Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[skramer360]

That should make some beautiful flooring!

That's what I'm hoping. I have already cut it to width, 6", so it dries consistently, but I won't plane it or T&G it until it's properly dry.

 

[gstrom99]

Not firewood, but logs and wood. I loaded up 10 logs with my TC-30. The two largest ones it could barely pick up. They were around 24".

I took them to my friend who has a very nice Wood Miser and came home after 3 hours of work.

This piece was pretty typical of what I brought home. 6 of the logs were Ash like this piece.

My plan is to mill it into flooring for our house after it dries.

Nice!!!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Gordon - exactly where did you weld your grab hooks on to your grapple? I have a similar grapple and have been trying to decide where to put some.

If you didn't want the shackle lug you could rotate the grab hook 90* and weld it to the vertical side of the tine.

gg

 

[gstrom99]

Green tractor and Husky saws are resting in the barn. My back hurts. I got a lot of firewood in the last few days. This is where the rest of it goes. The big logs are Ponderosa Pine, which I won't use in the wood stove. I'm debating on lighting this off now, or letting the critters winter in there and burning it in the spring. Thoughts?View attachment 838372

Couldn't wait 'til next spring. Nice, dry, calm day.

 

[ning]

Couldn't wait 'til next spring. Nice, dry, calm day.
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What was the original purpose of that slab? Another silo?

 

[John_Mc]

I put a shackle lug under there and welded a grab hook to it.


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If you didn't want the shackle lug you could rotate the grab hook 90* and weld it to the vertical side of the tine.

gg

Thanks Gordon. That's helpful. I like the set-up with the shackle lug as you have it better than welding it on the vertical side of the tine. If I end up backing up with a log or something heavy attached, the load will be in-line with the hook, rather than a 90˚ side load.

Is that shackle lug something I might find at a tractor dealer or farm supply place?

 

[Jstpssng]

Nothing like what Gordon and a few others do, but I'm slowly working up a pile of fir studwood. I've been picking away at it for 2 months, hopefully by Christmas I'll have full 9 cord load to send.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Thanks Gordon. That's helpful. I like the set-up with the shackle lug as you have it better than welding it on the vertical side of the tine. If I end up backing up with a log or something heavy attached, the load will be in-line with the hook, rather than a 90˚ side load.

Is that shackle lug something I might find at a tractor dealer or farm supply place?

Google 'weld on lifting lug' to start. Might have to poke around to find the shape you want with a surface for the grab hook. I cut mine out of a scrap piece of 1/2" plate and used a hole saw.

Good point about the 90* side load !

gg

 

[Gordon Gould]

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Nothing like what Gordon and a few others do, but I'm slowly working up a pile of fir studwood. I've been picking away at it for 2 months, hopefully by Christmas I'll have full 9 cord load to send.

Looks good - nothing wrong with a little at a time as you have time. You need a lot of sticks to make up a 4 mbf or so load. Seems the weather might be on your side this year if you have a dry lot.

gg

 

[oldrustysteel]

I put a shackle lug under there and welded a grab hook to it.


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gg

I don't even know exactly what I'm looking at, but it looks very useful. anything that gives me a place to hook a chain or strap gets my approval. that's not a ripper is it?

 

[John_Mc]

I don't even know exactly what I'm looking at, but it looks very useful. anything that gives me a place to hook a chain or strap gets my approval. that's not a ripper is it?

It's a side view of his forestry grapple

 

[oldrustysteel]

It's a side view of his forestry grapple

Ok. Makes sense now. Thanks

 

[oldrustysteel]

This is another orange machine that really helps me with firewood

 

[Gordon Gould]

I don't even know exactly what I'm looking at, but it looks very useful. anything that gives me a place to hook a chain or strap gets my approval. that's not a ripper is it?

Nope - a log grapple.

gg

 

[oldrustysteel]

Nope - a log grapple.

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gg

now THATS a firewood machine!!

 

[gstrom99]

What was the original purpose of that slab? Another silo?

Yep. 28 foot, poured in 1980. A neighbor bought the bin, tore it down and moved it 5 miles away (long before I moved here).

 

[gstrom99]

Couldn't wait 'til next spring. Nice, dry, calm day.
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Still going, 24 hrs later. Even after some (not enough) rain.

 

[Eagle1]

Still going, 24 hrs later. Even after some (not enough) rain.
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Yeah we got our splash and dash rain. Not enough to get any water moving in the mostly dry creek.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yeah we got our splash and dash rain. Not enough to get any water moving in the mostly dry creek.

I would gladly send you what's coming our way.

 

[Eagle1]

I would gladly send you what's coming our way.

Could use it my 12 acre pond is down 5' and almost 6 acres. One good rain since spring.