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If you are going to use your blade like I do and you go with solenoid valves you will probably want to add some flow restrictors in the lines. Adjustment is often just a slight bump on a feathering manual valve. Listen to oversd - I went with two valves and then added a third later. Would have...

That seems to work !! How big are those pines ? By the way - Nice EX. gg

Level sloped ground with Carry-All and adjustable lift arm. gg

I keep a spare chain or two in the tool box wrapped and tied in old cloth nail aprons from the days of yore. If your looking for a gas jug you can't beat the EasyPour brand. I've tried a lot of them but these really work well and as advertised. Need a separate oil jug though. gg

Thanks. That is a nice one then. My Aspen get cankers and die before the bark turns rough. gg

I like the looks of your road jeeper. gg

Is that Balsam Poplar/Balm-of-Gilead ? We have never seen that hear. Looks like nice wood. gg

30 degrees yesterday - felt pretty good !! I'm liking that longer bar on my felling saw. gg

That's the way I would like it too. Just can't find anyone to do it........ gg

Your more of a man than me Thomas. I didn't even try any of the motors around here. I did shovel out the wind packed snow in my wood shed path though. Like everyone I spent the last two days pushing wood up the chimney. gg

Good video 3 horse gg

All I can say about the comments on dementia etc is that this lady may be in her sixties but she has all her wits about her and totally able to take care of her self. A strong independent country woman. She would not have any trouble understanding the dealers instructions on how to open the door...

We found out the hard way that they say on forever unless you open the door. The door starts the timer. At least on a CRV. We drove down to the Boston area to pick the daughter up coming off the Logan Express. Started in the fog and had the lights on then forgot about it. Got to Logan Express...

Don't know the model or year but my wife has a Honda CRV and there is no manual door unlock. Everything that is programable like door lock is run off sensors and thru the computer. No direct mechanical linkages. Who knows what a computer does when the voltage goes to almost 0 for a while then...

This happened to my wife's friend today. She is elderly and lives alone in a rural spot. She got in the car to go to their little weekly rug hooking session at the town library. Her habit is to lock the doors. She started cranking the car over and it wouldn't start. She cranked until the battery...

I would want one that floats along the road surface with just it's own weight like a truck plow setup. Having to use the loader float is often a problem of too much weight. Some setups you can go either way and that is good when you need more pressure. gg

I've been looking for a simple solution - I think that's it. Thank you !! gg

You need weight. This one is 5' wide and 650 lbs and does OK with parking area and road edge weeds. Heavier would not hurt. gg

Neat little video. I really like that handle/log clamp on that saw ! Much better and safer than the way we ran them when I was a kid and just used our hand to hold the wood. gg

Same thing happened here last night. Finally had some nice snow - lasted a couple days then last night 5" of concrete followed by drizzle all morning. Run over it with the truck and it immediately compacts into a solid 4" of hard pack you need micro spikes on. Glad the plow is up front. gg

You got that crap today ??? Yuck. I was out this afternoon and it was snowing but 22 degrees. Tonight and tomorrow sounds more interesting - like you said. gg

My "big" saw is a 60 cc saw with a 20" bar which meets my day in day out needs very well. I also use a 50 cc saw with 16" bar - quick, light, and nimble. Once in a while I wish I had a bigger saw. Like when I cut pine, which isn't that often. A 572XP would be nice but I just can't justify it. I...

To me if they won't put a price on it they are just fishing and don't really want to sell. gg

If it's been for sale a few months he is not going to sell it cheap - he must have seen some offers by now. So I sorta agree with what Rustyiron said but it is 25 years old ??? I have a 25 year Farmi with a lot of hours on it that works like it was new. It's a hard call. I always think 1/2 on...

Looks like a nice back hoe hosspuller. I started cutting an over mature fir stand the other day. Took a couple pics yesterday. This tree died last summer but still has good wood. Most fir over 60 years old have root/stump rot in our wood lot. I cut back the butt to find good wood then cut it...

Thanks for the additional info and pics. You did a super job !! gg

Very nice !! Looks like that would fit right onto my L3010 :) Did you have to heat that poly carb for the windshield bend or is it that flexible. gg

Might as well. I've only plowed once this season. Yesterday I got to back drag after a couple three inches of snow followed by rain had drained a little and refrozen. We stayed off it while it was in the slushy stage and it came out good. Folks that had to go out have either a frozen mess or...

I like that !! Very clever. gg

Very pretty to look at - not so nice to work in gg

Got some pretty boards out of that salvaged tree !! gg

I like your splitter mike. Combo lift and table is a good idea (y) Some may be interested in this video of a modern highly automated saw mill that I thought was pretty good. Nothing like the local family owned mill that I used for 20 years and is now out of business. gg

It was a beautiful winter day to be out in the woods - finally after all the warm, wet, and brown. Still moving Christmas storm blow downs off the trails. A couple of Red Spruce. Limbed them out for stud wood. Grabbed the first top and backed down the trail to where I could put it to the...

Newspaper and kindling made from cut-offs from the softwood landing split small Fill this rack behind the stove almost to the ceiling. It is good to make it easy for the wife I have found. gg

^^^^ Ditto Very nice indeed !! gg

Hydraulic hose wrenches like this are readily available.Or make your own specialty wrenches. gg

In my mind if you need to load logs with any degree of fine control you will want something short. Working with forks DOWN IN a trailer or out 3 or 4 feet from your point of rotation is not easy. I realize you already have the forks but this may be a bigger trade-off than you think...

I haven't been out in the woods since the big Christmas time storm. All that rain and the 40 degree week that followed took out all our snow and left everything pretty soft and sloppy. But it was 24 this morning and things stiffened up enough that I could do some trail clean-up. Nothing drastic...

Great pics Duds13 - Looks like a first class hobby operation. Very nice. gg

That's quite a charge of wood !! Looks good too. It's good to be ahead. (y) gg

That's a nice one :) What do you do to deal with it ? gg

(y) - I see some heavy lifting there. gg

I would think that would work good be a good choice for the situation you describe. Here is on a fellow TBNer made https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/pto-capstan-winch-from-scratch.392375/ gg

The SA valve probably has a special plug so that the plugged port is always connected internally to the Out port which returns to tank in an open center system. And the active port is pressure in one lever position and Out (tank) in the other position with center being off. However, using a DA...

^^^ This is basically what I did after forgot the Stanydyne one time but never again.And I was no rookie so don't feel bad. Can happen to anyone. Cut fuel in tank by about 50% with kerosine and added PowerService 911 for good measure. Could see globs of wax suspended in tank. Changed filter. It...

That'll test the strength of stuff for sure - impressive ! gg

TractorCrazy - You can't beat those old Lxx10 series Kubota's. I have the little brother, a L3010 and it's lived a good life in the woods. gg

I like those ! That's a very clever catch rod that you put on there. Simple to make and simple to use (y) We are going to be on the warm side of the storm here. High winds with wide spread power outages predicted and rising temps into the 40's tonight and tomorrow with 1" to 2" of rain then a...

Very nice splitter OldTimer ! gg

My memory isn't flawless so I might have this wrong but weren't you complaining last year about the lack of snow ?? Making up for it now maybe. That's double our total so far. gg

Good pictures - I like your industrialized setting. A change of pace from wooded door yards and landings. gg

Looks like you should have had a fire going right adjacent to your work spot SR. gg

Things are progressing then......... (y) gg

That's what I said last night a super time - we had 2" instead of 8 to 14. But it came later and we ended up with 15" gg

We got 15" here. Pushed hard and turned to polished concrete when you moved it. Wife took this while I was out plowing. Edit: Thankfully the ground was frozen. gg

Yes, it was cut in 97/98, so 25 years ago. We bought it in the fall of 99. Storm looked like it was going to fizzle. Only had 2" at super time last night but by 10:30 we had 10". Over a foot now and still snowing. gg

Fir grows pretty well here even though it is prone to stump rot after 50 or 60 years. It takes 5 to 10 years to get going but then it takes off. I am lucky to have it. A nice size for me to handle and pays the taxes. How long has the dif-lock been broken ? Makes it tough going in the snow...

If I was a younger man I would have a mill. Winter is Spruce and Fir time for me. It will go to Robinson's Log Yard in Passumpsic in my one-ton about 500 BF a trip. A 7 mile run on back roads. A couple of my loads from last February. They look pretty silly when you look at the big picture...

I'm going to start cutting a fir stand and since we are going to have a good storm today I made an access into it yesterday before all the old stumps and downed wood got buried. It was easy work for the grapple. Cut some brush and moved a big rock to get thru the edge. I piled a bunch of...

They do look very good, don't they ! gg

There are a lot of really good photos of big wood and skilled men in those. Thanks for posting - enjoyable to look at. gg

I don't know about those heaters but on my open station dozer the fan blades are reversible. They are normally set to blow forward - from the engine compartment forward out thru the oil cooler and radiator. In the winter you turn them the other way, towards the rear, and open a floor board...

Yes, that's the Pronovost. And every time I use it I thank you for telling me about it's availability. It is small by most standards but good for my 30 hp L3010 in the woods. I can haul a yard of gravel or 3/4 cord of wood. As you know the side panels are removable. I added some stake pockets...

I do mine many different ways but I agree that coming out of the woods with a trailer load of logs and blocking them up right on the trailer, splitting them, and toss into the storage, all in one fell swoop is about the most efficient method I have tried. gg

I thought your being able to cut your beech root and stump sprouts with a bush-hog after the CSI work was priceless. I spend a lot of time walking around the woods with loppers to do mine. Not bush-hog terrain at all. gg

My neighbor put an 11' plow on his big tractor w/o any cross-over relief. He is not a cowboy and has run heavy equipment for a living but he managed to blow out a cylinder two times. You can get a lot of pressure with a wide plow. gg

Long lengths and a trailer is the way to move wood (y) You need a little room to load it though. Impressive use of that trailer, must have been fun to load. gg

Nice job !! gg

I really like that foot pedal control on the splitter - something to think about ! gg

If it is fully angled and you hit something on that side you cause mechanical damage with single acting plow cylinders. Your right a hydraulic relief won't help. Plow trip springs are supposed to help prevent mechanical damage in those cases. Relief valves are to protect from over hydraulic...

What I did was tee my pressure gauge into the line I was adjusting then angled the plow that way and held the valve open after the end of travel long enough to make a reading and adjustment. Turning the screw in raises the relief pressure, Ask Summit what the factory setting is - it may be fine...

The cylinders on my plow say 2500 psi max and I read some where that Fisher sets their single blade plows around 1700 psi. So I set mine at 2000 psi. My tractor relief is 3000 psi. One thing that had me scratching my head for a while when setting mine was that the adjustments were on the...

I put mine on Sunday - 3 pair. So probably won't snow again for a while now. Use the same method but with a loop of rope and a couple S-hooks so I don't have to deal with knots.

These are the crushed ledge products from our local Pike crusher plant. Pike is the major highway contractor and paver in the state with plants all over. But they serve and treat little guys like me with one-tons and dump trailers as if we were big time customers. The road base products are...

He showed us how to lengthen it (By gravity) while hooked to the box blade but how do you shorten it ? A lot of adjustments are made with the implement on the ground or a hair above the ground so you can set parallel etc which is easy with a screw turn one way or the other with that you only...

I have ordered a lot of hoses from DiscountHydraulicHose.com - never a problem with them. They have a "ID a Fitting Guide" that is very good. https://www.discounthydraulichose.com/mm5/thread_guide.pdf And using there custom hose ordering tool makes it easy...

I love watching snow flow like that. Looks like he might have done that before - yikes. gg

For me it would be a hard decision. 20 years and owes you nothing. Scrap it and don't look back. Fork out to get what you want. New or used, another question, plus bigger implements. Fix it or find another TC33D w/o loader and hoe and put your loader, overhead ROPS, and maybe hoe on it. Looks...

This type is what I prefer with Ag tires plowing gravel and in the woods. These are made by OFA. Fronts are OFA ECO 8's and the rears are ECO 9's. Better priced than others but still not cheap. gg

Some of what I learned: Polyethylene glycol is used to treat occasional constipation. Polyethylene glycol 3350 is in a class of medications called osmotic laxatives. It works by causing water to be retained with the stool. This increases the number of bowel movements and softens the stool so it...

Interesting point ??????????? gg

Not knowing anything about preserving cookies I found this interesting. He compares anchor seal with Penedryl gg

You've shown us some very nice stuff over the years (y) How about the floor - did that come off your mill too ?? gg

I use one of those inclin-o-meter things. I find it quite helpful for setting and checking road contours. It tells me what the slope of the road is. If it is not what I want I adjust the blade relative to the road to make the correction. Low tech but simple, cheap, and works well on curvy hills...

That makes it a good choice for you. It amazes me how many options are available today to get stuff done. (y) A tool or method for everybody almost. gg

Looks good for sure (y) I like it. gg

It looks like it does the job very well. Having never run, or even seen for that matter, an electric chainsaw I'm curious about what the advantages are for you the way you use it over a gas saw ?? Thanks. gg

We only got half that so I didn't have to make any decisions - just let it sit. You did a good job staying out of the gravel. gg

This is another homemade grapple design. Created by a very capable fella. https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=95507.msg1473082#msg1473082 gg

When you build it I would design the grapple so that it has a by-pass closure on the grapple arms so that you can close tight on a single small diameter stick/log. Looking at the one you pictured I am not sure that the two grapple arms will by-pass. ???? gg

Nice series of pictures Piston. I like how you have a area to work up your wood right next to the boiler. I like the slug and chickens too - must have been some ants or beetles in there. gg

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...

You're very welcome Thomas and I appreciate the comment. gg

I pulled out a couple more uprooted pine yesterday. The one on the right ran up the slope on the ground and then extended out over the top. I cut the top first like you would a very heavy leaner. Before I cut the bottom I dug the dirt out with a trowel best I could. On the first cut I...

That makes for much more efficient storage - looks good. 16" sticks, so 1/3 cord ?? That's a good amount of weight 2' out. (y) gg

SR is right it depends on the winch. But you are right too. Many specifically say "don't skid on the cable - use the slots above the butt plate". But on some larger winches skidding on the cable is perfectly acceptable as seen here in the highlighted area: gg

Very nice building (y) (y) gg

All borer killed ash Oldtimer?? gg

A wind storm we had a while back uprooted three white pine. Yesterday afternoon I started to salvage what I could from them. The easy one first. The smallest too, and the root ball right next a tractor trail. I cleaned out a spot to work in and assess what to do. The top was laying...

Thank you ! Don't mind at all. It's a Pronovost dump trailer model P-503 made in Canada and bought used and modified over time. It is spec'ed for 3000 lb capacity but will hold more. I added a 1-1/4" Reese hitch so I could pull the wood splitter. I added some stake pockets and rub rails...

We are behind on both rain and snow here. Been in the 50's and 60's mostly. Not a flake yet. Very unusual. That 10" of slop doesn't look to good though. gg

I guess I am wrong then. I would love to see a video of that if someone has one. gg

It sounds good but how far do you really get pushing the splits into the trailer. Not far I would guess unless you can load the trailer from the top. Other wise the splits will just start spilling off the table onto the ground when they meet some resistance. You won't get past the first layer...

Good job on the winch and drive conversion. If the tractor pto clutch is your only means of control you must operate it from the drivers seat I would guess ?? You probably already know this but w/o trying to be smart or a jerk I just want to make sure you are aware that standing close to the...

I think your right about the question being asked by the OP - warriordba. Do you have a decent sized table on your splitter. I like the wedge on the ram. I don't have to move. Grab a round off the bucket and split it, near side is in my hand to resplit or toss on the pile or in the trailer...

(y) How many bags per mix do get in that? If it were me I would say it paid for it self right there. gg

I like that home-made winch (y) gg

For us it is good to have a clear place to cast the snow when plowing. And the snow settles a lot better if there isn't a bunch of brushy vegetation holding it up. gg

Maybe rough was the wrong term. It has a grass base and would be all grass if I mowed it several times a summer but it grows up with milkweed, golden rod, black berries, goats beard, and all kinds of other stuff if I only mow once in the fall. gg

You don't see many sickle bars on here. It used to be anybody with mowing to do had one. Mine is 25 years old now and I'm still happy with it. Thanks for for the comments. gg

I spent the last couple afternoons doing my annual road side mowing. I do it late because of the large number of migrating birds that feed and rest in the high vegetation along the road and small fields during September and October. I use a 30 hp L3010 and a 7' sickle bar with a hydraulic lift...

Yes - Very nice Ished. You got quite a pile ahead of you. Is that all for this years splitting ? gg

Like Willey said, that is a pretty nice charge of wood. Have you burned any yet ? We've only had a couple days that I've kept the stove going all day. Been frosty (20's) in the mornings and sunny all day lately. Just a quick fire in the morning is all we need. gg

Thank you. I just put plywood up there with the intension of doing something else later. But ........... gg

Hi Aaron. I made a thread on the project: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/roll-cage-and-sweeps-for-the-m5640.442522/ gg

I put that tail gate on as an experiment. It is hinged on top and can swing a full 360*. There is a set of stop pins on the bottom. In the first picture the tail gate is dragging behind the pins and the grader is running properly. That is both blades are full all the way across with equal...

I don't have a video but I have some pictures. This is what works for me when I add gravel to a road. It is 3/4" crushed ledge gravel mix which packs hard with time. 1) I tail gate out a load of gravel. My truck is small so it's 3-1/2 tons per load. Then I pack what I just dumped with the...

Good pic series fruitcakes - I like seeing others woods and working conditions. And I especially like the duct tape, Says alot ......... :) I am done with firewood for a while. gg

^^^^ What K5lwq said. Raise the front by lengthening the top link but drop your 3ph lever all the way down so it is working more like a drag. It is designed to cut into hard packed gravel so when the gravel is already loose it gets overloaded. If you end up with piles and dug out areas from the...

When you say you had a load of gravel delivered - how did they deliver it? One pile you have to spread over the 200', several piles spaced out along the drive, or did they tail gate it so you have a roughly even layer the length of the drive ? Trying to get a picture in my mind of what you are...

Good video - shows exactly how good it works. I've never seen one. Now I know. (y) gg

That was a neat tour through town. A very different kind of place than I have seen before (y) Thanks for posting. gg

That's an unusual track chain/track shoe set-up. Try asking your question over in the dozer section of heavy equipment. There is tons of knowledge there. https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/forums/dozers.48/ gg

Looks like a nice spot. Where were you before ? A big change ? gg

Very nice looking property mike69440. I see a ton of work has been done there !! Take care of yourself and get well. I had a 2' dead maple that has been dropping branches on one of my tractor trails all summer. I decided to cut it and turn it into firewood. When the top hit the ground it...

Last Tuesday I stuck the camera on the ROPS and went out to pick up a hitch of some pole sized firewood trees that I cut and left trail side early last July during a thinning operation. I only have 4 sliders and pulled out seven logs. So I had 3 double chokers and a single. The first group of 4...

Beautiful building all around !!! When you stain that red pine, if that's what you are going to do, be ready for it to really drink up the juice. Seems like there is no end to what it will soak up. Especially the end grain. gg

Found this mirror on the road-side so I made a bracket arm and put it on the L3010. Also needed a place for saw gas and bar oil on the M5640. If you look close you can see some valve stem protection too that don't require welding on the rim. gg

If you could post a picture of your set-up it would help us understand your concern. To answer your question the way I run mine: The hydraulic connector on the M5640 are mounted on the right side of the loader tube. To get enough slack I run the hoses from the connectors across the front to the...

Glad you were not hurt any worse npalen. Get well !! Eric, that is indeed a harsh reality for us old guys. But from my experience, I would add that diminished balance, dexterity, and strength are real game changers that increase risk. But it seems better to push ahead and do what you can to...

Home is where the food is gg

Four years ago there was a ground crew in here trimming the line. I asked them to cut this white pine with blister rust. They told me the same thing. You can see the line at the top left. If it broke during a storm with wide spread damage I could be out of power for a long time since this...

Mines a little rustic - smoky too. Probably doesn't belong in this thread gg

For me a winch and a snatch block set back in the woods goes a long way in keeping me out of trouble working around power lines. gg

^^^ That's what I was thinking. Those fronts look like they are glad it's on there too. gg

How many times have I muttered that to myself ! gg

I did the same type mod to my M5640 because there was no way I could see operating the control beside the seat from the ground. Like a lot of things on a tractor you do have to think about what you are doing. gg

Thanks for the pics. I see now. That first set of pics I saw what looked like a grill guard and head lights and assumed you had it on the front. You can do a lot with a pole like that. Nice job on it with plenty of adjustment. gg

Welcome to TBN !! It would be nice to see more picks of that gin pole. Looks like it can be used front or rear ??? gg

yes, Tulip Poplar and Yellow Poplar are two names for the same tree.

I found this definition. SPF dimensional lumber: "In Eastern SPF wood species, there are the White Spruce, Black Spruce, Red Spruce, Jack Pine, and Balsam Fir. Eastern Species of SPF lumber tend to grow slower, increasing the strength of the lumber. In Western SPF wood species, there are...

Balsam fir - like the Christmas tree. Eastern Red and White Spruce and Balsam Fir are mixed and used for stud wood and light framing here. My wife says she likes riding in my truck because it smells so good - like balsam. gg

They do. On average I get 3 logs per tree. This particular spot I'm cutting now is not as good as most. But it is dry after last weeks 5" of rain. gg

I can see you are indeed ready Hunt !!! gg

No - what's left is puny fir - balsam fir. Even though you can't read it is good you can see a picture. :) Couldn't help myself. Are you hunkered down or in a safe spot - if there is any... gg

If you can get rid of that stuff and come close to breaking even it is well worth it in my book. My fir is a little different - on the outside they are pretty straight and a picture of health with good tops but they sure are ugly on the inside :giggle: Sort of like trying to make a silk purse...

When wood smoke goes up the chimney it contains a lot of wood product vapors. Creosote is one of them. If your chimney is hot enough all the way up through to the top the vapors stay as vapors and the chimney stays clean. Otherwise, on a cooler flue, the vapors condense as liquid on the flue...

Great video Willy gg

I like the pole-saw brackets/clamps Smokey gg

That is a pretty good idea (y) I can see where lots of us might want to use that. gg

Good to see that your wagon is hanging in there - It's close to being a classic. gg

Nice Power Wagon aeblank (y) (y) gg

Mine was 5/16 too - but I added a lot of reinforcement to it. More than I needed but it is solid. gg

This is what I should do. Since I stole a lot of your roll cage ideas I might as well take your exhaust ideas too. Thanks. gg

That's good on the local mill. The best I can do here on soft wood pulp is sell it for bio-mass at $10 a ton. That's a no-go for me. I am better off letting it rot - but it takes a long time. gg

Looks very good. I wonder about the same things you did. My M5640 with it's external EGR valve is kinda smoky at times. What kthompson and oldnslo say makes sense though. gg

A couple more nice piles of wood. Your lucky to be able to move the pulp. You do a nice trimming job on your limbs so it's hard to see but I think that I would have a lot more really big knots on the pine I have. gg

That makes good sense to me. gg

From your pics that might be considered an understatement. gg

You got it all on there though !! gg

Take care of that back - you have a long way to go. Been there. Prices are still high here too. Hard for me to believe $490/M for fir down to 6" and will take 5". A month ago it was leaving the yard faster than it was coming in but the piles in the yard are starting to grow now.

Here are a couple. Who has bigger stones ? :giggle: Just trying to be funny........ gg

I find it interesting that the general consensus is that wide is better. And it probably is on perfectly flat ground where you can set the entire width on the surface. But on rougher ground like I have or in the woods with stumps and such where it is hard to find a flat area I think narrow is...

I have had more blow downs across my trails this year than any other I can remember. I removed this smallish 5 stemmed branchy white pine top yesterday with my FrostBite grapple. Since I'm an old guy just out to have fun I decided to mount my camera on the front cross bar of the ROPS with a...

^^^^ I agree

That is a bummer for sure. What were you doing when the problem started? What happens when it stops closing ? Just stops and you hear the pressure relief valve kick in ? Also when it gets stuck or jammed and stops are the lengths of both cylinders the same or is one longer than the other and...

Very very nice work 6shotz. I really like the shape of the tines you made. Just the way a bucket grapple should be !! gg

I can see another project coming - Good thing your the artistic sort. That is a very unique piece. gg

There is a lot of heat in that stuff !! Good neighbors are wonderful things. gg

I thought it was pretty hot out yesterday. All I managed was to make some softwood kindling from some drops on the landing. :giggle: Every fall I fill this kindling rack behind the stove. This is left from last year. If the wife lights a lot of fires more gets used. gg

Kubota M5640 - Plywood scabbard and go-to saw behind the loader post on one side. Gas and oil under the loader valves on the other side. Second longer saw and tool box in the back. gg

I'm not sure. The control would not be a problem but it depends where you can grab it. It would be easy to grab it from the top clamping it side to side but then if you rotated it 90* the tines would end up under the log and setting it down might be a problem with the mill frame right there. ...

Nice rack - I like the way you keep it up off the ground. New carry-all (y) gg

The FrostBite is a very good grapple for handling logs. It holds the log close in to the tractor with a firm bite. You can do it with forks and a grapple, which is a very good tool for lots of stuff, but to bite the log with forks and grapple you have to grab the log way at the end of the forks...

Try a grapple like this. Not heavy, bites the log, and allows precise control. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/tractors-and-wood-show-your-pics.303328/post-6349144 gg

I actually log with a tractor (I think) and have an extensive trail system and can honestly say that I could not get very far on my woodlot w/o a winch. gg

I agree with Eric. I have heard nothing but good words about Farmi style winches. Have been using one myself for 20 years. They are built to last and no nagging little problems like you mentioned. You said " I'm looking for simple rigs that just plain work for a part time logger." If that's...

I'm pretty late here and this isn't running gear but might be close enough. Not mine either - it's my neighbors gg

I know people that put stuff like that on a trailer and bring it to a car wash which takes trucks. I've been told they have waste water collection system that are enviromentally sound ??

It's been tubed 2 months now and the inside of the tire gash patched. The bead was harder to brake than I thought it would be. Went easy though when I finely used a piece of 2X8 with a little moon cut out of one side and pushed down on it with my loader. Tire will never slip the way I ride. To...

Nice trailer SR. How long is it ? gg

Do you have your mill yet or are you waiting on it ?? I assume your going to put it down in the end where you are working now. gg

Shipped another load of Spruce and Fir to the log yard this morning. gg

These are from the section of road where that load of rocks in the last post came from. And Skagit is right - you don't want a cross member over or just behind the blade. It creates a pinch point for the material flowing over the blade. The blade should be behind or well ahead of the...

On the rougher roads I do w/o a thick layer of surface gravel and a proper road base the frost pushes up rocks during the winter so that every spring when I start grading there are new rocks either exposed above the surface or just below the surface. I remove the exposed ones. The others I...

I would call Northeast Implements. They know every thing Farmi, have parts, are very easy to talk with, and helpful. https://www.northeastimplement.com/farmi-winches gg

The cutting edges on mine are not adjustable. They are set 3/4" below the runners. I have over a mile of gravel roads I maintain and I have not turned the the dual edged cutting edges over yet after 8 years of use but I have replaced the mild steel runners. The LPGS works beautifully for me...

A screen is a really good thing to have if you run the winch from the tractor seat. I always run the winch from the ground so I can see what is happening to the hitch as it gets in close to the winch. Allows me to make some adjustments so the hitch bunches flush up the way I want. And I want to...

I have a 501 too and carry them a number of ways. However they end up or what ever is convenient. I carry 5 chokers. 3 one side 2 the other. Never lost any. Usually I have one or two in a slider and on a hook like so Or just hanging on the hook and draped in the box. I also made that...

I don't know - I've been told that I'm not as hot as I used to be........... gg

Nice load of firewood in that good looking Ford P/U gg

Three years ago I cut a small stand of spruce and fir that was imbedded in hardwoods. I left a Red Spruce and three Balsam Fir as possible seed sources for the new opening. I should have known better. One of the fir died and a couple weeks ago the spruce blew over. So I decided to salvage the...

The old saying - If your buying logs use the Doyle Scale. If your selling them use the International Scale. All you need is two sticks. gg

SR, It's always neat to see what kind of character the boards have that come from rough looking logs like in your second load. gg

Saw one out and tell us what you get - 50% more or better I bet. 12" is a small hardwood saw log and from the stuff on log rules above: "1. Doyle Log Rule The Doyle rule is the most common rule used in hardwood log scaling in Tennessee. Edward Doyle developed this rule prior to 1850. This rule...

Here's my scaling stick for the International Scale which is used here in the Northeast. On the back is 14', 16', 18', and 20' logs. It covers logs up to 36" diameter. International Scale fills in the blank part of Skeans1"s Scribner chart. Scribner gives better results for large diameter logs...

I've done some more thinning, on and off, on a section of mostly hardwood pole timber. This where I left off last time. It now looks like this. I'm going to put a tractor road thru here and keep on going. gg

You make it sound negotiable (y) gg

I've only delivered white pine to two very local places. One a family owned mill and the other a good sized log yard that has a Hancock buyer/scaler come around regularly. They both do it the same way. They want the branches trimmed flush with the log and they measure (by eye mostly) the largest...