BX Rolling Logs

Tractor Seabee · Dec 19, 2013

CONTINUING SAGA

Here are some more pictures of the continuation of dismembering that pile of firewood. It continues to be a challenge working on the slope and keeping the pathway graded out. Most grading is back-blading with the FEL mostly down hill. I can now turn around at the upper end to avoid backing all the way up. Half way leveling out areas to work from is also a challenge w/o ability to adjust laterally. Hard to explain, you just have to experiment. Note my homemade tooth bar and the D rings on the bucket. I centered the D rings to avoid uneven loading of the bucket when lifting or pulling out long pieces as you will see. Note the chain hookups. I only use chain with an open hook on one end. This would be impossible to do w/o the tooth bar, it really grabs those pieces and helps in getting up in/on the FEL. Today we consolidated the scattered pieces you see in the overview picture into one concentrated area to reduce firewood time production. Worked further toward the top today hoping to soon work from the top down. Keeps me hopping to supply my crew of 2-3 part-time cutter/splitters.

Ron

ultrarunner · Dec 19, 2013

That's a lot of teeth on that tooth bar.

Amazing piece of equipment those BX TLBs

Green Power · Dec 19, 2013

Your BX sure is a workhorse! how many hours are on it?

Tractor Seabee · Dec 19, 2013

ultrarunner said:
That's a lot of teeth on that tooth bar.

Amazing piece of equipment those BX TLBs

I set the teeth so the clamp on forks will set on them so I do not have to remove the bar to use the forks. Those tabs in the middle are to anchor a trailer hitch for the same reason.

Ron

Tractor Seabee · Dec 19, 2013

Green Power said:
Your BX sure is a workhorse! how many hours are on it?

Almost 1000 HR. I'v had it for less than 3 years. Really working it. BH is on about 1/3 of the time.

Ron

ultrarunner · Dec 20, 2013

I was lucky the tooth bar I bought fit with my clamp on forks...

Someday I will fab up a trailer ball mount... really think it would be a labor saver moving trailers around the back 40.

dragoneggs · Dec 20, 2013

Ron... fantastic! You are making me feel guilty about my own unfinished pile of cleared mixed trees done by excavator. The cold weather is giving me a weak excuse. Looks like you are braving it nicely. I guess it is time for me to get busy again during the xmas break. Are you chipping or burning or both?

Tractor Seabee · Dec 20, 2013

dragoneggs said:
Ron... fantastic! You are making me feel guilty about my own unfinished pile of cleared mixed trees done by excavator. The cold weather is giving me a weak excuse. Looks like you are braving it nicely. I guess it is time for me to get busy again during the xmas break. Are you chipping or burning or both?

Actually the weather has not been that bad. A few days too much rain to work on the slippery slope. I use 1" and smaller for my personal firewood. I made an attachment to go on my lawn tractor trailer that is a chain saw chop unit, drops into the trailer so can gut up where it is. 4" and larger goes in the sale wood except for crooked pieces and hard to split pieces, that is then mine. I plan to use my 6" chipper on the trash that is not contaminated with dirt.We always have a burn pile going for trash wood and stumps. Just had a huge fire a month ago with a 4' stump I put on top w/the BX. (That was an interesting drill) Nothing but ash now, burned way down deep for two weeks.

Ron

nc redneck · Dec 20, 2013

Great pictures. BX is a tough little machine, I own one. I believe it will be the 8N of our generation. Not trying to knock 8N it was the first tractor I owned.