Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

I got a thing here that I'm not sure is worth mentioning or not. Hopefully it will benefit someone, maybe you guys that are just starting to pull wood with your tractors. Anyway, I cut a small hitch that was made up of bent over trees so they were arch shaped. The iron wood (hophornbeam) tree on the top hooked way out and around to the right so that it was sticking out to the side at right angles to the rest of the hitch. Something like that can be a real problem. Often when a tree like that hits something solid or goes thru a narrow spot it will get pulled out of the hitch, or try to push the rear of your tractor around as it levers against the rest of the hitch, or the worst case scenario is hooking something tall and dead pulling it down on top of you from behind. So you shouldn't just leave it unless you are in a field. You could just cut it off or easier, cut it part way through so that it folds back when it meets some resistance like you can see happened in this hitch. You can do the same thing if you are pulling out tops with wide splayed forks. Cut partially thru one side of the fork so it folds back into a more compressed form. You save on setting chokers, get more in a hitch, and they are easier to pull.

I use that partial cut technique sometimes when I'm winching out a tree that I've left a bunch of spreading limbs on. A few cuts in the right paces, and they all collapse against the trunk, making it easier to pull it out without hanging up (and avoiding having to go back for multiple trips pulling out the limbs separately).

 

[hunt4570]

The nosiest part on my splitter is me when I drop a stick on my toe, the motor is loud to........

Yeah, my little splitter is pretty noisy too, always wear earmuffs anymore. In fact I wear those muffs when doing a lot of things anymore. Heck, I wear my chainsaw helmet when running the sawmill, its cooler than a hat with its ventilation, earmuffs built in, and a face protector..
And no, earmuffs wont protect you when I drop a log on my foot!

 

[hunt4570]

:thumbsup: Ah you got that, guess your not hibernating........

Nope, way too much stuff to do!

 

[hunt4570]

There I fixed it, deleted one post, for some reason it does that, one post went to the bottom of page the next same post went to the top of the next page. My internet is acting up up again I think its solar flares off the polar vortex............

Oh My Gawd not that nasty polar vortex again!!!

 

[Oldpath05]

I bring them in, lots of BTUs locked up in those pieces. PITA to split, but makes for good all-nighters.

And that's one reason I keep my wedge sharp-ish, knots and crotches young or old, my wedge is so sharp I can split right threw them.

 

[Oldpath05]

Urban Dictionary describes an all nighter as:
Staying awake, usually with the aid of caffeine and cold showers, for over 24 hours. Usually a feat performed by overworked students, but also by physicians and programmers, and other individuals who refuse to sleep until having solved some mystery.

Viagra warns against all nighters as follows:
Seek medical attention if it lasts more than 4 hours

In my case:
An all nighter is a big piece of firewood that burns all night.

And that's another way of say your not a teenager anymore..............

 

[Oldpath05]

Oh My Gawd not that nasty polar vortex again!!!

No not today what we have now is a SC vortex only on the wet side, what a rotten day, only good for TBN, 20 cups of coffee and a little inside garage work...............

 

[hunt4570]

No not today what we have now is a SC vortex only on the wet side, what a rotten day, only good for TBN, 20 cups of coffee and a little inside garage work...............

I got 4 inches of rain yesterday WHOOHOO!!!

 

[Oldpath05]

Some places up here got 2", glad I dont lived next to a river.

 

[Jstpssng]

There are flood watches in effect down state. I was down in Auburn putting lights on a 30’ tree that my father planted years ago... it was a little wet but warm enough so I didn’t mind.