Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Molalla1]

Thanks..

I mostly got lucky I believe , I did dry them in a covered area crammed in the "fork slot" on a skid in the middle of a pile of drying lumber, so no sun or rain and maybe a little humidity from the bunks of other wood drying there...??? If you look at the far right table in the bottom pic you will see a small split on the far end of that table, fingers crossed it doesn't open up any more.

Can't you cram some sealer in the crack to stop it? Just wondering :confused3: . . . your tables turned out very nice, I like your idea.

 

[Corm]

John_Mc - Thanks for that chart!

Corm

 

[hunt4570]

Can't you cram some sealer in the crack to stop it? Just wondering :confused3: . . . your tables turned out very nice, I like your idea.

Thanks, these are my first try at "natural" wood tables..

And I did "cram" some finish in that crack when I was finishing them. 3 coats from both sides, had the finish leaking all the way through those cracks and out the other side when I was doing them. STILL crossing my fingers just in case...

 

[Oldpath05]

Richard at Cutting Edge saw service. He sells blades, sharpens blades, fixes mills etc. I'm thinking he's up in Virginia, or down in Virginia to you. ;-)

These were Kasco Blades .045 thick and a 4 degree tooth.. work great.

Found it>>> WoodMaxx | Wood Band Saw & Sawmill Blades

 

[Sawyer Rob]

What do you do to remove mud and rocks from the log?

Well, I use several different methods...

Sometimes the logs sit and rain cleans them, sometimes I have to make it rain,

I've been known to store a few in here too,

Sometimes, I use a hatchet and wire brush to clean "just where the cut will be".

If possible, many times I turn the log so the band is coming out of the dirty side, instead of going in through the dirt...

Most times I skid them tree length, big end up, and cut the dirty top off after, for firewood.

 

[hunt4570]

Well, I use several different methods...

Sometimes the logs sit and rain cleans them, sometimes I have to make it rain,

I've been known to store a few in here too,

Sometimes, I use a hatchet and wire brush to clean "just where the cut will be".

If possible, many times I turn the log so the band is coming out of the dirty side, instead of going in through the dirt...

Most times I skid them tree length, big end up, and cut the dirty top off after, for firewood.

WOW you look younger than I thought!

And tell me your thinking and process of storing logs in that pond... very curious indeed!

 

[Thunder chicken]

So it痴 been discussed often of using pallet forks for moving logs. It can be tricky depending on your situation and what your moving exactly and where! I move 8 logs, mostly smaller diameter. I end up having to move it from the big pile the delivery truck leaves me to my log feed table. I have the single arm grapple to Help. But what happens trying to get wood out of the big pile is, one fork tine goes under and the other goes over a log bunging up the load. Then ya gotta got get out of the cab, straighten the logs up, phew!!!
I wondered about adding a 3rd fork tine to help with this issue?
I知 also too greedy trying to get a good load on the forks, it痴 never usually too heavy for my rig (M7060)

 

[hunt4570]

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So itç—´ been discussed often of using pallet forks for moving logs. It can be tricky depending on your situation and what your moving exactly and where! I move 8 logs, mostly smaller diameter. I end up having to move it from the big pile the delivery truck leaves me to my log feed table. I have the single arm grapple to Help. But what happens trying to get wood out of the big pile is, one fork tine goes under and the other goes over a log bunging up the load. Then ya gotta got get out of the cab, straighten the logs up, phew!!!
I wondered about adding a 3rd fork tine to help with this issue?
I知 also too greedy trying to get a good load on the forks, it痴 never usually too heavy for my rig (M7060)

Is there a question in there somewhere?

And so sorry you have to get out of your cab!

 

[Gordon Gould]

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So itç—´ been discussed often of using pallet forks for moving logs. It can be tricky depending on your situation and what your moving exactly and where! I move 8 logs, mostly smaller diameter. I end up having to move it from the big pile the delivery truck leaves me to my log feed table. I have the single arm grapple to Help. But what happens trying to get wood out of the big pile is, one fork tine goes under and the other goes over a log bunging up the load. Then ya gotta got get out of the cab, straighten the logs up, phew!!!
I wondered about adding a 3rd fork tine to help with this issue?
I知 also too greedy trying to get a good load on the forks, it痴 never usually too heavy for my rig (M7060)

Since you have a grapple on there to hold the log(s) tight you might have an easier time I think if you put your forks close together, Being narrow it would cut down the angle so to speak when going after logs not level with the tractor. Just a thought - Maybe you have already tried this. I have a log grapple that is built like a short set of forks close together and it works pretty good for me. The tines are 2' apart.



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[Gordon Gould]

Another idea would be to use the back side of you forks to pull the logs down off the pile onto the ground in front of you then they will be level and you can slide under them with the forks.

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