KUBOTA L3800 log trailer sizing

[eyi]

Thanks Pekan,

Yes I checked them, very nice products. Also FLPH.

God your setup looks nice !! Is it where you live full time or a part time property ?

My wife loves those cedar fences....

 

[pekan]

Yeah it's our full time property , lot's of maintenance and work but we like it.....:thumbsup::cool2:

 

[eyi]

Finally, pulled the trigger. Farmi 351 set to arrive tomorrow morning !

Thanks all for yours very good advices.

Regards

 

[Gordon Gould]

:thumbsup:

 

[motownbrowne]

Finally, pulled the trigger. Farmi 351 set to arrive tomorrow morning !

Thanks all for yours very good advices.

Regards

Congrats!! You're gonna love that thing.

Of course we're gonna need to see some pictures...

 

[John_Mc]

That Farmi 351 will make a good match for your tractor. I have a NH TC33D the bare weight is similar to yours, with the filled rear tires (adds about 600#), Loader, logging winch, belly pan, limb risers and FOPS (falling object protection), I'm probably close to 4500#. I have a Uniforest 35E, which has specs about identical to the Farmi 351. It's a good match for my tractor.

You will not regret getting the winch, though tit takes a while to develop a work pattern that makes the most of it. One thing you should really consider is getting a self-releasing snatch block. They aren't cheap ($300+), but they greatly increase the utility of your winch by letting you pull around corners, rather than having to have everything in a straight line.

Are you getting logs for firewood, or for sawlogs (or both?)

 

[eyi]

Hi,

I am getting logs for sawmill, firewood, sugarshack and sugarbush management.

I'm officially taking my membership in the " how can i handled things without it before" club...

Efficient and back saving !!!

 

[John_Mc]

I am getting logs for sawmill, firewood, sugarshack and sugarbush management.

I'm officially taking my membership in the " how can i handled things without it before" club...

Efficient and back saving !!!

If you haven't already found it, you might want to check out the Forestry Forum. It's a very well run site dedicated to Forestry, logging, sawyering (is that a word?), chainsaws, etc. It's sort of the "TractorByNet" of forest management and logging related topics. (I've tried a few other similar sites, but bailed out on them: too many people trying to "out-macho" each other, personal attacks, etc. You don't see that on the FF.)

 

[jimmysisson]

Hope you get to put a 2" receiver on it for added usefulness. I'll get a couple pix of my log trailer setup and post later.
Nice winch - good choice.
Jim

 

[eyi]

Hi neighbour i have a Kioti CK35 and 3001 Igland winch and work pretty good. I have about the same size of tree on my wood lot . Igland winch is very simple to work with and easy to replace cable and pulling pads if needed. Do some little modification on it like a chain saw holder , trailer hitch, top pulley and if you buy a winch make sure you made you a self release pulley or buy one work very well and save you some precious time and step.... Now for your log loader and trailer am looking for one right now have a lot of guys around here who have that kind of set up for there sugar house and they love it..... do you check metavic and woody company in Quebec very nice log loader and trailer...:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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What size of trailer are you looking at ? I tend to agree the smaller ones are too small but i fear the 12 feet, 2000 + pounders, may be too big for my tractor ?

In fact i'm getting mixted opinion on that.

 

[John_Mc]

Finally, pulled the trigger. Farmi 351 set to arrive tomorrow morning !

Have you had a chance to give it a good workout yet? How are you liking it?

My woods have been too wet to get into at the moment. I don't like tearing up my trails.

 

[eyi]

Yep worked it out !

Not a huge job but winched the 10-12 maple trees cut this winter out to our main road. Efficient and fun to say the least. Was in the wood while my wonderful spouse was pulling the rope and bringing the logs at her feet. Both were enjoying.

To be honest i then wish i'd have a log trailer with a grapple to finish the job, but i didn't. Thinking about it....

 

[John_Mc]

To be honest i then wish i'd have a log trailer with a grapple to finish the job, but i didn't. Thinking about it....

When I'm doing firewood, I just cut it into stove lengths right where I've bunched the trees while winching them to the trial and either throw the rounds in a regular trailer, or bring my splitter out and throw the split pieces in the trailer.

For long logs, I posted a link in the "Tractors and wood" thread about the "DanG Deadheader Log Lifter", an inexpensive rig to load logs into a regular trailer over the tailgate. Check out this link for the post. That thread also had a brief mention of parbuckling, which is another inexpensive loading method.

Personally, if I do one of these, I'm more likely to do the Loglifter than parbuckling. My existing trailer won't take parbuckling, which involves loading over the side. I also think I'm more likely to be able to get the trailer ahead of or behind the logs on my trails, rather than beside them (not to mention getting beside them with room for the parbuckling ramps.)

You could probably use your logging winch as the power source for the DanG Deadheader Log Lifter. I'm not sure if I'd want to use it as the winch for parbuckling: that takes a few pulleys to accomplish, and you'd want big diameter pulleys to avoid kinking or curling your logging winch cable - that gets a bit unwieldly.

 

[eyi]

Interesting John Mc, the problem is i don't even have a valuable trailer. In fact i have one small 4X8, can and have used it for firewood. My issue is about 8 and more feet long logs that i want for sawmill.

So i either find one and find a way to work it out or i find one with a grapple.

Thanks

 

[motownbrowne]

Interesting John Mc, the problem is i don't even have a valuable trailer. In fact i have one small 4X8, can and have used it for firewood. My issue is about 8 and more feet long logs that i want for sawmill.

So i either find one and find a way to work it out or i find one with a grapple.

Thanks

Do you have to drive very far with your logs? Check your local Craigslist or kijji for "running gears" if you don't have far to travel. You can usually find some cheap ones listed that'll haul a lot of weight. Don't want to drive them on the highway, though.

 

[eyi]

Motownbrowne,

I suppose you are refering to hay trailers or something like that ? I can tell you there is very few on sale around here. But yes it could be a good way to go.

 

[motownbrowne]

Motownbrowne,

I suppose you are refering to hay trailers or something like that ? I can tell you there is very few on sale around here. But yes it could be a good way to go.

Yep, a running gear is a set of two axles found under a hay wagon, chopper box, gravity wagon, etc. Around here searching for running gear rather than hay wagon will bring up different results. Give it a try anyway. In my neck of the woods $500 will get you something pretty decent, but we are lucky to have the glut of old farm equipment that we do.