PULLING

[Dead Horse]

I always consider that everyone's situation is different. Reading this wore me out!!

Best I can figure you hitch and unhitch four times before you get the tree cut and on the wood pile.

I don't like skidding logs. Fills the log full of dirt which I then have to cut with my chainsaw, that's not pretty. I prefer to cut where they fall. If I have to skid it's to the first open spot I can find. But again, everyone's situation is different!!! :thumbsup:

Nope, winch and push to a pile to consolidate and continue the drying. Hitch and skid to my cutting yard / wood shed. I buck and split near where the wood is piled / stored. This is easier than loading, transporting dumping and moving the split wood into the shed and is less handling. One trip (skid) for 4+ log lengths beats several trips with truck loads of split wood.

I log a 100 acre patch and the wood shed can be as much as a mile away from the felling spot.

I selectively cut, meaning I have to get the tree out of a stand I otherwise do not want to hurt. Winching is the most effective way to do this on my property.

Like you said, each situation makes for a different solution.

More information on this. My winching / skidding tractor is a big fella with a Farmi 601 winch. My splitting tractor runs the TMS with its own hydraulics and the splitter beam actually sits on the wood shed floor, which is raised off the ground.

 

[Gordon Gould]

To bad you don't have snow. You can skid your logs right to the shed or the landing and keep them clean.

 

[Gobblin Tom]

I use these hooks welded on my i-match for my 2520. Works really well for me picking the log up off the ground a little... I climb a pretty steep grade if I have a big tree on the back I will add some logs or a big rock in front bucket..

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[BrokenAxle46]

I see both twisted and straight clevises in the stores. I've always used straight and can't recall ever having a situation where I needed a twisted.

What are the reasons people use one or the other?

Bruce

As to what other use would a person have for a twisted clevis, when I was a kid, (which was 3 days before dirt was invented), we used drop mallboard plows. These plows have an L shape hook for the tongue and dropped into the twisted clevis. Don't know how else we could hook up the plow. Also don't know what other implements had the same design, but I suppose there were some and as for those old plows, a few are still working in the field today.

Kurt:thumbsup:

 

[crazyal]

I see both twisted and straight clevises in the stores. I've always used straight and can't recall ever having a situation where I needed a twisted.

What are the reasons people use one or the other?

Bruce

I use the twisted link because I have one. I have lots of 3/4" and 7/8" rigging clevises so I bought a twisted one. I do like the fact that if I'm pulling two logs at once with the twisted clevis the chain is side by side vs stacked on top of each other.

 

[ovrszd]

This is not specific to logs, but I built this 3pt hitch device to do a multitude of tasks. The only time I hitch to my fixed drawbar is to tie down on the trailer or to pull tongue hitched ground tillage equipment.

 

[rd_macgregor]

This is not specific to logs, but I built this 3pt hitch device to do a multitude of tasks. The only time I hitch to my fixed drawbar is to tie down on the trailer or to pull tongue hitched ground tillage equipment.

That set-up looks pretty versatile.
Interesting tread on your tractor. What style/brand tires are those?
BOB

 

[Glen Watkins]

ovrszd I was wondering the same thing. How have your grooved tires held up for you? And any regrets in doing them?

 

[Dead Horse]

Them chain hooks look higher up than I would want them to be.

 

[ovrszd]

Glen and rd,

I grooved my tires about six months ago. I maintain Jeep trails frequently and was looking for better traction on hard packed Missouri clay. I noticed an improvement. I was concerned about weakening the lugs as I use my tractor pretty hard so didn't groove them any deeper. I haven't noticed any tire fatigue or failure yet. I'm hoping for better traction on frozen ground as well.


Deadhorse,

I would have put the hooks higher if I could have. I have my hand on the 3pt lever when pulling so aren't worried about tipping over backwards. I know the Safety Police will be all over this statement, but, I never pull off my fixed drawbar, always pull on the 3pt. Also frequently have the front tires off the ground. That's how I "roll", PUN INTENDED!!!