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Thanks for the comments. I find that stuff interesting too. gg

We have all sizes and shapes of rock here. Nothing is what I would call typical. The top layer of earth is glacial till down to about 20 feet and most surface rocks come from that. Below the till is a couple hundred feet of shale bed rock. It has vertical grain from being folded up when a piece...

Welcome to you and your son. gg

Why is that ? gg

The deep winter frost here pushes up rocks into the road surface. Every spring there is a new crop. Any that will stop my grader blade or snow plow I pull out. This one only had a knub showing but felt solid. You never know what lies unseen underneath. Kubota M5640 and FrostBite Grapple...

Not green like that here yet - or ever I should say. Took the snowplow ballast out of the one-ton yesterday. Good loader practice. gg

Keep the old iron working (y) (y) I like seeing that. gg

I know the feeling, I used to love working in the barn on a rainy day gg

^^^^ I couldn't resist after that. Now I feel educated. gg

Pretty handy box Runner (y) (y) I have a little dump trailer I use the same way but your box is better. I have to take off the chipper to move the trailer. gg

Hope it works out and you can adjust. I fear and can see a similar thing in our future. gg

You got some nice hardwood woods down there, Hunt. For some reason I thought you had all softwood. SYP I think. Full racks look good. gg

Welcome to TBN ram 2020 and Davis Filip !! gg

I don't see any reason that you would tear it up unless you try too. If you keep your hitches to a size that fits within the winch dimensions rather than the maximum that your 3ph can lift and don't bull and jam around obstructions at you should be fine. The clutch will protect the winch while...

I've been picking away at my 2025/26 wood a little at a time. Took some pictures today. I fill the bucket with blocks. Any big ones I roll to the side. I stand between the bucket and splitter. The splits get tossed onto the stack as I go. After each bucket I have to neaten the stack a little...

During mud season there is not a lot I can do. The ground is frozen 3 or 4 feet down except the top which become a slurry. So you make ruts and holes. Water has no place to go so it just sits there. But I got some roadside/powerline maintenance done. gg

Not today but it would be a shame to let this thread die. First post of 2024 ????? gg

This ^^^^^^ or just a rim w/o the tire gg

I like the grapple - nothing wrong with that especially with the hydraulic cylinder. I used tongs on the back before I got a grapple. gg

Same here. My wife took this Friday gg

We must have been typing at the same time. We are in the shadow too and had the same effect - more snow on the back side- and heavier. gg

Started snowing again late yesterday morning and snowed all night. This second batch was heavier. We ended up with a foot or more at the house. When I got down the long hill to the town road with my plow there was only about 6". My wife took a short video with her phone. gg

Besides the dirt town roads being muddy I was thinking some would drive out into open fields to get a clear view and make a huge mess. The snow should help that too. gg

Because we are close, we're in the snow shadow of the presidential range and tend to get lesser amounts with N'oreasters. Still snowing but we have about 8" or 9" so far. You don't have to go far from here to get the snow you saw in the news. gg

We didn't get what was forecast - hard to say how much. We are on higher ground and it was dryish snow. It blew around a lot. Trees were blown bare and not weighted down. No power outage. We are lucky. Wicked wind has died down now. The open places exposed to the wind had about 5". gg

Started splitting our 25/26 wood yesterday on nice bare ground but had to quit and put the plow back on the tractor. Forecasts were all over the place, from 4" to over a foot and we are up on higher ground. Didn't want to chance it. gg

Hmmmmm... Wonder what an infinite amount of snow is like, might be hard to plow. Glad we're in the dark blue. Wicked wind here - surprised we still have power. gg

Me too. Syrup makes them to sweet for my taste. gg

Another use for my top link is for the same reason I used a chain top link. Sections of my long road drain all to one side. A crown does not work. There is no ditch on the high side because of ledge. To enhance the drainage to one side on long down hill sections I have several broad based dips (...

Or conversely, lift the back and put all the pressure on the front blade and it cuts more aggressively. Good for a starting pass on a hard packed road w/o scarifiers. gg

I have seen all kinds of stuff used for a roof. A top from a golf cart or cut from a p/u bed liner, steel as light as 1/16". I built mine 3 years ago and just put some 1/2" CDX plywood up there until I found something better. The ply wood is still there. A skin fastened to a solid frame is...

We are lucky to have a good variety of hard wood here. In some ways, at least for me, it makes it a little more complicated. I get my fire wood from thinning and taking what is diseased, dead, or misshapen, so end up with lots of different species. I try to put the best wood in the center of the...

Pretty clever (y) gg

Is it to heavy to pick up with the bucket and some straps ? The snow came down dry here on Saturday and plowed good Sunday but on Monday when I plowed out a camp it was like concrete. gg

Interesting unit. Pretty neat how it evolved over the generations !! gg

Here is some more while we are on the subject. If you can make your top link parallel or close to parallel to the lift arms for any dirt engaging implement by selecting holes on the tractor and implement end of the top link then as you raise or lower the implement with the 3ph lever The...

A land plane is run flat on the road surface. You adjust the top link so that is the case. BUT, when the front tires drop like happens going over a rise or into a rut the tractor pivots forward and the top link pull the the back of the land land plane up off the road surface. The opposite...

Shooter, I have done this in the past and it worked very well for me. I used a choker hook to connect to the tractor top link pin and a logging slider on the land plan pin to make the length adjustable. A cautionary note !!! My grader is fairly long, 4'-6", and it is heavy in the back...

I agree - pretty good pile under the snow though. gg

We got 14" here in Waterford where I am. It's pretty dense snow almost granular but dry. Road isn't frozen so the tractor plow gets the job. Light and easy to control. There are no snow banks any more so not being able to throw the snow to the side 10 yards isn't a problem. The 9' plow on the...

I like your sleds. You can haul a pretty good load with them (y) gg

We have the same forecast here. To late to enjoy and will just be a mess now that everything is soft and not refrozen very solid. Put the plow on this morning, gg

Glad you didn't add the picture gg

For us, once we get into the end of January and February, the sun determines how much wood we burn more than the temperature unless we get a real frigid spell down in the single digits. We have had a tremendous lack of sun this year and even though it has been warmer I am burning more wood than...

The power of suggestion maybe ????????

16" or 18" saw 20" to 28" saw Some scrap pieces of 3/8 CDX gg

yikes - I saw a guy pull a gun when the attendant told him it was an A thru M day so he couldn't have gas. They shut the pumps down and nobody got gas. But, spraying a guy with gas and pulling a Zippo - wow. There were some high emotions back then. gg

You are right oosik ! Here are a couple mine moved. gg

The holes are for add-on optional extension tips. But no reason you couldn't teeth in there. Not really needed though. It is a great log grapple. I bought my extensions from Sundown made for a GR40 grapple. Had to grind them a little. gg

When I fill my saw I keep saying to myself "put on the cap and tighten before you move your feet". Don't ask why. gg

I like it wolc123. Especially the door latch. That is some nice looking solid old lumber for sure ! The last couple mornings the ground was stiff enough for a few hours that I could start blocking up the wood I pulled out last winter. By 10, coffee time, it was to soft already. Another messy...

When I got my first powered splitter in 2013 I put a pressure gauge on it out of curiousity of what it really takes to do the job. It was the common 22 ton splitter with a 6.5 hp B&S motor on it. Peak pressure was 3500 psi to give 22 tons. I was surprised that most stuff ( 80% I'd say )...

Looks like it deserves a rest - quite a pile ! gg

If you have a cat 2 hole and need to use a cat 1 pin to go thru your lower lift arm or top link Just go to Tractor Supply and buy a bushing. Cut it in half so there is bushing on both sides of the lift arm and in the box blade holes. My hydraulic top link has a cat 1 hole and my JL501 winch has...

How often would that happen ? Sounds like it would make for long day if you were used to moving around in the woods. gg

No, but it is more than I thought.

I got a start to blocking up this winters firewood yesterday. gg

Or looking again maybe you moved and piled them there for yourself ?? gg

All limbed and laid out nice with easy access too DM. Who could ask for more !! gg

When I was a kid in the same era we called that "Funny Meat". It was a treat and usually only served for a Saturday lunch. gg

Good work for you and your tractor. Nice job ! gg

Yup - all kinds of time to waste now. gg

I've been thinning out some ill shaped Yellow Birch for firewood and decided to give my experimental crane a real life experience yesterday. I've pretty much figured out how I'm going to do the final version and didn't care if something broke. I'm surprised the wooden boom took the punishment...

Thanks M. Surprised I could still hold that steady free handed at 60 or 70 yards. We see tracks around and get a glimpse of one once in a while but they don't usually hang around like that one. We have good habitat for them. Ledges and swamps with lots of thick spruce and fir which hold snow...

My wife and I were in the living room having our late afternoon coffee when she said "What's that in the road down there ?" She grabbed the binoculars - "It's a bob cat !!". I grabbed the camera and took this video thru the window and 60 to 70 yards away. gg

Yeah, we retired :) gg

I have a similar situation - a large piece of rough, rocky, and hilly property with miles of old skid trails on it. At first none of the trails could be used by an atv, mostly because of thick raspberries, downed logs, and tons of slash. A tractor was out of the question because of stumps...

I like the loading forks and new truck Shooter ! How do you keep your bags upright while on the road, or are they stable the way they sit ? I used to do some log length fire wood (10 footers) with my one-ton. Delivery could be a pain, especially in the spring. People wanted it out back then got...

I made a box type shield for the filters on my M5640 Kubota. Used some threaded holes on the bottom of the transmission as mounting points. Do a search - I have seen quite a few threads here of people doing similar things. RustyIron is one guy that put a complete guard under his tractor...

Used my logging winch to pull a new track chain onto my dozer. gg

Today was a picture perfect day. Shipped some stud-wood to the log yard. This load is 565 BF by my measure. Mostly 12's with a couple 14's. gg

Thank you for the detailed reply - very helpful. gg

Nice job ! What type of light bars did you use. I want to do the same thing but don't know how many watts I need. I would be using them for snow plowing. gg

^^^ (y) (y) (y) They were the best !! gg

I was a framing carpenter back in the day before nail guns. Swung a 22 ounce hammer all day. When my elbow finally started to bother I started to wear one of those neoprene tennis elbow sleeves similar to this https://www.gmesupply.com/ergodyne-655-proflex-elbow-sleeve-w-strap?item_id=ED-16582...

I really like this clamp that smokeydog made. Itis on my todo list. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/mini-welding-table.473108/post-6709271 gg

More than 3 I would say. Our fir aren't big trees by any means. They average 12" to 16" at the butt. Then there is butt rot due to a fungus in our soil that I have to cut off. This one is typical in size and the amount of rot I have to cut. The saw has a 16" bar. I do have the occasional...

Now that the firewood is done I started cutting fir stud-wood again. gg

Yikes - that a tough deal - a lot of time and work down the drain. About 10 years ago I was cutting winter fir and selling it to a mill across the river. Unbeknownst to me one summer he changed his min length from 8' to 10' and I brought in a load of mostly 8's but he took it anyway and just...

Size matters for all kinds of different reasons. For me - my wood shed is 9'-4" inside wall to inside wall. I want to get 6 rows of 18" wood stacked 7' high in there and be stable. If the lengths aren't held pretty close I get a lot of air space, rows that lean, and a pita to stack - searching...

I've looked at that map many times. I wish they would put a date on it. It seems like year(s) before it changes - at least in our area. gg

Wonder why don't you like ash ?? We have white ash here - no borer yet but threateningly close - it is considered a pretty good firewood source. Cherry makes a good hot fire though. Not much of that here. gg

Hard to stay keyed in on this thread this year. Every time we get enough snow to plow ( about three times ) and a couple days to back country ski or snowshoe it rains. Like this week - early things looking up - snow, quite cold, and good skiing or snowshoeing. Now were on or second day of...

I spent years as a framing carpenter - did tons of lay out. 16" is riveted into eye. gg

That's what I do too. I end up with a pile of chunks, cookies, crooks, and junk or too rotten to put in the shed where I want good wood for the winter. I let them dry in the sun all summer then put them in the basement near the stove for early season fires. gg

It must have been interesting watching that tree get dismantled limb by limb. Looks like it was pretty tall. gg

That is Red Maple or Soft Maple as compared to Sugar Maple or Hard Maple. I do see a lot of work in that big oak. I am surprised you can grow oak but it is to cold for beech. What species oak do you have ? gg

That all makes sense. It is different here. In early spring it is still quite cool - below freezing at night and no bugs. Comfortable working weather. Wood pile stays frozen until then and off the ground does not pick up any additional water. There is lots of mud and water in the woods then so...

Going from a 7' to an 8' would give you 6" more on each side. That would be a noticeable difference that. But the 8' would also be harder to steer and push your front end around more. Everything is a trade-off. gg

Adding to the above - if I put an 8 footer on there it would give me less than 3" more on each side when angled. I don't think that is enough to make any difference at all. gg

I have a 7'-6" plow on a 6'-6" wide tractor. Same 1 foot difference you have. I run it fully angled all the time. Like dstig1 says - it's close but it works fine for me. gg

Firewood for the winter of 2025/26. I'll block and split it late this winter or early spring. Gives it 2 summers to dry. One in the sun and then into the shed. gg

That's a pretty good log jc gg

:) Wheels turn slow here. You'll need patience. gg

Thanks, some good ideas to think about. I'm still experimenting so any ideas/suggestions are good. I thought about a trailer mounted crane but the frame is only formed up .100 material and I don't think it would take the cantilevered weight forces w/o a tremendous amount of beefing up. gg

I have tried that, and it is the way to go if there is room to park the trailer and maneuver the tractor and grapple around on fairly level ground to get at the logs and load the trailer broadside. But most places I have trouble just finding a place where I can just turn the tractor around...

Sometimes I like to use my little trailer for firewood. Especially when thinning. I can get 3/4 of a cord on it. I have to load it by hand and that gets riskier every year on an already abused back. I wondered if I could put a simple crane on my forestry winch .... so I made a model and...

Used my grapple as a vise to cut a 12" plate with a sawz-all. Don't ask - all I can say is that I was desperate and didn't know any better. gg

Proper fit of a SSQA plate and implement requires a tight fit, contact fit as no gaps, in 3 places. The black arrows on this picture shows where they are. It seems that it is fairly common to have an ill fit. There are so many variations of tractor and implement. First make sure your bucket...

Looks like it belongs there !! gg

Nice ! I can see Bruke and Bald Hill from here. You must be between them somewhere ? gg

Waterford-near Duck Pond. gg

We were lucky I'd say - we're 60 miles up river from you and only got 1-1/2" before it started raining. It's all slush now. How much did you get down there from last Mondays storm ?? gg

Hats off to you guys - Thanks !! gg

I see that and it is a real bummer - we finally get some decent snow instead of wet slop or rain and it will only last a day. gg

We ended up with 10" here. I plowed our road that we share with two places down below that have a ROW and a camp about a mile down the town road. gg

Thanks hilbilly - Great pictures of what you did with the pipe, Nice job !! gg

Only 7" here so far. gg

Your pipe sounds good - What did you use for a pipe hilbilly, and how did you hook it on to your cutting edge. Have you tried just turning your blade 180*. I have done that but the snow doesn't come off the blade as well as I would like because of the pivot hardware in the middle of it.

So really you are saying bags save you time and money because of the inventory logistics and the lack of needing to hire cheap help..........? gg

Good analysis shooter. I like your ambition ! Hope it works out the way you predict !! That will be good and you have the numbers to compare what really happens over the long range and will know where to make adjustments. Why do you use the bags - it looks like more time and more cost or did I...

Seems like we've had way over our quota of wet slop this year and ground is barely covered in January. The stuff coming tonight will be good, Too bad it won't last and will turn into a mess. Makes back road maintenance problematic. gg

After that long thaw between Christmas and New Years which caused mud season conditions in a lot of local places things here have stiffened up enough now so that I can restart my firewood work. Here are some tractor and wood pics of one tree I pulled out today - a dead maple, you can just see my...

I like that chain link idea. Simple, quick. and neat. Something I will keep in mind. gg

Love that pressure washer splitter !! gg

It's a WR Long bolt on tooth bar. gg

I agree. I have one like that on my L3010. Best of both worlds with you all the time. gg

I like your set-up too. Very nice looking MF-50 ! gg

Came across this picture taken on the locally famous "Golden Road" in Maine that I thought was neat. gg

Thank you. It works very well for me. Kubota M5640 tractor and Farmi JL501 winch. gg

I cut some fire wood today. Some diseased beech, a yellow birch, and a nice apple tree that came down in the heavy snow. We had some nice cold weather this week and where it's dry the ground is finally froze enough so the wood stays clean. A nice change from limbing branchy fir trees. Logs like...

Yikes - there's a lot of wood in that monster. Heavy work for you even with the loader I bet. Good pictures. gg

I took my camera with me yesterday. Still cutting fir stud wood. I have a dry place about 100 feet in from the landing. Saw this Red Hawk Tailed too. Focus is off, sorry I made a video cutting one tree. It's not a big tree. I put this description with the video so that people would...

Where I am with our poor highland soil the trees do not get very tall. I'm not sure if I have a tree 100' tall, but if I do it will be a White Pine. I love visiting your Doug Fir forests. To me they are an incredible thing to behold. gg

Sorting by species or quality ? Nice day here too. In the 20's and sunny. We lost most of our snow. I was going to pull out firewood this week but there is water every where - places I have never seen it. I can get around with the 4 wheeler so I did some trail/woods road maintenance instead...

Don't be shy with the heat. Can you make it start to get red ? gg

I see you do have it. I looked up the range map and was surprised to see how wide spread it is. All over VT too - except our little NE corner of the state. My big problem here is Glossy Buckthorn. Have honey suckle too but it is never very vigorous in our poor soil and is easy to control. gg

You have Autumn Olive in Maine where you are ?? I've not seen it around here - thank goodness. We have enough other stuff already. For some reason I thought that was a more southern plant/tree. gg

24" X 36" gg

Nope - a log grapple. gg

Looks good - nothing wrong with a little at a time as you have time. You need a lot of sticks to make up a 4 mbf or so load. Seems the weather might be on your side this year if you have a dry lot. gg

Google 'weld on lifting lug' to start. Might have to poke around to find the shape you want with a surface for the grab hook. I cut mine out of a scrap piece of 1/2" plate and used a hole saw. Good point about the 90* side load ! gg

If you didn't want the shackle lug you could rotate the grab hook 90* and weld it to the vertical side of the tine. gg

Very nice skarmer !! gg

I put a shackle lug under there and welded a grab hook to it. gg

Hi John - I thought I had a picture but I can't find it. I'll take one in the morning and post it. gg

I do. It is part of my brush guard support. gg

A couple weeks ago I was looking for something to do in the shop and I made this out of a short piece of cutting edge from a snow groomer that I had. I had the idea of being able to place some log beams across a small brook for a bridge I want to build next summer. Someone asked me if it...

That's a good way to work - efficient. But this time of year it makes me worry that I will have to dig them out from under a bunch of crusty snow. Not fun as I am sure you know. gg

I've not seen those before. Good purchase ! You can do a lot of stuff with that. Even more if you had a pair. Could clamp boxes, cages, extensions, and all kinds of of stuff. Turn your forks into a Swiss Army Knife. Turn it over and you still have a fairly smooth top surface. gg

Are you going to ship the fir or saw it up for lumber on your new mill ?? gg

Much better than sticking a 2X6 under it. That would make a nice rainy day project for me. Thanks for the idea. gg

It must have been laying there somewhere, quiet, relaxed, and unrecognizable - all unsprung - after it did it's dirty work. So many strange things can happen in the woods. Personal protection equipment can't be under rated and shouldn't be ignored. It must have been pretty substantial to send...

All the QD's on the tractor are Female - implements Male. I put a white tie-wrap on one side of each pair - both on the tractor and the implement - to mark the way I prefer them to go. I would go crazy operating an implement like a grapple, snowplow, or rear blade if the control lever direction...

Or find a radiator shop in your area if you still have the old one. Talk to them and see if they can repair it. gg

The last two Sunday nights in a row we got 5" and 6" of very heavy wet snow. A lot of trees got broken and bent over. And now the weather service has warned that it is likely to happen again this Sunday night - eerie. Most of the bent trees have more or less straighten back up but I have several...

Looks like a very pleasant place to be while working on wood dodge man. gg

That goes under the heading you do what you gotta do I guess. gg

That's why pictures are good - everyone knows what you are talking about. Names get used loosely and can be misinterpreted. I guess "H" is a more generic name and it would have been better if I called them Euro ?? I would call the ones you pictured Duo chains like the title says ? gg

:) Thanks ! But the tarp is just my cover that I didn't bother to take off. The tractor lives out doors. The rest is protection while working in the woods gg

You just haven't lived ............. gg

These are OFA Eko 9 chains. I like "H" pattern chains for my R1 tires because they can't hide between the tire lugs and become less effective. I mount them using the "drive on" method - it is so easy. It's been shown before but worth repeating I think. I have a length of rope with a hook on...

It will work fine. The heavier it is the better it will handle grass. I use mine on weedy/grassy road edges (makes a nice straight cut) and grassy parking areas all the time. Like Bruce says, the grass tends to accumulate in the box at times. If it stops cutting/leveling like it should rake the...

Weather Underground said less than an inch for last night. Woke up to 5" of wet concrete with branches broken off and trees bent over and no power. Probably the heaviest 5" I ever plowed. Brought the chain saw and needed to use it several times to get to the town road. First plow this year and...

I have a Farmi winch. I do have to pull hard on the rope for a very hard winch pull. I would check the clutch adjustment first. Pull the rope and watch the lever. If the lever moves up more than an inch or so before the winch starts to pull on a smallish log the clutch could use some adjustment...

Let us know how you like it and if it works out for your use. It is amazing you can get 2.4 T with a 5 mm (3/16) rope. gg

The synthetic rope is lighter and easy to handle. Also strong but the abrasion resistance is not good. As you know from experience steel cable lasts a long time. I like your nice old winch - nothing wrong with that ! gg

Thanks for the update - good to hear. I always considered you my go-to hydraulic supplier and was wondering what happened. gg

I like it - very clever !! A little tippy you say - I bet you were leaning left :) That should make some nice lumber. I have used a similar method with my L3010. Pick up one end and back under. Then push it up. gg

Good luck with the new truck shooter ! gg

I guess I didn't word it very well but I thought the carbon sticks was a great suggestion. gg

You guys are right in what you are saying but I can't see any reason to argue with a strong minded neighbor. It can lead to hard feelings for no reason. I'm doing him a favor and it is his work. Out of respect I do it the way he wants. gg

Thanks chim and RjC.., I will go with what you and others have said and try the top of the canopy. Less clutter in my already cluttered view. My question came from plowing with my p/u in a storm where low beams were much better than high. Maybe the light being angled down makes the difference...

You have a lot of experience with light placement and I don't so a question. I am thinking of getting some LED lights for snow plowing. Most of my night time plowing is limited to times when I have to keep up with a big storm and it is snowing. I know what it is like using high beams during a...

Thanks for the replies - some good ideas. I suggested silver solder the first time and he said that he would prefer I don't use solder ??? he's an artist..... I should have shown the front which is 3 dimensional not a simple plaque so it is to thin to drill and tap in many places. I have seen...

I have a neighbor friend who is an artist that works in bronze. Every once in a while he will bring over a bronze plaque and ask me to weld 10-24 nuts on the back so he can mount them in a wood frame he makes by routing out a recess. So far I have done about 10 of these, a couple at a time. I...

Another problem with loader mounted plows, or most any plow for that matter unless there is rotational provisions, is that they are not set up so that the plow frame is parallel to the road surface. When the plow is straight it looks good but when it is angled one corner is lifted or tries to...

That says it all for me too. gg

I haven't been out in the woods cutting since August. But finally the other day I started cutting some junk fir to start a load of stud wood logs. I pick up any easy firewood as I go. My favorite winter activity. I had the camera so I made a couple videos for fun. After going by this...

You didn't say what you have for a truck but if it is a full size p/u a plow for it will be way to big for your L3301 to handle. I think I would ( w/o knowing the details of your situation - so a guess) go with a truck plow and use the tractor bucket to push back banks when needed. Then later...

I don't know why but the same thing happens with the bar oil too. Makes a mess. gg

Finishing up my year end road side mowing this week. It' been a cold week suddenly. gg

Never heard of one so I took a look - interesting tool https://www.thelogox.com/pages/multitool?utm_source=ABM&h_campaign_id=579530528&bng_id=1145692787546088&h_ad_id=71605950668884&msclkid=6864fc581d321f47e9f59966c0eb8991#14079090 gg

Pretty simple and a good way use some of your junk lumber. gg

Maddening when you do something like that but it is part of life. At least you know what to do. Twice I have started my dozer then begun greasing or gone off to get some tools when all of a sudden I hear the revs increase then it dies. Like you say, DOH, I forgot to turn the manual fuel shut-off...

The end of the cable on my Farmi JL290 winch was getting pretty ratty. So I cut off about 5' and redid the hook using a Flemish eye. A Flemish eye will not slip and is pretty easy to do after a little practice - a good use for the cut off piece of cable. Hold the cable, 3/8" in this case, in a...

I try to cut my firwood logs a multiple of 3' - 18', 21', 24' and my blocks 18" but there a lots of reasons this doesn't always work out. When I'm splitting I throw the the undesirables, ie shorts, excessive rot, softwood, or unstackables, in a separate pile and then put them in front of the...

What I tried to say was that the Stihl guide set pictured by Dodge Man was very good but I like the Husqvarna roller guide better. But to each his own. gg

That is a good guide set and another good one is the Husqvarna roller guide. The reason I like it better is that I can see what is going on at the tooth - seems to help me. gg

Fascinating arrow !! I enjoyed every minute and a nice rainy afternoon to watch. That guy sure is steady with his scribe and saw. There is a cabin a couple miles from here built like that now I know what it takes. I have worked on a couple of those kits with the 3 flat planed sides and the...

I didn't think there was such a thing as too much wood but yesterday I was out mowing by the road and my neighbor from the other side comes out of his drive with a bunch of smallish sort of moldy red oak poles on his forks. He said he had too much firewood and was bringing it over to another...

Sounds like you like your winch (y) gg

Welcome to TBN tinkerer. I like your ballast. What do do have in mind for the "U" shaped holder on the left ?? gg

I guess if you are absolutely desperate for wood or don't care about money that would be OK. Yikes !! gg

How are they selling it - by the cord from pre stacked piles on the ground and that is just their loading method or by the truck load w/o a size stated ???? gg

I agree - there often is vital information and details left out and you don't know how much experience and common equipment sense the poster (or reader) has. For example people have bent their lower lift arms by using a box blade as a dozer in rough terrain while backing. That is a way different...

I don't have D-rings but a do have shackle lugs on my grapple and bucket which allows for many types of connections .

A common and useful job for a box blade is back filling a ditch or foundation with the back blade. CADp - A good example of why they put hp ratings on equipment.......... gg

When you make a turn your box blade moves sideways. Take some time and watch how it moves with it lifted slightly. If you are on flat terrain and not digging to deep or working in loose material the sideways movement will most likely not cause any harm. But if you are in a slot, say, of hard or...

I used adjustable inline flow control valves and a crossover relief valve from Surplus Center. https://www.surpluscenter.com/Brands/Wolverine-by-Prince-Mfg/1-4-NPT-5-GPM-Wolverine-by-Prince-WFC-400-In-Line-Flow-Control-9-7960-4.axd You can find simple hydraulic flow restrictor fittings on...

Several people on TBN have built them like this. Mounts a standard truck plow but gets the plow back closer to the SSQA plate to minimize the side torque. Plow floats on chain like a truck plow but you can get down pressure while back dragging if wanted by dumping the SSQA a little. And you can...

Thanks for the comments all ! For me having tractor roads in the woods makes all the difference in being able to work in and get around in my wood lot. I keep the tractor on the roads and out of the slash so the lack of a belly pan and forestry tires are not issues so much and I can access wood...

Finished up my woods road yesterday. I started here - plenty of rocks and a couple stumps. This new road section connects two dead ends to make a loop and gives me access to new woods. gg

Congrats, you will love it even more as you use it. gg

That's a big solar field and a lot of pellets ! gg

I like winter a lot but I hope it holds off for a while. I am just starting to catch up on things I could not do this summer because of all the rain. I could use and enjoy I whole lot more of nice dry fall weather. gg

I worked some more on my tractor road extension on Wednesday. The section I did last week is drying up nicely with this good weather. I did down thru this section about as far as you can see. This is where I stopped looking back up. The further down the hill I get the greasier...

Five pages of chainsaw holders https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/anyone-have-photos-of-a-chainsaw-holder.372861/ I prefer to put it behind the loader post if possible, better protection. gg

^^^^ So on your next pine harvest what is your present thinking - are you going to sell logs to the mill or saw lumber to build a saw shed or for sale ?? Wish I was pondering something like that. gg

That makes two of us !! gg