CobyRupert
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:thumbsup: Also Wallenstein. How big is the hill?
pulling logs out of the woods.....
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:thumbsup: Also Wallenstein. How big is the hill?
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10acreheaven
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What size block? I'm new to that kind of stuff. Also I would have to pull at a 90degree angle or so from the block. Its only maybe 100 to 150 yards down the hill. Also the hill is greater than a 45degree angle but I don't know exactly what it is.
Unless it's really small wood I wouldn't even consider it with the machine which you list... no disrespect meant but a 45' (1/1 pitch) hill is a challenge even for the professional equipment I'm used to.
Your tractor weighs about 1200 LBs, a cord of wood weighs about 4 1/2 times that...
Once you hook onto a log of any size and get it partway up the hill; if something goes wrong it will be the tail wagging the dog... the dog being your tractor of course.
Your tractor weighs about 1200 LBs, a cord of wood weighs about 4 1/2 times that...
Once you hook onto a log of any size and get it partway up the hill; if something goes wrong it will be the tail wagging the dog... the dog being your tractor of course.
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You still haven't said how big these trees are. And, if they are too big, and since its going to be firewood, you can always cut them into smaller pieces and make more hauls to control the weight. 
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I use an EZBoardwalk log arch hooked to my ATV which you can get for about 950$ and located about an hour and a half from St Louis. But it sounds like a pretty steep hill you are dealing with. I use that setup as I can take the Yamaha Grizzly were the tractor won't go without gettinga roll-over trophy.
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ok, lol.....I am planning on cutting the fire wood down the hill where the trees are and loading them into a "cart" or "sled" and pulling only what can safely be pulled up the hill. Sorry, I should have stated that. it's only for firewood not for resale of timber or anything like that. i'm loving how helpful everyone is on the site!! so I think I can do it with the snatch block on the tree, using a sled full (only what I can handle) of cut up 18" logs and pull it up the hill. Do you guys think that is a good plan?
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I think 18" logs will roll out of a sled at 45 degrees. I'd pull up 4'-8'-12', etc... logs (depending on how big they are) one or several at a time and cut them to length at the top.
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good point!!
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Here's my cheap technique: put a sturdy two inch receiver (like you would use for a trailer ball) on your three point hitch (such giszmos available on Ebay under "three point hitch" items). Watch for a Harbor Freight sale and pick up 1) a 9000 lb rescue winch for around $300, 2) a 2 inch receiver winch plate rated at 5000 lb for under $100, and 3) a set of heavy duty jumper cables for around $20 dollars. You get the picture. The winch attaches to the three point via the two inch receiver (also can be used on your pickup - I put a front-end two inch receiver on my Chev Silverado). Extend the winch cables with the jumper cables to reach the battery and you are in business. Attach the winch with the alligator clips. Pick up a couple of snatch blocks and short lengths of chain so you can direct your cable around standing tree and over bumps by strategic placement of the pullies. I wrap the chains I use to attach pullies to standing trees in old feed bags so as not to bang up the bark. It also helps to let the wood dry over the summer to reduce its weight. You may note that the winch has more capacity than the weight of most CUTs so you may want to chain the tractor FEL to a tree in order not to pull it down the hill! Usually though brakes, wheel blocks and a dug in loader will do the trick.
Either that or have the wife pack it out.
Forty cords in the woodshed.
Mf
Either that or have the wife pack it out.
Forty cords in the woodshed.
Mf