Tractors and wood! Show your pics

Gordon Gould · Sep 19, 2019

Yesterday I scratched out a tractor road extension for this winter's fir and fire wood harvest. Had our first frost this morning so it's coming. But the foliage is just getting started here.

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Mikejeakins · Sep 19, 2019

JerryK said:
Bringing into the barn the first of 4 or 5 loads of wood for the winter. I have a boot 2-1/2 facecord of 18" in there already. I store/dry my split wood near the back of my property. Used to keep it closer, but had too much of a critter problem. First year I have used my little trailer. Have always carted wood with my carryall. But this year I have been spending a lot of time and effort on fixing up my old excavator, and my blower is still on the front of my 2555.

Did you make that your self?

JerryK · Sep 19, 2019

Mikejeakins said:
Did you make that your self?

No Sir, Country UTV trailer ... here is a write up on this forum... A couple folks were using them and I got the bug to get me one.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/atvs-utility-vehicles/359252-country-utv-trailer-review.html

goeduck · Sep 19, 2019

Burn ban was lifted! So I will burn scrub trees, brush and branches in one county on Saturday and in another on Sunday. :thumbsup:

Jstpssng · Sep 19, 2019

goeduck said:
:laughing: Willows are one of the invasives I want to stop. The willows we have grow to about a foot diameter, then fall over. Then the trunks root and grow a bunch of trees along the trunk. You can cut them as firewood and the take root in the firewood pile :banghead: They never get tall enough to provide much shade plus the roots seem to clog up the stream. I just want something to grow tall, provide shade and not spread.

They also are notorious for sending out roots into your septic pipes, and are a messy tree all around.

rangerfredbob · Sep 19, 2019

I planted 4 weeping willow trees about 4 years ago, one died because it was shaded by the reed canary grass and was flooded not long after planting. Two of the others were planted just a few inches higher than the one that died, one has been VERY happy the whole time, another I accidentally mowed with the brush hog when it was about a year old, the biggest one is about 20' tall now and 10' diameter with a 6" or so trunk, the one I ran over is only about 5' shorter but similar in build. The last one is about 2' higher elevation compared to the water and 50' further away from the wetland area, is maybe 10' tall and scrawny, I finally took the support stick off last year where the other two were ahead by a year.

I've lived where there were weeping willow trees close to plumbing, not good, here they're hopefully going to drown out the reed canary grass and give the dirt some structure. I have a few different kinds of willow, one I pulled earlier this year since it died over winter, it had 11 rings at the base, 10" trunk and maybe 20' tall. The other two kinds are much healthier than that one was... I'm going to try to spread some more weeping willows around where the reed canary is worst...

goeduck · Sep 19, 2019

Reed canary grass is another of the invasives I want to be rid of.

Jstpssng · Sep 20, 2019

goeduck said:
Reed canary grass is another of the invasives I want to be rid of.

That's not one that we need to worry about here... yet. There are so many plants which our ancestors brought over either for erosion control, ornamental value or just to remind them of "the old country." Many aren't a problem, but many more are. Then there are the insect and disease "hitchhikers"... not many people realize that earthworms are also considered invasive by some, and apparently do cause problems in places.