Logging with the B7100

[Mudfarmer]

The neighborhood association had 21 douglas fir trees dropped in the greenbelt area to reduce windstorm risk to the adjacent houses. I was chief clean-up operator since I have the only tractor in the neighborhood. I generally use the Kubota B7100 for rough mowing and general grounds-keeping, but for this I brought in some equipment from the tree farm that I usually use on my JD 3005. Pictures of moving out the logs are attached. Since I had to haul them over paved roads to my backyard I used a 600 lb capacity big wheeled hand truck to haul the tail end. Worked great. Logs were 9-13 feet long up to 18 inches in diameter, fresh and wet. In the last picture you can see planks I am making with my chainsaw mill (that's a lot of work, but a story for another forum). B7100 - best ever made.
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[dntfxr]

Gotta agree, it is a heck of a machine! I bet if you had pulled from the drawbar you could have hauled 2 at a time without the dolly!

 

[Egon]

Pulling from up close with the three point hitch and having a load of rocks in the bucket gives those little mules incredible traction.

There are times when going down hill the load [such as a large round rock] will have a tendency to want to go on it's own pulling the tractor sideways.

 

[Baby Grand]

Boy that looks good! In some ways I can't wait till the ground is frozen hard enough that I can finally go retrieve some windfalls from this Spring without having a complete wallow.