Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[goeduck]

Burning today. Second picture is the top of an old apple tree dating back to 1860. It sure was tall. A small portion of it was alive after it fell and I let it stay so I could graft off of it but in the meantime the rest of the wood went to waste.

 

[4570Man]

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Even with the tailgate so I can split right into the bed

That would be a handy feature. I added 30 inches to my splitters hitch so I wouldn’t have to unhook it from my truck to load it.

 

[shooterdon]

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Even with the tailgate so I can split right into the bed

I really like it!!!

Eliminating bending, lifting and double handling is my goal for processing firewood so we can continue to heat with wood as we age.

 

[Loaderman22]

I found someone getting rid of a big maple for a decent price, so I went & picked some up. We could only get 4 pieces in the dump trailer, some very heavy wet stuff. I was told it was taken down a few weeks ago. Since the pieces were large, sometimes you gotta improvise to get it all split up. I split 2 pieces of this stuff so far, both were at the bases of branches, so it split very ugly. Twisted grain going in multiple directions, not nice for stacking at all. But a wise old man once said, it all burns...

 

[Jstpssng]

Burning today. Second picture is the top of an old apple tree dating back to 1860. It sure was tall. A small portion of it was alive after it fell and I let it stay so I could graft off of it but in the meantime the rest of the wood went to waste.
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I wish that you lived on this side of the continent. I’ve done bridge grafts many times without a problem. I’ve been trying for over a decade though to get a tree started from an old pear tree on the family homestead, but can’t get them to take.

 

[KenB2920]

That痴 exactly my goal.... least amount handling as possible.... if I have a ton of logs I use a 斗og ox to pick them all up. Comes in handy to prevent bending over so much.

 

[goeduck]

I wish that you lived on this side of the continent. I’ve done bridge grafts many times without a problem. I’ve been trying for over a decade though to get a tree started from an old pear tree on the family homestead, but can’t get them to take.

I have been grafting a half dozen apple or pear or so every year. Last year I did 8 and all 8 took. What condition is your scion? How much growth (in inches) are you getting on your tree? Also, what is the diameter of the scion at last years growth mark? Lastly, any idea on what variety you are trying to graft? Some of mine are so old the varieties do not exist anywhere else.

 

[Jstpssng]

The pear tree was old when my father was young, and is not very healthy. For scionwood I am using the previous years growth which is about the diameter of a match stick and not much longer. There is a fruit tree guru downstate who could probably tell me what kind of tree it is, but I'm never at the homestead when the fruit is mature so that I can send him a sample. We have always called it a "winter pear".

 

[goeduck]

The pear tree was old when my father was young, and is not very healthy. For scionwood I am using the previous years growth which is about the diameter of a match stick and not much longer. There is a fruit tree guru downstate who could probably tell me what kind of tree it is, but I'm never at the homestead when the fruit is mature so that I can send him a sample. We have always called it a "winter pear".

That is some small scion! I have not been successful grafting something that small. If by chance your scion is larger on a given year you could send me some and I could try my hand at it.

I am surprised it fruits with such small growth.

Once or twice I grafted on 2 year old wood and it took. It does not have to be from last years growth but it helps.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

MY "tractors and wood" today, was to get started splitting some oaks that were taken down by my arborist friend.

My splitter pushes everything through the 4-way wedge, and all the splits go out onto an outfeed table, away from me,

I build these half cord boxes, so it's easy to take the splits off the splitters outfeed table, and stack them right into the boxes,

Then I can pick the box up with my tractor and move it to a "drying area". I find it to be MUCH less handling of the wood this way...

SR