Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Loaderman22]

I that destined for the sawmill or the wood pile? I wish I had some trees like that!

I'll send some down, gonna need a few more postage stamps though...

 

[hunt4570]

I'll send some down, gonna need a few more postage stamps though...

I'll take it, its hard for me to come by firewood trees here!

 

[John_Mc]

How do you guys get your pics to come up big and not just thumbnails??

To actually answer your question, rather than debate the merits of actually doing it:

When making a new post, click the "Go Advanced" button in the lower right corner of the new post box.

Add your picture as you normally would.

You should see a tag added which is the code to add your picture similar to this:
(ATTACH=CONFIG)660560(/ATTACH)
Normally, this would be in square brackets, rather than parentheses. I changed it here so you could see the tag, rather than the picture when I posted this.

Click the little box in the upper left corner of the post formatting bar that has the little A/A in it. This box will toggle between a text mode, which displays the code for the link and "What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get" mode. (That box is also there when you are not in "Advanced" mode, but it doesn't seem to do anything).

When in WYSIWYG mode, you'll see the thumbnail of your picture. Double click that thumbnail to bring up a dialog box where you can choose the size. I use "Medium" a fair amount, since it doesn't clutter up the thread with huge pictures, but still shows some detail that is hard to see in a thumbnail.

NOTE: when using this feature, please be considerate of those of us with slower internet connections. There is generally no need to upload a multi-megabyte photo for online viewing. Downsize your picture before uploading using any one of many available photo editing apps (I use Apple's "Preview" which comes free on their computers). Generally, a file size of a few hundred K is PLENTY. Often 100K or less will do the trick, if you don't need fine detail. You will still have the option to choose a display size for your photos when posting using the above technique.

 

[hunt4570]

To actually answer your question, rather than debate the merits of actually doing it:

When making a new post, click the "Go Advanced" button in the lower right corner of the new post box.

Add your picture as you normally would.

You should see a tag added which is the code to add your picture similar to this:
(ATTACH=CONFIG)660560(/ATTACH)
Normally, this would be in square brackets, rather than parentheses. I changed it here so you could see the tag, rather than the picture when I posted this.

Click the little box in the upper left corner of the post formatting bar that has the little A/A in it. This box will toggle between a text mode, which displays the code for the link and "What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get" mode. (That box is also there when you are not in "Advanced" mode, but it doesn't seem to do anything).

When in WYSIWYG mode, you'll see the thumbnail of your picture. Double click that thumbnail to bring up a dialog box where you can choose the size. I use "Medium" a fair amount, since it doesn't clutter up the thread with huge pictures, but still shows some detail that is hard to see in a thumbnail.

NOTE: when using this feature, please be considerate of those of us with slower internet connections. There is generally no need to upload a multi-megabyte photo for online viewing. Downsize your picture before uploading using any one of many available photo editing apps (I use Apple's "Preview" which comes free on their computers). Generally, a file size of a few hundred K is PLENTY. Often 100K or less will do the trick, if you don't need fine detail. You will still have the option to choose a display size for your photos when posting using the above technique.

Thanks John, I'll try it sometime.. I have way slow internet here , takes forever to load a thumbnail so we'll see if I load any big ones, but thanks for the tutorial.

 

[shooterdon]

Last week, I finished converting 28 IBC totes into covered firewood totes. It took just over two days. Used the forks to lift the plastic bin out part way and cut the bin bottom off and add an access opening. Took about 30-45 minutes each. I now have 32 totes. Each holds just under a 1/2 cord so about 15 cords total storage. Should be about a two year supply, so I will always be one year ahead.

On the weekend I moved 12 cords of maple logs into manageable piles. When the logs were delivered they were stacked about 10 ft high. Will not do that again as it made for a dangerous job to get the logs off. The new piles are 4-5 ft high and much more suitable for the grapple I am using.

I have another 20 cords of mostly oak that was stacked to 6-7 ft that should be OK to use without restacking.

Will post pictures of the processor and output later in the week. The rental cost will be $450 for two days and the guy says I should get about a cord an hour. If I can accomplish that, my processing cost will be $18/cord including fuel (1 gal/hr). I can purchase firewood for about $180/cord delivered. My cost will be $90/cord. Works out to less than $650/yr.

I talked to another guy who did the same. He said he will never manually cut and split firewood again unless he gets "free" wood. No chains to sharpen, no maintenance, much safer, and best of all...almost no effort. The most work will be loading bins with splits.

Will keep you guys updated

 

[John_Mc]

I promised some time ago that I would post some action shots of my Metavic Forwarding Trailer in action. I believe I did post a few still shots. Here's a link to a Youtube video of unloading the trailer.

Unloading the Metavic M95 Forwarding Trailer - YouTube

This load was for the son of a local friend who was laid off from his job during the COVID-19 virus restrictions and economic slowdown. He was looking for something to do to earn a little money. When a local person mentioned that they had free wood from some trees they had taken down last year, I offered to pick them up for the son to process into firewood. This video was taken by my friend, the boy's mother as I unloaded the last of the logs at their place. The son has already processed most of the previous loads.

NOTE: the video is a compilation of of several shorter clips, so it's incomplete and skips in spots, but you get the idea.

 

[hunt4570]

I promised some time ago that I would post some action shots of my Metavic Forwarding Trailer in action. I believe I did post a few still shots. Here's a link to a Youtube video of unloading the trailer.

Unloading the Metavic M95 Forwarding Trailer - YouTube

This load was for the son of a local friend who was laid off from his job during the COVID-19 virus restrictions and economic slowdown. He was looking for something to do to earn a little money. When a local person mentioned that they had free wood from some trees they had taken down last year, I offered to pick them up for the son to process into firewood. This video was taken by my friend, the boy's mother as I unloaded the last of the logs at their place. The son has already processed most of the previous loads.

NOTE: the video is a compilation of of several shorter clips, so it's incomplete and skips in spots, but you get the idea.

Well I like the little device, but it looks like it takes forever. Seems a tractor/grapple would be more efficient.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Last week, I finished converting 28 IBC totes into covered firewood totes. Each holds just under a 1/2 cord so about 15 cords total storage. Should be about a two year supply, so I will always be one year ahead.

I don't know how in the world you can get a half cord in one of those totes, I have some and my biggest complaints are, getting the wood back out for use, and they just don't hold enough firewood.

There's no way I could get half a cord in one.

SR

 

[robpm]

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[Skeans1]

Well I like the little device, but it looks like it takes forever. Seems a tractor/grapple would be more efficient.

We have one of the Farmi ones, it’s not as fast as a real forwarder but they are faster then a single grip grapple set up because you’re making less trips.