Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

You must get a lot more wind than I do I hardly ever get any blowdowns.

In much of Vermont, it's a combination of wind and the thin, bony soils in a lot of places. Often, you can walk into a stand and know it's subject to blow-down by the pit and mound topology - remnants of old rootballs from blown over trees.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Those are very nice logs and that's a nice piece of property Mr. Gordon.

The muddy section looks like it could be a challenge depending on the weather...

Running your trail video at double speed had me leaning in my easy chair dodging the limbs. Not quite a carnival ride, but way more enjoyable!

Thanks for creating it.
Terry

That muddy section wasn't part of the plan. We had had a good long dry spell when I started and all was good. Then a couple days ago we got 3/4" of rain and I waited a few days but then when they forecast almost 2" of rain for Friday night I thought I better get it done. It was a new experience for me skidding thru mud like that. 4WD and dif-lock was enough. It was a hard pull though - needed more fuel to hold the rpm's.

But I'm done with those. 4 trees and after I got them bucked up and the fiber pull cut off to make logs in spec I ended up with a little over 1K board feet. In good pine one tree would give that.

gg

 

[dodge man]

I split for a couple of hours today. It was to hot, 77 here in west central Illinois. I forgot how heavy oak rounds are, I did most of the splitting with it vertical.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yeah, I've been hiding or something... I'm still around though!

That's good to hear.

 

[Molalla1]

Yeah, I've been hiding or something... I'm still around though!

It's about time you poked your head up hunt . . . .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It was a decent day again today, cloudy but not real cold. Anyway, I decided to mill another cherry that some folks told me that I should send it to the firewood pile,

It looked to me like that it would at least be a decent log to mill and so I got started by taking the slabs off and making some cuts,

and here's what much of the lumber looked like,

What do you think about them? Anyway, the pile is growing, and I'll soon be done!

SR

 

[Molalla1]

Beautiful cherry SR . . . nice! for throw aways . . . .

 

[ning]

Well... despite my screen name I no longer own a 4570 ;-( , had my shoulders redone and a 45/70 carbine kick was a little much. Had a contender pistol in 45/70 but then bought a 500 S$W revolver and it will do anything the 4570 will, so off it went also. Pretty big tree to go after it that way, hence the tannerite idea.

You absolutely have to video that!

 

[Skeans1]

So I found this guy the other day, not sure what to do with it. The top is hung up in a neighboring tree and I cant cut that one down without this one coming down on top of me! Its way back in the woods and I may just let nature take its course, I also thought about packing the split with a couple bottles of tannerite and having a go at it!!
No decision yet.
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If it was me looking at it I’d be tempted to face it up and a small back cut, then have at it with something bigger maybe domino all three at once.

 

[hunt4570]

You absolutely have to video that!

With out a doubt if I go that way, I for sure will take a video!

 

[hunt4570]

If it was me looking at it I’d be tempted to face it up and a small back cut, then have at it with something bigger maybe domino all three at once.

Yeah, but you do it for a living and know what you are doing... I do not so much. And as Harry Calahan says , a man has got to know his limitations!

 

[Loaderman22]

So I found this guy the other day, not sure what to do with it. The top is hung up in a neighboring tree and I cant cut that one down without this one coming down on top of me! Its way back in the woods and I may just let nature take its course, I also thought about packing the split with a couple bottles of tannerite and having a go at it!!
No decision yet.
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The trouble with these guys is, you never really know how bad the slit is inside and exactly when its gonna go when you're cutting it. Yes you can take precautions, but if the middle is mush, she'll wanna go sooner than you think, since there's less solid meat in there to hold it together. I think I'd do something like Skeans said, and drop a bigger tree on it after making some test cuts, but I really like the tannerite idea!! Does your drone hover by itself? You could set that up in the air along with your ground filming for the full effect!

 

[hunt4570]

The trouble with these guys is, you never really know how bad the slit is inside and exactly when its gonna go when you're cutting it. Yes you can take precautions, but if the middle is mush, she'll wanna go sooner than you think, since there's less solid meat in there to hold it together. I think I'd do something like Skeans said, and drop a bigger tree on it after making some test cuts, but I really like the tannerite idea!! Does your drone hover by itself? You could set that up in the air along with your ground filming for the full effect!

Yes indeed my drone will hover by itself, using it never crossed my mind but does sound like a good idea! I would hate for some hunk of tree to take it out though but I will definitely look into doing that If I go the tannerite method.
The bottom of this tree below the split is pretty rotted which I'm sure is why it split in the first place and which also scares me.. who knows what it will do if I start cutting on it.

 

[John_Mc]

So I found this guy the other day, not sure what to do with it. The top is hung up in a neighboring tree and I cant cut that one down without this one coming down on top of me! Its way back in the woods and I may just let nature take its course, I also thought about packing the split with a couple bottles of tannerite and having a go at it!!
No decision yet.
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That one does not look like much fun. Hard to say what I might try without being there to see it in person. A lot would depend on exactly how the top is tangled up in the tree it's hung in.

You do have a lot more options, since it's obviously not going to be a saw log.

I tend not to go for the domino felling method. Since a lot of my work is thinning, the big tree that might be in a position to knock it down is most likely one of my "crop trees" that I want to leave behind

 

[arrow]

So I found this guy the other day, not sure what to do with it. The top is hung up in a neighboring tree and I cant cut that one down without this one coming down on top of me! Its way back in the woods and I may just let nature take its course, I also thought about packing the split with a couple bottles of tannerite and having a go at it!!
No decision yet.
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All I can tell you is how we used to do it and hesitate w even that cuz I'm not there and things are always different.
We'd cut out the split a couple feet to expose the holding part.
We'd make two slits on either side of the holding leaving about 2" after making a face cut and cut it as if we wanted to fall to the side at right angles to the split.
We'd hook up the 14 ton (or the 20 ton if with the big skidder) and hook it up at the bottom so the tree rotates toward the split. Let out enough line and cinch her up.
Tree comes along whether it wanted to or not.

 

[LD48750]

If I were going to try that, I think I would first put some chain around it to prevent it from coming apart more.
Maybe a ratchet strap to draw it back together some.
Then, working alone, I would put some tension on it going the way I want it to go with my winch.
Start cutting below everything a little at a time (adjusting the winch as I go) until it breaks free.

 

[hunt4570]

All I can tell you is how we used to do it and hesitate w even that cuz I'm not there and things are always different.
We'd cut out the split a couple feet to expose the holding part.
We'd make two slits on either side of the holding leaving about 2" after making a face cut and cut it as if we wanted to fall to the side at right angles to the split.
We'd hook up the 14 ton (or the 20 ton if with the big skidder) and hook it up at the bottom so the tree rotates toward the split. Let out enough line and cinch her up.
Tree comes along whether it wanted to or not.

Well if I had a winch, maybe... but I do not

 

[hunt4570]

If I were going to try that, I think I would first put some chain around it to prevent it from coming apart more.
Maybe a ratchet strap to draw it back together some.
Then, working alone, I would put some tension on it going the way I want it to go with my winch.
Start cutting below everything a little at a time (adjusting the winch as I go) until it breaks free.

Again, no winch here.

 

[Molalla1]

Maybe a hint of "tannerite" well placed might work for you . . . .

 

[hunt4570]

Maybe a hint of "tannerite" well placed might work for you . . . .

A hint??? I do more than that just playing around! A 1.75 liter plastic fireball bottle has a nice report!! I was thinking probably 2 of those in that split would work.