. Tractors flip over back or roll over to the sides, they really don't flip forwards. I then went and drug them out to the woods and let them rot. No way was I ruining all my chains and time sharpening the chains for that mud-wood. 
a few years ago, my neighbor skidded about 5 nice logs out for me. They were 20 inch diameter Maple logs. He skidded them in winter, and they were dragged in the dirt usually.
I went to cut them the following summer, and my Husky 357XP dulled out the chain instantly. I swapped the 3 sharp chains in that i had on hand, and I only had about 6 saw cuts done.
Just my opinion, but loggers cut their logs before they drag them thru the dirt. They don';t have any plans of sawing them after they drag them thru the dirt, so they don't care if they are dirty. Sawing firewood out of logs is a whole different game. You can buy Carbide tooth chainsaw blades for like $100+ each, that might be worth the investment if you drag them in dirt. there is also alot of different chainsaw chains, some can handle dirt and cut slow as a turtle, and some cut super fast and can't take dirt---thats what I use, but I forget the technical name for the chainsaw chain itself.
More than one: YouTube - Tractor-Truck-Car CRASH VOL2Keeping them out of the dirt is nice if you can do it, but skidding logs is pretty much the way most logs are handled. It isn't as bad as you make it out to be, but a lot of the end result depends on the circumstances, equipment, land type, weather (mud or snow or dry or??) and whatever else. Lifting one end of the log on the 3 pt and slowly skidding it out (being careful to move slow you you do not catch the log and flip the tractor over backwards) is a very decent and common method.
Basically everything Andy said was spot on. But the one point about flipping the tractor forward is not too likely. I'm not sure if there has ever been a tractor with a loader flip over frontwards. It's just not likely given the physics of it. If the tractor goes forward at all, the loader will stop it, pretty effectively. Very not likely...but there is probably one guy out there who had it happen just to prove me wrong
Watch your path closely for obstacles, work uphill/downhill as much as possible, and above all move slowly. The keys to keeping the shiny side up.
a few years ago, my neighbor skidded about 5 nice logs out for me. They were 20 inch diameter Maple logs. He skidded them in winter, and they were dragged in the dirt usually.
I went to cut them the following summer, and my Husky 357XP dulled out the chain instantly. I swapped the 3 sharp chains in that i had on hand, and I only had about 6 saw cuts done.
Just my opinion, but loggers cut their logs before they drag them thru the dirt. They don';t have any plans of sawing them after they drag them thru the dirt, so they don't care if they are dirty. Sawing firewood out of logs is a whole different game. You can buy Carbide tooth chainsaw blades for like $100+ each, that might be worth the investment if you drag them in dirt. there is also alot of different chainsaw chains, some can handle dirt and cut slow as a turtle, and some cut super fast and can't take dirt---thats what I use, but I forget the technical name for the chainsaw chain itself.
Too bad for having lost the logs. They might have been dragged through soft mud that then froze onto them. Then you were trying to cut wood coated with that stuff. I always skid out my logs and never had any problems like you describe. It may have been something to do with the chains as it was mentioned above, but that I have not experienced.
a few years ago, my neighbor skidded about 5 nice logs out for me. They were 20 inch diameter Maple logs. He skidded them in winter, and they were dragged in the dirt usually.
I went to cut them the following summer, and my Husky 357XP dulled out the chain instantly. I swapped the 3 sharp chains in that i had on hand, and I only had about 6 saw cuts done.
Just my opinion, but loggers cut their logs before they drag them thru the dirt. They don';t have any plans of sawing them after they drag them thru the dirt, so they don't care if they are dirty. Sawing firewood out of logs is a whole different game. You can buy Carbide tooth chainsaw blades for like $100+ each, that might be worth the investment if you drag them in dirt. there is also alot of different chainsaw chains, some can handle dirt and cut slow as a turtle, and some cut super fast and can't take dirt---thats what I use, but I forget the technical name for the chainsaw chain itself.
But I've been around those cutting/bucking logs that just can't make a cut through a log without letting the chain get in the dirt/ground. It is somehow built into their technique. They either continue to cut with a dull chain or have to go get a sharp chain on the saw after each cut. :confused3:
