Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Hilbilly]

I was talking about the deck on the house. The log deck looks fine.

Oops. I should pay closer attention. Apparently old age is getting to me worse than I thought.

 

[dj1701]

"Tractors and wood! Show your pics"​

I can't stop laughing.

 

[dodge man]

 

[Woodstock Walt]

Interesting deck construction.

Yeah, when we bought the house it only had those diagonal supports. It's an structural/engineering flaw, honesty. With the diagonal supports the weight of the deck pulls on the side of the house where it attaches to the deck. It's survived since 1986, but I recognize it's obvious and dangerous flaws so I added the vertical supports.

We're replacing the whole deck in the near future and have planned to all along, so the vertical supports were/are just a temporary fix to support the added weight of snow, the grill, ect. It looks hack and I do hate it.

Edit: Here's a better photo with our 5155, which recently replaced the 4540.

 

[s219]

Question for all those that skid trees before using the sawmill. How do you clean the logs off before milling. I usually try not to skid logs, in an effort to keep them clean but today I had to skid one and it is covered in gravel and dirt. No way I want to run that through my mill.

Lift the butt of the log off the ground (3-pt hitch is great for this) so only the tip of the tail drags on the ground. This keeps the log very clean. Sometimes I put a piece of scrap roofing metal on the tail if the ground is soft, to let that slide easier. My logs stay clean.

 

[Jstpssng]

Here's a better photo with our 5155,

Nice tractor!

 

[Woodstock Walt]

Nice tractor!

Thank you! Loving it so far, far superior to our previous 4540 in every way.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

IF, I have to skid a log, I try to leave it in tree length, then skid with the butt end up as high as the 3 point will lift it. That way the top end of the tree is on the ground and that's going to be firewood anyway...

Then there's always this option,

Those I had to skid through a sand pit.

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

IF, I have to skid a log, I try to leave it in tree length, then skid with the butt end up as high as the 3 point will lift it. That way the top end of the tree is on the ground and that's going to be firewood anyway...

Then there's always this option,

Those I had to skid through a sand pit.

SR

What is that hose hooked up to? it looks more like a fire hose than a run of the mill garden type.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

What is that hose hooked up to? it looks more like a fire hose than a run of the mill garden type.

Hi water volume cleans much better than high pressure, so yes it is a fire hose, hooked to a water pump.

SR

 

[Billrog]

I try and carry them or trailer them ,if they end up getting gravel or mud I bark them .

This is a good way to destroy the front bearings and seals so I don't carry large ones far any more.

 

[Billrog]

I wasn't able to roll this 18' log without the help of a come-along. Filling an order for 2x10 & 2x8 longer than I preferer to saw.

 

[Jstpssng]

I wasn't able to roll this 18' log without the help of a come-along. Filling an order for 2x10 & 2x8 longer than I preferer to saw.
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If your log was a knife, even Paul Hogan would be impressed!!!

 

[hornett22]

My Dad had his maples "topped". Three years later, they were dead, and had to be removed. The same guys that topped them charged him for removal. Damn shame!

When I did tree work, I'd refuse to top trees. You'd be amazed how mad people would get because I wouldn't make their trees weaker.

 

[Gordon Gould]

One of our neighbors took a stroll through the door yard this morning just to make sure we were still OK.

gg

 

[Loaderman22]

It's nice to know someone is checking up on you, I usually get contacted daily only about my extended car warranty...

I'm sure this is more common for you guys in the Vermont/NH/Maine States, at least more so than us, but there is a Village down here that was visited by a moose, not once, but twice!!! The last time was 2018, the previous one was about 2010. I don't think they knew if it was the same one or just a coincidence. For reference, the Village is an hour South of the Mass/CT Border, and 1/2 hour West.

 

[Jstpssng]

One of our neighbors took a stroll through the door yard this morning just to make sure we were still OK.

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gg

That’s one big bear!!!

 

[Yogi05]

We get these dang things all over the place.

Usually healthier looking. I think that is molting fur, not a sickness. Same as the one on
the right in the first pic and that was a couple weeks later than the bottom pic.

 

[Jstpssng]

We get these dang things all over the place.

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Usually healthier looking. I think that is molting fur, not a sickness. Same as the one on
the right in the first pic and that was a couple weeks later than the bottom pic.

The ticks cause that. They rub against trees trying to get the blood thirsty buggers off, ending up with spots in their fur. I've seen them nearly bare, and when it starts raining they can't stay warm and die. You wouldn't think that such a small pest could kill such a big animal, but they do.

 

[goeduck]

Got started cutting up and splitting the trees I had taken down near my house. Douglas fir. Skeans mentiined a while back that as the Doug Fir trees out here get older they harden up. Note the wide growth rings when young that change to narrow when older. That explains his comment.