 

[4570Man]

$50 a rick. 3 rick of what I cut is a little more than a cord.

 

[Peter 315]

$50 a rick. 3 rick of what I cut is a little more than a cord.

Alot cheaper than up here $250 or more for a cord

 

[MossRoad]

My wood cutting arsenal. The wood chipper has proven to be a beast. Can chew up a 4" branch, before tractor gives up. Also added pick showing latest venture, learning to tree top. Not for the faint at heart, that's for sure. Using Stihl's battery operated saw in the tree. Battery was capable of limbing entire tree + cutting 4 sections. Pretty impressed with the saw. Just pull the trigger and saw. Much easier than starting a gas powered saw while in a tree.

That 2nd picture contains a whole lot of NOPE for me. :laughing:

 

[truetractoring]

The tree was very healthy, and low risk of breaking unexpectedly. It was too close to the house for me to drop, so next best option was to cut it in a controlled manner by taking it down in 8' sections. All equipment being used is industrial pro level (except me, not a pro), and all PPE was being used to minimize risk as much as possible. I do recognize tree topping as potentially dangerous, and every cut was highly scrutinized by me, and my wife. Mostly my wife!

 

[GMIslander]

Is your wife qualified in pole top rescue?
My wife knows everything, so no question there.

 

[truetractoring]

Rescue is 911, on speed dial

 

[MossRoad]

Rescue is 911, on speed dial

How many button pushes does that actually save? :scratchchin:

 

[Jstpssng]

How many button pushes does that actually save? :scratchchin:

He can dial it on his way down

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

That 2nd picture contains a whole lot of NOPE for me. :laughing:

Bwahaha! Me too!!! :drink:

 

[BrokenTrack]

I appreciate the offer, but it appears that a root rake type grapple is more suited for what I need to do. Once I have that I can adapt the single lid to also use on my forks, for jobs like holding firewood for bucking.

I understand completely, you seem like a really decent stand up guy, live not too far away, and if you needed some welding done, I thought I would offer, that is all. I completely understand specific needs!

I need a rock and root rake myself, but I am going in a different direction. I clear a lot of land from forest into fields, both on my own farm as well as for others on a contracting basis (it was 100% accidental I assure you). So I am looking at building a pull-behind rotary rock and root rake. Again, I am not saying anyone else should go with one of these, but after a lot of thought, realize this is just what I need.

After this winters logging, where a corner of one of my fields was used for a log landing, it is covered with sticks and brush...far too many to move by hand. So I think this will work well for what I need for that. Then after the stumps are removed on the land that was cleared, some finish raking to clean the roots and roots up. Since I cannot buy a rake the size I need, I will just build one instead.

This is what I am going to build, but scaled down of course.

 

[Jstpssng]

I understand completely, you seem like a really decent stand up guy, live not too far away, and if you needed some welding done, I thought I would offer, that is all. I completely understand specific needs!

I need a rock and root rake myself, but I am going in a different direction. I clear a lot of land from forest into fields, both on my own farm as well as for others on a contracting basis (it was 100% accidental I assure you). So I am looking at building a pull-behind rotary rock and root rake. Again, I am not saying anyone else should go with one of these, but after a lot of thought, realize this is just what I need.

After this winters logging, where a corner of one of my fields was used for a log landing, it is covered with sticks and brush...far too many to move by hand. So I think this will work well for what I need for that. Then after the stumps are removed on the land that was cleared, some finish raking to clean the roots and roots up. Since I cannot buy a rake the size I need, I will just build one instead.

This is what I am going to build, but scaled down of course.

That looks like a hayrake on steroids.

 

[Bocephous]

That 2nd picture contains a whole lot of NOPE for me. :laughing:

Same here. I'd be frozen with terror.