Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Sawyer Rob]

I have been wondering for years if that would work, but around here those spreaders are like 1 ton trucks, rusted to bits and asking $4-5k, and of course, wood floor long gone.

Fix one up so it's still STRONG, and they work VERY good!...

Anyway, I cut this white oak out today,

It's gonna make some nice firewood,

With that done, I headed for the BSM and milled a red oak that I owed a helper,

and it made him a nice pile of lumber,

SR

 

[Whitbread]

Made use of the beautiful day to get 90% of a blown over oak

 

[goeduck]

Fix one up so it's still STRONG, and they work VERY good!...

Anyway, I cut this white oak out today,
SR

^^^^ Nice!

 

[hunt4570]

That's probably ball park. Thoses guys across the pond cut wood a lot different then I do and there it is again no FEL on tractor, nowadays I cant work 5 minutes in the woods without it and I use to, what a time saver......

I agree I could not live without the FEL, mine is the easy to remove unit, I have only removed it one time when I first got the tractor I guess just to do it, never took it off since! Keep thinking I'll take it off to mow, but seems I always use it for something even when mowing...

 

[Jstpssng]

I agree I could not live without the FEL, mine is the easy to remove unit, I have only removed it one time when I first got the tractor I guess just to do it, never took it off since! Keep thinking I'll take it off to mow, but seems I always use it for something even when mowing...

That makes 3 of us. When I was looking for my first tractor and went to my father for advice, the first thing that he said was "Make sure that it has a loader." Mine is also removable but has never been off the tractor. I am wondering if taking it off would make servicing easier though.

 

[hunt4570]

Fix one up so it's still STRONG, and they work VERY good!...

Anyway, I cut this white oak out today,

It's gonna make some nice firewood,

With that done, I headed for the BSM and milled a red oak that I owed a helper,

and it made him a nice pile of lumber,

SR

Yes, nice pile of lumber!

 

[hunt4570]

That makes 3 of us. When I was looking for my first tractor and went to my father for advice, the first thing that he said was "Make sure that it has a loader." Mine is also removable but has never been off the tractor. I am wondering if taking it off would make servicing easier though.

Maybe a little I suppose, I think I could get the servicing done quicker than R&R the loader.. Speaking of which, oil change day today, then mowing..

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Mine is also removable but has never been off the tractor. I am wondering if taking it off would make servicing easier though.

I take my loader off about once a year, it does make servicing easier, and it allows me to clean and put a film of grease where the loader connects.

Once in a while I'll take a tillage job with that tractor, and I will pull the loader for that,

because I HATE doing tillage with a loader on!

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

^^^^ Nice!

I bought that 268xp in the above pict. new, many years ago, but I had not put a huge amount of hours on it, although me and my helper did cut some nice loads with it in the last few years,

At some point it got too hard for me to pull over, as it doesn't have a de-compression valve, so I'd have to have my helper pull it, while I hung onto it. lol Anyway, my helper just loved that saw and really wanted to buy it from me, so one day I gave in and sold it to him and he still loves the saw.

When I wanted to take out that big white oak, I went around it with my saw that has a 20" bar and it didn't cut it off, so I asked my helper if he would bring his 268xp over (24" bar) and let me cut it off with that. I just didn't want to notch around that tree, to get it with my 20" bar, so it worked out just fine. I had already cut the tree off higher up, so it was safe working it that way...

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

That makes 3 of us. When I was looking for my first tractor and went to my father for advice, the first thing that he said was "Make sure that it has a loader." Mine is also removable but has never been off the tractor. I am wondering if taking it off would make servicing easier though.

Have to agree that the loader is the handiest thing. I went over 10 years before I took mine off. But once I did and realized how much more maneuverable and nimble the tractor is it comes off pretty often now. Mowing and running the trailer in the woods especially.

Last week I needed to put in a new battery, (after 18 years!) and discovered I needed a new ground cable too. To get to the cable frame connection I had to take off the front lower cowl and battery tray - not sure I could have done it w/o removing the loader. The first time taking it off I was a little uncertain but by the 3rd time it was quick and easy. Just put it somewhere flat and be prepared to relieve the pressure in the loader lines if it has been off for a while.

gg