Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

No tractor or wood but I thought this was interestingOne of our neighbors, we call fat boy, comes for a visit quite often. Yesterday he showed up with a piece of hide ripped off his back. It was pretty raw looking but I didn't have the camera. He was back today looking much better. Looks like it was a close call.

gg

 

[Gregster613]

Of course I had to check...
I am about the same.

All this chatter about measurements, I had to go check also, Yeah I get 16" to the knuckle and that makes 18" to the tip of the pinkie. But, man that just takes up far to much time to spread my arm out and then cut. I just eyeball it and close enough works. I'll leave all this "precision" decision to you guys!

 

[BackRoad]

There's not a lot of Beech in the area, which may actually indicate the disease being present.

I'm going to look a bit closer in my wanderings...I live for running BackRoads!

 

[WinterDeere]

I can also report nearly zero Beech in Bucks or Montgomery counties, just a bit east fo where I think BackRoad lives. I have old furniture and other items made from Beech, which would've been made local to eastern-central Bucks county (my family's home since late 1600's), so it was here at one time. But I can't remember ever cutting one or having someone point one out to me here, in my adult lifetime.

 

[BackRoad]

I'm not very good at taking "Before" photos. Sometimes I'll remember to stop and capture a photo part way into a task.

A month ago and today pushing back a field edge...finally cleaned up and stumps are ground to allow mowing.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm not very good at taking "Before" photos. Sometimes I'll remember to stop and capture a photo part way into a task.

A month ago and today pushing back a field edge...finally cleaned up and stumps are ground to allow mowing.View attachment 3196528View attachment 3196529

Looks good!!!!
It's a lot easier after the fact to take pictures of a job well done. Before starting we are focused on what we want, rather than taking pictures of what what we dont.

 

[DieselnHooters]

Some healthy looking beech still here...most scab covered ones were removed the last 10 years, maybe 20% left of what it was 2 decades ago. I even have a few isolated good sized ash tree but 99% are gone. Butternut hickory were wiped out in the past 10-20 years though.

 

[Hoobie]

Some healthy looking beech still here...most scab covered ones were removed the last 10 years, maybe 20% left of what it was 2 decades ago. I even have a few isolated good sized ash tree but 99% are gone. Butternut hickory were wiped out in the past 10-20 years though. View attachment 3197556View attachment 3197558

That is how I remember them here. Nice.
I can fine a disease free tree here and there and maybe several in a bunch. But not many.Apparently isolated good trees can be found in most stands. I believe federal forestry researchers are doing genetic investigations on this .

 

[DieselnHooters]

That is how I remember them here. Nice.
I can fine a disease free tree here and there and maybe several in a bunch. But not many.Apparently isolated good trees can be found in most stands. I believe federal forestry researchers are doing genetic investigations on this .

There are little beech sprouts all over the place, hopeful some will make it disease free, some ash sprouts as well but not as much. Maybe it will be like with elm, they do grow and some reach around 20 cm diam. , just enough maturity to reseed before they die in a matter of a year or two.

 

[WinterDeere]

Looks good!!!!
It's a lot easier after the fact to take pictures of a job well done. Before starting we are focused on what we want, rather than taking pictures of what what we dont.

Not always. My "jobs well done" always seem to wrap up about 30 - 60 minutes after sunset, so I'd be shooting photos in the dark! Especially when we're talking firewood, as most of that happens in winter!

 

[goeduck]

^^^^ Since where measuring hands I'll admit mine is only 6-3/4".
You must be a big guy geoduck. That's a slick method.

gg

Sorry, I meant thumb tip to middle finger tip is 9". Actually 9-1/2" if I really stretch it, same from thumb tip to little finger tip. Thumb tip to index finger tip is only 7-1/2" and is for when I am cutting for the local charity. They want 15" wood, so span that twice. 18" for me and 15" for others is all that I cut.

 

[walhondingMF]

There are little beech sprouts all over the place, hopeful some will make it disease free, some ash sprouts as well but not as much. Maybe it will be like with elm, they do grow and some reach around 20 cm diam. , just enough maturity to reseed before they die in a matter of a year or two.

I have cut almost all of my dead ash trees. I do continue to get a lot of sprouts our of the stumps. After a few years, I cut all but 1 of the sprouts, hoping I will get a decent tree again. I know it might not make it long term, but maybe I can keep enough going long enough for a solution to come along. Just hopeful I guess.

So far, my beech are ok here. I have 3 very large trees right beside each other that are still very healthy. I hope we can keep them going for many more years.

 

[ArtMech]

I have a video that I decided to share. The work shown here was dangerous, because the tree - an elm, which had to be cut down, was the tallest in the forest, the thickest, and also a two-trunk one. I had simply never cut anything like that. Just thinking about how to cut it took me a week

Fortunately, everything ended successfully.

 

[WinterDeere]

It's a total mind-eff to be looking at a centimeter tape measure, for those of us in the States. I'm reading numbers like "60" and "48", and thinking, "my God, that man's hands are HUGE!"

 

[ArtMech]

It's a total mind-eff to be looking at a centimeter tape measure, for those of us in the States. I'm reading numbers like "60" and "48", and thinking, "my God, that man's hands are HUGE!"

Hahaha...
I probably need to hire a mathematician specifically for TBN to convert the dimensions to American sizes.
Sorry, I haven't done that yet.

 

[WinterDeere]

nah, most of us can convert just fine in our heads. I'm so used to seeing cm on rulers that I don't even think about it... 30cm = 1 ft and 2.54 cm = 1 inch. Easy.

But I'm just not used to seeing a tape measure that's only cm, so it plays a bit of a trick on the eye. All our tape measures here are either inch-only or dual-scale (inch/cm), never cm-only.

 

[ArtMech]

nah, most of us can convert just fine in our heads. I'm so used to seeing cm on rulers that I don't even think about it... 30cm = 1 ft and 2.54 cm = 1 inch. Easy.

But I'm just not used to seeing a tape measure that's only cm, so it plays a bit of a trick on the eye. All our tape measures here are either inch-only or dual-scale (inch/cm), never cm-only.

We technicians here also often use your measurements. For example, plumbing measurements are all in inches. Threads are both. Feet, inches, everything is familiar to us here. We also have measuring devices in both scales.
But when it is not at hand, it is not.

 

[wolc123]

I reached a big milestone today, finally filling up the far end of my 24 face cord capacity woodshed. That’s (4) years supply at my normal burn rate. Now it’s time to start over again on the near end.

This was an unusually cold winter here on the Canadian border in the north western corner of NY state. I probably used close to 8 face cords.

My 2 row John Deere 246 corn planter was stored in there for the winter, so I had to move that into the barn. It looks like it’s ready to go for spring planting. I had to replace the fertilizer hopper drive chain on it last year.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I have a Huskee Splitter with a B&S motor I bought used, well used, 12 years ago. The gas tank started vibrating more than normal. Then got worse. When I needed to hold down the recoil starter when I pulled the rope with the other hand I decided I better take a look. I took off the gas take and found the cowl the starter is mounted on had become very brittle - from vibrion hardening I guess. One of the right angle mounting ears was broken off and the other was partially broken. I put on a band-aid.

On the other side there are a spider web of cracks emanating from the two bolt holes. I put another band-aid there too. All solid for now.

gg

 

[BackRoad]

I'm like your motor Mr. Gordon, getting old and well used with a spyder web of cracks all over. Can I stop by for a repair?

Actually, even your repair work looks better than factory!