BX Rolling Logs

[Tractor Seabee]

I am working the slash piles left from logging 15 Ac of timber to make firewood to sell. 20 cord to date and that much or more to go. They left two large piles where they set up the processor on either side of the creek; 59 truckloads and many of them over 100K weight. I am putting my BX 25 to the test sorting the largest pile which is on a slope, so had to excavate a level area next to the pile to work from. Quickly learned to move very slowly on the slopes. I use the BH as moving ballast on the up slope side. That means moving it a lot. Some pieces I carry down whole to the wood lot and others just roll to the bottom and then pick up.
See the attached pictures:
Those long logs are Madrona 10 dia and 15 long. They weigh around 400-500 # each. I have picked up a lot of stuff in the 500 range with the FEL. Sure glad I raised the hyd pressure to 2000K a while back. The rest is fir, alder, and maple. Some are over 36 dia. We split most with a 5 ton electric splitter after splitting the large rounds to fit the splitter bed. Small stuff is faster to split with a splitting mall.
I pull stuff out of the pile with a short piece of chain (I have two) and attached to the D ring on the back of the FEL. Note it is in the bucket center. Note my homemade tooth bar. W/O that I could never have excavated the level area and made the trail I am working around the top of the pile. The tooth bar is also necessary to get stuff up into or on the bucket. All the easy stuff is now pulled so yesterday I ordered a set of log tongs from Amazon. Next is to get a grapple hook to throw to the top and pull down the branches and pieces up there so I do not get them on my head.

 

[Grahamguy]

Thanks for sharing your pictures! It is amazing the about of work that little tractor can do.

 

[dodge man]

Thanks for the photos. Amazing little machines aren't they?

 

[Bob77064]

Great post, thanks.

 

[ultrarunner]

Talk about a logging operation...

Always enjoy reading your posts!

Is the ground frozen or is it really that dry?

Whenever I try to do anything in Olympia... I'm dealing with mud.

 

[kw22614]

Wow such hard work from such a small machine! I split & stack about 10-15 cords a yr right in my side yard from wood already found and cut - mostly from Craigslist for our own use. I certainly enjoy your pictures of how much work I'm not doing anymore. :laughing:

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Talk about a logging operation...

Always enjoy reading your posts!

Is the ground frozen or is it really that dry?

Whenever I try to do anything in Olympia... I'm dealing with mud.

The later ones showing the Madrona it was frozen. Earlier not. Here we are on a glacial till, sand, gravel, rock, it packs well and drains fast. My BX never fails to amaze me. I am now working around the pile to the right to get at a new mother lode and it has a lot of organics on top so it gets slippery in the rain, that's why I am at the computer, plus I need to fill my 50 GL diesel tank. That big dirt pile you see in the background on some pictures is actually decomposing sawdust and bark from the logging that is mixed in the pile. The processor strips the limbs and some bark and does the cute to length over the pile of debris. It is my new compost pile I will spread it on the Christmas tree plot I am soon starting. Looking into a manure spreader for that.

Ron

 

[Gordon Gould]

Great pictures. You're getting a lot of work done with your little tractor.

 

[Thomas]

That's one tough little mule.

 

[Deano]

Awesome pictures!!
:thumbsup: